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Kil'jaeden Dead, Burning Crusade Ends, Everyone Moves On

Well it's over, ladies and gentlemen. European World of Warcraft guild SK Gaming has downed the final boss of the Sunwell Plateau update, Kil'Jaeden, bringing to a close the events that led to the Dark Portal opening in the first place. Everyone is now instructed to head on home and keep an ear out just in case they discover some long-lost continent to the North of the two main Azerothian continents.

In all seriousness, congratulations to SK Gaming for their accomplishment, which unfortunately only goes to punctuate the awkward balance of story and gameplay in MMOspace. Were this a novel or a movie, this would be considered the greatest of victories. Feasts would be held, Ewoks would sing nub-nub all night long, etc,.

In MMOspace, we just get in queue and kill him again, until we decide to kill somebody else. Woot.

Kil'Jaeden DOWN World First [SK Gaming via Eurogamer]

8:20 AM on Tue May 27 2008
By Mike Fahey
19,285 views, 110 comments

Latest by Scuba Steve: Private server. Takes a week to get this stuff. And the gold rains like water. more »

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Blizzard Loots $1.2 Billion From 2007, Thanks To WoW

Vivendi, of which Blizzard Entertainment is a division, released its 2007 earnings revenues today, revealing that the World of Warcraft publisher raked in $1.2 billion (€814 million) in revenue last year. WoW's 10 million large subscriber base contributed the lion's share of the Vivendi Games division's $1.5 billion take (€1.018 billion). Blizzard's revenue was up 58% year over year which can be attributed to strong sales of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade and a subscriber boost of 2 million people.

Vivendi pointed to lower earnings from its Sierra label, with sales of Crash of the Titans, Spyro: The Eternal Night, F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate, Timeshift and World in Conflict as "not as strong as the 2006 release slate." Let's hear it for World of Warcraft, ladies and gentlemen!

Vivendi Full Year 2007 Revenues Increase Significantly (PDF) [Vivendi]

6:20 PM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Michael McWhertor
4,568 views, 58 comments

Latest by Suzaku: @Xira: Ghost was completely dropped as a game and transferred to other media, IE novels. Tokyopop is also gonna release more »

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Zul'Aman Comes To Life

Don't the Trolls have enough instances yet? Zul'Farrak, Zul'Gurub, and now Zul'Aman joins them in the most recent patch 2.3, looking for all intents and purposes to be ZG2: Electric Boogaloo. Where's the Gnome love I ask you? Gnomeregon? Give mea break. Gnomeregan sucks. Gnomes have been left out of the novels, the manga - but never our hearts. The next expansion needs to reintroduce 40 man raids with one gigantic Gnome fortress. Just countless hours of getting your ass kicked by little peoples. Gnome prejudice aside, I really love these little dungeon trailers Blizzard puts out. Enough to make a guy wander over to their website and reactivate his account. *sighs* I'm weak.

8:20 AM on Wed Nov 14 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,183 views, 57 comments

Latest by N/A: @NotSoCool: actually now is the best chance to for it to come out see now there are tons of people more »

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Blizz Sends out Burning Crusade Trials

Like a coke dealer letting an old client have one on him, Blizzard is flooding their former fanbase with free 10-day trials of World of Warcraft's Burning Crusade. More »

8:00 AM on Fri Jun 1 2007
By Brian Crecente
2,617 views, 35 comments

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CBS To Air World Series Of Video Games

The wide world of "eSports" is coming to a television near you. CBS and the World Series of Video Games have announced that they've partnered to bring four hour-long recaps of WSVG events to television airwaves starting this summer. Competitive gamers will challenge eachother in titles such as World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Guitar Hero II and Fight Night Round 3, among others. More »

6:40 PM on Thu May 31 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,246 views, 31 comments

Latest by MentorTormentor: I attended the Dallas event and have to say the only competition worth watching (unless you are a die-hard fan more »

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Clip: WoW Black Temple Trailer

The Black Temple is rising soon in Outland, finally bringing with it the enemy used to advertise January's Burning Crusade expansion in the first place, Illiadan brother to Malfurion and betrayer of the Night Elves. While you really have to read some of the novels to get the full effect, the chills I get watching this trailer are only curbed by the knowledge that I will never, ever have the time to be in a guild that can even face him, let alone take him down. More »

2:40 PM on Wed May 16 2007
By Mike Fahey
16,438 views, 66 comments

Latest by ColbyWolf: make me wanna go dig up the books and start a-readin' 'em... more »

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Burning Crusade Levels Vivendi Sales

When you release a nigh-essential expansion for a game that boasts around 8 million players, and you're going to make a tidy bit of cash. Perhaps the next World of Warcraft expansion won't take nearly as long to come out now that Vivendi's games division has reported a 117% rise in revenues for the first quarter of 2007 over last year, amounting to a whopping $394 million. More »

12:20 PM on Wed May 16 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,755 views, 18 comments

Latest by OMG! Ponies!: @Kuraudo: Two words - 1) Bull. 2) Sh*t. $394 million for 3 months. Do the math. Over more »

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Toto, I Don't Think We're In Azeroth Anymore!

The folks over at Blizzplanet have stumbled on the latest bit of cheeky pop culture humor the Blizzard has hidden away in Warcraft's latest and greatest expansion, The Burning Crusade. Deep in the heart of the Karazhan Dungeon lies an Opera Hall with it's own special easter egg surprise in the form of a stage performance of The Wizard of Oz. Although the names of the characters have been changed to protect the innocent (and avoid copyright infringement), the dialogue and loot such as the Wicked Witch's Hat and the Ruby Slippers are a dead giveaways. More »

9:00 AM on Sat Feb 17 2007
By fdemarco
1,885 views, 18 comments

Latest by raine204: First He-Man in Burning Crusade, now land of Oz, hahahhaha. Too funny... more »

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WoW PVE Netherdrakes In The Works

Dissent has been stirring among WoW players who were concerned that the only way to achieve the flying Netherdrake mount that Blizzard showcased as a key feature of the Burning Crusade expansion was through participating in group PVP arena matches. This of course has caused much fighting between PVP players and the non-PVP players, who felt they had been slighted. Those worries have now been put to rest by the wonderful men in blue type.
The armored Netherdrake will be available through the arenas as a reward, and a Netherdrake that has a distinctly different appearance from the armored Netherdrake will be available through a quest line which has not yet been implemented. It's likely that it will be implemented with the next major content patch.

So carebear players will still be able to get a wussified version of the Netherdrake. Just not right now. It is time for us to move past this onto much more important subjects, like nerfing warlocks. Michael Fahey More »

10:20 AM on Thu Feb 8 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,496 views, 12 comments

Latest by tk.: Buff the priests, too, dammit! more »

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The9 Brings China The Burning Crusade

So here we are, most of the civilized world, already getting tired of seeing Blood Elves spinning nonsensically about Orgrimmar, and China has yet to see one mailbox dancing Paladin in any of their Horde cities. Luckily for them, Blizzard has once again come to an agreement with Chinese online game operator The9 (not to be confused with ABC's complex character-based drama series) to bring the Burning Crusade to China's 3.5 million WoW players, a number I assume doesn't count the thousands of Chinese that have already imported the game and constantly send me random gold pricing information. More »

11:40 AM on Fri Feb 2 2007
By Mike Fahey
383 views, 7 comments

Latest by re-online: You fools, Naruto is the Shiznit !!! more »

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Download Burning Crusade Now

If you're one of the thousands of World of Warcraft players who see no reason to leave the house (or your limited mobility simply won't let you move further than bedsore avoidance distances), you're in luck. Blizzard has finally put up the downloadable version of its very successful expansion The Burning Crusade for your digital distribution pleasure. More »

8:20 PM on Thu Feb 1 2007
By Michael McWhertor
88,733 views, 22 comments

Latest by N/A: cool man is it true irt work o hey more »

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Burning Crusade Shatters Sales Records

In news that should come as no surprise to anyone, Blizzard has announced that their Burning Crusade expansion pack has become the fastest selling PC game ever in North America and Europe. Within the first 24 hours of release, nearly 2.4 million copies were sold around the world, with close to 1.2 million sold in North America and over 1.1 million sold in Europe. By the end of launch day 1.7 million accounts had already been upgraded. More »

11:40 AM on Tue Jan 23 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,393 views, 23 comments

Latest by CrimemasterGogo: I doubt that Wow found new fans and look at what happened to halo sales after a week more »

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First Level 70 WoW Character

So, it's going to take as long to level between 60-70 in The Burning Crusade as it does from 1-60? Apparently that statement, being bandied about World of Warcraft forums and in-game chat was a little off the mark, as one server in Europe already has a level 70 character. A gnome mage by the name of Gawell of the Millenium guild on Europe's Archimonde server hit level new level cap a mere 28 hours after the expansion launched. A Frenchman, the player and his guild planned out the leveling rush step by step, rotating party members in and out based on where and what they were fighting. More »

8:15 AM on Wed Jan 17 2007
By Mike Fahey
26,902 views, 57 comments

Latest by N/A: Its just a game..... Football- just a game, Baseball- Just a game, Basketball - Just a game..!! All the superstars more »

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Pics WoW Collector's Edition

I realize that this is already out, but for those of you who didn't get a chance to gawk out the collector's edition of Burning Crusade, here it is in all of its glory. How many went for this version as opposed to the cheaper, run of the mill version? Brian Crecente More »

4:00 PM on Tue Jan 16 2007
By Brian Crecente
1,009 views, 31 comments

Latest by rainofwalrus: @d_g (CD #3) feel ya there. I remember getting Space Quest 3 home and waiting an hour to install it via more »

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GameStop Midnight Burning Crusade Launch

At 11pm on Burning Crusade launch night, my girlfriend and I pull into the parking lot of the GameStop in Alpharetta Georgia to find at least 30 other people were already in one line, with another line going on inside the store. Seeing a few familiar faces I offer a cheery greeting. More »

10:40 AM on Tue Jan 16 2007
By Mike Fahey
667 views, 29 comments

Latest by ArmyofJuan: "Yeah, but they weren't Gamestop exclusives, were they? Someone out there should still be offering them, right?" Try Hot Topic more »

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Burning Crusade Street Date Broken

Retailers on at least two continents have been extremely lax about the World of Warcraft Burning Crusade's January 16th street date. While most major game outlets across the US have been sticking to the agreement, many smaller shops as well as some large retailers already have the games on the shelves for purchase. I found the game at a Target store in Atlanta over the weekend, but since I already have it fully paid for at a midnight launch locations I passed on picking up a copy. More »

10:40 AM on Mon Jan 15 2007
By Mike Fahey
317 views, 30 comments

Latest by rainofwalrus: FYI: I was in Hellfire Penisula at 11:50pm EST on a broken street date copy. Almost 40 minutes before the more »

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Week in Games: Burning Crusade Edition

This week the momentum really kicks in with three big titles. The biggest of course being World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, followed swiftly by Wario Ware: Smooth Moves and rounded out by cult favorite Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All. More »

7:00 PM on Sun Jan 14 2007
By fdemarco
354 views, 33 comments

Latest by sniffychimp: I have TBC preordered and I'll be picking that up, and once I get some more moolah I imagine Warioware more »

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Burning Crusade Flash Mini-Site Launched

With only 3 and a half days (not that I'm counting or anything) to go before the launch of the first World of Warcraft expansion, Blizzard has launched a new mini-flash site for The Burning Crusade. It's chock full of information, shiny Blizzard graphics, and flash mini-games you can play to win fabulous prizes! More »

11:40 AM on Fri Jan 12 2007
By Mike Fahey
3,349 views, 10 comments

Latest by The Commissar: Nicolai - I tried, I really did. But then I saw I could get High Warlord gear within about two more »

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