Massively Week in Review: January 21 - 27, 2008

It's definitely been an interesting week in the MMO news world. Massively landed the inside scoop on SOE's upcoming title The Agency while at CES, Funcom decided to push back the release of Age of Conan, Blizzard's World of Warcraft hit the 10 million subscriber mark and Valve and CCP entered into a partnership making CCP's PvP-heavy MMO EVE Online part of the Steam network. In case you missed any of the larger headlines (or great discussions) from the world of MMO gaming, we've rounded them up for you. Enjoy!

News

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• FunCom decides Age of Conan needs more time, aka delay
• Massively Exclusive: CES 2008: A covert intel briefing on The Agency
• World of Warcraft hits 10 million players
• EVE Online heads to Valve's Steam platform
• Massively goes Hands-on with DDO and the Shroud
• Cartoon Network to enjoy huge TurnOut
• Post-apocalyptic MMO Earthrise announced
• Switchblade adding support for Hellgate: London and Half-Life 2
• Star Trek Online follow-up: Kohnke drops its lawsuit against Perpetual
• Rumor: Blizzard working on a cell application for World of Warcraft?
• Auran wants to make you their bitch

Discussion

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• MMOGology: Thieving hearts
• Could MMOs be a subsitute for high school spanish class?
• An argument for random battles
• Why Fantasy, and not Science Fiction, Part Eleventy-Billion
• The Daily Grind: Should crafting be risky?
• Ask Massively: Old games, Blizzard's next MMO and bugs
• How would a Starcraft MMO work?
• The Digital Continuum: This year, PvPing is the new raiding