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Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
Speaking to MTV, WoW designer Jeffrey Kaplan has explained how the MMO's Achievement system will work, and how the update will bring 700 virtual trophies to the game. There's a heap ... Read more..Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
Blizzard's offering free mounts and experience for players who recruit their friends into World of Warcraft, as you can see on the official site. Get someone involved and get them past ... Read more..Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC, Russia | 1 Comment »
MCV's reporting that World of Warcraft and the Burning Crusade expansion have launched in Russia. Blizzard announced only last week that the game was to hit Russia in August. "The launch ... Read more..Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, China, Financials, MMO, PC, Trade | 2 Comments »
Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime has said that the firm intends to launch WoW upgrade Wrath of the Lich King in China as soon as possible, but the process is being ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
Speaking in an investor call following the release of Q1 financials last night, Blizzard confirmed that WoW expansion Wrath of the Lich King will be releasing in the final quarter ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | 3 Comments »
Blizzard may very well be the most powerful development house in the world right now, but wealth, fame, and shacking up with Activision definitely hasn’t gone to the developer’s collective ... Read more..Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Eidos, MMO, PC, Russia | No Comments »
Both Funcom and Blizzard have announced Russian release dates for their spearhead MMOs today, with Age of Conan hitting the country in "late 2008" and WoW getting all vodkarish in ... Read more..Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | 2 Comments »
World of Warcraft lead designer Jeff Kaplan has revealed in this forum post that the team are "planning on speeding up levelling in the 60-70 range" when Wrath of the ... Read more..Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
There are three movies on Massively of Wrath of the Lich King's death knight class, all taken from the now ongoing beta. Looks bonkers. Those that know about these things ... Read more..Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
According to this Shacknews post, Blizzard's confirmed that goodie bag serial codes from BlizzCon and the Parisian Worldwide Invitational will afford definite access to the upcoming WoW Wrath of the ... Read more..Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
According to this WorldofWar story, Achievements are definitely going to be added to World of Warcraft, as Blizzard has now confirmed. "While Wrath of the Lich King will improve many of ... Read more..Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
According to this Worldatwar story, the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King alpha's now over. Beta can't be that far off then, innit. No more through the link. Read more..Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
On WoWInsider. Probably the most shocking thing about this is the fact that Blizzard can keep Diablo III under wraps for four years but can't do the same with a ... Read more..Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
There's the first images of the in-game Archangel Tyrael World of Warcraft pet from the Blizzard WWI on MMO-Champion, and he does look especially pretty. If you recall, Tyrael was given ... Read more..Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
According to this World at War piece, registration is now open for the upcoming WoW: Wrath of the Lich King beta. Apparently sign-up is only open to European subscribers so far, ... Read more..Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC, UK | 4 Comments »
According to this James Wallis blog post, the World of Warcraft landmass is about the same size as Newcastle. Newcastle, for those of you that don't live in the UK, is ... Read more..Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | 2 Comments »
Fanboy madness. Blizzard's announced that the World of Warcraft pet scratchcard in the Worldwide Invitational goodie bag last weekend is none other than Diablo II's Archangel Tyrael. Brilliantly, we couldn't queue ... Read more..Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, Mac, PC | No Comments »
WOWInsider's posted up some impressions of World of Warcraft's upcoming new class, the Death Knight. Mr Knight will be included in the Wrath of the Lich King add-on later this year. ... Read more..Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, Europe, France, Mac, PC | No Comments »
Diablo II lead designer Jay Wilson has revealed the games that inspired the team in an on-going press conference at the Blizzard Invitational in Paris. The games in question are Zelda ... Read more..Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Eidos, MMO, PC | No Comments »
In an interview with Eurogamer, Funcom’s Gaute Godager called WoW shallow – using a food reference. “But you know... I'm going to be a bit cheeky now, but if you've been ... Read more..Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PS3, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Before you scoff at Pardo’s message, actually read it. It’s a quickie. "Lack of hard drive space, and difficulty in certifying patches. Basically just that... Another problem is that [console manufacturers] ... Read more..Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC, PS3, PSN, Rhythm action, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 8 Comments »
Shachnews is reporting that a track "inspired by Blizzard's PC MMO World of Warcraft" will soon be available for download on PSN and Xbox Live. The track, "I am Murloc," is ... Read more..Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
The Twilight Zone has nothing on this horrifying distortion of reality. Picture, if you will, a world in which a hugely popular MMORPG becomes a far greater behemoth, capturing the hearts ... Read more..Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, Stuff | 1 Comment »
According to this CVG report, Titan's to release a World of Warcraft graphic novel in the UK and Ireland. It's releasing on September 26, and follows the story of a shipwrecked ... Read more..Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | 12 Comments »
This set of patch notes from the WoW test servers says that level 30 mounts are being included in the game. Previously, you don't get to ride stuff in World of ... Read more..Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in MMO, PC | 17 Comments »
According to Danish TV and internet channel, DR Update, American researchers are now saying that World of Warcraft actually promotes leadership qualities amongst it users. "According to American researchers, World of ... Read more..Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, America, EA, MMO, PC, Trade | No Comments »
EA boss John Riccitiello, speaking at the William Blair & Company's investor conference in the US today, has admitted that the publisher doesn't expect Warhammer Online to hit World of ... Read more..Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
According to this Death Knight post, an Achievement system in the World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King Alpha test can be accessed by typing in "/achievement". There are some ... Read more..Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Financials, MMO, PC | No Comments »
Vivendi released first quarter financials last night, showing a drop in first quarter revenue of 24 percent year on year, down to €221 million. Nearly 87 percent of that figure - ... Read more..Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
According to this WorldofWar piece, Blizzard staffer have been hinting that Wrath of the Lich King - the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion - will include polar bear mounts. We love ... Read more..Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, Movies, PC | No Comments »
Uwe Boll has revealed that he approached Blizzard about doing a World of Warcraft movie and got shot down immediately. “I got in contact with Paul Sams of Blizzard, and he ... Read more..Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, China, MMO, PC | No Comments »
This is a bit of a "dur" story, but Blizzard and The9 have confirmed that Wrath of the Lich King - the next major World of Warcraft expansion, will launch ... Read more..Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, China, MMO, PC | 1 Comment »
According to this press release, World of Warcraft was played my more than 1 million people in China simultaneously this week, the highest level the MMO's reached since launching in ... Read more..Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
According to Gamespot, Blizzard's started alpha testing WoW: Wrath of the Lich King, the next major content update for the MMO. There's also a rumour doing the rounds that it's ... Read more..Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC, THQ, Trade | 6 Comments »
THQ executive Jack Sorenson reckons World of Warcraft's gone over the top, and that other MMOs are about to get a proper look-in on the hyper-lucrative online market. "However long it ... Read more..Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Legalities, MMO, Mac, PC | 3 Comments »
According to this, World of Warcraft creator Blizzard is claiming that Glider Bot author Michael Donnelly has earned a total of $2.8m from sales of his software. The bot levels up ... Read more..Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Latin America, MMO, PC | No Comments »
See here. Sounds like it's happening quickly. From the release: Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft®, its award-winning, subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), is being prepared ... Read more..Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, Mac, PC | 1 Comment »
According to this, Blizzard has released Fury of the Sunwell, apparently the last major content update to World of Warcraft before the release of Wrath of the Lich King later ... Read more..Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | 15 Comments »
Here. A guy called Athene has now broken all three records in World of Warcraft power-levelling (1-60, 60-70 and 1-70). He also has a fit girlfriend who promised to perform ... Read more..Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, Mac, PC | 5 Comments »
Here. Very pretty it all is too. The Sunwell Isle patch is the last Burning Crusade update before the release of Wrath of the Lich King, apparently. "From a lore perspective, ... Read more..Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, EA, MMO, PC, Trade | No Comments »
Lars Buttler, formerly the VP of for global online at EA and currently the CEO and co-founder of Trion World Network, has called out Activision boss Bobby Kotick on his ... Read more..Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, Mac, PC, Trade | 13 Comments »
Activision boss Bobby Kotick has said that he thinks it would take an investment of half a billion to a billion dollars to combat WoW, and even then success wouldn't ... Read more..Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, GDC 2008, MMO, Mac, PC | No Comments »
Speaking here, Blizzard's Rob Pardo has said that WoW players want a fair financial system once they're in the game and that micro-transactions would "betray" them. "We chose to go with ... Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in MMO, Microsoft, PC, Simulation | 4 Comments »
Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has expressed dismay over the state of PC gaming, saying that any initial innovation in casual gaming has dried up and that monster franchises like The ... Read more..Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, Mac, PC, Trade | No Comments »
British bank The Halifax has blocked payments to Blizzard, citing card fraud as the reason. In a statement, the bank said its decision to block payments was not a reflection of ... Read more..Friday, February 15th, 2008 Posted in Acclaim, GDC 2008, MMO, PC | 6 Comments »
David Perry, previously of Matrix-developer Shiny and now of the reborn Acclaim, has told videogaming247 that he believes the MMO space is led by an "extremely nerdy" game in World ... Read more..Friday, February 15th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, Mac, PC | 6 Comments »
Blizzard just confirmed the formation of a new type of tournament in World of Warcraft's Arena System to "take place on special realms" and which will "allow competitors to instantly ... Read more..Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Acclaim, MMO, Microsoft, PC, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
According to this, Dave Perry - long-standing developer of dozens of games, including the Matrix titles - was more than a little shocked that Microsoft recently decided to bin Cryptic's ... Read more..Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Trade | No Comments »
So says this. Citigroup analyst Brent Thill has now rated Activision as a “buy” with a price target of $36, representing an upside of roughly 35 percent, despite the stock ... Read more..Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Stuff | 2 Comments »
Only a matter of time. Blizzard has unveiled a tabletop World of Warcraft game - named World of Warcraft Miniatures Game, funnily enough - and a range of collectibles to ... Read more..
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