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Holy Crap! Level 80 in 27 hours.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

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Holy Crap! Level 80 in 27 hours.

It seems like only days ago that I wrote about the release of the latest World of Warcraft expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King, and IT WAS. Well, within 27 hours of the expansion pack’s release, human warlock Nymh became the very first person in the world to reach level 80.

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Rejoice! Wrath of the Lich King is Released

Thursday, November 13, 2008

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Rejoice! Wrath of the Lich King is Released

As of 12AM this morning, Wrath of the Lich King, the latest World of Warcraft expansion pack, has officially been unleashed upon the world.

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EA Considers Console Release of Star Wars, Warhammer MMOs

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

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EA Considers Console Release of Star Wars, Warhammer MMOs

Yesterday, in our whirlwind tour of Star Wars: The Old Republic facts, we noticed that several websites had picked up on a very telling BioWare quote. In response to a question about a possible console release of the upcoming MMO, BioWare president Greg Zeschuk said, “we’re only talking about PC today.” It seems he meant “today” [...]

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Wrath of the Lich King Dated, Priced, Collector’s Expansion Detailed

Monday, September 15, 2008

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Wrath of the Lich King Dated, Priced, Collector’s Expansion Detailed

Lucky beta testers have had nearly two months to take in the sights and sounds of the frozen continent of Northrend — and in two more, you can join them. Blizzard Entertainment announced today that Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion for World of Warcraft, will launch November 13th for $40. A collector’s edition [...]

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Diablo III Petitioners Have a Point, But Who’s Listening?

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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<em>Diablo III</em> Petitioners Have a Point, But Who’s Listening?

Ten days ago, after an incredibly successful viral marketing ploy ensured truckloads of eyeballs were at the ready, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled the long-awaited Diablo III at their Worldwide Invitational in Paris. Many were pleased. But in the days since, a single online petition has revealed that at least 40,000 individuals were not. They took issue with [...]

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Hype and Hellfire: The Synergistic Power of Blizzard?

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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Hype and Hellfire: The Synergistic Power of Blizzard?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock — a rock enchanted with Resist Gaming News, Level 10 — you probably know that Blizzard announced Diablo III this past weekend. The news was practically plastered all over the internet. But how? The company didn’t conduct a massive PR campaign. To inform the general audience that the [...]

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.19.08

Thursday, June 19, 2008

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.19.08

Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Enthusiast: Lightsaber Duels come to Wii, just as disgruntled former LucasArts staffer revealed; producer interviewed at (IGN) Disgruntled staffer kicks himself for forgetting to leak info on the stylus-driven DS clone (IGN) Crysis Warhead runs well on $620 PC, Crytek claims (PC Games via Shacknews) Walking is [...]

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.9.08

Monday, June 9, 2008

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.9.08

Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Updated on the fly: Enthusiast: Call of Duty 5 subtitled World at War, detailed in OXM; set in WWII Pacific theatre; features online co-op over Xbox LIVE (Official Xbox Magazine via CVG) iPhone gets first original game in September, an action-adventure named Kroll (Joystiq) Crytek clarifies “no more PC [...]

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A New World of Warcraft Engine on the Horizon?

Friday, May 16, 2008

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A New World of Warcraft Engine on the Horizon?

Eurogamer has a great interview with the two World of Warcraft lead designers, Jeff Kaplan and Tom Chilton, and producer J. Allen Brack delving into the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. The interview is very detailed and probing, and it is worth a full read for any WoW aficionados, but what really stood out [...]

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‘WoW Trains Leaders’ Study Author Interviewed at Computerworld

Friday, May 16, 2008

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‘WoW Trains Leaders’ Study Author Interviewed at Computerworld

On Wednesday, we hypothesized how today’s massively multiplayer games might reshape your resume and your workplace in the not-too-distant future, given the results of a recent study in the Harvard Business Review. But Computerworld did us one better — they asked author and Stanford professor Byron Reeves to provide some juicy insight into the slightly [...]

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