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Sony Online Entertainment Purchases Vanguard
The rumours have been around for months now, but Tuesday Sony Online Entertainment confirmed that they had purchased Vanguard and Sigil Games Online from its investors. Nearly everyone on the Sigil team was laid off with around 50% of the outfit slated to be hired back, so that work can continue on the Massively Multiplayer Online Game. The game will continue running under the auspices of SOE, as announced by company CEO John Smedley in a forum post on Tuesday. Rumours that Brad McQuaid (keeper of the Vision behind Vanguard) has not seen been in Sigil's offices since last year has only exacerbated fan reaction to this announcement. It remains to be seen if SOE can undo the damage that the last five months have done to the Saga of Heroes community, and the game itself.
So now we're looking to SOE to fix an MMO????
The place where MMOs go to die.
Yes, SOE totally screwed up Star Wars. They were, however, able to fix EQ2 so it's actually fun and playable. Hopefully they've learned since the SWG mess and will be able to turn Vanguard into something worthwhile.