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Wanna job at Irvine video game maker Blizzard Entertainment Corp.?
Now's the time, with the creator of the popular multiplayer online game "World of Warcraft" advertising more than 40 open positions at its Irvine office.
Finding a good gig at a game company isn't easy, yet Blizzard seems to have many jobs available.
So what's the deal?
South Korean game maker NCSoft Corp. recently opened a studio in Irvine, not far from Blizzard, "apparently for the sole purpose of luring staff away from Blizzard, specifically the team working on the 'World of Warcraft' expansion pack," according to a report on gaming Web site, MM Hell.
Officials with Blizzard and NCSoft, whose North American operation is based in Austin, Texas, declined to comment on the story.
"World of Warcraft" is Blizzard's popular entry into the so-called "massively multiplayer game" market. In these games, players face off against each other via the Internet.
Other Orange County game companies are looking for their own massive multiplayer success. Interplay Entertainment Corp., the troubled Irvine game maker, is hoping to do a massively multiplayer game for its "Fallout" series. And InXiIe Entertainment, the...