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The Warcraft Movie Got the Writer from 'Saving Private Ryan' to Work on It

Last week we looked over the Warcraft movie that is currently in the making and the updates regarding its current state. Now, more details regarding it have come to light. With big director Sam Raimi and, according to the popular movie site IMDB, writer Chris Metzen involved in the project things seemed pretty good f...

13 October 2009
03:11 GMT

Blizzard Disappointed over Marketing Cost Money

This year, BlizzCon gathered over 20,000 fans at the Anaheim Convention Center. Gamers from all over the world came to celebrate alongside Blizzard Entrainment the magic that were and still are Stracraft, Diablo and Warcraft. This year, Blizzard charged $125 for the entry fee, which makes perfect sense, since any sel...

18 September 2009
05:48 GMT

Download Warcraft III Patch 1.24b for Mac OS X

Developed by Blizzard Entertainment (the maker of World of Warcraft), Warcraft III is an RTS game for Mac and PC that contains four playable races: Humans and Orcs, and the Night Elves and Undead. The former have previously appeared in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, while the latter are n...

28 August 2009
05:26 GMT

Download Warcraft III Patch 1.24a for Mac OS X

On the heels of releasing World of Warcraft Patch 3.2.0 yesterday, Blizard Entertainment has released separate patch versions for Warcraft III: Reign Of Chaos and Warcraft III: Frozen Throne, addressing two issues recently found with the popular RTS title available for Mac OS X and Windows platforms. Both the Warcra...

5 August 2009
05:02 GMT

Sam Raimi Confirmed to Direct World of Warcraft Movie

Not a single day without a Hollywood-related piece of news it seems, as the rumor mill started spinning yesterday about who would direct the upcoming World of Warcraft-inspired movie, and now official confirmation has arrived from both Legendary Pictures and Blizzard that reputed director Sam Raimi will be at the hel...

22 July 2009
13:11 GMT

World of Warcraft Demoed on iPhone – Video

Surreal? Yes, but this video is also too believable not to share. According to several reports yesterday, someone posted a video of a World of Warcraft client running pretty well on the iPhone. Using the VolleeX engine, WoW can (seemingly) be controlled very well via the iPhone's touchscreen interface. Kotaku p...

27 April 2009
08:43 GMT

Blizzard Releases Warcraft III Patches (1.23a) for Mac

Blizzard Entertainment has released two new patches for players of its still-popular, real-time-strategy game, Warcraft III. Both Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne fans can download the new patches for free, right here on our website. With the 1.23a release for both Warcraft III games, Blizzard has addressed a few is...

17 April 2009
05:33 GMT

Blizzard Headquarters Get 12-Foot-Tall World of Warcraft Statue

Blizzard is one of the most popular game developers out there, having managed to create for itself a massive fan base. The big number of fans were attracted to the titles made by the company because of their intriguing gameplay, top-notch graphics and solid multiplayer options due to the Battle.Net online service.Amo...

18 March 2009
02:14 GMT

Blizzard Announces a Fan Fiction Writing Contest

Even the gaming world usually looks down on those passionate gamers who are interested enough in a videogame-inspired universe in order to put pen to paper (in this day and age, we’re talking abut keyboard to monitor) in order to create new story lines and events in those universes.But it seems that gaming comp...

16 March 2009
18:51 GMT

Blizzard Won't Use DRM for Diablo III

DRM or Digital Rights Management systems are the things that protect games from piracy. They impose several restrictions on games, like how many computers you can install the same version on, or how many gamers can play the same copy of the game. Although most of the times they don't make their presenc...

16 October 2008
04:16 GMT

Rumor Mill: Starcraft II Gets a New Race

Blizzard has a history of unparalleled innovation when it comes to strategy gaming and especially to its Starcraft franchise. Warcraft was always more formulaic in its approach to strategy, but Starcraft incorporated some elements that were really revolutionary when the game shipped. One of these elements was t...

1 September 2008
09:48 GMT

Diablo III Officially Announced - Trailers and Screenshots Available

All the conspiracy theories can be put aside now because it's here: Diablo III has been officially announced. The splash screen from Blizzard's site has made everyone go berserk and until today everything seemed possible, even a merger between the Diablo and the Warcraft universes.The Blizzard Invitational ...

28 June 2008
08:21 GMT

Senator - Level-70 Dwarf Priest in WoW!

In Guam, as reported by the Pacific Daily News (via gamepolitics.com), Senator Ray Tenorio is (you won't believe this) "a serious, level-70 WoW player." More than that, the senator's avatar is a Dwarf priest going by the name of Paleray, user of the Silverhand server. As it would be only natural, Tenorio is...

26 July 2007
04:43 GMT

New Teaser from Blizzard - Something is Coming

Blizzard loves to tease its fans and do a better job at it than Rockstar did with their countdown timer for the GTA IV Debut Trailer. Up on the official site, the developer of World of Warcraft has posted a timeline for an upcoming... something, hinting at earlier game series. Check out the picture to the left.After ...

14 May 2007
05:26 GMT

WoW - Blizzard Launches 'The Card That Pays You To Play'

Blizzard and First Bankcard have announced "World of WarCraft Rewards Visa." Blizzard calls it "The Card That Pays You To Play," and with good reason too because it will come with a free month of World of WarCraft subscription and 1% all purchases made will be converted to WoW game time, MegaGames says. More than th...

7 May 2007
08:56 GMT

Next-Gen MMO from Blizzard

No, it's not StarCraft 2, enough already! Blizzard did say something about "revisiting" the RTS's scenery but in a more complex context at their World Wide Invitational (in short WWI) in Seoul.However, Lee Sang-Ho, head of MBC Game was skeptical about it: "Frankly, it's half anticipation and half worr...

2 May 2007
10:06 GMT


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