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World of Warcraft is Educational

Unschooling, a belief that traditional education doesn’t work and needs changed, has become the basis for University of Wisconsin-Madison Constance Steinkuehler’s study that Warcraft provides actual education value. She gathered up some eight and ninth graders for after school sessions of the game, and lo and behold, it seemed to have an effect. As the [...]

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Wrath of Lich King on DVD Only, Two People Angry

Still running a PC without a $10 DVD-ROM drive? Still like World of Warcraft? Sorry, you’re screwed. The next expansion will *gasp* require a DVD. Sorry those of you still stuck in a multimedia world circa 1993. It’s either time to move on to something else or pony up the cash to buy the necessary [...]

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Hellgate Done for October 31st

When Flagship Studios went under, it was inevitable that the Hellgate London was going with it. While we all knew it was coming, it was still up in the air as to when. Well, Namco stepped in to give players a little more time, and that time comes to a close on January 31st ‘09. [...]

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Age of Conan Servers Merging

At one point, it seemed like Age of Conan was doing pretty well for itself. Initially, 700,00 players jumped into the fantasy world, and apparently, not many of them chose to stick around when it came time to pay. With that being obvious, game director Craig Morrison posted the news to the game’s forums. While that [...]

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Gears of War 2 on PC? “No”

In an interview with TotalVideoGames, Epic Gears of War 2 lead Cliff Bleszinski discusses a number of items about the game, most notably the PC port… which won’t happen. When asked if it was happening, Bleszinski’s response was fairly straightforward: “No.” Well, that sounds firm now doesn’t it? He cites the usual PC developer fear of piracy. [...]

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Bejewled and Warcraft: A Match Made in, well, Warcraft

Kudos to PopCap. Michael Fromwiller created an in-game Bejeweled clone in World of Warcraft to pass the time while waiting around for raids or when gold farming. Instead of PopCap dropping a lawsuit in the guys lap, the company instead hired him to do an official version of the puzzle classic. The game, now cleaned [...]

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WWE Going MMO in Korea?

Korean WWE fans have until 2010 to froth at the mouth for their exclusive title, but THQ has announced they’ll be delivering a PC WWE MMO experience. The game will apparently feature a standard style career mode in which the player climbs the ranks of the WWE with the goal of reaching the WWE Hall [...]

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Command & Conquer Red Alert Now a Freebie

It’s amazing what 13 years can give you. For example, it’s been 13 years since the original Red Alert landed on PCs, and now you can get it for absolutely free. Nope, you don’t even have to pay shipping since it’s a download as a promotion for the upcoming Red Alert 3. Oh, and if [...]

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Warhammer Online Taking Out the (Gold Farming) Trash

Ha Ha! This one goes out to all of the gold farmers out there in Warhammer land. Ha ha! Mythic co-founder Mark Jacobs has had enough of gold farming shenanigans. He’s laying down the law, as his “strike team” who do nothing but find the gold farmers of the world and ban them. So far, 400 people [...]

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Battlefield Heroes Will “Sneak Out”

Upcoming free-to-play cartoony Battlefield Heroes won’t have an official release date according to the executive producer for DICE Ben Cousins. Instead, players can enter into the beta “to the point where every hardcore gamer in the world will probably be able to get a key if they want to.” In other words, he considers the [...]

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MMO Players Challenge Final Fantasy XI Boss for 18 Hours… and Lose.

Through the years, we’ve all heard stories of gaming dedication. Heck, you probably even have your own (I certainly have my stories of marathon sessions). Mostly though, those stories finish with a happy ending. Not so much for a group of Final Fantasy XI players who recently had the idea to tackle what Square has [...]

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Fake Gold Worth a Crap Load

Apparently, people these days are too lazy to even play the video games they buy, and are willing to pay someone else to do it for them. A Manchester University study has shown the industry is potentially worth $500 million. The business employs close to half a million people, most of them in China. However, [...]

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