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Reader UI of the Week: Enter the box with Oakdusa's raiding UI | Mark As Read |
I'm featuring Oakdusa's UI because it made me incredibly nostalgic for the days of the original World of Warcraft and its eternal predecessor, EverQuest. The EQ user interface was this odd creation, living in the realm of "this sounds like a great idea ... »
Blizzard Says Diablo 3 Hacking Isn't Unusual | Mark As Read |
Diablo 3 security compromises are pretty much in line with what's seen during World of Warcraft expansion launches. The inability to connect to a Diablo 3 server when you want to play the game, particularly in the hours and days immediately following ... »
Blizzard: Diablo 3 account compromises historically in line with WoW expansions | Mark As Read |
"Historically, the release of a new game -- such as a World of Warcraft expansion -- will result in an increase in reports of individual account compromises, and that's exactly what we're seeing now with Diablo 3," Blizzards told Joystiq this evening. »
Does Diablo III's big online-only bet pay off? | Mark As Read |
It's what keeps many hardcore players going in the World of Warcraft, and it's the model on which Blizzard has constructed Diablo III. Those players are also the most likely to populate the auction house with high value items. »
Mists of Pandaria: 'What has changed?' makes class changes more palatable | Mark As Read |
by Mathew McCurley May 21st 2012 at 7:00PM One of the sharpest double-edged swords in Blizzard's arsenal is the constant iteration to class and play design that comes with each World of Warcraft expansion. On the one hand, players like innovation and ... »
ArenaNet president discusses careful monetization of Guild Wars 2, the least ... | Mark As Read |
Up until that point, the standard practice across all massively multiplayer online games (such as EverQuest, Lineage II, Final Fantasy XI, and World of Warcraft — to name just a few) required a monthly subscription between $10 and $20 to keep playing ... »VentureBeat
Not So Massively: Error 37, hero spotlights, and the Torchlight II beta | Mark As Read |
by Brendan Drain on May 21st 2012 8:00PM Well-known World of Warcraft guild Method secured a world first kill on Diablo III's Skeleton King in inferno mode just a few days after launch but was beaten to the game's completion by a single person. »
How the Video Games Industry Is Faring | Mark As Read |
Activision publishes "Call of Duty" and "World of Warcraft." Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. says it has delayed the release of "BioShock Infinite," an eagerly awaited shooter game set in 1912, to give creators more time. It will launch on Feb. »
A First Look at Mists of Pandaria Professions: Engineering | Mark As Read |
I've said it before and I'll say it again -- if you're not having fun while playing World of Warcraft, you're doing it wrong. Sure, raiding is great, and so is having pockets full of gold. But if you don't find either of those fun, then why bother? »
Diablo III | Mark As Read |
This puts a lot of variety in the combat without making it seem like a World of Warcraft-like toolbar juggling act. The only limiting aspect is that each skill slot has its own list of skills you can choose, instead of a large pool of skills, ... »
'Guild Wars 2' and the End of Healing | Mark As Read |
... the next great MMO by just copying what's come before," said Christopher Lye, global brand director at ArenaNet, who believes the definition of an MMO has come to mean games that follow a similar quest and combat structure to World of Warcraft. »
The Queue: Run Boy Run | Mark As Read |
by Alex Ziebart May 21st 2012 at 11:00AM Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today. Go to iTunes and buy Woodkid's new track, ... »
Video Game Addiction is a Real Thing | Mark As Read |
... you have a lot of influence over their video game time. Be aware of how much they spend on the game and monitor which video games they play. There are games that are more addictive than others. Top of the list is World of Warcraft, Halo 3 and Tetris. »
Diablo 3 review: Hitting the jackpot | Mark As Read |
While we haven't seen a sequel to Diablo 2 in nearly thirteen years, Blizzard has been iterating on this type of gameplay all that time with World of Warcraft. And all that experience has given the developers an incredible sense of what players want ... »
In No Way Did Max Payne Outsell Diablo 3 | Mark As Read |
Additionally, they now have a constant revenue stream from the in-game real money Auction House, and in general, Diablo 3 seems like it's going to be a cash cow for them, despite no monthly fee a-la-World of Warcraft. In closing, the game is great, ... »Forbes
Genre: Action-RPG | Mark As Read |
These bonus abilities are tagged onto a World of Warcraft-style powers bar at the foot of the screen, and activated with a single click of the mouse or a designated keyboard shortcut. The battlefield is littered with new weapons, armour and items in ... »
Diablo III Review | Mark As Read |
Unlike World of Warcraft there is no rolling for loot in Diablo III, you'll only see items that you can pickup so in that sense there's a better chance that your time will be aptly rewarded. The only real cons to the cooperative play is the ability for ... »Attack of the Fanboy
Opinion: Violent Videogames—Should Kids Be Allowed to Play? | Mark As Read |
World of Warcraft? Grand Theft Auto? What do these videogames all have in common? Extreme violence that is exposed to today's youth. Imagine what would happen if these alternate worlds become a reality. Here's a hint: muggings everywhere you turn, ... »
Gamer Roulette: Roundup Recap | Mark As Read |
I'm only partially up to date with it (as of today through word of mouth), but I know that you need a battle.net account to play games online (like "StarCraft" and "World of Warcraft") but apparently you need it just to start up "Diablo 3. »Neon Tommy
The Queue: Magic man | Mark As Read |
by Michael Sacco May 20th 2012 at 2:00PM Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today. Damn, dude, twins? »
RI's big bet on Curt Schilling raises questions | Mark As Read |
This market is dominated by Blizzard Entertainment's "World of Warcraft," which is estimated to have more than 10 million subscribers, according to figures tracked by the website MMOData.net. By comparison, "Star Wars: The Old Republic" from Electronic ... »
World of Warcraft Wisdom: Companions Found, Companions Lost | Mark As Read |
If there is anything that can be said about a game like World of Warcraft it is that we can develop some good relationships while playing. Much like real life, those relationships are important and often give us reason to stay in the game. »Game Rant
The first video of Amalur MMO from 38 Studios | Mark As Read |
A die-hard World of Warcraft fan, Schilling formed the company and surrounded himself with some of the most talented designers, artists, and musicians in the video game world. The company tested the waters earlier this year with their first game: ... »Attack of the Fanboy
The Care and Feeding of Warriors: The fury of Diablo 3 | Mark As Read |
And frankly, they bleed together, because although World of Warcraft's story draws directly from the Warcraft RTS and setting, WoW had Diablo in its DNA. Don't believe me? Roll a paladin in Diablo II, then go take a look at what paladin talent trees ... »
Blizzard Delays Real-World 'Diablo III' Auction House a Week | Mark As Read |
Like some other games - Blizzard's World of Warcraft MMO, among others - the auction house isa virtual bazaar in which players ca buy and sell virtual items found within the game. Diablo III is almost unique, however, in that players can choose either ... »
Rise of the social gamers in Singapore | Mark As Read |
But she is no hardcore gamer or geek seeking to advance in an action role-playing game such as World Of Warcraft or Diablo. Instead, she is a fan of Mafia Wars, a relatively simple game on social network Facebook. 'Hitting back at my enemies gives me ... »
The Lawbringer: Blizzard and Valve settle on DOTA | Mark As Read |
World of Warcraft saw unprecedented growth when Wrath of the Lich King launched, mostly because of the new types of accessibility introduced into the genre at the time. When people can actually play your game, they tend to stick around. »
Addon Spotlight: Mailbag 5 | Mark As Read |
Until then, there are many questions about the current version of World of Warcraft (Cataclysm) that many people would like to have answered. If you've got a question, answer, addon recommendation, complaint, invoice, or other correspondence, ... »
Diablo III: demon-cleaving, refined | Mark As Read |
Diablo II marked a major change in the way that RPGs were played, and it proved tremendously influential on the massively multiplayer role-playing games that followed (specifically World Of Warcraft), which then fed back into single-player games like ... »Ars Technica
The Queue: I'll take it | Mark As Read |
by Michael Sacco May 18th 2012 at 11:00AM Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today. You know, it was a tough call, ... »
Gamification taking over our lives, study finds | Mark As Read |
A visitor plays the computer game 'World of Warcraft' at the world's biggest high-tech fair, the CeBIT on March 4, 2010 in the northern German city of Hanover. Some 4157 companies from 68 countries are displaying their latest gadgets at the fair taking ... »
Why 'Monty Python And The Holy Grail' Needs Its Own MMORPG | Mark As Read |
Some of these have had a long and successful run, such as World of Warcraft. Others have faded into obscurity. Still others, like BioWare's recently launched Star Wars: The Old Republic are struggling to keep up subscription numbers even just months ... »Forbes
UK proposes massive surveillance of personal lives | Mark As Read |
Then there are instant messaging services run by companies such as BlackBerry, Internet telephony services such as Skype, chat rooms, and in-game services liked those used by World of Warcraft. Communications service providers, who would log the ... »
What can we learn from Diablo 3 & and open letter to Blizzard | Mark As Read |
You were able to handle the rush of millions of people logging in to World of Warcraft every time you've released a new expansion. I highly doubt that 20 million people fired up Diablo 3, and you don't have backup servers available that could jump in ... »
Joyswag & Unboxing: 'Collector's Edition' World of Warcraft Monopoly | Mark As Read |
by Xav de Matos on May 17th 2012 3:40PM USAopoly and Blizzard have teamed up to develop a special, World of Warcraft-themed "Collector's Edition" Monopoly set, which lands at retailers tomorrow. Not only did we get a first look at the final product, ... »
TERA Review | Mark As Read |
Combat in MMOs these days is most often played using the model popularized by, though certainly not invented by, World of Warcraft. The character selects a target and begins to attack that target with his or her weapon of choice; the target responds in ... »
Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is | Mark As Read |
Imagine life here in the US - or indeed, pretty much anywhere in the Western world - is a massive role playing game, like World of Warcraft except appallingly mundane, where most quests involve the acquisition of money, cell phones and donuts, ... »
Rhode Island May Gain Control of 38 Studios' Intellectual Property | Mark As Read |
Worse, with a planned follow up slated to take on World of Warcraft, Star Wars: The Old Republic and TERA, success beyond the first game was anything but certain. Unfortunately, it looks like the residents of Rhode Island will be the ones to suffer. »RipTen
'Diablo III': Chris Metzen on the 'end of the trilogy' and the story he's ... | Mark As Read |
We've been trying to find our feet in a post-World of Warcraft world, and there have been a number of growing pains that maybe took us a little longer than we'd expected. The development team has killed it, though. They've built a beyond-worthy Diablo ... »
Know Your Lore: The Burning Legion | Mark As Read |
by Matthew Rossi May 16th 2012 at 3:00PM The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how -- but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know ... »
World of Warcraft decline partially offsets NetEase Q1 profits | Mark As Read |
NetEase admitted that this growth was partially offset by a decline in revenue from World of Warcraft, which the company operates in China, although it said it was pleased to have recently renewed the contract for the game with Blizzard. »Gamasutra
Blizzard Issues Apology, Puts 'Diablo 3? Auction House on Hold | Mark As Read |
Despite Blizzard's awareness that their games tend to sell like gangbusters, and earlier lessons learned from the World of Warcraft launch, Diablo 3 suffered one of the more disappointing launches in a long time. Gamers were experiencing problems ... »
The Lords of Hell Return: Diablo 3 Review | Mark As Read |
For those that ordered the Collector's Edition, extra goodies as well such as in game banners and items for Blizzard's other games (Starcraft 2 and World of Warcraft) Diablo 3 offers a fresh take on game play, an engaging story, and amazing visuals. »Unleash The Fanboy
NetEase Reports First Quarter 2012 Unaudited Financial Results | Mark As Read |
With respect to our licensed games, we are pleased to have renewed our contract with Blizzard Entertainment to continue our existing cooperation on Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft in mainland China. We look forward to releasing Mists of ... »
Netease 1Q Profit Climbs 28% On Higher Game Revenue | Mark As Read |
Netease, which recently dropped the ".com" suffix from its name to reflect the diversity of its operations, makes the lion's share of its revenue from online games, including its license for Activision Blizzard Inc.'s (ATVI) "World of Warcraft" game as ... »
Remembering The Glory That Is <em>Final Fantasy XI</em> On Its 10-Year Anniversary | Mark As Read |
The community was so mature and varied, almost none of the people playing fell into the MMO player stereotypes you often see on TV like in the World of Warcraft episode South Park and such. People from all over the world, all walks of life, all races, ... »
Release of Big-Name Video Games Could Revive Sales | Mark As Read |
Diablo III ($60 for Windows and Macintosh computers, ages 17 and older) has set a record for the most pre-orders by any game from developer Blizzard, which also produces World of Warcraft games. It "will move (PC games) to positive territory," Pachter ... »Sci-Tech Today
Diablo 3 world first scored by World of Warcraft raiding guild | Mark As Read |
by Alex Ziebart May 16th 2012 at 4:00PM Method, one of World of Warcraft's top raiding guilds, has decided to take their thirst for world firsts into the world of Diablo. A three-man team from Method scored the world-first Skeleton King kill on Inferno ... »
The hypocrisy of Curt Schilling | Mark As Read |
If you don't, a quick refresh: Schilling started his own video-game company in 2006 (think World of Warcraft-type stuff), based it in Maynard. Four years later the state of Rhode Island offered 38 Studios a $75 million loan to move operations to that ... »
Hands-on with The Secret World's combat system | Mark As Read |
That said, some of the animations could use a coat of polish, and I'm interested to see how (or whether) Funcom is able to respond to the inevitable complaints of "clunky" combat from World of Warcraft fans. So what's that giant four-button thing ... »
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