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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it plans to add cross-realm zones to the beta stage of the Mists of Pandaria expansion for its World of Warcraft MMO in order to improve the game experience for both old and new players.
The new zones will allow all players to meet and then group with a bigger number ... |
14 May 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Ever since The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was launched, fans of the universe that Bethesda created have been wondering how long it would take for it to be used as the basis for an MMO experience that would use the all the races and the provinces that players have explored or read about.When Oblivion was launched in 2... |
12 May 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Publisher Activision Blizzard has announced its financial results for its most recent fiscal year and the big announcement has been that the MMO World of Warcraft has stabilized its subscriber number at 10.2 million on March 31.Activision has reported revenue of 1.17 billion dollars (903.7 million Euro) which is a sl... |
10 May 2012
19:41 GMT |
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World of Warcraft might still be the largest subscription-based MMO in the world, but one of the developers who have lead its development says that the model that underpins its existence is fundamentally broken and needs to change soon. Mark Kern, who is now in charge of Firefall creation at Red 5, told Eurogamer th... |
4 May 2012
03:14 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it has introduced a new Item Restoration Service for its MMO World of Warcraft, allowing gamers to get back those prized items that they accidentally delete from their inventory, sell or modify in ways that they later come to regret.
The official announcement from Bli... |
1 May 2012
03:17 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that the upcoming 4.3.4 patch for its MMO World of Warcraft will allow gamers to use the game client in order to report potential cheating, naming violations and any kind of harassment.
This means that Blizzard will get reports faster and will then be able to react to them... |
18 April 2012
07:25 GMT |
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The development team at Blizzard working on the Mists of Pandaria expansion is worried that long-term fans of the series might be disappointed by the content that they are working on and by the tone of the new class and race.
Greg Street, the lead systems designer working on World of Warcraft, told GameSpy that, &ld... |
26 March 2012
03:03 GMT |
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Mists of Pandaria is not yet out, but the developers working on the most popular subscription based MMO in the world at Blizzard are already ready to start working on a new package of big content for the game. Speaking to CVG, Paul Sams, who is the chief operations officer at Blizzard, said that the core framework f... |
24 March 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard and Chinese game operator NetEase have confirmed that their recent deal linked to the MMO World of Warcraft also covers the upcoming expansion Mists of Pandaria, which is set to arrive later during 2012.
The deal between the two companies also includes two strategy titles, Warcraft III ... |
22 March 2012
21:41 GMT |
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Blizzard has admitted that quite a lot of its fans have suspended their subscriptions to its World of Warcraft online game in favor of other titles, like the recent Star Wars: The Old Republic, but it’s confident that many will come back sooner or later.
World of Warcraft is still one of the most popular MMORP... |
22 March 2012
19:11 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it is close to launching the beta stage for Mists of Pandaria, the upcoming expansion for the World of Warcaft MMO, inviting all those who are interested in signing up to opt in via the official forum of the game.
Those World of Warcraft players who have bought an Ann... |
22 March 2012
09:09 GMT |
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The World of Warcraft MMO from Blizzard is getting ready to receive the Mists of Pandaria expansion this year and, while the focus has been on the new continent, the new race and the new class, the new package will also make changes to the old areas that players know too well. Speaking to WOW Insider, Dave Kosak, al... |
21 March 2012
20:51 GMT |
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The subscription numbers for the Blizzard made World of Warcraft have been dropping steadily for some time, reaching a low of 10 million coming from a high of 12, and it seems that the development team has thought about offering more free-to-play content for players in order to reverse the trend.
John Lagrave, who i... |
21 March 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Blizzard has just deployed a new series of videos and quite a lot of details about some of the locations that will be included in the upcoming World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria expansion.
World of Warcraft may not be as popular as it once was, but Blizzard wants to keep players hooked to the online game so it&rsq... |
20 March 2012
18:21 GMT |
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One leading developer working on the MMO genre at Blizzard has confirmed that a number of veteran developers from World of Warcraft have moved to the yet-undetailed Project Titan title in order to help get the game creation process of the ground.
Tom Chilton, who is the game director working on World of Warcraft at ... |
20 March 2012
10:46 GMT |
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Blizzard has just revealed the first images of the female Pandaren character from the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft.
While WoW has lost some of its subscribers in recent years, the online role playing game is still very popular among loyal fans, so Blizzard is preparing a special expansi... |
20 March 2012
05:02 GMT |
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Mists of Pandaria was initially coldly received by the World of Warcraft players base, who thought that the expansion was too focused on the new race and class, but this might change when the fans see the changes that Blizzard plans to make to the dungeons and the leveling up system for the popular MMO.
Speaking to ... |
20 March 2012
04:06 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard and Sideshow Collectibles have announced that they are working on a new statue of Arthas Menethil that will be launched during winter of this year.
The official description from Blizzard for the statues reads: “Meticulously sculpted by fine artist Brian Fay (whose body of work inc... |
19 March 2012
13:11 GMT |
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The analysis firm Cowen & Company has estimated that the upcoming Diablo III hack and slash video game from Blizzard and Activision will managed to sell more than 5 million copies during the first year on sale.
Doug Creutz, who is an analyst with the firm, says that about 1 full million copies will be linked to the ... |
16 March 2012
20:01 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it is offering a range of bonuses to all the players who are ready to return to the MMO World of Warcraft as long as they can convince a friend who is still playing to use a Scroll of Resurrection on their own character.
Those affected by the powerful Scroll will see ... |
7 March 2012
05:48 GMT |
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A report that cites sources inside Blizzard published by Develop suggests that video game developer Blizzard is currently actively working on a new MMO project that will use the free-to-play business model. The source claims that the studio is aiming to expand the business models it uses in order to make sure that i... |
24 February 2012
19:41 GMT |
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What we know:
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is the next expansion for Blizzard’s massively popular online role playing game, which brings lots of new things, including the Pandaren race, and raises the level cap to 90.
World of Warcraft, despite seeing its subscriber count decrease in recent times, is ... |
24 February 2012
16:41 GMT |
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A study done at the North Carolina State University has demonstrated that the Blizzard-made MMO World of Warcraft has the potential to improve the attention levels and the spatial awareness for older players.
The study involved two groups of volunteers with ages between 60 and 77, one which was given World of Warcra... |
24 February 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Video game service producer and online game publisher NetEase has announced that it managed to obtain better than expected revenue and profits for the fourth quarter of 2011, which ended in December, powered by the World of Warcraft MMO and by online games Fantasy Westward Journey and Westward Journey Online II.
The... |
20 February 2012
13:31 GMT |
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The board game creator USAOPOLY and the video game developer Blizzard have announced that they are working together in order to create two new games, Monopoly: World of Warcraft and RISK: Starcraft.
The two companies are saying that the two titles will combine the core gamer foundations of the game board series with... |
15 February 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Ever since its merger with Blizzard, video game publisher Activision has been accused of eliminating any attempt to innovate and of relying on the same core franchises, including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, in order to generate revenue.
But at least one leading executive working at the company believes that ... |
14 February 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced its set of financial results for the fourth quarter of the current year, showing better than expected revenue and profits for the three-month period that ended on January 31.Activision has announced that it has managed to generate 2.41 billion dollars (1.81 billi... |
10 February 2012
22:11 GMT |
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The MMO World of Warcraft is the most successful subscription-based game in the world and the development team in charge of it at Blizzard says that they are still dealing with the consequences of its remarkable success.
Frank Pearce, who is one of the co-founders of Blizzard, stated at the 2012 DICE conference that... |
10 February 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Blizzard Entertainment has rolled out its newest patch for the MMORPG World of Warcraft. Bringing the immensely-popular game to version 4.3.2, the update delivers the ability to form same-faction raids with Real ID friends, as well as tons of fixes and enhancements. The patch is a hefty 1.3GB download and, according... |
2 February 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Blizzard has just deployed a fresh patch for its World of Warcraft online role playing game, taking it to version 4.3.2. World of Warcraft’s popularity has been attacked by quite a few big online titles, including DC Universe Online, which went free-to-play last year, and BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Rep... |
2 February 2012
10:48 GMT |
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The subscription based MMO is not yet disappearing but the success of the free-to-play model has forced developers to offer players options when it comes to their favorite online experiences, according to a representative of developer Turbine.
Speaking to Eurogamer Adam Mersky, who is the leading executive at Turbin... |
31 January 2012
04:57 GMT |
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The developers working on Star Wars: The Old Republic are keen to keep the game subscription-based and believe that there are enough players interested in the MMO genre to power the success of their own product, market leader World of Warcraft and competitors like Rift. James Ohlen, the game director working on Star... |
26 January 2012
07:38 GMT |
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The new, rebooted SSX offers more content than all the titles in the series taken together, according to one of the leading developers working on it.
Todd Batty, who is the creative director working on SSX, told CVG that, “I think the size and scope of our world and the number of tracks is an order of magnitud... |
25 January 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has confirmed that the recently launched big 4.3 update for the Cataclysm expansion for the MMO World of Warcraft is the last big addition to the game before the launch of the next expansion, called Mists of Pandaria.Dave Kosak, who is a lead quest designer working on World of Warcraft, ... |
19 January 2012
20:01 GMT |
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Gaikai, one of the cloud gaming companies which are trying to make games more accessible to potential players, has announced that its service will soon be coming to the social platform Facebook allowing players to first get access to demos of high end video game and then to full releases.The Facebook move means that ... |
18 January 2012
21:11 GMT |
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Star Wars: The Old Republic has performed better than expected in the months since its simultaneous world release and as gamers discover more of the experience the developers at BioWare are having to answer charges that the new game lacks innovation and is too close to its main competitor.As part of a post mortem ana... |
13 January 2012
08:57 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that the 4.3.2 patch for the MMO World of Warcraft will allow players to create cross-realm raids with friends as long as they have the Real ID feature activated.The new feature will work in both older normal and in new heroic raids in the Battlegrounds.The Real ID feature ... |
11 January 2012
10:12 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it has cut the price for all expansion of its World of Warcraft MMO, both in the official web based store, which allows for full downloads, and in actual brick and mortar retail stores.
Wrath of the Lich King is now offered for 19.99 Euro (25.3 dollars) while those wh... |
10 January 2012
02:22 GMT |
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Star Wars: The Old Republic, the new MMO from developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts, might only have been launched for less than one month but investors are already looking at it as a sign that the subscription based MMO market has life left in it.Colin Sebastian, an analyst who watches the video game marke... |
5 January 2012
07:31 GMT |
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As the past is getting ready to swallow 2011 and the present keeps moving inexorably towards 2012 another analyst has offered some information on the trends that he expects to become the norm during next year.Speaking to IndustryGamers David Cole, who is watching the video game industry for DFC intelligence, has stat... |
3 January 2012
02:58 GMT |
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After just releasing Star Wars: The Old Republic into commercial success, at least judging by the crowded servers of the online game, BioWare, its developer, has confirmed that it has several plans to ensure the title’s profitability no matter its actual popularity. BioWare has just released Star Wars: The Old ... |
22 December 2011
19:31 GMT |
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A former Blizzard developer who has left the company in order to work on mobile titles has said that the design principles of the World of Warcraft creator are a good base to create the popular social games that will determine the future of gaming.Paul Della Bitta, who has worked at Blizzard for more than seven years... |
12 December 2011
02:53 GMT |
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Blizzard has just kicked off a massive sale on its online store, slashing prices on a variety of content, including World of Warcraft, its various expansions and downloadable content, not to mention StarCraft II, although that offer is just available for European customers.The end of December will be a tough time for... |
8 December 2011
12:11 GMT |
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Featuring a new raid, dungeons waiting to be explored, the latest raid tier armor sets, a legendary rogue quest line, the Transmogrification and Void Storage features, and new story developments, WoW: Cataclysm patch 4.3: ‘Hour of Twilight’ is now available for download.Both Mac and Windows gamers will be... |
30 November 2011
07:42 GMT |
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Blizzard has finally deployed the latest patch for its World of Warcraft MMORPG, the 4.3 update called Hour of Twilight, across all regions of the world in the last few hours.World of Warcraft isn’t going through the best of times right now, as its number of subscribers is slowly sinking, but there’s no d... |
30 November 2011
05:44 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that long term fans of the World of Warcraft MMO are now able to access the official website of the game and play with the talent calculator using the values that will be used in the Mists of Pandaria expansion.This will give long term players a good way of assessing how th... |
29 November 2011
12:11 GMT |
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Blizzard has released more information on the upcoming Hours of Twilight patch for the MMO World of Warcraft, which will be delivered in late 2011 or in early 2012 and will allow players to get access to three new 5 man dungeons and some other new content.The 4.3 patch is set to include dungeons called End Time, Well... |
24 November 2011
04:25 GMT |
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The analysis firm Lazard Capital Markets has revealed a study which shows that World of Warcraft, the biggest subscription based MMO in the gaming world, could lose between 900,000 and 1.6 million active players in late December, when Star Wars: The Old Republic from developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts wi... |
23 November 2011
20:31 GMT |
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A leaked document from developer Blizzard shows that the company is ready to work with law enforcement agencies when they are interested in obtaining personal information about the players of the most popular subscription based MMO in the industry, World of Warcraft.The document has been leaked by AntiSec, a hacking ... |
22 November 2011
22:31 GMT |
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Blizzard has revealed that its long running World of Warcraft MMORPG will be turning 7 in two days, on November 23, and, in order to properly mark this anniversary, all players who will log into the online game will receive special bonuses.This month was filled with plenty of celebrations, from the 10th anniversary o... |
21 November 2011
17:51 GMT |
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