World of Warcraft: connectivity issues being looked into

Blizzard Poster Gamemaster recently posted on the European World of Warcraft forums that some realms have been having connectivity issues. The issue is being looked into and they are currently trying to fix it.

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Wrath of the Lich King question: siege battles?

If you've been keeping tabs on the new features that's going to be put in the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King, you'll know that one of the biggest things people are looking out for are the grand scale siege battles that will take place.

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WoW Green, Blue items not selling as well as before

If you've been playing Blizzard's World of Warcraft since its early days, you may have noticed the drop in profits from selling uncommon (Green) and rare (Blue) items at the Auction Houses. What could have caused this sudden drop in interest from the community?

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CCP Games vow patch for EVE Online's rapid-fire exploit

A lot of EVE Online players were disappointed to see rapid-firing on Starbases with almost zero delay, ruining what could have been a balanced and dynamic persistent-battling MMO experience.

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WoW Forums: Eyonix explains PTR's Hemorrhage nerf

As World of Warcraft's denizens will recall, the game's Public Test Realms enacted a major change to the rogue class' Hemorrhage talent. The change reduced the talent's weapon damage from 125 to 110 percent, among other things, which stirred quite a bit of controversy over at the WoW forums.

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Blizzard needs your WoW Sethekk Halls screenshots

As World of Warcraft official game guide is a work in progress, Blizzard staff member Nebu and Thaddeus Loenbrough of the Royal Photographic Society of Azeroth are again calling on WoW players to send in more screenshots.

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Blizzard's Mike Morhaime to be inducted to AIAS Hall of Fame

Big news coming from the industry arrives with Blizzard Entertainment's top man slapped on it. Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, has just been selected to join the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' (AIAS) Hall of Fame.

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WoW Adding Tomb of Sargeras in Wrath of the Lich King

The Tomb of Sargeras holds a special place not only in the World of Warcraft lore, but in the Warcraft mythology in general. Basically, this place is part of the Temple of Elune - a deity being worshipped by the Night Elves.However, the tomb was destroyed after Illidan visited it while searching for the Eye of Sargeras.

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EverQuest II Legends of Norrath qualifiers this Saturday

EverQuest II warriors prepare! Your favorite massively multiplayer online RPG will hold the December Legends of Norrath Championships and it's set to begin at 10:00 AM PST this Saturday on December 15, Saturday.

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Blizzard on World of Warcraft Tuesday maintenance

Blizzard has been trying to make realm maintenance as painless as possible for World of Warcraft players. The company has reduced server maintenance from eight hours to 15 minutes, they also switched from a weekly rotation to a bi-monthly maintenance schedule.

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Looting bugs in World of Warcraft found, fix in future patch

In most World of Warcraft instances, characters take turns looting corpses and items in the event. This doesn't seem to be the case anymore though as it was reported that certain players have been able to repeatedly loot corpses multiple times, out of their turn order.

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Archlord expands internal support through Alchemic Dream

If you see some new folks over at the official Codemasters forums and inside their games, don't be surprised.The Codemasters Online support team recently announced that they're expanding their internal support services by reintegrating Alchemic Dream

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Russia gets localized World of Warcraft in 2008

Blizzard has just announced that a Russian version for their smash hit MMORPG, World of Warcraft, will be available in the near future - as soon as next year, in fact. This Russian version marks the fifth official language version after English, French, German, and Spanish.

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Holiday Guild Hosting Madness - world of warcraft only

Ejeet Networks, Is offering for a limited time only from now until the New Year a very insane low cost guild hosting plan, with a free domain name included.You have the choice of .info or .cn for your domain.Full Website & ForumsYour choice of EQDKP or nDKPWoWRoster 2.0 for guildsPhPRaid For planning600GB Disk Space9500GB Transfer

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Analysts give thumbs up on Activision Blizzard merger

Made up of Activision and Vivendi Games, the soon-to-be combined entity that is to be called Activision Blizzard got a thumbs up from analysts after stocks from both original companies rose.Activision stocks rose 17.4 and Vivendis stocks rose 2.7

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Blizzards Mike Morhaime: Our games stay on the PC - WoW

World of Warcraft on the Xbox 360? The thought has crossed the gamers several times in the past, and even then, Blizzard held strong in saying that their games (WoW in particular) would remain planted on the PC.

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Lifehouse track added to Nexon's Audition

Lifehouse track added to Nexons AuditionNexon America, Inc. is continuing to add more and more popular artists to Auditions lineup of Grammy winners, platinum recording artists and music icons. The latest addition to Audition is Lifehouse, who will be contributing Disarray, the lead track off the album

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IGG announces Myth War Onlines Billiken VS Mascot in-game activity

IGG announces Myth War Onlines Billiken VS Mascot in-game activity IGG has announced a new in-game activity for MMORPG Myth War Online called Billiken VS Mascot. This event actually started on December 1 (12: 00 a.m. EST) and will end on December 31 (11: 59 p.m. EST).For those who want to join in this activity

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Blizzard head Mike Morhaime says Activision Blizzard merger wont hurt

Blizzard head Mike Morhaime says Activision Blizzard merger wont hurt games Activision and Vivendi Games merging to become Activision Blizzard would have to be among the biggest events this year. Its something the industry will be talking about in years to come,

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Blizzard warns World of Warcraft players against new keylogger

Blizzard warns World of Warcraft players against new keylogger An MMORPG as big as World of Warcraft is highly susceptible to attacks such as keyloggers. Blizzard, on the other hand, is very aware of these things and have reminded players time and again to protect themselves from such.

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Activision, Vivendi Games to merge into Activision Blizzard

Activision, Vivendi Games to merge into Activision Blizzard Today, we see the birth of a new umbrella corp (no zombies included) in the gaming industry. Some of the biggest key players in game development and publishing business have combined forces

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Security analysts descover serious exploit in Second Life

Security analysts descover serious exploit in Second Life Second Life players, be warned: security analysts have spotted a serious exploit in Linden Labs highly-popular Second Life. This exploit is rooted in Apples third-party QuickTime media player, which can be used to embed media files into Second Life.

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Telons Guild Halls explored in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Telons Guild Halls explored in Vanguard: Saga of HeroesAs those of us who make it a part of our daily videogaming jaunts to explore the digital realms of Sony Online Entertainments Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, we all know about the recent update that lets anyone with the resources

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Warhammer Online: not delayed because of layoffs ! o rly?

Warhammer Online: not delayed because of layoffs In a recent "State of the Game post, Mark Jacobs, VP and General Manager for EA Mythic, restated the different points that led to the delay of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. He also addressed the theory that the game was delayed because of the studio.

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Details on Dungeons & Dragons Online s premium service

Details on Dungeons & Dragons Online s premium service We ve given you loads of updates on Dungeons & Dragons Online s Module 4, but since they ve pushed back the release date for that, we decided it s time to shift our focus a bit on other stuff that matter just as much.

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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Quest Designer interview

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Quest Designer interview; You can easily imagine Funcoms resident lore guy shout By Crom! after asking you to put your feet up as he relates the latest story in the rich history of Hyboria. In an interview with Quest Designer

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Blizzard explains long World of Warcraft 2v2 queue times

Blizzard explains long World of Warcraft 2v2 queue times If you've played a 2v2 match in the World of Warcraft Arena recently, you may have noticed the long queues players have to go through to get a match. Well, some players have asked Blizzard about this, hoping to get some sore of assurance

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Max reputation doable for non-Blood Elves in WoW's Tranquillien

Max reputation doable for non-Blood Elves in WoWs Tranquillien Every experienced player knows that some of the best loot in Blizzards World of Warcraft can only be obtained with high faction reputation. However, some groups seem to be geared towards only one race.

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World of Warcraft Armory updated for Arena Season 3

World of Warcraft Armory updated for Arena Season 3 The folks at Blizzard have updated the World of Warcraft Armory, making it up-to-date for Arena Season 3. Most notable of the changes happens to be the new Personal Arena Ratings that appear in Character and Team Profiles.

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RuneScape update: Party Room updated with new system

RuneScape update: Party Room updated with new system Jagex Ltd. has announced yet another change to RuneScape. Players who hang out in the Party Room will be pleased to find out that the lever system has changed depending on the market value of the items in the party chest.

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Dark Age of Camelot grab bag: abilities, announcements, jobs

Dark Age of Camelot grab bag: abilities, announcements, jobs Need to find out the latest news from Dark Age of Camelot? EA Mythics Community Manager Missy Hatch has posted this week's Grab Bag. In this weeks update, she explains some of the abilities in the game, makes a few important announcements

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Tabula Rasa weapon switch bug nailed

Tabula Rasa weapon switch bug nailed The guys over at NCSoft have been listening intently to their Richard Garriotts Tabula Rasa subscribers and have been going over the forums with a fine-toothed comb in search of bug reports. This has yielded another good find, paving the way for a bug fix.

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Lord of the Rings Online Lore: the Cairn of Honour

Lord of the Rings Online Lore: the Cairn of Honour While some players have undoubtedly used the Cairn of Honour as a meeting place or as a guide to tell them when they have reached the hills of Angmar, few can recall the original reason it was put up. The online Lorebook of Codemasters; The Lord of the Rings Online:

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Barad Gularan: fortress of the Witch-king in LoTRO

Barad Gularan: fortress of the Witch-king in LoTROIn the Lord of the Rings Online, when the Lord of the Nazgul was overpowered by the malice of the One Ring, he went into Angmar and built the great city of Carn Dum. But this was not the only place of power that he built in Angmar.

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The Lord of the Rings Online Book 11: temporary Housing Brokers added

The Lord of the Rings Online Book 11: temporary Housing Brokers added As most players would attest, housing is one of the more highly-anticipated features in Turbine Inc. and Codemasters; The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar expansion Book 11.

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Lord of the Rings Online Lore: Gwindethrond and the Gauradain

Lord of the Rings Online Lore: Gwindethrond and the GauradainThe official Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Lore Book has just been updated with information on Gwindethrond and the Gauradain. Players would do well to familiarize themselves with the lore

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Warhammer Online details: of Tactics, sprinting, and public quests

Warhammer Online details: of Tactics, sprinting, and public quests In a recent interview with the EA Mythics Warhammer Online Development Team, the WAR Community Team answered some questions about the game regarding Tactic Points, Quests, and other sprinting.

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EA Mythic moves Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning's release

EA Mythic moves Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning;s EA Mythic has just announced that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning release date has been moved from March 2008 to mid-2008. General Manager Mark Jacobs explained this delay in an interview with Ejeet Networks .

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E for All 2007: EA Mythic talks about Warhammer Online

E for All 2007: EA Mythic talks about Warhammer OnlineEA Mythic appeared at the main stage of this year s E for All shindig over in Los Angeles, and the video game developer was interviewed regarding its upcoming massively multiplayer online MMO effort Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.

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Warhammer Online Beta Update: public quests, PvP, Items, Cities

Warhammer Online Beta Update: public quests, PvP, Items, Cities On EA Mythics official Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning website, Community Manager James Nichols posted a Beta Update which gives MMORPG fans an idea of what the developers have been up to since the beta

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Bill Roper: Blizzard never expected WoW to be this successful

Bill Roper: Blizzard never expected WoW to be this successful Having no expectations not only keeps you from getting disappointed; sometimes, it sometimes leads to a pleasant surprise as well. Especially for Bill Roper, former Blizzard employee and current CEO of Flagship Studios.

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Blizzard addresses realm queue problems in World of Warcraft

Blizzard addresses realm queue problems in World of Warcraft The European World of Warcraft servers experienced some problems last November 29 due to the increased activity because of patch 2.3 and the start of Arena season 3. Many players reported some delays in being able to log on to the game.During the time the proble

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WoW Patch 2.3.2 bug: titles won't stay off

WoW Patch 2.3.2 bug: titles wont stay off In a recent report from forum member Arcan on the World of Warcraft forums, he reported the carry over of the title bug when it first appeared in the 2.3 PTR. With the new 2.3.2 Patch already in, this minor yet annoying bug still seems to be plaguing players while trying to

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World of Warcraft PTR 2.3.2 patch notes released

World of Warcraft PTR 2.3.2 patch notes released

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Hellgate: London Patch 0.7 almost here

Hellgate: London Patch 0.7 almost here After the release of Patch 0.6 for Flagship Studious hellish MMORPG, Hellgate: London, it seems that the development team behind the title is hitting the ground running with Patch 0.7. We got an update on just how things are going for that upcoming bit of digital epoxy.

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Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa Feedback Friday for 11/30

Richard Garriotts Tabula Rasa Feedback Friday for 11/30Ok, boy and girls, its time for Richard Garriotts Tabula Rasa Feedback Friday for November 30. This weeks update is pretty hefty with discussions on Military Surplus vendors, clan war resurrection clarifications, new emotes, and more

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Age of Conan: Clan of Conan newsletter #12 now out

Age of Conan: Clan of Conan newsletter #12 now out By Crom! Clan of Conan members should be happy to know that Issue 12 of the official newsletter has been released. This month features the Sanctum of the Burning Souls, a new developer profile,the Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures comic book from Dark Horse Comics,

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IGG gives advice to Voyage Century Online beginners

IGG gives advice to Voyage Century Online beginners, Beginners of any MMORPG usually appreciate help in getting started. IGG has readily acknowledged this, and has dispensed some advice to beginners starting out Voyage Century Online in order to make the players lives a little easier.

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GameStop deals from November 30 to December 6

GameStop deals from November 30 to December 6 Not as many promos as post-Thanksgiving week, but GameStop is still offering some pretty good deals.

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Guild Wars: Bonus Mission packs available in-game

Guild Wars: Bonus Mission packs available in-game For the residents of the Guild Wars MMORPG that took advantage of NCSofts in-game store and PlayNC promotion not too long ago, weve got news. The company is sending out word that your Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack has been activated

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Spread the word: 30 free days for successful CoV/CoH invites

Spread the word: 30 free days for successful CoV/CoH invites; Who says it doesnt pay to be the good guy? In line with the recent release of Issue 11

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EVE Online: Trinity expansion on schedule

EVE Online: Trinity expansion on schedule;EVE Online has just confirmed that the release date for the Trinity expansion pack is still on schedule for its December 5 release.

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