"I don’t know about you, but the first thing that pops into my head when I hear “free-to-play MMORPG” is gross, muddy, unpolished graphics... That preconception was thoroughly shattered the first time I created a character in Forsaken World." ~ Josh Laddin
Embracer Group AB (“Embracer”) has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares in Perfect World North America Corporation and Perfect World Publishing B.V. (collectively “Perfect World Entertainment” or “PWE”)[1], from Perfect World Europe B.V. (“Perfect World”). PWE is a video game developer and publisher for PC and consoles, including PWE Publishing and Cryptic Studios.
These guys are on an embracing spree.
Dark Horse
DIGIC
Perfect World Entertainment
Shiver Entertainment
Spotfilm Networx
Not just focused on gaming either.
At what point is someone gonna stop these groups that are buying up studios, catalogs etc in mass quantities
Neverwinter's return to Sharandar module is finally coming to a close--at least, on PC--with Episode 3: The Odious Court launching today.
Valve and Perfect World will launch a beta of the Steam China client later this month.
Sounds like a decent MMO and F2P is definitely more appealing to my pocketbook than WoW.
Nexon America is definitely one company that's making free-to-play games more legitimate.
A brief, out of nowhere comment: MUD's are freakin' awesome, don't you be dissin' the old-school MMO. >:(
I'm playing this game these days, it's really enjoyable. I like it more than PW's other games that I played (PWI and HoTK).