Blizzard Entertainment lays off 600 employees as World of Warcraft shrinks
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...
Gunning for another Kickstarter success Minecraft-style
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...
World of Warcraft could help your grandma focus
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...
New details and Outland screens from “World of Warcraft within Minecraft” project (exclusive interview)
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...
Activision Blizzard earnings: World of Warcraft resists the assault from EA’s Star Wars
Activision Blizzard has beaten earnings expectations for its third fiscal quarter, which ended Dec. 31, and its major cash cow is still holding up....
Star Wars: The Old Republic isn’t hurting World of Warcraft as much as you may think
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...
Gamer found dead in internet cafe…nine hours later
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...
DC Universe Online exec talks about the game’s future and competition from Star Wars (interview)
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...
72pins creative director discusses taking Call of Duty and Halo back to the 8-bit days
72pins is made up of a small team of retro art makers who take modern games — such as Halo or God of War...
Star Wars: The Old Republic drops 30 spots on the UK sales charts
Electronic Arts and BioWare’s long-awaited, big budget Star Wars: The Old Republic has seen an unprecedented drop down the UK sales charts. According to Chart-Track,...