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Not much, apparently, at least not in December. Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime was only able to give a vague answer to the question presented during the Q&A portion of today's Activision Blizzard financial results call, but that vagueness speaks volumes. More »
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Ben Shaw has had one hell of a last few years. Serving overseas, the former British Army soldier was wounded by a roadside explosive in Iraq, and as a result had to have both of his eyes removed. More »
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Confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik was legally insane when he killed nearly 80 people, many children, during a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in July, according to a psychiatric evaluation ordered by the court, the Associated Press reports. More »
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In an industry where games barely even a month old are slashed in price then swiftly forgotten, World of Warcraft is an exceptional, well, exception. More »
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The family that games together stays together. Or so the Santellana family believes, having traded in family outings for nights spent roaming Azeroth on their matching mounts. More »
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In March, Canadian gamers were upset to learn that World of Warcraft traffic was being throttled by Rogers Cable and Telecom, the country's largest broadband provider. Now the company has admitted that other games' online traffic might trip its pipeline monitors and result in their throttling, which Rogers called "inadvertent." Canadian gamers do not accept that answer. More »
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In today's thrilling episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Vezroth explains why people need to stop getting angry when every other massively multiplayer online game in the world is compared to World of Warcraft. More »
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World of Warcraft's player numbers have been stalled since late 2008, and in decline for most of 2011. That's the bad news for the game's developers, Blizzard. More »
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With Blizzcon only a few months away, a trademark filing has surfaced hinting at what could be one of the last big hurrahs for the ageing MMO. More »
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One week after 77 died in two attacks carried out by a militant extremist in Norway, two retailers have temporarily pulled copies of World of Warcraft and several Call of Duty games from shelves, citing their ties to the accused killer's manifesto. More »
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The accused shooter in yesterday's massacre in Norway has been linked to a 1,500 page manifesto that recommends using Call of Duty to train combat skills for an upcoming war with Islam. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5824147&view=rss&microfeed=true The University of California at Santa Cruz is studying how WoW players arrange their interface elements to do various in-game tasks, such as raiding. If you play WoW, click on through and answer away! [WoWIU Study] More »
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Players of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the most recent expansion to Blizzard's still rather popular online role-playing game, are now in the throes of the game's latest content update, "Rage of the Firelands" (AKA patch 4.2). But if you're a new, WoW-curious gamer, Blizzard has something new for you too. More »
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You know a game is big when its patches get big fancy trailers. More »
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Cutting-edge trendspotter The New York Times today tackled the phenomenon of MMO-facilitated romance, noting that the subscriber base for World of Warcraft is six times that of Match.com. More »
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The FBI now is raiding homes looking for World of Warcraft gold farmers. The party van showed up March 30 at an apartment shared by two University of Michigan students (building pictured), who say the feds have got the wrong suspects. More »
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Here's an exercise in patience: a World of Warcraft player has managed to reach the maximum level 85 without killing a single thing. For a game built around the idea of, well, killing things, that's quite the achievement! More »
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Gold farming is the practice of harvesting crap in online worlds with the aim of selling it for real-world money. Most developers frown on the practice, but that's not stopping an estimated 100,000 people from doing it. More »
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It speaks volumes for the popularity of World of Warcraft that you can see a thing like "Official Reebok Hockey Jersey" and know that not only is it a real thing, but that there'll be plenty of people who will buy one. More »
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Your eyes do not deceive you. Long assumed to be the natural successor to World of Warcraft, this is an MMO built around the Starcraft universe. Only...it's been made by some fans, and it's been made using Starcraft II. More »
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Selling more than 4.7 million copies sold since its December 7 release and 3.3 million on day-one, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is now the fastest-selling PC game of all time. More »
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Perhaps the most innovative bit of gaming tech at this year's Consumer Electronics Show is a palm-sized, touch-screen gaming PC that comes packed with a keyboard that can transform on the fly. More »
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Okay, that's not fair. Duncan Jones is more than just David Bowie's son. He's also the son of fashion model Angela Bowie. More »
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Nothing ruins a perfectly good fantasy world like an enormous angry dragon tearing through the surface of the planet, destroying everything in its path. How does Blizzard's ridiculously popular online role-playing game fare in the face of this Cataclysm? More »
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Studying players' time following the release of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm 10 days ago, Raptr determined that the top 11 percent of most active users account for more than half of the total time spent in the game. More »
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With its latest expansion Cataclysm having been out for a few days now, the hardcore World of Warcraft players have already bought it and are exploring its many changes. Those who haven't, you are being tempted by free game time. More »
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Bots. Like it or not, they're part of online games like World of Warcraft. A U.S. court ruled on the legality of one particular popular and profitable bot. More »
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Next week Tonight, the world of Warcraft will change forever with the release of Cataclysm. Here's everything you need to know before Deathwing the Destroyer comes over and trashes the place. [Republished for the launch of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.] More »
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Of all the things she's done in her life - like starring in sitcoms, animated series and big Hollywood movies - there's nothing actor Mila Kunis would love more than to play a "kick-ass mage". More »
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Remember: If you ever ingest the Battle.net Authenticator you use to protect the integrity of your World of Warcraft account, the first thing you should do is seek medical attention on the official World of Warcraft forums. Just like this WoW player did... More »
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Backsliders in the church of Warcraft are being coaxed back to the flock with an offer of seven free days of gameplay, to whet their appetite for the Cataclysm expansion due in December. More »
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"Red Shirt Guy", who shot to internet fame last week for his intimidatingly deep knowledge of World of Warcraft lore, has been turned into a character in the game's latest expansion by developers Blizzard. More »
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Last week, deeply knowledgeable World of Warcraft fan "Red Shirt Guy" called Blizzard's top men on the carpet at Blizzcon, a dazzling display of Warcraft lore and continuity expertise. Today, that man addresses his fans and detractors. More »
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Do not be embarrassed by this man, World of Warcraft players. He is one of you, and his wealth of knowledge is something to be treasured, not scorned. More »
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We're coming to you live from BlizzCon 2010's World of Warcraft Live Raid, where Blizzard promises they're doing something new and fun. Join us! More »
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Being a place where fools and money meet, World of Warcraft is as prone to scammers and swindlers as anywhere else on this planet (or any other planet). This handy chart shows just how prone it is. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5667336&view=rss&microfeed=true Before Blizzard revealed that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm would go on sale in December, retailer Amazon was informing customers that they would get the game in January. Have no fear. The retail giant tells Kotaku "we will be releasing World of Warcraft: Cataclysm on the official release date of December 7, 2010." More »
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While Hollywood director Sam Raimi is keen to make a World of Warcraft movie, whether he made it soon was always going to come down to the result of a tussle for his attention between it and another project. More »
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Blizzard's Real ID system, whereby users could share an account over several services using their actual name, seemed like a good idea to some, didn't exactly go down too well with many others. More »
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Providing one more reason to never stop playing World of Warcraft, it turns out the game's latest expansion includes a quest that's basically a stripped-down version of Popcap's excellent Plants vs Zombies. More »
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