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BlizzCon 2012 Called Off, Fans Upset

BlizzCon 2012 Called Off, Fans Upset

BlizzCon, the annual gaming event for all things World Of Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo, has been called off for 2012. Game developer Blizzard Entertainment has been putting the events on since 2005. Blizzard has very passionate fans that ... continue
World of Warcraft celebrates seventh birthday next week, gets a new commercial

World of Warcraft celebrates seventh birthday next week, gets a new commercial

In less than a week, November 23 to be specific, World of Warcraft will be celebrating its 7th birthday. To celebrate World of Warcraft's seven years of operation, Blizzard will be showing their appreciation for the players ... continue
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria announced at BlizzCon

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria announced at BlizzCon

Blizzard kicked off the BlizzCon festivities today with a bang, announcing the fourth expansion for World of Warcraft, called Mists of Pandaria. Naturally, the expansion introduces a significant amount of new content to World of Warcraft. First and ... continue
Blizzard testing Real ID party system in World of Warcraft

Blizzard testing Real ID party system in World of Warcraft

If you have friends scattered across World of Warcraft's many realms, you're probably going to like this new feature Blizzard's cooking up. Blizzard is testing out a Real ID party system which allows you to party up with ... continue
World of Warcraft Goes Free-to-Play (Until Level 20)

World of Warcraft Goes Free-to-Play (Until Level 20)

Blizzard sent out an email just moments ago to boast in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm's Rage of the Firelands patch going live. And then they threw a curveball. The famed developer has decided to do away with the ... continue
Rift Dev: World of Warcraft “Didn’t Change Enough”

Rift Dev: World of Warcraft “Didn’t Change Enough”

In an interview with VideoGamer, Trion Worlds' William Cook had a little something to say about the current state of World of Warcraft. Specifically, he thinks that Blizzard isn't doing enough to change things up in World ... continue
World of Warcraft Patch 4.2 Trailer: Rage of the Firelands

World of Warcraft Patch 4.2 Trailer: Rage of the Firelands

Blizzard apparently isn't content with just releasing trailers for expansions. Earlier this morning, Blizzard released a cinematic trailer for World of Warcraft patch 4.2: Rage of the Firelands out into the wild. In case you're not familiar with ... continue
Amazing World of Warcraft Infographic

Amazing World of Warcraft Infographic

Since its release in 2004, World of Warcraft has propelled the MMO genre to mindblowing new heights. MMOs had a modest following among the hardcore PC gaming crowd before Blizzard charged into the MMO scene, but it ... continue
Prisoners forced to farm virtual gold in China’s labor camps

Prisoners forced to farm virtual gold in China’s labor camps

There's a disturbing exposé piece over at The Guardian right now about the treatment of prisoners at Chinese labor camps. According to the paper's report, inmates (many imprisoned for 'ideological' crimes) are regularly forced to spend their nights ... continue
Canadian World of Warcraft players getting throttled admits Rogers

Canadian World of Warcraft players getting throttled admits Rogers

Rogers, one of Canada's main wireless, cable, and Internet providers, is well known for its anti-consumer activities so it should come as no surprise that with some intense questioning from the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television Telecommunication Commission) has ... continue
Paypal shutting down accounts of World of Warcraft gold sellers

Paypal shutting down accounts of World of Warcraft gold sellers

If you're one of the numerous individuals with a website selling World of Warcraft gold, then beware, because you could lose your PayPal account any ... day ... now. WoW publisher/developer Blizzard has complained to Paypal that ... continue
PC Gamer announces greatest 100 PC games ever

PC Gamer announces greatest 100 PC games ever

I don't give the PC enough coverage as I'd like on these pages, so let's take a moment to reflect on awesome PC games, shall we? Or rather, let's reflect on somebody else's reflections on awesome PC ... continue
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm obliterates Warcraft sales record

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm obliterates Warcraft sales record

Sorry, did someone say World of Warcraft was on the way out? Hm? It was the game's own publisher? Oh, right. D'oh. Far from being on its last legs, expansion World of Warcraft: Cataclysm hit stores last week, ... continue
[VIDEO] Hardcore World of Warcraft fan shows up developer at BlizzCon

[VIDEO] Hardcore World of Warcraft fan shows up developer at BlizzCon

This is beautiful. Everything about it. The stilted delivery of the question. The "Uh, thanks, we'll fix that" response. The triumphant walk away from camera. The hilarious fact that Blizzard is making so much money from World of ... continue
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm to be downloadable at launch

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm to be downloadable at launch

Blizzard has confirmed that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will be in stores and also downloadable from December 7, making it the first World of Warcraft expansion that can be bought and downloaded before release. Of course, when I ... continue
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm dated for December

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm dated for December

Activision Blizzard has revealed that World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm will launch December 7th, as both a digital download from Blizzard's online store and as a DVD-ROM for Windows and Mac for all you grandads out there. World ... continue
35-year-old woman charged with seducing minor on World of Warcraft

35-year-old woman charged with seducing minor on World of Warcraft

A Michigan resident and twice-married mother-of-five has been charged with "using the Internet to entice a minor into sexual activity", after she seduced a 15-year-old boy while playing World of Warcraft. 35-year-old Angie L. Jenkins told the teenager ... continue
Jamie Lee Curtis: Actress, author … World of Warcraft addict?

Jamie Lee Curtis: Actress, author … World of Warcraft addict?

The Video Games Live music concert tour has been going for close to a decade now, bringing live orchestral performances of gaming's greatest soundtracks to venues across the globe. By all acounts, it's a pretty awesome show. On ... continue
Holy.Shit. $2 Million in four hours – for virtual crap

Holy.Shit. $2 Million in four hours – for virtual crap

I seriously do not get this buying of virtual stuff. Maybe I am old fashioned but when I pay money for something I want to be able to hold it my hands. So the idea of spending ... continue
BlizzCon 2010 dates confirmed

BlizzCon 2010 dates confirmed

Dates for this year's BlizzCon, the annual gaming celebration of all things Blizzard (so World of Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo), were revealed today. Yet again, organisers have booked the Anaheim Convention Center in California, and you'll be ... continue
World of Warcraft could become obsolete, says game’s publisher

World of Warcraft could become obsolete, says game’s publisher

Throughout most of its life, World of Warcraft has been an unstoppable tour de force, a phenomenon with a scary potential to keep growing. Then, sometime around the end of 2008, it stopped growing. Now, one publisher has ... continue