GamesBeat Pulse - World of Warcraft faces a new challenger - January 3, 2011

View this email as a webpage | Forward to a friend January 3, 2011 FORWARD THIS EMAIL JOIN US ON TWITTER / FACEBOOK Will Trion Worlds' Rift online game kill World of Warcraft? After five years of development, Rift: Planes of Telara is about to go public with a beta test. The fantasy online role-playing game is one of a few big titles capable of challenging Blizzard's leadership with World of Warcraft in the massively multiplayer online game market. Here's our interview with Trion marketing chief David Reid, where he shares his plan to make multiplayer games even more social. - Dean Takahashi TOP STORIES Humble Bundle sells $1.8M worth of indie games December 27, 2010 | Matthew Lynley Real Life Plus’s social game makes fashion into a battle December 27, 2010 | Dean Takahashi FarmVille co-creator working on stealthy startup BetterWorks December 24, 2010 | Anthony Ha Viacom ditches Rock Band, Dance Central after selling off music game developer Harmonix December 24, 2010 | Matthew Lynley Merry Christmas, Zynga: CityVille eclipses FarmVille as the world’s biggest game December 24, 2010 | Dean Takahashi From Kinect to Angry Birds — the biggest video game stories of 2010 December 23, 2010 | Dean Takahashi Game companies raise record $1.05B in 2010, up 58 percent December 22, 2010 | Dean Takahashi UPCOMING EVENTS The Gamification Summit - January 20-21, San Francisco, CA Mobile World Congress - February 14-17, Barcelona DEMO Spring 2011 - February 27-March 1, Palm Desert, CA VENTUREBEAT JOB BOARD COMPANIES IN THE NEWS Trion Worlds Viacom Harmonix Blizzard Entertainment Real Life Plus Better Works Zynga PEOPLE IN THE NEWS David Reid Sizhao Yang Terry Redfield Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Join us on LinkedIn Provided by , the leading news source on technology innovation. 50 California Street, Suite 3270, San Francisco, CA 94111 If you would like to no longer receive this newsletter, click here to change your subscription preferences, or click here to unsubscribe. © 2010 VentureBeat