Chatty: Diablo III, Dragon's Dogma
In this week's edition, Chatty discusses more Diablo III, Dragon's Dogma, and...
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FileShack: Unity of Command, Skyjacker
FileShack for the week of May 26, 2012 features a Unity of Command demo, a...
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Daily Filter: Planetside 2, Deadlight
Today's Filter features an air combat trailer for Planetside 2, a plot trailer for...
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Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
Do you like strategy games? Then you'll love this weekend's sales at digital...
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38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
Join Garnett Lee on this episode of Shacknews Daily. Today’s stories: 38 Studios...
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In the beginning, World of Warcraft servers were isolated, lost and alone, spinning through the void. Then came a cross-realm dungeon finder, letting players across servers group together to hunt loot, followed by cross-realm raids. Now Blizzard's going the whole hog and introducing cross-realm zones, joining underpopulated areas of the world across severs.
Usually when preparing for a raid in World of Warcraft, I'd disenchant a bunch of items to get enchants ready for any new gear I won. Every once in a while, I'd get sidetracked and come back to DE a vital piece of epic gear instead of the trash I had intended. Panic usually ensued.
Though it's surely madness to suggest that anyone will have time to play both Diablo III and World of Warcraft, Blizzard is hoping a few brave or foolhardy souls will try. WoW's Annual Pass offer, which includes Mists of Pandaria beta access and Diablo 3 for free, ends on Monday, April 30, so consider this a reminder for the mad.
The new patch for World of Warcraft hit servers today with significant customer support interface changes, making it easier for you to report report that player with the offensive name or the one exploiting a safe spot in a Battlegrounds map.
There are plenty of iconic images from the World of Warcraft game and lore. I can come up with at least 25 off the top of my head. So when it came time for Blizzard to choose which icons would be best suited as playing pieces for the upcoming Monopoly World of Warcraft board game, they narrowed it down to 10 and then asked the players to narrow it down to six.
Ready to prove your skills in World of Warcraft? Blizzard has announced the 2012 Arena Pass, offering exclusive rewards, a new title, and for participants who upgrade to the Mists of Pandaria expansion, a special realm with better gear.
World of Warcraft's Mists of Pandaria expansion is deceptively dark. Beyond the adorable panda bears with martial arts skills, it's a story of bringing war to an otherwise peaceful utopia. Blizzard VP of Creative Development Chris Metzen has shared some thoughts on the expansion's tone and plot.
Read more: War brings 'hate and violence' to 'serene place' »
The Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft is still several months away. but Blizzard has revealed that there will be at least two more expansions beyond the panda-tastic adventure. I guess 100 would be a nice round number for the max character level.
Some lucky World of Warcraft Annual Pass subscribers are already cavorting around the Mists of Pandaria, as Blizzard started sending out beta invites shortly after detailing how it'd all work. If you're not in, don't frown, sad panda, as invites are going out in waves.
With the the advances in mobile gaming development, how long will it be before a huge franchise gets a conversion to the little screen? Blizzard has already given it some thought for World of Warcraft.
World of Warcraft is preparing to release its panda monks, and all the tweaks that come with it. Those come with buffs and debuffs, and Blizzard has opened up with its design plans so far to invite feedback from fans.
Read more: Blizzard aiming for more freedom to invite whoever »
In an effort to revive its slowly dwindling numbers, Blizzard is offering players a new reward to bring former players back to World of Warcraft and its current expansion, Cataclysm.
Two new faction specific mounts have been unveiled: the Spectral Gryphon for Alliance characters and the Spectral Wind Rider for Horde characters. To be eligible for these rewards, players send a "scroll of resurrection" to a former player. Once the player accepts and pays for at least 30 days of game time, the referring player will get the reward. Read more »
Blizzard Entertainment has revealed plans to cut around 600 jobs globally, saying it needs to align its workforce with "current organizational needs." It insists that its "current development and publishing schedules will not be impacted," though around 10% of the people affected are from departments "related to development."
If you've been in the board game section of a department store in the last few years, you've probably noticed that Hasbro has made a wide variety of Monopoly and RISK variants with franchise tie-ins. Now World of Warcraft and StarCraft are joining the line-up, with their own themed board games.
Diablo clickfiends, StarCraft stratmasters, and World of Warcraft junkies have been able to share their love of all things Blizzard in-person at BlizzCon since 2005, but this year they'll need to find a new outlet for that pent-up glee. Blizzard revealed today that the convention will skip 2012, while its pro-gaming strand is being spun off into its own event, the 2012 Battle.net World Championship.
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