IGE divests itself of, well, itself.
The other rumor F13 posted last week got confirmed. Basically, the web publishing arm of IGE (Thottbot/Allakhazam/Ogaming) sold the gold farming/brokering arm to everyone’s friend in space, Jonathan Yantis.
It’s interesting that running Thottbot apparently makes more money than selling gil in FF11. Or, perhaps, much like porn, there’s a whole lot of competition out there now.