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@mattaui A game problem around the proliferation / expectation of voice chat is that a lot of developers get lazier about developing good in-game text chat systems. After all, if the assumption is that players will VOIP, who cares what the chat system does?

It's the only explanation I can think of behind titles such as DCUO and WAR having such atrocious text chat systems.

@nimzy NetDevil doesn't even exist as a studio any more - no website and their name was taken off Fortune Online quite a while ago. Once Jumpgate gets shut down, that's it - it will have no active projects left.

The studio is dead; Gazillion just hasn't fully buried it yet.

NCsoft's Q4 figures were released today. The move to F2P last year saw a 22% jump in CoH/V's revenue, which is good, but it isn't the 500% / 1000% increase claimed by some other companies.

Paragon Studios has exactly one title, and that title has seen declining revenue for a long time now. These kind of boxes might be seen as greedy (and I'm personally not interested in them) but the reality is that if PS can't get CoH/V's revenue up, they aren't going to be hanging around to make CoH/V 2.

@Dunraven id Software releases Rage; players respond with rage.

... and that only leaves Jumpgate as NetDevil's sole remaining active title.

@h4ngedm4n Very good, and to add:

Game has cash shop? -> Other player must have bought his way to the win so didn't really earn it.

Thanks for this - I always appreciate reading how ChampO's new powersets work, even if I'm not interested in actually playing with them.

The headline should be "DCUO Surprised By Valentine's Day, Again".

"The Aurin come from the forested planet of Arboria, where large ears and long tails for balance have some decided evolutionary advantages."

It's to counterbalance the size of the breasts.

@rebelyankee The source is the LA Times article.