Items tagged with World of Warcraft
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Dec 05, 2024
GOG continues to work towards more consumer friendly options in the gaming space by expanding its Game Preservation Program that it launched earlier this year. This program “ensures classic games remain playable on modern systems, even...
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Thiago Trevisan - Fri, Aug 16, 2024
World of Warcraft is one of the longest running game franchises in history, with an ardent following amongst its fans. Likewise, NVIDIA is the current champ of anything gaming in the world (in terms of GPU hardware and advanced features...
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Ben Funk - Sun, Feb 21, 2021
Back in September, the World of Warcraft team asked players what they would want as their next mount. The options players had to choose from were pretty varied, including a spider-like Nerubian Swarmer and a Soaring Spelltome -- an actual...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Sep 02, 2019
It was 15 years ago when World of Warcraft first stormed the scene, and rather than look back fondly at the game's early days, developer Blizzard went and released a World of Warcraft Classic. It has proven to be quite the popular...
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Shane McGlaun - Wed, May 15, 2019
It has been well over a decade since World of Warcraft (WoW) first burst onto the PC gaming scene, however, the most recent WoW Battle for Azeroth expansion landed back in late 2017. In its heyday, WoW was a massive game with millions of...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Nov 04, 2017
It is pretty amazing to think that World of Warcraft, arguably the most popular MMORPG of all time, is still going strong 13 years after its debut. Exactly how strong is not known—Blizzard no longer shares subscriber numbers, but there are...
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Rob Williams - Wed, Feb 01, 2017
If you're a fan of any Activision or Blizzard game series, then there's a new reason to be excited. Announced today, parent company Activision Blizzard is launching a new division focused squarely on consumer products. Love Overwatch?...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jan 25, 2016
This is turning out to be one heck of a year for geek culture in entertainment. First, fans (both new and old) of the Star Wars franchise were treated to a long awaited sequel to the original trilogy in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and later this year World of Warcraft may be tempted to log...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jun 04, 2015
Pac-Man has officially been recognized as one of the most important video games of all time. Such is the insinuation from being one of only half a dozen titles inducted into The Strong's inaugural World Video Game Hall of Fame, which...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, May 17, 2015
Like many MMORPGs, World of Warcraft can be a grind. To sidestep the time commitment required to continually level up a character, gather resources, improve skills, or whatever else is desired, some gamers turn to bots, software that...
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Joshua Gulick - Thu, Apr 09, 2015
Blizzard appears to have ended access to its games in Crimea, effectively blocking gamers there from playing Diablo III, World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and other blizzard games. It’s just one of several U.S. companies that have exited...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Sep 24, 2014
As Blizzard gets ready to release its Warlords of Draenor expansion pack for its highly popular World of Warcraft MMORPG, you might find yourself wondering if your PC will even be able to run it. After all, it's going to introduce higher...
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Sean Knight - Sun, Aug 24, 2014
During the weekend the gaming industry has been suffering from a barrage of DDoS attacks. Blizzard’s Battle.net, League of Legends, and Sony’s PlayStation Network are just some of the games and services that have experienced...
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Sean Knight - Thu, Aug 14, 2014
While World of Warcraft’s subscription numbers have dropped to 6.8 million players, Blizzard shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Warlords of Draenor, will launch...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Nov 09, 2013
There probably won't be a cameo by Michael J. Fox, nor should you expect to man the DeLorean in Blizzard's "Warlords of Draenor" expansion pack for World of Warcraft, but if you jump on board, you will experience time travel. Announced at...
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Joel Hruska - Tue, Sep 17, 2013
When Blizzard launched Diablo III, one of the game's most controversial features was the inclusion of a real money and standard auction house. This was an optional component of the game that allowed players to purchase items and equipment...
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Joel Hruska - Fri, Jul 26, 2013
The CEO of Activision Blizzard Bobby Kotick announced this morning that he would lead an investor buyout of the company worth approximately $8.2 billion dollars. The move would free Blactivision (how has this moniker never caught on?) to...
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Joel Hruska - Fri, Mar 22, 2013
At PAX East today, Blizzard debuted its next Warcraft title -- a freemium digital collectible card game dubbed HearthStone: Heroes of Warcraft. A 15-man team at Blizzard is responsible for developing the game, which marks Blizzard's first...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Oct 07, 2012
It's official, folks -- I will not be running for President or any other political office. I don't have a grand desire to enter a life of politics anyhow, but if I did, my past (and present) would come back to haunt me. You see, I'm a...
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Rob Williams - Tue, Sep 11, 2012
Thanks to the investigations kick-started by World of Warcraft player Sendatsu, it's been discovered that Activision Blizzard has been embedding hidden watermarks into screenshots taken with the game client over the past couple of years...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Aug 03, 2012
Activision Blizzard's mega popular MMORPG isn't called World of Warcrack for no reason, folks. The correct title, of course, is World of Warcraft (WoW), and it's been the leading cause for neglected hygiene for going on eight years. At...
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Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Apr 02, 2012
Diablo III is the sequel to one of the most popular games of all time; its launch on May 15 could cripple college graduation rates, triple the number of insomniacs worldwide, and slash national productivity. Believe us--we know. We've spent about six weeks with the beta and have just recently...
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