At GDC on Thursday, Jack Emmert, CCO of MMO producer Cryptic Entertainment, took the offensive against Min Kim, Director of Game Operations at Nexon, who published Maple Story. As soon as the question of subscriptions vs. micro-transactions came up, Emmert blurted out that anyone who thinks micro-transactions are the future of MMOs "needs to get their head checked," and continued railing against the economic system.
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."
