This week TGR has a bit of breaking news that hit Thursday evening about World of Warcraft losing its lead designer to another MMO. There is also news of layoffs at NCsoft and an announcement about SOE's next MMO, Free Realms.
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.
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."
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."
Free Realms looks interesting. A little too kidish for me though...
All these layoffs sure is a big mess.
It's funny how Blizzard is making new games and hiring, but a bunch of other companies are laying off staff. Crazy.