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It's nice to see a breath of fresh air in the otherwise pretty stale PC sales chart. The NPD Group has just released the data for the United States for the week spanning from February 15 to 21 and it seems that, for the first time in quite a while, World of Warcraft, the MMO created by Blizzard, is not the best ... |
3 March 2009
13:31 GMT |
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World of Warcraft is the most popular MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) out there, with over 11,5 million monthly subscribers. It took Blizzard from the status of pretty successful company to hugely successful corporation, prompting big gaming name Activision to merge with it. Despite having be... |
12 February 2009
03:03 GMT |
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Blizzard has just released a new patch for World of Warcraft, the most important since the launch of the second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, in the autumn of 2008. The patch can be downloaded from Softpedia and there are versions for all important languages, so look around for the one you need. The patch has so... |
21 January 2009
04:08 GMT |
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Blizzard is one of the most profitable firms out there, and, after the merger with another large gaming corporation, Activision, things are set to become even bigger for the new company. This is especially due to the massively popular franchises that Blizzard has, among them being the sales phenomenon World of W... |
12 January 2009
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The MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) market is a pretty tough one, with titles engaged in a bitter fight for the average user, but, sadly, this fight is only for the second place, as the front position is taken by Blizzard's World of Warcraft. This hugely popular title is still dominating ... |
28 December 2008
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World of Warcraft is, without a doubt, the most popular MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) out there, with over 12 million paying subscribers every month. It dominates the market and has brought its developer and publisher, Blizzard, quite a lot of money in the past 4 years since its launch.As furt... |
4 December 2008
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World of Warcraft is certainly one of the biggest games out there, being the most popular MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) on the market, with over 11 million paying subscribers every month. The company responsible for this hit, Blizzard, is even happier, as the interest of the fans is growing by... |
26 November 2008
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World of Warcraft is definitely a huge game these days. With over 11 million paying subscribers every month, the game dominates the MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) market and enjoys a vast amount of popularity with the fans.Its latest expansion pack, entitled Wrath of The Lich King, has only con... |
25 November 2008
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Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that World of Warcraft's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, available for Mac and PC, has sold more than 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours of availability, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is t... |
21 November 2008
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World of Warcraft is a hugely popular game, with over 11 million paying subscribers and a fanbase that greatly exceeds that number. Blizzard's hit MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) dominates the market and sets a hard to achieve benchmark for other games that can't really appeal to gamer... |
21 November 2008
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Call of Duty: World at War, the World War II new installment in the long running franchise, debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, barely edging out Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion for the Blizzard made World of Warcraft MMO.The Xbox 360 version of World at War is at number one in the charts and ha... |
20 November 2008
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The entire soundtrack album of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is now available to buy through the iTunes Store, Blizzard Entertainment proudly announced. Tracks like "Shadow Web Caverns," "Dragon's Rest," "Path of Tears," "The Garden of Life," and "Obsidian Sanctum" are sure to delight fans of the pop... |
19 November 2008
08:26 GMT |
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With news breaking that raiding guilds are already beginning to finish the high level content offered by the latest World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, it makes perfect sense for Blizzard to be talking about the next expansion for the MMO, and about what plans it has for another MMO besides its curre... |
18 November 2008
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World of Warcraft is a true online phenomenon, having over 11 million subscribers to date. It is the most popular MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) out there, and is the title which brought online gaming to the masses, offering the great Warcraft universe created by Blizzard in a form that is... |
18 November 2008
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Blizzard is definitely a happy company right now, having just launched the second expansion for its hugely successful World of Warcraft MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), entitled Wrath of the Lich King. The expansion was eagerly anticipated by the big number of fans, who endured the cold and wait... |
17 November 2008
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The MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) market is a huge one, with a large number of players delving every day into a mythical adventure against different types of monsters with individual goals.World of Warcraft currently dominates the market with over 11 million subscribers, a number that will sur... |
17 November 2008
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Location: Bucharest, Romania. Date and time: November 12, 2008, 22:00. Event: The launch of "The Wrath of the Lich King," the second expansion to one of the world's most successful game titles to date, The World of Warcraft, an event that took place at midnight all over the world. While I’m not what you wo... |
13 November 2008
04:21 GMT |
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The zombie attack that took place in Blizzard's World of Warcraft MMO close to Halloween was only the first one related to the upcoming launch of the second expansion for the game called Wrath of the Lich King. If you log into the game now, you can still witness the siege of Azeroth by the famed Lich King, the ... |
11 November 2008
05:30 GMT |
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Activision, now fully merged with Blizzard, is probably keen on pointing out how its games will dominate the Christmas period, and there's nothing better for this than having an industry analyst endorsing some of the video games you publish.Mike Hickey, from Janco Partners, says that he expects the World of Warc... |
10 November 2008
21:01 GMT |
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Following the world wide Halloween event which involved a zombie outbreak that was seen as hailing the arrival of the feared Lich King, Blizzard announced having released a new patch for World of Warcraft, bringing the MMO to version 3.03. There are significant changes in the new update and, obviously, a lot of under... |
5 November 2008
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MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) are becoming more and more popular these days because they appeal to almost every kind of player, hardcore or casual, and can offer loads of hours of quality entertainment. The MMORPG market is growing by leaps and bounds and has become synonymous with Blizzar... |
29 October 2008
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More than one MMO specialized sites are reporting that World of Warcraft is being assaulted by zombies. The event seems to be a part of the pre-launch period, which began with the 3.02 patch and that will continue until Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to the Blizzard-made MMO, will finally arrive to the ... |
23 October 2008
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World of Warcraft is one of the biggest MMORPG, or Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, out there. It has over 11 million subscribers worldwide and dominates the market with over 62 %. With the release of its second expansion pack, entitled Wrath of the Lich King, the MMORPG is still doing great and thing... |
20 October 2008
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The last patch for World of Warcraft 3.02 before the launch of Wrath of the Lich King is finally out and the game servers are now stable and active following the patching process. The official name for the patch is Echoes of Doom and there are some pretty interesting and significant changes.There are new skill sets a... |
16 October 2008
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World of Warcraft is a pretty popular game – with over 11 million subscribed users, some people would call it a blockbuster title. Holding a massive 62 percent of the MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) market, it is the title all of the new ones, like Warhammer Online, are trying to rival. ... |
15 October 2008
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World of Warcraft has been seen, since its launch, as the MMO which managed to find the right formula. It blended solo action with player versus players engagements, while also providing a deep and engaging storyline and a good background for all those interested. The pricing model of the game has also been a balance... |
14 October 2008
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As most of you gaming enthusiasts out there already know, Blizzard is expected to officially unveil the next major expansion of its highly successful MMORPG, World of Warcraft. The Wrath of the Lich King is one of the most anticipated releases of this year, as over 10 million subscribers worldwide are anxiously waiti... |
13 October 2008
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Blizzard has always made its games quite simple, in order to run on a wide variety of PCs, and it generally avoided creating visually stunning titles that would run on only the most expensive configurations, like Crysis or its sequel Crysis: Warhead. The developers always focused on the mainstream players, who don�... |
9 October 2008
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A United States court has decided that Blizzard is right in bringing a law suit against MDY Industries, a company which created the World of Warcraft bot Glider. The court ruled that the company should pay 6 million dollars in damages.The Glider bot gained a lot of popularity in gaming circles, especially in groups o... |
3 October 2008
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World of Warcraft is one of the most popular games out there, with a fan base spreading from school kids to adult men or women, having over 11 million subscribers. Part of this huge popularity is that it is accessible from the weakest computer to the most high end gaming rig. It is also available on DVD and the old ... |
26 September 2008
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The United States' economy isn't doing so well, so you would think that money from the government is definitely hard to get, right? Well I also believed that until I heard that professor Bonnie Nardi of the University of California, Irvine had received a grant of 100,000 $ to study how Americans play World... |
18 September 2008
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Blizzard is a company well known for being unwilling to say when it plans to release its games, clinging to the mantra of “We'll release it when it's done!”. They have finally cracked to public pressure and, thanks to an ad which provoked an official response, we now know that the second expansi... |
16 September 2008
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It's hard to keep hardcore MMO players happy. They tend to power game and this means that they quickly go through content and often explore areas quicker than developers can put them out. So creating enough stuff to keep them occupied is a major challenge for all developers trying to come up with a successful MM... |
15 September 2008
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The guys at Blizzard announce that they are opening up transfers from the Player versus Environment servers to the Player versus Player servers in World of Warcraft. The move is bound to be controversial as the company initially stated that such transfers would never be allowed to take place in its MMO.The idea is th... |
12 September 2008
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Blizzard is getting ready for the release of the second expansion for its blockbuster MMO World of Warcraft. But before Wrath of the Lich King can present its glory to all gamers, the game will receive another update, which seems to be massive, in the coming weeks. The idea is that the game is not ready for the expan... |
28 August 2008
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It seems the Achievements that Blizzard implements into World of Warcraft will be retroactive, not requiring the player to go again to parts of the game he has already visited.Jeffrey Kaplan, who is a designer on World of Warcraft, clearly told MTV Multiplayer that the guys at Blizzard "retroactively track any quest ... |
7 August 2008
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Blizzard is sending word that it plans to implement something like a Gamerscore for its games. After announcing that World of Warcraft would get a system that tracks achievements of players, the company decided to make this action part of a larger plan designed to enhance the experience that players have with Blizzar... |
5 August 2008
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There used to be a time when beta tests were just a chance for developers to check on their titles by using the free manpower of the fan community, rather than the internal quality assurance departments in their companies. Beta testers were often given unpolished version of a game and there are some who never played ... |
29 July 2008
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Vivendi Games, which is now officially a part of Activision Blizzard, has reported its financial results for the first quarter of the current financial year, the last time it does so as an independent game developer and publisher. The quarter saw a slight dip in sales and in revenue, as the company did not have any b... |
28 July 2008
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Rumors regarding the introduction of achievements in the most popular MMORPG ever made, World of Warcraft, started spreading quite a while ago when Alpha testers of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion found them by using the "/achievement" command. However, immediately after these rumors surfaced the world wide web,... |
21 July 2008
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With one segment of its faithful fan base secured with the announcement of the long awaited Diablo III and with a minor controversy regarding the new look of the game already brewing, Blizzard moved to offer reasons of interest to the biggest segment of players it has, the ones that are enjoying its World of Warcraft... |
4 July 2008
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How do you feel about MMOs and having to pay a subscription each month to play them? Developers seem to know that there are some gamers out there that would like their online multiplayer experiences to be free of subscription, supported through advertising, micro-transactions or a combination of the two. There are cu... |
25 June 2008
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There's a new splash screen up at the Blizzard's home page and it's clear that the soon to merge with Activision company is preparing for something big. The only question now is how big and how it will affect gamers.The new splash screen does not show much but it's clearly designed to turn on the ... |
24 June 2008
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John Riccitiello, the head of Electronic Arts, has talked about the upcoming Warhammer Online aka WAR, at an investor meeting. He sought to limit the expectations of those present at the William Blair & Company by saying that the Mythic created MMO is not going to directly challenge World of Warcraft for domination o... |
23 June 2008
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Blizzard is announcing that a new Arena Season is in the works and will begin on June 24, just after the third Season of the event is closed up by the company. Eyonix has posted the details regarding the new season of the Arena concept on the official forum.The Arena contest is separate from the normal progression of... |
16 June 2008
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As the release date for the second World of Warcraft expansion is fast approaching, the people at Blizzard have released more information on the new class that the expansion will bring, the Death Knight. The class itself seems to be part tank, part spellcaster, which definitely makes it one of the more interesting id... |
20 May 2008
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When faced with a choice of seeing Paris, with its beautiful coffee joints, Le Tour Eiffel, the breathtaking boulevards and the sumptuous museums, or going nearby to Versailles to attend the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, what would you do? That's a question that can separate a gamer from a normal man. I would... |
18 March 2008
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It wasn't hard to decide what piece of news to post first. A title going "World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Unveiled," cannot go unnoticed. Blizzard.com themselves report that the company has announced plans for a second expansion to its popular MMORPG, currently sporting an amazing 9 million subscribers... |
6 August 2007
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