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Friday, Nov 13
Diablo III Not Coming In 2010
While StarCraft II, an upgraded Battle.Net and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm are all firmly pinned down to 2010 releases, Diablo III, StarCraft II expansion packs and Blizzard's next MMO still show a release date of the "next few years".
Thursday, Nov 5
Blizzard Opens WoW Pet Store
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of a Pet Store for World of Warcraft. The store will offer players a new way to obtain in-game pets for the popular fantasy MMO. The store opens with two new companions: Lil' K.T. and the Pandaren Monk.
Tuesday, Nov 3
Subversion's Procedurally Generated Content
We're gradually modifying our Meta-Generator to be more data-driven, meaning the whole system and generation rule set is defined by a series of data files, rather than game code. This means people will be able to write new generation rules for content in the game world - such as the Parks ex...
Monday, Nov 2
BlizzCast Eleven Now Available
Blizzard Entertainment has released the eleventh BlizzCast, a series of podcasts created by Blizzard's Community Team and focusing on the company's current and future game offerings. Number eleven focuses exclusively on this year's BlizzCon event, with commentary from Bashiok (Di...
Friday, Oct 30
Patch: WoW Dungeon Update To Add Cross Realm Dungeon Instancing
Blizzard Entertainment has announced a new dungeon system for World of Warcraft, scheduled to be released in the next content patch for the popular MMO. The new system will replace the Looking For Group feature with a variety of options including cross realm instances, instance telepor...
Thursday, Oct 22
WoW: The Negative Impact Of Buying Gold
Blizzard Entertainment has published an article on the topic of gold purchasing in its popular MMO, World of Warcraft. The feature explores some of the dangers for purchasers of gold, as well as the negative impact on other players and server stability.
Friday, Oct 16
StarCraft II: Q&A Round 54
Blizzard Entertainment has released another update to its series of answers to fan questions about the upcoming StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. The 54th Q&A batch is now available on Blizzard's StarCraft forums. The sequel to the still popular original StarCraft, SC II will introdu...
Tuesday, Oct 13
Diablo III: Items, Skills, Stats
Diii.net recently two more sections of an interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Jay Wilson about Diablo III, the upcoming continuation of its action RPG franchise. The Q&As this time focused on the game's items, character skills, and stat progression.
Wednesday, Oct 7
Blizzard Devs Discuss World Of Warcraft
MMORPG has published a new interview with Blizzard Entertainment's J. Allen Brack and Frank Pearce. The developers discussed a variety of topics includingWorld of Warcraft, the upcoming Cataclysm expansion, and the company's focus on polishing games.
Wednesday, Sep 30
The State Of Mac Gaming
�We're making games for whatever platform makes sense,� explained J. Allen Brack, production director for WoW. �If you're looking at the Mac, there are certainly people who would not play World of Warcraft if there were no Mac client.�
Thursday, Sep 24
Nomad: Blizzard's Cancelled Squad-Based Sci-Fi Game
During the keynote speech at the Game Developer's Conference in Austin, Blizzard Entertainment's J. Allen Brack and Frank Pearce briefly discussed Nomad, a squad based sci-fi title that never saw release. After becoming unsatisfied with the project the team involved decided instead t...
Wednesday, Sep 16
WoW Cataclysm: The Abyssal Maw
Blizzard Entertainment has updated its World of Warcraft: Cataclysm website with information about The Abyssal Maw, a dungeon area players will be able to explore in the upcoming expansion for the popular MMO. The page explains the Maw's backstory and offers a few screenshots of the are...
Thursday, Aug 27
Changes For Everyone In World Of Warcraft's Cataclysm
Wired has posted a new interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Cory Stockton about Cataclysm, the upcoming new expansion for the popular MMO, World of Warcraft. In the Q&A the lead content designer describes the many changes coming with the release of the expansion including a new...
Tuesday, Aug 25
WoW Cataclysm Goblins Examined
GameSpot has published a new hands-on preview article featuring the Goblins, an upcoming new player race for World of Warcraft's next expansion, Cataclysm. The expansion will allow players to adventure as two new playable races, achieve new levels of power, take on challenging quests...
Monday, Aug 24
World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Trailer Available
Blizzard Entertainment has released an official trailer for Cataclysm, the upcoming expansion for its popular MMO, World of Warcraft. Cataclysm will allow players to adventure as two new playable races, achieve new levels of power, take on challenging quests and dungeons in all-new z...
Friday, Aug 21
World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Announced
Blizzard Entertainment today announced plans for the third expansion to World of Warcraft, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Unveiled at the company�s fourth BlizzCon gaming festival, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will bring sweeping cha...
World Of Warcraft: The Magazine Announced
The new quarterly publication will cover all aspects of WoW, from game content to the players themselves. Launching simultaneously in English, French, German, and Spanish editions, the new magazine will be available via subscription only, sold through World of Warcraft Account Mana...
Wednesday, Aug 12
Ozzy To Rock BlizzCon 09
The largest event of its kind, BlizzCon is a celebration of Blizzard Entertainment�s Warcraft�, Diablo�, and StarCraft� game universes and the global player communities surrounding them. At the closing ceremony on August 22, Ozzy will unleash a thunderous spectacle of rock to put the...
Tuesday, Aug 11
BlizzCast Ten Now Available
Blizzard Entertainment has released the tenth BlizzCast, a series of podcasts created by Blizzard's Community Team and focusing on the company's current and future game offerings. Number ten features Q&As with Lead Encounter Designer Scott Mercer and Senior Game Designer Dave M...
Monday, Aug 10
Diablo III: Item Drops, PvP, Difficulty Escalation
In his most recent post on the official Diablo III forums, community manager Bashiok discussed the item drop system, PvP integration, and difficulty escalation. Diablo III is Blizzard Entertainment's long awaited return to the popular action RPG franchise.
World Of Warcraft Call Of The Crusade Reviewed
IGN has posted a new review of World of Warcraft's latest update, Version 3.2: Call of the Crusade. In addition to the usual bug fixes, balance changes, and content additions version 3.2 introduces the Isle of Conquest battleground and Crusaders' Coliseum dungeon.
Monday, Aug 3
World of Warcraft: Patch 3.2 Information Round-Up
Blizzard Entertainment recently posted an informational update on its World of Warcraft website. The post details all the information currently available about the upcoming version 3.2 update for the game including info on Crusaders' Coliseum, Isle of Conquest, Argent Tournament up...
Thursday, Jul 30
WoW: 8.6 Million Sold, $258 Million Revenue
The statistics provided by NPD included the base World of Warcraft, plus the Collectors Edition version, the expansion pack-bundling Battle Chest, and the two standalone expansions: The Burning Crusade and Wrath Of The Lich King.Click over to the page below to read more.
Thursday, Jul 16
WoW: Druid Q&A
Blizzard Entertainment has posted the latest in its series of lengthy World of Warcraft class Q&As. This time Ghostcrawler and the World of Warcraft Development Team focused on the Druid. The discussion covered a range of topics including the Druid's role in the game, elements uniqu...
Tuesday, Jul 14
WoW: Paladin Q&A
Blizzard Entertainment has posted another lengthy Q&A in its class series. This time Greg Street and the World of Warcraft Development Team focused on the Paladin. The discussion covered a range of topics including the Paladin's role in the game, elements unique to the class, and fut...
Wednesday, Jul 8
BlizzCon Contest Announced
Trip for 2 to BlizzCon including: � 2 passes to BlizzCon 2009 � SteelSeries World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse � Brady Games World of Warcraft Atlas � Brady Games Burning Crusade Atlas � Upper Deck World of Warcraft Miniatures Game "Spoils of War" Booster Box
Monday, Jul 6
Blizzard's Tom Chilton Discusses WoW's Future
VideoGamer.com has posted a new interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Tom Chilton, lead designer for World of Warcraft. In the two part interview the game designer discusses content in the upcoming 3.2 Call of the Crusade patch and other plans for the future of the popular MMO.
Friday, Jul 3
WoW: Warlock Q&A
Blizzard Entertainment has posted another lengthy Q&A with Ghostcrawler and the World of Warcraft Development Team. This discussion focuses on the Warlock class in the popular MMORPG with a range of topics including the Warlock's role in the game, weaknesses in PvP, and future pla...
Thursday, Jul 2
WoW: Faction Change Service In Development
Blizzard Entertainment has announced work on a new faction change service for its popular MMO, World of Warcraft. When finished the service will allow Horde and Alliance players to switch sides on the same realm, transforming an existing character to an equivalent type on the opposing s...
Wednesday, Jul 1
WoW: Death Knight Q&A
Blizzard Entertainment has posted a lengthy Q&A with Ghostcrawler and the World of Warcraft Development Team. The discussion focuses on the Death Knight Hero class in the popular MMORPG, with topics ranging from the Death Knight's unique abilities to future plans for the class.
Saturday, Jun 27
Blizzard's Rob Pardo Interviewed
IndustryGamers has published a new interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Rob Pardo. During the discussion Pardo covered a range of topics including the success of World of Warcraft, his thoughts on free to play MMOs, his advice to company's seeking to enter the massively multiplaye...
Thursday, Jun 11
WoW: Shaman Q&A
Blizzard Entertainment has posted a lengthy Q&A with Ghostcrawler and the World of Warcraft Development Team. The discussion focuses on the Shaman class in the popular MMORPG, with topics ranging from the Shaman's role in a party to changes in consideration for improving PvP optio...
Monday, Jun 8
World Of Warcraft, StarCraft Receive Guinness World Records
Representatives of the Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer�s Edition recently handed out awards at the E3 Expo, honoring gaming publishers which have set new records with their products. Blizzard Entertainment received two awards: Most Popular MMORPG for World of Warcraft's 11.6 milli...
Thursday, Jun 4
Patch: World Of Warcraft 3.1.3 Update Now Available
Blizzard Entertainment has released a new update for its popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft. The patch brings the game to version 3.1.3 and fixes a variety of bugs including several class changes, item adjustments, and changes to Mimiron dungeon.
Thursday, Oct 16
World of Warcraft Echoes Of Doom Patch Available
TN - Echoes of Doom, the last major content patch for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, was recently released by Blizzard Entertainment. ...
Friday, Feb 8
Podcast: Episode 35
MacBook Air, The 8800GT factor, EA Announces Ciderised Spore coming to mac, Aspyr Announced Call of Duty 4 for Mac, Macsoft gets official with UT3 for mac, Feral shipping Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Kill Monty Goes Universal, World of Warcraft reaches 10 million Subscribers, Penny Arca...
Friday, Apr 20
Blizzard Offers Burning Crusade 10 Day Free Trial
Blizzard Entertainment recently announced a ten-day free trial edition of The Burning Crusade, the popular first expansion for the world conquering MMORPG, World of Warcraft. Former or current players can give the expansion a spin before deciding whether or not to make a purchase.
