In an interesting turn, Dreamfall developer Funcom has announced it will no longer be developing typical offline games. In a report with Norwegian newspaper E24, Funcom is switching to full time development of MMO games, attributing the decision to the pirates of the videogame industry.

According to Funcom's Trond Arne Aas, prior to its release, there were a reported 200,000 illegal copies of Dreamfall floating around. He also estimates that for every PC game sold, there are 3 to 10 times as many stolen copies on home PCs.

While Funcom aren't newcomers to the MMO world (they are behind Anarchy Online and its numerous expansions) it is sad to think that one of the last companies pushing the old school adventure game is now giving up on the genre. Has the death knell for adventure gaming truly sounded?