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blizzard
Toast Your Cursed Existence With The Legendary Lich King Stein
Why raise a crude tankard to World of Warcraft's number one villain when you can raise an 18 carat gold-plated Lich King stein instead? More » -
trademarks
What Does Blizzard Want With The Word Cataclysm?
Three new entries in the U.S Patents & Trademark Office website indicate that Blizzard is extremely interested in the word Cataclysm, but why? More » -
virtual worlds
Second Skin Coming To DVD In August
Second Skin, a documentary about virtual worlds and their inhabitants that we've been keeping tabs on since it started casting in 2006, is finally coming to DVD this August. More » -
project hydra
Three Things We Weren't Allowed To Photograph At Blizzard HQ
During our visit to Blizzard's headquarters, we were given a tour of the developer's campus, a massive office complex that houses a giant Orc statue, an employee-only library filled with nerdy reference, and plenty of things kept top secret. More » -
wow
WoW Players Can Soon *Gasp* Change Sides
If you're a WoW player, you're one of two things. You're Alliance, or you're Horde. That's it. That's where the line is drawn. Or...it was. Pretty soon, that won't matter anymore. More » -
world of warcraft
Chinese Gov't Tries To Officially Ban Gold Farming
Friday, the Chinese government attempted to address the reported $500 million gold farming industry, said to employ some 400,000 workers, in the form of a ruling on the exchange of "virtual currency" for real world cash. More » -
world of warcraft
Ogle Blizzard HQ's Epically Mounted Orc
World of Warcraft developer Blizzard moved into its new Irvine, California digs in late 2007, 240,000 square feet worth of space in which to develop more Starcraft, Diablo and WarCraft. This year, Blizzard headquarters added some lovely Orc art. More » -
blizzard
Blame WoW For Starcraft II's Late, Late Release
Blizzard's Starcraft was released in 1998. It's sequel, Starcraft II, won't be out until at least 2009. Why the hold-up? Blame World of Warcraft. More » -
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blizzard
What's Inside Blizzard's Library?
Blizzard's main campus is home to what might be the coolest (and nerdiest) library you've ever seen. The employee library, from which Blizzard staffers can check out books, software and more, is a great place to lose oneself. More » -
clips
World of Warcraft Freak Out Kid: The Japanese Remix
Now, we're hardly convinced that the original is real, we are convinced that this Japanese remix is UTTERLY AMAZING. More phony freak-outs for brilliant remixes, please! More » -
world of warcraft
Iran Not Blocking Online Games
Cell phone and internet communications in Iran are reportedly being jammed by the government to prevent to the flow of data. But there's more ways to communicate electronically than that. More » -
game design
You (Sorta) Owe Dead Space To Aristotle
Some deep reading over on Gamasutra on game design and narrative (courtesy of Company of Heroes narrative designer Stephen Dinehart) could be my next graduate school adventure. More » -
collectibles
Now You Can Buy Expensive World Of Warcraft Pet Statues Too
A custom made statue of your World of Warcraft character is certainly a fine thing to have, but what is your character without their loveable animal companions? Perhaps FingerPrints' FingerPets can help. More » -
wow
WoW Has Been Down In China For Nearly Three Weeks Now
As we've told you, Blizzard recently decided to change the company handling WoW for them in China. It was The9, and now it's NetEase. Or, it would be NetEase, if NetEase could actually get the game running again. More » -
world of warcraft
Gay Pride Week in World of Warcraft
Gay Pride Week is one of the biggest deals in the San Francisco Bay Area — apparently, it's also a big deal to one World of Warcraft server. More » -
blizzard
World Of Warcraft Lights The Summer Flame
Is it that time of year again already? Blizzard once again celebrates the coming of summer in World of Warcraft, with an icy new nemesis joining this year's Midsummer Fire Festival festivities. More » -
machinima
Watch The Play Machinima Law Conference
Almost two months ago, I attended a Machinima Law conference at Stanford University as part of an extra credit assignment. Today, you can watch what I saw for free. More » -
clips
World Of Warcraft Flavored Mtn Dew Ad Features Night Elf On Orc Action
The first television spot for Blizzard and Pepsi's marriage of World of Warcraft and Mountain Dew features a familiar scene: two attractive for television women buying six packs of Warcraft-themed soda and the ensuing supermarket brawl. More » -
comics
This Week In Video Game Comics
Here's a rundown of the new video game-based comics going on sale in comics shops in the U.S. on Wednesday. More » -
games as art
World Of Warcraft: The Art Exhibit
While the argument over video games as art rages on, there can be no denying that games have influenced art, as evidenced by the WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon at the Laguna Art Museum in California. More » -
blizzard
World Of Warcraft Flavored Mountain Dew Now Quenching Epic Thirsts
Have a massive thirst? Consider it slayed, as Mountain Dew (aka Mtn Dew) and Blizzard have officially made the soda based on World of Warcraft available, in either citrus-cherry-flavored Horde Red or wild fruit-flavored Alliance Blue. More » -
clips
Global Agenda Pokes Fun At World Of Warcraft
Hi-Rez Studios pokes some high-velocity fun at World of Warcraft with their No Elves campaign, promoting their upcoming pointy ear-less massively multiplayer action game Global Agenda. More » -
blizzard
World of Warcraft Patch Adds Cat And Bear
Kitties! Blizzard is adding new textures for cat and bear forms in the next major WoW content patch. More » -
blizzard
Night Elf Druid Bears Shall Look Like This
Blizzard continues its slow reveal of the upcoming druid animal form changes for World of Warcraft, showing off what the fashionable Night Elf druid bears will be wearing next season. More » -
blizzard
World Of Warcraft Druids Getting A Makeover
In the next big content patch for World of Warcraft, Blizzard finally addresses one of the most pressing matters the game has been facing for the past several years: ugly druids. More » -
comics
This Week In Video Game Comics
Gaming-based spin-off comic books are increasingly common. Here are the ones in stores this week. More » -
hollywood
Gears Of War Movie Maker Getting Into Game-Making Game
Legendary Pictures, the studio responsible for The Dark Knight, 300 and Watchmen, is getting into the video game production business, with a new internal digital development arm headed by former Electronic Arts exec Kathy Vrabeck. More » -
patch day
World Of Warcraft Equipment Manager Patched In
The introduction of the long-awaited Equipment Manager feature in today's patch 3.1.2 makes playing World of Warcraft even easier, if that's possible. More » -
figures
New WoW, Gears Of War Figures For Your Adult Bookshelf
Fans of either Gears of War or World of Warcraft (or both!) will be happy to know there's now more things to spend their disposable income on, with the release of some new figures. More » -
pc
And The 20 Top-Selling PC Games For April Were...
It's NPD sales day today at Kotaku Tower, which means not only console sales data, but PC data as well. Like the top 20-selling retail PC games for the month of April. More » -
BlizzCon 2009
BlizzCon Exclusive WoW Pet Is A Space Marine, Sort Of
Meet Grunty the Murloc Marine, the StarCraft-flavored exclusive World of Warcraft pet that should be available for ridiculous amounts of money on eBay following this year's BlizzCon. More » -
clips
Chinese Guy Spends A Day As A World Of Warcraft Character
World of Warcraft is a social game, right? Full of goals, and interactions, and relationships. So what happens if you try and live a day of your (real) life as a WoW character? More » -
rumor
Blizzard Hires Casual Games Guru From PopCap
The former general manager of Xbox Live Arcade and v.p. at Peggle studio PopCap is going to Blizzard. Let the development speculation begin.
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Game Fuel
Even Video Game Soda Gets A Countdown Clock
Those of you eagerly awaiting the launch of the World of Warcraft flavored varieties of Mountain Dew Game Fuel now have a countdown clock to stare at for the next nine days. More » -
blizzard
BlizzCon Tickets Go On Sale May 16, Event To Be Streamed Online
Blizzard's fourth annual convention of all things WarCraft, Starcraft and Diablo touches down in Anaheim, California this August. The highly coveted, hard-to-come-by first tickets to BlizzCon 09 go on sale May 16th. More » -
wow
Former Chinese WoW Operators Releasing Shameless WoW Rip-Off
Never mind that The9 have lost the contract to run World of Warcraft in China to a rival firm. They're going to compensate by releasing a new game! Which...looks a lot like World of Warcraft. More » -
whoa pig sooey
Warcraft is So Over this Swine Flu
IRL Swine Flu sounds like just a nighttime-sniffling-sneezing inconvenience when you read that it's been going around Azeroth since the Lich King beta, and pops you for 120 natural damage every two seconds. More » -
wow
Some Guy Gets A Blizzard-Only WoW Item, Goes On WoW Rampage
A World of Warcraft subscriber has accidentally been given a powerful in-game item normally reserved for internal testing. And what'd he do with it? Why, he used it. More » -
sexuality
How Not To Address Homosexuality In Gaming
BioWare's censoring of homosexual terms on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums was not a wise move, but they certainly weren't the first video game company to struggle with the issue of homosexuality. More » -
rumor
Warcraft on an iPhone, but is It Coming to Yours?
Yesterday, word spread that Warcraft was OTW for the iPhone, thanks to the app that ran Second Life on an iPhone last year. Skeptical, I held off, but I can't explain why, exactly. More »












































