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You still may be knee-deep in recent news about Wizard101 online gold an expansion for a little game called World of Warcraft, but there are also a few other games being released before then -- like CrimeCraft, for instance.
Developed by Vogster Entertainment, the crime-themed MMO (called a Persistent World Next-Gen Shooter or "PWNS" by its developers) has shipped and is available exclusively at Best Buy today. But ever since the gang-on-gang shooter's been announced, it's been criticized for just about every aspect -- its name, its business model, its crafting system -- you name it.
"You have to take it with a grain of salt," said senior content producer Mike Donatelli of the criticism in an e-mail. "Some people had a preconceived idea of what they wanted us to be. They thought we were [Grand Theft Auto IV] online, and it's just not the case... There are a lot of risks, which is the reason why you haven't really seen a game like CrimeCraft before."