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Johnny Depp's production company Infinitum Nihil has begun work on a Secret World TV series set in the MMO's conspiracy-laden supernatural universe.
The TSW Legacy Transfer system will let veteran players of TSW shuffle their membership status and other in-game items over to Secret World Legends.
