Currently very busy at Turbine, so not much time to read or do commentary, but these are interesting enough to pass along!
Straight from the press release:
Vivendi to Contribute Vivendi Games Valued at $8.1 Billion, Plus $1.7 Billion in Cash in Exchange for Approximately 52% Stake in Activision Blizzard at Closing; Total Transaction Valued at $18.9 Billion
Activision Blizzard Will Commence Post-Closing Cash Tender Offer for Up to 146.5 Million of its Shares at $27.50 per Share, Representing 31% Premium for Activision Stockholders Based on 20-Trading Day Average
This weekend, I decided to try out The Burning Crusade, for various reasons. Most importantly, I wanted to experience their expansion pack free trial process, see if we can learn something from it. It’s less than stellar so far, here’s what I had to go through (read: not pleasant).
Watch this. It’s brilliant. Much better than SOE spamming players in game this weekend about Legends of Norrath.
According to TechCrunch.com’s article, their sources told them that AOL’s planning to create a social network at its long-dormant domain name www.wow.com. No details have been given, or even confirmed by AOL/Blizzard yet, but this seems to be a perfectly good use of the domain.
After period of rumors and leaks, it’s official. Wowhead’s been sold for over 1 million. It doesn’t say so in the announcement, but other reports that were leaked (see Tech Soapbox) before do state that. Since the announcement confirms the sale, no reason to doubt the figure. More interestingly, it’s bought by Affinity Media, the parent company of many fan sites, as well as IGE.
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