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World Of Warcraft: The Lands Beyond The Cataclysm
Check out this tour of the zones of World of Warcraft: The Catacylsm, for a look at Gilneas, The Lost Isles, and how Deathwing’s reappearance will forever change the face of Azeroth. New lands are all well and good, but seeing places where I’ve spent countless hours over the past five years completely changed is…
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StarCraft II Can Be Played Offline
Troubled by the Battle.net login screen that appears upon first launching StarCraft II? Does it mean that StarCraft II requires an internet connection? Not so, says Blizzard’s Rob Pardo. Some of our readers were a bit put off by the suggestion that the single player portion of StarCraft II would require logging into Battle.net, as…
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Hands On With Diablo III’s Monk
Though the Diablo III kiosks in the BlizzCon pressroom were swamped all weekend, I did manage to squeeze in a little time with the game’s newest class – the Monk. To give you folks a little background information, the BlizzCon press room is a place of joy and wonder. They line two walls with kiosks…
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Ozzy Tells Kotaku of His Secret Video Game Addiction
During our post-BlizzCon interview with Ozzy Osbourne, the rock legend revealed that he had once been addicted to a video game. Help us figure out which game that was. Ozzy is not exactly known for his clarity, so you’ll have to forgive us if we cannot tell you exactly which game he was talking about…
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Tricia Helfer Is StarCraft II’s Kerrigan
Original voice actress Glynnis Talken Campbell is still out as the voice of StarCraft II’s Kerrigan, but Blizzard found a worthy replacement in the form of Cylon Number Six, Tricia Helfer. At a panel that took place while I was knee-deep in interviews, Blizzard introduced the new Sarah Kerrigan to the world, smashing previous rumors…
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World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm: Why Level 85?
The Burning Crusade raised World of Warcraft’s level cap to 70. Then Wrath of the Lich King took it to 80. Why is it only going to 85 in the Cataclysm expansion? Tom Chilton explains. Among all of the changes coming in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, raising the level cap to 85 instead of following…
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Warriors Come Out And Street Brawl
The Warriors come out to play on Xbox Live Arcade in The Warriors: Street Brawl from Paramount Digital Entertainment. It’s definitely a far cry from Rockstar’s effort at bringing The Warriors to the video game medium. I suppose it captures the essense of the movie, rather that mucking about with all of the side stuff…
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Droplitz Price Drops
Blitz Arcade is pricing their downloadable puzzle game Droplitz to move, with both the Steam and iPhone versions of the engaging title now available ridiculously cheap. I reviewed the Xbox Live Arcade version of Droplitz, finding it a rather addictively little puzzle game that quickly invades your subconscious to the point where you’ll dream about…
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The Nintendo Download: Mr. Driller Strikes Back
This week in the Nintendo Download, a Super Nintendo space epic continues, Mr. Driller drills anew, and tiny bubbles must be destroyed at all costs. LucasArts continues to roll out the Super Star Wars goodness this week with Super Empire Strikes back, the 16-bit retelling of the classic tale of Luke Skywalker, the sister he…
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BlizzCon: Where Are Diablo III’s Runes?
At last year’s BlizzCon, the Diablo II team made a big deal about the power-customizing rune system, but this year it was strangely absent. We asked game director Jay Wilson where the runes went. Diablo III’s rune system, as we explained last year, is an ambitious feature in which every skill for every character can…
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