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EA buys Shawn Fanning's Rupture for $30 million

"It seems that the founder of Napster may have finally cashed in big time on one of his creations.

"That certainly makes sense, and especially so given the success of connected systems like Microsoft's Xbox Live." writes Daniel Terdiman.

v1c1ous5845d ago

are you guys thinking of making your own console?

CadDad5845d ago

They purchased Mythic Entertainment last year or the year before. Mythic made Dark Age of Camelot and is well on it's way to making Warhammer Online.

It probably makes good business sense, considering that in-game chat//interation is a hot commodity in the MMO world.

-CadDad

gambare5845d ago

And I thought the incursion of Microsoft to the console wars was something bad, now THIS is bad.

permutated5845d ago

As though Activision (a much larger company) is somehow not as evil.

EA gets too much sh!t. People should just lay off and get a life.

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World of Warcraft Opens Beta Sign-Ups for 'The War Within'

Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.

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Plunderstorm's Backlash Shows World of Warcraft Fans Don't Want The Game To Evolve

Danish from eXputer: "Despite Blizzard's attempt to give a fresh new spin to World of Warcraft, some fans still seem to be stuck in the past."

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Plunderstorm Is The World Of Warcraft Battle Royale We’ve Been Waiting For

HG writes: "Blizzard is usually pretty bad at keeping secrets, but the company somehow managed to keep this one under wraps until now. Plunderstorm is a special limited-time event that’s basically World of Warcraft’s take on the Battle Royale genre."

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