Sunday, April 27, 2008

WoW Forums: Sunwell problematic on live realms

It seems there's a little problem World of Warcraft players encounter when they try to enter Sunwell. Some posters at the WoW Forums who play on certain realms report an error which prevents adventurers from entering.

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WoW forums: Blizzard randomly banning accounts?

Now and again, you'll come across some interesting points of criticism from World of Warcraft players on Blizzard's forums. One such post belongs to WoW player Gadgetz, who accused Blizzard of randomly banning player accounts.

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Chronicle of the Annoying Quest: Episode 23

A new parody video based on Blizzard's World of Warcraft has once again found its way on the pages of QJ.NET. This one features the continuation of Baka Savant Productions' Chronicle of the Annoying Quest series

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WoW machinima: 1337 Blood

If you're looking for a machinima video that's a bit more traditional, then you'd do no better than the first episode of Joe C.'s 1337 Blood. Featuring quite a spirited effort in terms of animation and voice acting

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WoW Forums: What would it take to get a blue response?

We've been trolling the World of Warcraft Forums for a long time and well, we're sure you can imagine the several hundred things that players post about. This time, a player asked why Blizzard posters respond to "silly threads

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Voyage Century Online's city-building update coming

Here's a heads up for all of you who play IGG's Voyage Century Online. There's a news update relating to the rules for the upcoming city-building system update.

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WoW Forums: why arenas have green, gold colors

Despite the distinctive divide between Alliance and Horde in Blizzard's World of Warcraft, members of the same faction can still hurt each other in Arena PvP. Some wonder why there are extra green and gold colors

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Next Blizzcast to feature details of role-playing elements

World of Warcraft        With the amount of lore written into World of Warcraft, it's a small wonder that a lot of people enjoy running their own little role-playing fantasies on this epic MMO title.

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EverQuest 2: bonus experience weekend until Monday

EverQuest 2 gamers, you may want to log in this weekend and do some grinding. According to Sony Online Entertainment, this weekend is officially Bonus XP weekend, and will end on Monday, at 10 a.m.

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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Music video contest: L70ETC's Rogues Do It From Behind

It's time for another music video madness for the usually stoic World of Warcraft crowd. Last time had us headbanging to the tune of "Pretty Fly (For a Draenei)," and this time the Rogues grab the spotlight in Blizzard'

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From the WoW forums: what are servers 3,4,5,6,7,8?

Have you ever come across some oddly named World of Warcraft servers lately? You know, the ones named after numbers (E.g. Server 3, Server 4, etc.)? WoW forum member Whyamisofat has, and the player wanted to know what those were all about.

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WoW forums: the petition for more 10-man dungeons

While playing with a large group of fellow World of Warcraft players is fun, there are those would prefer a smaller, more tightly-knit group. On Blizzard's forums, WoW player Hatefly wondered if the developer would be adding more 10-man raids

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WoW forums: looking for cool-looking armor sets in Wrath of

If you didn't like the armor designs in World of Warcraft, what would you do? One option is to let Blizzard know that you're looking for cooler-looking armor sets.

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World of Warcraft: free character move to new Oceanic PvP

Blizzard is offering yet another batch of free character moves in between realms for World of Warcraft gamers. This new batch is slightly different from the recent ones they offered though.

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Friday, April 18, 2008

WoW forums: on playing as a Horde or Alliance character

WoW forums: on playing as a Horde or Alliance character        If you were asked to choose between the Horde faction or the Alliance faction in Blizzard's World of Warcraft, which side would you choose? That was the question that WoW player Talle threw at Blizzard forum members recently. Players fro

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Blizzard speaks on World of Warcraft Tauren weapon sizes

Blizzard speaks on World of Warcraft Tauren weapon sizes        Blizzard recently shrunk down Tauren weapons in World of Warcraft. Like most players, we were rather apprehensive at the end result of the graphical changes and hoped that the weapons would be returned to normal. Thankfully, this is exactly

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WoW Forums: level 80 characters won't be overpowered

WoW Forums: level 80 characters won't be overpowered        Since the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, plans to raise the level cap in Blizzard's MMORPG to 80 and bring a slew of new equipment, there are worries regarding game balance issues that may arise. Case in

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World of Warcraft: On dealing with the game cursor

World of Warcraft: On dealing with the game cursor        Having trouble trying to find the cursor on your World of Warcraft GUI the minute the action gets intense?Then you may have the same problem as player Nethermind, who's asking if there's a way to make the cursor contrast more with the ba

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Tokyopop, Blizzard announce three-year manga publishing plan

Tokyopop, Blizzard announce three-year manga publishing plan for WoW, SC           When you've met with success in one endeavor, it's only natural to want to pursue another one. That's what Tokyopop and Blizzard will be doing, in fact. The two companies have announced a t

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World of Warcraft: gamers ask for more diverse WotLK instanc

World of Warcraft: gamers ask for more diverse WotLK instances        Old school World of Warcraft players have been asking more diverse instances when Blizzard's Wrath of the Lich King comes out.While they enjoy the more linear dungeons that came in-vogue when The Burning Crusade came out, they als

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WoW 'Four wheels of fury' commercial gets Webby Aw

WoW 'Four wheels of fury' commercial gets Webby Awards nomination        Do you guys still happen to remember last year's humorous Toyota Tacoma commercial spoof set in Blizzard's World of Warcraft? Well, it's back for another claim to fame as it recently found itself nominated i

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World of Warcraft: yet another round of free character move

World of Warcraft: yet another round of free character moves        Blizzard is offering yet another round of free character moves between realms for World of Warcraft players who feel that their current realm is a bit overcrowded. This round will begin today and will end on Friday

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Study suggests that publishers should avoid releasing demos

High profile games such as BioShock and Heavenly Sword usually have both demos and trailers. If you bought either game (or both, for that matter), which would you say was the selling point

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Sunday, April 6, 2008

Blizzard on the general stability of the WoW Arena

World of Warcraft forums were rather apprehensive with all the talk on the general stability issues of the Arena Tournament Realm. Forum poster Leiferio first noted this problem and called out Blizzard to make a statement regarding the matter.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

WoW's Hortus: Kael'thas Sunstrider disappearing co

WoW's Hortus: Kael'thas Sunstrider disappearing corpse not bug        Gith of Skywell complained in the Bug section of World of Warcraft's official forums that the Blood Elf's last two hours in Magisters' Terrace were a complete waste. Apparently, the level 70 paladin died at the

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Drysc clarifies on threat meter possibility for World of War

Drysc clarifies on threat meter possibility for World of Warcraft        The last time we checked, word on the street was that Blizzard was making plans to an official threat meter to World of Warcraft's interface. At least, that was what Community Manager Nethaera had stated during an inquiry last

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WoW Around Azeroth Screenshot: desperate for any date?

WoW Around Azeroth Screenshot: desperate for any date?         Would you date a black dragon? Probably not, but that's what Tiddleworth, player of Blizzard's World of Warcraft, did one day. The gnome fire mage explained that it was simply a consequence of having gone out on a blind dat

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WoW patch 2.4 update: PvP Rewards and Tabards

WoW patch 2.4 update: PvP Rewards and Tabards        Here's a big update for the guys keeping an eye on patch 2.4's changes to World of Warcraft's PvP scene. Blizzard has added a couple of new items for the game's PvP rewards section, all of which appears to be spell haste necklaces a

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