Another week goes by and along comes another announcement about layoffs within the industry. The team who brought you Warhammer Online got a post-launch downsize, I have a special announcement regarding LOTRO, and there’s a new MMO-based off of the Disney movie Cars, plus a lot more. Don’t forget to comment! Any criticism is good criticism.

Warhammer 40,000 MMO Game

Did you know that there was a Warhammer 40K MMO game in development? Well, just to clarify the current Warhammer Online game is published by Electronic Arts and the Warhammer 40K game will be published by THQ.

Vigil Studios are the guys that are working on the game and in the official THQ quarterly financial report it mentioned that the game is still in production and to quote them…

Our other initiatives include our WWE online game being developed in Asia and our Warhammer 40,000 MMO game being developed at our Vigil Studio.

We think the popular Warhammer 40,000 Sci-fi universe is a great fit for PC MMO gaming.

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Lord of the Rings Online

No news about Lord of the Rings Online this week, kids. I do have an announcement to make. I’m working on something that will bring a new side to MMO Weekly. Have you ever wanted to get into an MMO, but felt intimidated by the idea of a huge open world where you can go anywhere? Well, along with news I will be writing about my "adventures" in Lord of the Rings Online. What I mean is I’m starting a character in LOTRO from level one. Each week I will talk about the stuff I did in-game that week and if you play LOTRO I will mention what server I’m playing on if you want to tag along. Soon Mordor will feel the wrath of The Game Reviews community. /nerd off