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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Funcom publishing Stunlock's 'Bloodline Champions']]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/14/funcom-publishing-stunlocks-bloodline-champions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/14/funcom-publishing-stunlocks-bloodline-champions/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/14/funcom-publishing-stunlocks-bloodline-champions/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center><a href="http://www.funcom.com/wsp/funcom/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&amp;func_id=1407&amp;table=CONTENT&amp;item=1004"><img hspace="0" border="1" vspace="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/05/bloodlinechampions514.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><em>Age of Conan</em> and <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/the-secret-world">The Secret World</a></em> publisher <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/funcom">Funcom</a> has announced a publishing deal with Sweden-based Stunlock Studios AB for the PC multiplayer arena game <em><a href="http://www.bloodlinechampions.com/">Bloodline Champions</a></em>. Under the deal, Funcom will operate and provide support for the 10-player online combat game.<br />
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The deal has more significance than just bringing <em>Bloodline Champions</em> to audiences, though. While Stunlock will retain ownership of <em>Bloodline</em>, Funcom has also agreed to purchase a minority stake in Stunlock. It seems likely, then, that it will work with Funcom for future titles.<br />
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If you'd like to see what Funcom's money is going into, you can try to get into the current <em>Bloodline Champions</em> beta <a href="http://www.bloodlinechampions.com/beta_signup.php">here</a>. Otherwise, you'll have to wait until "late 2010."<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/14/funcom-publishing-stunlocks-bloodline-champions/">Funcom publishing Stunlock's 'Bloodline Champions'</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 14 May 2010 23:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.funcom.com/wsp/funcom/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&amp;func_id=1407&amp;table=CONTENT&amp;item=1004>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/14/funcom-publishing-stunlocks-bloodline-champions/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19478197/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/14/funcom-publishing-stunlocks-bloodline-champions/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>arena</category><category>arena-combat</category><category>bloodline-champions</category><category>funcom</category><category>funcom-games</category><category>mmo</category><category>publishing</category><category>stunlock</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 23:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>