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Riot hires another World of Warcraft veteran to get its League of Legends MMO over the line as we approach 6 years since its initial announcement

Brian Holinka was once WoW's combat lead at Blizzard

GamesRadar · Jun 2

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

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 he saw Riot and Blizzard "seemingly abandon" approaching development "from a place of humility instead of arrogance"

"Polish won out over gameplay"

GamesRadar · Jan 7, 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

The LoL MMO has "a lot of momentum" and "a great direction," despite going dark for a reset earlier this year

Riot co-founder Marc Merrill is pouring his time into the project

GamesRadar · Nov 4, 2024

Former World of Warcraft lead speaks out on the problem plaguing MMO combat – the "bajillion buff and debuff icons"

He also defends tab-targeting combat, saying it doesn't need to be stationary or "predictable"

GamesRadar · May 29, 2024

Former World of Warcraft lead says AI is fine for the MMO "grunt work," but not the creative tasks that "thousands of talented people" are dying to do

"Let AI go do my laundry so I can go paint"

GamesRadar · May 12, 2024