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World Of Warcraft Dominates Receding U.S. PC Retail In 2007
[ 2008-01-25 14:12:14 | Author: Admin ]
The Entertainment Software Association has highlighted new NPD data on the PC game market, following full-year analysis on the $18.85 billion dollar video game industry pertaining specifically to PC software sales.
Computer retail game sales in the United States totaled $910.7 million, or 36.4 million units, a decrease over last year's results, when PC games sold in a retail setting saw revenue of $970 million.
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Computer retail game sales in the United States totaled $910.7 million, or 36.4 million units, a decrease over last year's results, when PC games sold in a retail setting saw revenue of $970 million.
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World of Warcraft limits your wealth to 2^31 copper
[ 2008-01-23 21:47:11 | Author: Admin ]
Players have discovered that a programming decision in World of Warcraft puts a hard limit on how much in-game wealth a player can acquire: 2^31 gold pieces are all you can have.
I wonder how long the gold farmers have know about this? Today, while skimming over various WoW sites, I noticed two forum posts about the same topic: Players have discovered that there's a cap on how much money you can carry in the game.
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I wonder how long the gold farmers have know about this? Today, while skimming over various WoW sites, I noticed two forum posts about the same topic: Players have discovered that there's a cap on how much money you can carry in the game.
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Three New MMOs Challenge 'World of Warcraft' in 2008
[ 2008-01-04 10:59:53 | Author: Admin ]
Massively Multiplayer Online games built around battling Cimmerians, sea-faring pirates and classic Order-versus-Destruction factions throw down the gauntlet.
A sneak peek at the best new MMOs of 2008.
A sneak peek at the best new MMOs of 2008.
Real-world politics march in World of Warcraft
[ 2007-12-29 21:53:12 | Author: Admin ]
A New Year's Day rally is brewing in Irvine, by way of Azeroth.
A group of Ron Paul supporters are using forums and a simple Web site to organize a march in the World of Warcraft computer game in support of the Republican presidential hopeful.
Azeroth is a kingdom in the mythical world of the massively multiplayer online game made by Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine. More than nine million ...
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A group of Ron Paul supporters are using forums and a simple Web site to organize a march in the World of Warcraft computer game in support of the Republican presidential hopeful.
Azeroth is a kingdom in the mythical world of the massively multiplayer online game made by Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine. More than nine million ...
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How well do you really know them?
[ 2007-12-26 12:49:25 | Author: Admin ]
I’ve been playing World of Warcraft (WoW) for eight years now.
I’ve forgotten what girls look like.
My guild sees me as a god. I am teh leet. I am
No. 1 on the leader boards. Is it now OK to tell them my address so they can begin sending me pictures of their worship?
Of course not. Just because you know the people online better than you know the back of your hand, which you ...
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I’ve forgotten what girls look like.
My guild sees me as a god. I am teh leet. I am
No. 1 on the leader boards. Is it now OK to tell them my address so they can begin sending me pictures of their worship?
Of course not. Just because you know the people online better than you know the back of your hand, which you ...
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Chinese don't believe WoW kid's arson defence
[ 2007-12-26 12:47:52 | Author: Admin ]
CHINESE authorities did not buy a 17 year-old kid's excuse that playing World of Warcraft led him to set fire to another bloke.
The teen lost a schoolyard fight. Five days later he covered a classmate with gasoline and lit a match. He told coppers that he "had lost himself in World of Warcraft" and when he committed the crime and had transformed into a "Fire Mage ".
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The teen lost a schoolyard fight. Five days later he covered a classmate with gasoline and lit a match. He told coppers that he "had lost himself in World of Warcraft" and when he committed the crime and had transformed into a "Fire Mage ".
We think he had been ...
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Jean-Claude Van Damme Pimps World of Warcraft
[ 2007-12-17 14:00:37 | Author: Admin ]
“My name is Jean-Claude Van Damme… and I am a mage.”
“Hand-to-hand combat for me: it's over!”
“Now I can cast powerful spells!”
“Just try messing with me… I’ll turn you into a sheep.”
“A sheep!”
“…Because we all are a bit like sheep, you know...”
“I am Jean-Claude Van Damme, I am a mage.
“And you?”
"What’s your game?"
“Hand-to-hand combat for me: it's over!”
“Now I can cast powerful spells!”
“Just try messing with me… I’ll turn you into a sheep.”
“A sheep!”
“…Because we all are a bit like sheep, you know...”
“I am Jean-Claude Van Damme, I am a mage.
“And you?”
"What’s your game?"
Blizzard confirms new MMO underway
[ 2007-12-17 13:58:46 | Author: Admin ]
A Blizzard community representative has confirmed on the US World of Warcraft forums that a number of jobs advertised by the company are for a new MMO project that isn't connected to World of Warcraft.
The job posts on the Blizzard website listed openings for a lead 3D character artist and lead 3D environment artist for a "Next-Gen MMO" and while speculation on the forums linked it to the ...
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The job posts on the Blizzard website listed openings for a lead 3D character artist and lead 3D environment artist for a "Next-Gen MMO" and while speculation on the forums linked it to the ...
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The Noob School Releases Mining Guide to Ease World of Warcraft's Economic Problems
[ 2007-12-15 10:57:57 | Author: Admin ]
Iron Mountain, MI (PRWEB) December 12, 2007 -- The Noob School releases their Mining guide just in time for the holiday season, giving players exactly what they want. But will this be enough to solve the problems the Mining profession has caused in World of Warcraft?
Is the fate of one of World of Warcraft's most popular and important professions in jeopardy of being modified or worse yet, ...
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Is the fate of one of World of Warcraft's most popular and important professions in jeopardy of being modified or worse yet, ...
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New company makes custom figurines of World of Warcraft characters
[ 2007-12-15 10:57:27 | Author: Admin ]
A former top executive at Microsoft Game Studios, Ed Fries, has launched a company called FigurePrints that makes real-life figurines out of characters from the popular online fantasy game World of Warcraft.
FigurePrints LLC, based in Redmond, Wash., is working with Irvine's Blizzard Entertainment Inc., publisher of World of Warcraft. People who create their own characters as part of the ...
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FigurePrints LLC, based in Redmond, Wash., is working with Irvine's Blizzard Entertainment Inc., publisher of World of Warcraft. People who create their own characters as part of the ...
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‘World of Warcraft’ comic bolsters online game’s domination
[ 2007-12-09 09:04:39 | Author: Admin ]
Every now and again a pop culture phenomenon hits that has a huge impact.
Heck, sometimes one of these things branches out and affects world culture.
Right now, the hottest thing on the planet is the game “World of Warcraft,” a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game, or MMORPG, that at the beginning of 2007 announced it had reached the 8 million subscriber mark. That’s roughly ...
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Heck, sometimes one of these things branches out and affects world culture.
Right now, the hottest thing on the planet is the game “World of Warcraft,” a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game, or MMORPG, that at the beginning of 2007 announced it had reached the 8 million subscriber mark. That’s roughly ...
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Vivendi and Activision join to create Activision Blizzard
[ 2007-12-08 13:00:02 | Author: Admin ]
Activision Inc. and Vivendi announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to combine Vivendi Games, Vivendi's interactive entertainment business, which includes Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft with Activision, creating the world’s largest pure-play online and console game publisher.
The new company, Activision Blizzard, is expected to have approximately $3.8 billion ...
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The new company, Activision Blizzard, is expected to have approximately $3.8 billion ...
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