Who will survive the Tomb of Immortal Darkness? It’s a new five-man dungeon coming to World of Warcraft that’s “deep beneath the crumbling tombstones of Duskwood’s Raven Hill Cemetery.” (Incidentally, Duskwood is my favorite old world area. Oh, the memories.) The dungeon uses Deep Dark technology to give players the ultimate challenge: navigating an instance in total darkness. Is your toon… → Read More
This just in: this year’s Blizzcon will be on October 21 and 22 in Anaheim. “Blizzcon? What’s that?” That’s what Blizzard calls its annual “celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo universes.” Two days of fun, in other words. → Read More
And now for some World of Warcraft news. Blizzard says that they’ve sold some 4.7 million copies of Cataclysm since its release one month ago. Most of the sales came on the very first day of release, with 3.3 million copies moving on day one. Mighty impressive. → Read More
Following up that inane Net Neutrality babble with a fun video. Here was have a man playing World of Warcraft using nothing more than a Kinect. Well done, chap. → Read More
SteelSeries’ second go at creating such a mouse, the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse (yes, it’s a mouthful) could make a fine gift this holiday season for the WoW player in your life. It certainly helps if said WoW player has hands the size of Andre the Giant’s. → Read More
Blizzard has confirmed its next-generation MMO. It’s currently called, or at least referred to as, Titan, and it was first noticed in the leaked roadmap that surfaced a few days ago. The company isn’t too happy that the project’s existence leaked (a Blizzard China manager resigned in wake of the leak), and that it’s currently working on recruiting “the best talent in the industry” to help work… → Read More
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm has become the fastest selling PC game of all time. Blizzard sold 3.3 million copies in a mere 24 hours. Assuming everyone paid $40 for the game, that works out to $132 million in first-day sales alone. Not too shabby! → Read More
This is a quick one. We already have a level 85 player, a Human Paladin, in World of Warcraft. The best part is that she dinged 85 a good three hours before the game was even live in the US of A. → Read More
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is now live all around the world! And of course, it wouldn’t be a Blizzard launch without an equal amount of bugs and QQ. So join me as we scour the Internet looking for reaction to Blizzard’s latest! → Read More
Not sure what to get that World Of Warcraft player in your life? Here’s a list of 5 items (good or bad) that that’ll make that WoW player in your life happy (or sad). Either way, here’s a few things you can wrap and put under the tree — or give to them today along with the new expansion. Love and video games shouldn’t need a holiday, right? → Read More
At midnight tonight (Pacific Standard Time, leaving those of us on the east coast looking like fools) Blizzard flips the switch on the World of Warcraft: Catalysmservers. It’s a pretty huge deal, and not just because it’s the latest expansion (leaks reports indicate at least two more expansions within the next three years) to the game that recently turned six years old. Consider this a sort of… → Read More
We are three weeks away from the release of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, and Blizzard has let it be known that there will be several worldwide launch events that may be worth investigating. For those of you in the US, get thee to the Fry’s Electronics in Fountain Valley, Calif. where you can partake in the launch festivities. There’s going to be a dance contest! If East Side Dave McDonald… → Read More
We’re, what, three weeks away from the release of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm? Yes… I have noticed the sun shining brighter, the air tasting sweeter of late. Right on cue, then, is the new the new MMO keyset for SteelSeires’ Shift keyboard. → Read More
Who can forget the Red Shirt Guy? He’s the young man who, at Blizzcon last week, told Blizzard something about Falstad Wildhammer being on the Council of Three Hammers. I don’t know, I’m not as familiar with the World of Warcraft lore as I’d like to be. Which is not to say I’m above killing hours on WoWWiki looking up this or that faction, but clearly I’m not in the same league as Red Shirt Guy. → Read More
You can now pre-order the digital download edition of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm from Blizzard. Buying this particular edition ensures that you’ll be able to play the game the minute Blizzard turns on the Cataclysm servers, which, incidentally, happens at 12:01am PST on December 7. → Read More
Blizzcon begins tomorrow. Unfortunately, I cannot attend, which means I’ll probably be watching Blizzard’s online stream. This is relevant because SteelSeries will debut its full range of Cataclysm-themed accessories at the show. I’ve already mentioned the new World of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse, but there will be others on display. → Read More
We knew that Blizzard wasn’t too keen on the various StarCraft II hacks and cheats that are out there, but I, for one, did not expect courtroom drama. But here we are! Yup, word on the street is that Blizzard is suing the developers of at least three StarCraft II hacks for—wait for it—“destroying” the game. Goodness gracious~! → Read More
I’ve just received word that the very first cinematic footage of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will pop up during Sunday’s Cowboys-Vikings game on Fox. The game starts at 4:15pm ET. So, set your DVR or wait till someone puts it on YouTube (which I will subsequently post here). That’s it. → Read More
SteelSeries has developed another World of Warcraft mouse. Hopefully they’ve learned a few lessons from their previous mouse, which was OK but sorta flawed at the same time. It’s called the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO Gaming mouse, and it was co-developed with Blizzard. And given my various conversations with the folks at SteelSeries over the past months, I know that Blizzard doesn’t lend its… → Read More
World of Warcraft, still going strong. Just a few weeks before the release of the newest expansion, Cataclysm, Blizzard has announced that the MMO has just crossed the 12 million subscriber line. Maybe Blizzard should have used some of that money to buy Liverpool FC? → Read More
STOP EVERYTHING! Blizzard has just announced that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will be released on December 7, just in time for the holidays. → Read More
Blizzcon, the two-day Blizzard extravaganza, takes place on October 22-23 this year. Expect plenty of Cataclysm news, maybe even the announcement of a release date. Fun! But, small problem: getting to Anaheim, Calif. Maybe if you live in Southern California you can make a fun road trip of it, but flying 3,000 miles across the country isn’t exactly a spur-of-the-moment decision to take. In any… → Read More
There will be a Collector’s Edition of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. You probably could have guessed that, but it’s nice to see it in writing. It will cost $79.99 when it’s released. But what’s inside? → Read More
Scapegaming, the company that had set up and was running a private World of Warcraft server until Blizzard’s lawyers went after ‘em, now has to cough up some $88M in damages. There’s no question that Scapegaming had it coming to them, but $88M? Man alive! → Read More
Online gamers received quite the scare last week when Blizzard announced it would require message board posters to use their real names. This was to be done in order to fight the scourge of online anonymity. The Internet freaked out, of course, so much so that Blizzard eventually changed its mind. I mention this up to not open old wounds, but to take the time to remind you of this: there are other… → Read More
In loving memory of the greatest message board thread in the history of the Internet: the nearly 2,500 page monster discussing the now-rescinded plan to use real names on the Blizzard message board. May the server it’s hosted on be donated to the Library of Congress. → Read More
Well, well, well. Blizzard has announced that real names WILL NOT be required to post on the official forums after all. Your level one alt is safe! → Read More
If Blizzard wanted to spark a discussion, well, job done. The company’s plan to bring Real ID to its message boards has done nothing if not freak people out. Do keep freaking out. → Read More
Let’s get one thing straight: Blizzard is totally in the right here. You’ll recall that they announced yesterday that the era of anonymous commenting on their message boards will come to an end with the release of StarCraft II. Note that all of your current posts on their message board will forever remain under your character’s name. (Don’t worry, Fernando Zorres, your secret is safe with me.)… → Read More
Kudos to Blizzard for putting an end to Anonymous Cowards everywhere. Well, at least on their own official forums. Starting with the release of StarCraft II in a few weeks, Blizzard WILL DEMAND~! you use your real name to participate in the forums. Oh sure, you’ll also be able to have your in-game character’s name displayed alongside your real name, but don’t let that fool you: accountability has… → Read More
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