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World of Warcraft’s Cinder Kitten raises $2.3 million for Hurricane Sandy relief
World of Warcraft’s Cinder Kitten vanity pet has raised over $2.3 million to support the American Red Cross. Proceeds from the $10 pet accumulated through December 31 benefit those displaced by Hurricane Sandy. To learn more about the pet, and Bl... Read More»
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World of Warcraft Patch 5.2: The Thunder King – PTR notes now available
Blizzard has released the preliminary patch notes for Mists of Pandaria’s update 5.2, The Thunder King, on the Public Test Realm. The patch is now available for testing, and when you log in, you’ll be able to try out a rather large, new raid dungeon, a new multi-faceted quest hub, Pet Battle improvements, new world ... Read More»
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Griefing the MMO – The Bad
Griefing. Ganking. Teabagging. Online gamers occasionally behave very, very badly. But why? Is it just part of the game, or is it something more sinister? Part one of our two-part special... Read More»
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Mists of Pandaria patch 5.1 notes out, expansion is 50% off until November 29
Mists of Pandaria update 5.1 will be released today, bringing with it new dailies, a Brawler’s Guild, the ability to earn commissions, along with the addition of Battle-Stones for your pet battles and some UI changes. You can have a look at the preliminary patch notes over on PCGamesN. Meanwhile, if you have yet to ... Read More»
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World of Warcraft offers presents to players for eighth birthday
World of Warcraft turns eight on November 23, but it’s you who’ll be getting a present. To celebrate the anniversary, Blizzard will give a couple of special gifts to any and all players who log into the world’s most enduringly popular MMORPG beteen November 18 and December 1. You’ll receive a Feat of Strength achievement ... Read More»
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World of Warcraft Cinder Kitten sales to benefit those displaced by Hurricane Sandy
Blizzard is offering a Cinder Kitten World of Warcraft vanity pet in its cash shop, and 100% of the proceeds from its sales will benefit those displaced by Hurricane Sandy. It’s not on sale yet, but when available, it will run you $10. Thanks, Jo... Read More»
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Review: World Of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
AggroGamer: “Mists of Pandaria is World of Warcraft’s fourth expansion since its beginning in 2004. Featuring over 1,800 achievements, a new race, a new class, a whole new continent to explore and much more. Mists of Pandaria was released back in September and I’m finally writing up a review for it, simply because I have ... Read More»
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Mists of Pandaria – first major content patch hitting test servers soon
Mists of Pandaria was released last week, and Blizzard hasn’t just bee sitting around twiddling its thumbs. Instead it’s been working on the first major patch for the game, which is slated to hit the MMO’s test realms soon. Patch 5.1 content will delve more into the War of Conquest now that the Horde and ... Read More»
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Mists of Pandaria sales show 30% decline over Cataclysm sales, says analyst
Mists of Pandaria sold 2.7 millions digital and physical units combined its first week, Blizzard announced today, but sales of the expansion are 30% below those of Cataclysm, the previous expansion, according to Robert W. Baird & Co. analyst Colin Sebastian. Speaking in an industry note, Sebastian noted the 30% decline in unit sales was ... Read More»
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Mists of Pandaira – free realm transfers available in US for a limited time
Mists of Pandaria realm transfers are being offered due to queues. The transfers are free for a limited time in North American for eight of the high population World of Warcraft servers. You just can’t choose the destination shard. Guilds may transfer once its leader purchases a Guild Master Realm Transfer, then the rest of ... Read More»
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Mists of Pandaira – Blizzard goes screenshots mental with latest expansion
Mists of Pandaria launched on Tuesday, and Blizzard has sent over some screenshots and renders to commemorate the World of Warcraft expansion’s release. Take some time out of your day to enjoy the shots and renders below.
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The Story of Warcraft recapitulates events leading up to Mists of Pandaria
Blizzard has launched a subsection on Battle.net which tells The Story of Warcraft from its beginnings in 1994 all the way up to Hour of Twilight – the last content released for World of Warcraft. The section breaks down each bit of lore from Warcraft and World of Warcraft by individual release in the form ... Read More»
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Diablo 3 patch 1.0.5 to include “appear offline” option
Diablo 3 patch 1.0.5 will contain an option to allow players to appear offline. This will keep Chatty Cathy types from bothering you while in the middle of being swarmed, or if you just want to be incognito, it’s for that as well. The option will also be available in World of Warcraft and StarCraft ... Read More»
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Mists of Pandaira launch events will be shown on YouTube
Mists of Pandaira launch events will be shown on YouTube for those in Europe who can’t make it to one in person, Blizzard has announced. The festivities will be shown live and direct from launch events all over Europe through here. The stream is scheduled to start at 10.30pm CEST/9.3pm UK, an hour and a ... Read More»
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World of Warcraft screenshots taken in-game reportedly include user account names, server IP
World of Warcraft screenshots taken while pushing your print screen button while in-game are adding watermarks to user shots, according to a Slashdot report. Over on the OwnedCore forum, users claim the watermark reveals user IDs, a timestamp, and IP address of the server used. The artifacts were noticed when the images were sharpened, and ... Read More»