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World of Warcraft get its third expansion pack later this year. Due for release around September time, Cataclysm will be one of the top Massively-Multiplayer Online titles of 2010, but it will have to face strong competition. The likes of APB: All Points Bulletin, Star Trek Online, DC Universe Online and LEGO Universe are all [...]

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Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have announced that Sam Raimi is to direct the upcoming World of Warcraft movie. Raimi’s previous movies include the Spider-Man trilogy. No concrete release date has been set for the movie yet.

Blizzard Entertainment has revealed the anticipated release date for World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King. The second World of Warcraft expansion pack will be released on November 13th, and will aim to achieve the success of the first expansion pack, The Burning Crusade, that sold a record number of copies on release [...]

The Lich King Beta seems to be fully in the swing of things, with the client available for download from the Lich King website. Sadly, it’s still a limited affair, with participants randomly selected from those entering via the sign up page. It’s not too late to get involved, though, so hit the link to [...]

  WoWInsider is running a whole shed load of Lich King details, fresh from the Blizzard event in Paris over the weekend. Check it out here. Doesn’t really do it for me, but then elves aren’t really my bag.

Following news that the US is to begin monitoring MMOs for potential terrorist activity, some American guy called Juan Cole has dismissed the proposal as pointless and unconstitutional. “Even the Internet war-game sites… which include “Worlds of Warcraft” — would probably just make most terrorists overweight and addicted to the Internet.”   I wanted to [...]

Finally. It had to happen. Launched this Autumn, the WoW Miniatures Game – snappy title – will feature Leeroy Jenkins, some dwarves, probably some elves and other things with weird ears. Maybe a Half-Giraffe or soemthing. I don’t know. Anyway, find the mini-site here. No, this doesn’t meen I like MMOs now. I just know [...]

A Chinese partner involved with Blizzard’s new MMO project has let slip the details: it’s Starcraft Online. A report on Tradingmarkets.com has revealed that NetEase – a Chinese online game operator – will be running Starcraft Online for Blizzard. Blizzard itself has not confirmed the game, but has been advertising for staff to work on [...]

A German gamer has reached the wealth limit imposed in World of Warcraft. He now stands at 217, 748 gold, 36 silver and 48 copper. The player is said to be the leader of the largest guild on his server, and one of the top ten guilds in the world. This position of authority grants [...]