World of Warcraft Archives

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Blizzard handing out free expansions, epic mounts, and boosts to level 80 in World of Warcraft

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 7, 2012
2 min

The Scroll of Resurrection is a special feature in World of Warcraft that grants incentives for returning players, while also benefitting the player who...

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Blizzard Entertainment lays off 600 employees as World of Warcraft shrinks

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 29, 2012
2 min

Blizzard Entertainment, the publisher of the perennial blockbuster World of Warcraft online game, said today it is cutting its staff by 600 employees. That’s...

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Gunning for another Kickstarter success Minecraft-style

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 27, 2012
2 min

Curious how a first-person shooter with crafting elements and “total environmental destruction” would play? For a modest $15 you can pre-purchase indie game Guncraft...

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World of Warcraft could help your grandma focus

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 23, 2012
1 min

There’s hope for grandma and grandpa in video games. Rolling up a night elf hunter or orc shaman in massively multiplayer online role-playing game World...

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New details and Outland screens from “World of Warcraft within Minecraft” project (exclusive interview)

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 12, 2012
4 min

A 27-year-old U.S. graduate student known as “Ramses” is creating a stir in the community of Minecraft, the sandbox-building game by Swedish development studio...

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4 min

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Activision Blizzard earnings: World of Warcraft resists the assault from EA’s Star Wars

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 9, 2012
1 min

Activision Blizzard has beaten earnings expectations for its third fiscal quarter, which ended Dec. 31, and its major cash cow is still holding up....

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Star Wars: The Old Republic isn’t hurting World of Warcraft as much as you may think

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 8, 2012
2 min

To what extent has Electronic Arts’ Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) been keeping users away from Activision Blizzard’s cash cow World of Warcraft...

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Gamer found dead in internet cafe…nine hours later

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 4, 2012
1 min

23-year-old Chen Jung-yu was found dead at an internet cafe in New Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday night. Jung-yu was rigid in his chair with...

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DC Universe Online exec talks about the game’s future and competition from Star Wars (interview)

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 12, 2012
7 min

Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is celebrating DC Universe Online’s one-year anniversary today. All current players (with characters created on or before today) will receive a...

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72pins creative director discusses taking Call of Duty and Halo back to the 8-bit days

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 4, 2012
5 min

72pins is made up of a small team of retro art makers who take modern games — such as Halo or God of War...

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