UPDATE: SOE Closing Studios, Cutting 205 Staff

[rainbowunicorns]

I don't understand why they would cancel The Agency, which would have been a unique setting and had been in development for ages, but decide to keep EverQuest which is a fantasy and would be competing pretty much directly with Wo

 

[Charli]

"MMOs" are not a cash cow. "MMO" is. One in particular. You know the one.

...

That's right, Farmville

Damn straight.

Condolences to all those now unemployed.

 

[DTWolfwood]

strategic alignment man do i hate reading that phrase. damn euphemisms for kicking guys to the curb.

If they are planing Planetside 2, that be a nice change of pace. aren't many mmo FPS out there

love to see a reboot of WWII Online too. Now that WWII is no longer in vogue with the industry i'm beginning to miss it. the K98 and M1Garand are still my all time favorite weapons to use in an fps.

suddenly have the urge to play Day of Defeat again :O

 

[(LK)]

Another Everquest game? After the wet fart that was EQII? I can see their next project already: "SOE announces Daikatana MMO in the works"

 

[Jack Macaque]

Just terrible...people are just so greedy sometimes I can't believe it.