Tag: wow
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria to land on 25 September
Blizzard have announced that Mists of Pandaria, the long-awaited fourth expansion pack for giant MMO World of Warcraft, will launch on September 25th. The expansion pack adds the new Pandaren playable race, a new continent to explore, new character classes,…
World of Warcraft subscribers drop 10%
The MMORPG seems to be struggling with the release of new subscriber figures however despite this it is still the number one online game of all time. These figures show that the amount of subscribers seem to be has…
World of Warcraft is now free to play (until level 20)
If you've failed to try the slightly sadomasochistic delights of World of Warcraft, the world's most popular massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG), you've just been offered a new incentive to do so. Blizzard's title is now free…
World of Warcraft Cataclysm Collector's Edition revealed
Blizzard have just revealed the Collector's Edition set for their upcoming Cataclysm expansion to World of Warcraft. Available only from retail stores, the press release states that the boxset will feature: – Art of the Cataclysm art book, featuring 176…
World of Warcraft developer Blizzard working on brand new MMO IP
Blizzard, the development team behind Starcraft II and World of Warcraft, are working on a brand new massively multiplayer online role playing game based on an original intellectual property. Activision CEO Booby Kotick broke the news last night during the…
World of Warcraft movie slowly taking shape, Blizzard creative chief reveals
More news trickling in on the proposed World of Warcraft movie today. Though we'd previously believed that the movie was now in the process of finalising script details, it seems that that stage is still a little way off. However,…
Final Fantasy XIV beta keys up for grabs from Square Enix
Square Enix are taking the Final Fantasy universe online once again with FFXIV. If, like us, you just cant wait to start the MMO grind afresh, Square Enix are now taking applications for the FFXIV beta phase. Applicants must be…
World of Warcraft "beaten" by Taiwanese player
His stats in the armory show that he's killed 390,895 creatures, and died just 8,543 times. He dished out 7,255,538,878 points of damage to his foes, and completed an average of 14.6 quests per day for a total of 5,906.
Nine Inch Nails release 400GB of raw, unedited concert footage for fans to make their own DVD
If you’re a NIN fan, then you’ve just been handed a massive, if a little belated, Christmas present. Trent Reznor, known for his liberal approach to his intellectual property, has released 400GB of raw, unedited HD video footage shot at three recent shows in Victoria, Portland and Sacremento.
WoW fan threatens suicide to Blizzard rep, gets arrested
An unnamed 17-year-old was taken into police custody the other day in Ohio, following a threat that he’d commit suicide to an in-game Blizzard representative (known as a GM). The staffer contacted local emergency services, who showed up at the kid’s house.
The kid told the GM that “he was suicidal and the game was the only thing he had to live for”. Other people have tried stuff like that on Blizzard before, but this is the first time that someone’s been arrested over it.
