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Blizzard Entertainment is really commited to its goal to bring World of Warcraft to gamers around the world. It has just announced that on August 6, 2008, the Russian version of the popular massive multiplayer online rpg (MMORPG) and the The Burning Crusade expansion pack will be released in Russia.… Continue Reading »

A free Guitar Hero III track is now available through both Xbox Live and the Playstation Store, and World of Warcraft fans should be pleased. Why WOW fans? Because the track is “I am Murloc,” by Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain. On July 16, 2007, at the 2005 BlizzCon convention,… Continue Reading »

Dan Laton, a Psychology graduate from Victoria University, recently conducted a study on the effects of games on social well being. Gamers tend to be thought of as a group of socially awkward, shy nerds. The purpose of the study was to find out whether or not that stereotype is… Continue Reading »

As the scalding heat blows across the east coast, Xfire predicts cooler weather for June 2008 due to three events with Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Meet Team Millenium, a broadcast of the Sunwell Raid Redux and the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in Paris… Continue Reading »

There is no keeping a good barbarian down. Among speculation and more hype then you can wave a broadsword at, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is showing early that this game might just have what it takes to slay the world’s most popular MMO, World of Warcraft. Released for the… Continue Reading »

The Chinese operator of World of Warcraft, The9, has announced that the game recently reached a peak concurrency of 1 million players in China, meaning there were a million Chinese players logged into the game at the same time. This is the toughest test for WOW servers in China to… Continue Reading »

Antonio Hernandez, a World of Warcraft (WOW) player and former assistant manager at an Orlando-based gaming store, is suing Internet Gaming Entertainment (IGE), one of the largest online gaming service companies in the world. Hernandez intends to have IGE banned from selling WOW currency for real money, due to the… Continue Reading »

Coming out of left field, rumor has surfaced about a possible Call of Duty MMO.  IGN reports that, while speaking to a group of investment analysts yesterday (February 4 2008) at the 008 Morgan Stanley Technology Conference, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick commented that his company might be considering turning its… Continue Reading »

Its a bit late for Christmas themed posts, but this World of Warcraft fan-made music video is so good it must be shared. It features characters in the game dressed as Santa, Jack, Oogie Boogie, Lock, Shock and Barrel from The Nightmare Before Christmas and it has them re-enacting the… Continue Reading »

Blizzard Entertainment recently announced its 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament with more than $200,000 in cash prizes. The competition is based on World of Warcraft‘s arena system except separated from the live realms to provide a more secluded area for professional-level players to compete with their individual skills and… Continue Reading »