Blizzard has recently implemented a change in the Wrath of the Lich King beta that aims to vastly unify the staggering amount of different buffs involved in raiding and other group situations. The new system categorizes buffs into around thirty categories, and makes it so that only the most powerful of each category will apply. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
In the upcoming weeks (the exact date is yet to be determined), Blizzard will be releasing a substantial content patch that will include a large portion of the Wrath of the Lich King content. This will be free to all players and will be automatically downloaded just like any other patch. According to Blizzard’s Wryxian, this [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
Think Wii Fit is in short supply now? Wait until the general public figures out how to use to to play World of Warcraft. This video, an actual project at a German research center, performs some basic movements in the game rather easily after a quick hack of the software and a PC link up. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 23, 2008
‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’ This one slipped by everybody. The highly anticipated sequel to World of Warcraft? It’s out. This isn’t just some expansion pack. Oh no. This open up an entirely new world to WoW gamers. Instead of wasting time controlling your character, you control a character who controls the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 12, 2008
If you’ve ever spent any time playing World of Warcraft, you’re familiar with Peons4Hire, even if you don’t know them by name. The company, owned by In Game Dollar, was responsible for chat spamming players with advertisements for buying in-game gold and items. Peons4Hire were good at what they did, creating characters with [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 19, 2008
World of Raids has a great link to an online flash game that trains players for the Teron Gorefiend raid boss in World of Warcraft’s Black Temple. Like the actual boss fight, the flash game is hard, but with a little practice you’ll soon find yourself a more than capable player ready for a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 17, 2008
Following in the footsteps of Bungie and Insomniac, Blizzard has released its first official podcast, BlizzCast. The first episode includes a conversation with Samwise Didier, Blizzard’s Art Director, as well as a sneak peak at World of Warcraft’s upcoming 2.4 patch, which will introduce the Sunwell Plateau, the game’s final, pre-Wrath of the Lich [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 14, 2008
I once tried to level a World of Warcraft character usually only Discovery XP, experience rewarded whenever your character discovers a new location in the world. I made it to level 6 before giving up. Boingboing has a link to an interesting WoW Insider article about a much more tenacious WoW player trying [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 5, 2008
Regardless of how you feel about the game itself, World of Warcraft’s strength as a movie making tool is undeniable, having elevated the medium to heights never imagined in the days of The Marathon Vidmaster Challenge. Our own love for WoW machinima is already well documented. After nearly two years in production, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 25, 2007
I have a confession to make: For two years I played World of Warcraft like there wasn’t much else in the world worth doing. I have little to show for it, of course — some transactions on my bank statements, a growing sense of personal failure, and a massive collection of epic loot. Figure Prints [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 23, 2007
Tales of the Past III is the 90-minute World of Warcraft machinima that’s been making the Internet rounds lately. The action-packed movie follows a host of well-known Warcraft characters, including Thrall and Jaina Proudmoore, as Alliance and Horde are forced to join together to face an impossible threat. You can download the movie [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 20, 2007
MMOs are a uniquely self-perpetuating genre. By asking no more of the player than a monthly fee, they provide a constant wealth of new content, feeding the addiction of both casual and hardcore players alike. When you’re playing MMOs, you have time for little else, especially when it comes to multiplayer games. With new content [...]
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