The WoW-Eve Online-Everquest-Neverwinter Nights-CoH/CoV-Star Trek online-The Matrix online-Star Wars Galaxies-Age of Conan-Lord of the Rings online coalition announces "last merger", making up for abysmal sales among the genre. A spokesperson claimed "We have no idea why the cool, interesting, outgoing crowd has no time for our games. For our hardcore fans we will try to stay online as long as possible, even if we have to lose money while doing it. For us, it's all about the fans.
Indie developer Square Enix announced its intentions to release a series of high-action games, codenamed Final Fantasy. However, they admitted that it would never hope to have the longevity and popularity of series such as Mystery House, or Deus Ex.
Cyan Worlds announces further delays to Duke Nukedem Forever, episode 2, claiming that scaling the graphics back and increasing the amount of gore to turn 3D Realm's epic story-driven adventure game into an FPS may take "months, even years".
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[strong]Breaking News![/strong]
Popular gaming studios across the world from world-renowned People Can Fly to tiny Edios announced their intent to stop surprising gamers with early releases and bonus features, claiming "The world has gotten tired of that sort of thing; no-one finds it fun anymore. We have always thought about making games come out later than announced, and taking out features after they're announced, but we wanted to wait until people really felt a need for that sort of thing. Now we can fill that need."
[strong]Escapist Sued
Earlier today, a group of self-proclaimed "grammar nazis from 4-chan" today sued the escapist for its forums' constant misuse of grammar. To be legally viable, the suit claims to target the rampant CP and depictions of beastiality, necrophilia, and other "underworld" fetishes that have mad the forum famous throughout the internets.[/strong]