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That’s right, Starcraft fans. Starcraft II has finally entered closed beta. That means, of course, that you have to receive invitations from the company to play but, heck, at least it’s happening. Beta testers are also getting a look at the new and improved Battle.net which will eventually collect World… Continue Reading »

Activision Blizzard is creating an organization dedicated to raising awareness on unemployment amongst war veterans. The non-profit foundation, called Call of Duty Endowment (CODE), will focus on raising funds and assisting organizations dedicated to job placement and training for war veterans. Activision Blizzard’s CEO, Robert Kotick, decided to invite veterans… Continue Reading »

Despite nearly a dozen Call of Duty games released since 2003, fans just can’t seem to get enough of the intense first-person shooter series. To date, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare stands on a hill of its own, selling more than fourteen million copies worldwide, dozens of Game of… Continue Reading »

It’s no secret that the Electronic Entertainment Expo has been in a state of flux for the past couple of years. These days the companies that don’t show up for the event make as much news as the companies that do. Conspicuous by its absence from E3 2008 was the… Continue Reading »

Each year I receive a stack of holiday greeting cards from various game and entertainment companies. Some come with small physical gifts (*cough* Sony *cough*) while others simply highlight a few featured game characters. This year, more companies have sent electronic cards and none have included a small gift (so… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Christmas Cards from Game Companies 2008

World of Warcraft has reached another milestone thanks, in part, to the success of Wrath of the Lich King. Over 11.5 million people paying to play World of Warcraft - isn’t that kind of crazy? Amazing. Blizzard announced this huge figure today, and also gave credit to the expansion for… Continue Reading »

Afraid there was gonna be no one to call when ghosts were eventually going to haunt your video game console? Well fear no more gentle citizen, for Atari has officially announced that the upcoming Ghostbusters: The Video Game will be warming up the proton packs for June 2009. After the… Continue Reading »

So how did you feel about the announcement Blizzard made regarding their upcoming sequel to the decade old and still selling RTS game, Starcraft II, would be split up into three games, or at least one game and two expansions? Did you not care? Are you one of those players… Continue Reading »

Diablo III lead designer Jay Wilson and World of Warcraft (WoW) production director J. Allen Brack recently took to the stage at a BlizzCon 2008 press conference in California to answer fan questions about Blizzard Entertainment’s highly anticipated sequel and its ever popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) respectively.… Continue Reading »

In an interview with Joystiq, Blizzard Vice President of game design, Rob Pardo, was asked about earlier reports from Julian Wilson on how Blizzard is looking to monetize Battle.net. Pardo mentioned that Blizzard is not looking to put Diablo 3 on a subscription-based pricing. “It’s clearly not an MMO, so… Continue Reading »