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MMO Weekly: WoW lead jumping ship, layoffs at NCsoft, Free Realms beta

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.

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cain1415563d ago

Free Realms looks interesting. A little too kidish for me though...

J@D5563d ago

Free stuff always are good besides I'm not playing as a bufferly/female elf. I'm into business or a soldier I like the gameplay thought.

Cerberus_Hunter5563d ago (Edited 5563d ago )

I think Free Reals is what Home should have been.

Edit: site working for everyone else?

burgercomic255563d ago

All these layoffs sure is a big mess.

cyguration5563d ago

It's funny how Blizzard is making new games and hiring, but a bunch of other companies are laying off staff. Crazy.

thehitman5563d ago

Is that they lost their lead... I mean you gotta get offered 1 heck of a paycheck if you going to leave blizzard as lead of WoW the most successful MMO out right now. Not sure if blizzard is losing out or that guy is just a plain idiot.

Torkith5563d ago (Edited 5563d ago )

He's not leaving Blizzard, he's going to be working on Blizzards unannounced MMO. He's still working their, just on a different game.

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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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