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World of Warcraft 3.0.2 Update – Live!

October 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Echo’s of Doom will be live when the systems come back for maintenance. WorldofWarcraft.com was down for a bit today, probably to revamp and push the Lich King messages (which now splash the homepage prior to landing). This patch brings a crap ton of content to the game including a lot of the lich king […]

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Starcraft 2 Part Eins, Zwei and Drei

October 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Nobody is perfect. When it comes to creating an epic story arc, awesome pre-rendered movies and a fully fleshed campaign Blizzard has done well. Now, Blizzard speaks of Starcraft 2 and the world shuts their mouth and listens to each and every word. What’s the word? A Trilogy. We’re not talking about the Lord of […]

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Tags: Blizzard · Editorial · Industry News · starcraft

Guitar Hero: Hendrix

September 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments

As if the week of rumors hasn’t ended, Slash all but confirmed Hendrix as one of Activision Blizzard’s next big hit Guitar Hero games in Rolling Stone Magazine says GameSpot. During the interview with Slash he explained that even “Hendrix will have one” speaking to a stand alone Guitar Hero title. While Slash isn’t exactly […]

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Tags: Activision · Blizzard · Guitar Hero · Rumors

Wrath of The Lich King – Rune System

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

As the Wrath of the Lich King beta lives on, the world (and software behind it) is ever changing. Apparently, the rune system has changed a lot since its first inception. This requires a delicate balance, as the goal is a well rounded Death Knight class without epically overpowered features. Too much power and people […]

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Tags: beta · Blizzard · Editorial · world of warcraft

Beta: Wrath of the Lich King – Initial Reaction

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The long awaited Wrath of the Lich King is here! By long awaited, really, I mean, I waited a long time to get patch after patch of the next expansion to Blizzards best of MMORPG. Although I don’t know the architecture to creating the patches, it seems so dated in methodology. Why must I download […]

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Tags: Blizzard · Editorial · Preview · world of warcraft

Trials of a World of Warcraft Player: Entry Four

September 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

“Beta” The second letter of the Greek alphabet, also holds a value of “2.” Beta, in the gaming and general computer industry is a time where people are, usually, invited into a product prior to launch to test the product under the assumptions that “it’s not polished yet” and “things may go wrong.” Somehow, however, […]

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World of Warcraft, Early November Release Rumor

September 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

There is a new rumor running around showing off some 7-eleven computer systems which list World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King showing a “tentative” release date of November 4th, 2008. The suggested retail price is $39.99 and this source also claims a “midnight” release (again) which, at this point, should be common sense. […]

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Tags: Activision · Blizzard · Rumors · world of warcraft

Starcraft 2: A 2009 Release Schedule

September 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

If you thought you’d be getting a release of Starcraft 2 for the holiday of 2008 you’ll be upset at the news. The heavily awaited RTS title Starcraft 2 will be arriving sometime in 2009. The original title arrived in 1998 but we’re not going to see the first sequel until sometime next year, amazing […]

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Tags: Activision · Blizzard · Industry News · starcraft

Diablo 3 Content Creation Phase

August 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Now that Blizzard feels their engine is solid, it’s time to move on to creating content for the full game. Jay Wilson, Diablo 3‘s lead designer, says the game engine is in an advance stage of completion and much of the art team has moved onto Act 2. Don’t read into that, he said game […]

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World of Warcraft: Guild Petition [ Fallen Souls ]

August 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you’re looking to get into a new guild of über casual gamers, gamingpodcast.net‘s new guild is looking for you! We’d love some of the gaming podcast fans to jump into our PvE (RP) realm at Scarlet Crusade! The guild is new and, although we’ve transferred some higher level characters to Scarlet Crusade, there is […]

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