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The League of Legends MMO adds another World of Warcraft vet to its team

Former WoW lead combat designer Brian Holinka has found a new home.

PC Gamer · Jun 1

The MMO being led by former WoW designer Greg Street looks to be dead as his studio officially closes after NetEase ends funding: 'While we'd love to make our game, our first priority is to help our developers find employment'

Greg Street said in October that Fantastic Pixel Castle would "likely close" if it couldn't secure new funding, and now the curtain has fallen.

PC Gamer · Nov 3, 2025

Another MMO dead: ex-World of Warcraft and League of Legends lead's new studio "will close its doors" this month without releasing its flagship game Ghost

"Fantastic Pixel Castle will close its doors on Nov 17"

GamesRadar · Nov 3, 2025

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MMO vet picks through the games industry carnage and blames "gigantic investments" in games that were "burning money": "A fraction of that could have created a lot of smaller games"

World of Warcraft vet and League of Legends MMO lead Greg Street skewers bad bets

GamesRadar · Oct 21, 2025

NetEase pulls the plug on another studio: Former Riot exec's Fantastic Pixel Castle will 'likely close' if a new publisher isn't found soon

Greg Street founded Fantastic Pixel Castle in 2023 to make a new MMO called Ghost.

PC Gamer · Oct 10, 2025

World of Warcraft and League of Legends MMO veteran says his new studio will "likely close" if it's "unable to find a publisher soon" for fantasy MMORPG Ghost: "We're doing everything we can"

"I hope you all will have a chance to play Ghost"

GamesRadar · Oct 10, 2025

Former WoW and League of Legends MMO dev showing off new game today, but be warned - "We're taking Unreal Man with a bunch of store-bought assets"

Project Ghost continues to look rough, and that's the idea

GamesRadar · Dec 9, 2024

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New MMO from former WoW lead gets the earliest first look I've ever seen, and it's the kind of ugly I want every game dev to feel comfortable sharing

Project Ghost offers an unprecedented level of transparency

GamesRadar · Apr 4, 2024

World of Warcraft veteran explains how his new MMO’s take on private areas will work, without everything feeling “sad and empty”

It sounds like Ghost will handle things similarly to Final Fantasy 14

GamesRadar · Jan 5, 2024

New MMO from World of Warcraft veterans is more like Destiny 2 in how you're treated as the 'hero'

Ghost will tackle the protagonist's role in a pretty intriguing way

GamesRadar · Nov 20, 2023

World of Warcraft veteran doesn't want his new MMO to give players FOMO: “When Baldur’s Gate 3 came out, I wanted to just play a lot of Baldur’s Gate 3"

Upcoming MMO Ghost wants to slot into your life, not take it over

GamesRadar · Nov 18, 2023

New MMO from World of Warcraft veteran draws "big influence" from the classic Planescape CRPG setting

Travel to different realms via magical shards

GamesRadar · Nov 3, 2023

Greg Street, who quit working on the League of Legends MMO to do 'something new,' has revealed that the new thing is another MMO

Fantastic Pixel Castle is a new Netease studio that's currently working on an fantasy MMO codenamed Ghost.

PC Gamer · Nov 2, 2023

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