A Microsoft job advert appears to hint that the company is working both on the successor to the Xbox 360 and a massively multi-player online game (MMO) that’s capable of hosting 300,000 players all at once.
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You can always trust EVE Online to provide a good scandal. The MMO / Virtual World / economics toy is now approaching its sixth year of life and still proving its ability to surprise players with its emergent gameplay shenanigans.
This week, a former investments manager at the in-game Dynasty Banking organisation, called Xabier, disappeared with over 80 billion ISK, the game’s currency. In real money terms, it’s thought to be worth around £1,850.