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    Bureaucratically Efficient Senior Member TinCow's Avatar
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7123582.stm

    The companies behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft are merging in a deal which could shake up the global video games industry.

    Activision and Blizzard have said they will form "the world's most profitable games business" in a deal worth $18.8bn (£9.15bn).


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    That's scary. Now let's see what are they going to come up with. CoD2 has been the masterpiece, and WoW has been the social revelation of the century.
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    CoD MMO... something like Planetside or BF2 on steroids!!

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    No. they will add another faction to WOW. The American Army. At level 70 the player will be able to call in a thermonuclear strikes on their enemy in a duel.
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    I was thinking CoD: Return to Warcraft

    maybe
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    Don't they have opposite ideas about patching?

    Activision next to none and Blizzard keeps on patching years after the release of a game?

    I hope the Blizzard model wins out.
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