 Archive for the 'WoW' CategoryJocks bow to the nerds when fantasy meets footballSeptember 27th, 2009, 12:19 am by Jayson Peters
Did the global economic summit that just concluded in that city include a secret delegation of Night Elves, Tauren, Trolls and other representatives of the races of Azeroth from Blizzard’s online RPG World of Warcraft? Well, no one can prove it didn’t … Via Joystiq ‘WoW’ expansion ‘Cataclysm’ announcedAugust 21st, 2009, 12:29 pm by Jayson Peters‘The Guild’ crafts a music videoAugust 20th, 2009, 5:49 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
As a promo for their upcoming third season (starting August 25), the stars of the comedy web series “The Guild” have released a music video ““Do You Wanna Date My Avatar.” The song praises the perks of online in-game romance. “The Guild” series follows a group of guildmates and dysfunctional almost-friends as they struggle through the highs-and-lows of their real lives and their lives in an online role-playing game. Though the game is never named, it’s clearly based on World of Warcraft (cast members are appearing at this week’s Blizzcon). The short episodes are a scarily accurate portrayal of the life of a hardcore WoW player. Like so many things, the series is funny because it’s so true. The characters are exaggerated for comedic effect, but not nearly as much as one might imagine. Raimi makes ‘Warcraft’July 21st, 2009, 11:31 pm by Jayson PetersSpider-Man writer-director Sam Raimi has signed on to direct the movie adaptation of World of Warcraft, according to Variety. The film is being bankrolled and distributed by Warner Bros. and produced by Legendary Pictures and Blizzard Entertainment, which makes the popular online roleplaying game. Raimi’s experience producing TV’s Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess and, more recently, Legend of the Seeker should come in handy for this long-awaited fantasy project. Updates: How many characters is “I’m too busy playing World of Warcraft to update.” anyways?July 5th, 2009, 9:30 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
Twitter has expanded its reach once again, this time into the mythical world of Azeroth. That’s right, the Internet’s latest fixation has been combined with the world’s most popular computer game, World of Warcraft. This unholy alliance goes by the name TweetCraft. The TweetCraft client lets you send and receive all of your 140-character newsflashes while delving deep into ancient tombs or slaying an entire family of dragons. It will automatically send out updates when you log into the game or complete an achievement. I guess Alt+Tab is too much work nowadays? Dew the ‘WoW’June 9th, 2009, 10:53 pm by Jayson Peters
Thusly caffeinated gamers can register to get a free in-game pet called a Battle-Bot as well as a shot at fabulous prizes in the real world. Recruiting your friends to sign up as well earns you tokens redeemable for “fuel” for your new pet. Last chance to buy BlizzCon ticketsMay 29th, 2009, 9:17 am by Jayson PetersFrom our sister site The Orange County Register’s Blizzard Blog:
Be sure to get to the Blizzard Store before the tickets go on sale (or just refresh this link, provided on Blizzard’s front page) and hope for the best. Good luck to everyone trying to get in! Buzz building for BlizzConMay 27th, 2009, 10:24 am by Jayson PetersIt looks like the Blizzard press machine is starting to rev up ahead of BlizzCon. They’ve got Bestiary updates for the long-awaited Diablo III and details on “Echoes of War,” a symphonic soundtrack featuring music from StarCraft II, Diablo III and World of Warcraft due this spring. Meanwhile, if you’re hoping to go to Anaheim for BlizzCon in August, I hope you already have your tickets — they sold out a half-hour after going on sale earlier this month. But it’s not like there’s a lack of things to do in Anaheim… UPDATED: I should have mentioned that a new batch of tickets will go on sale this Saturday, May 30. Thanks, Twitter followers! See also: Report: Blizzard’s new MMO will be an original creationMay 13th, 2009, 8:58 am by Jayson Peters
Blizzard Blog is your place for all the latest World of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft and, now, mystery MMO news! Still no ‘Lich King’ for WoW players in ChinaMarch 11th, 2009, 11:07 pm by Jayson PetersAs reported by GamePolitics via our sister blog in Orange County:
Considering the World of Warcraft expansion is named for an undead monarch and features the Death Knight as a new character class, at what point does it become pointless to even release the thing in China?
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Paul Sams, chief operating officer of Blizzard Entertainment, is now part-owner of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers franchise.
Our sister publication, The Orange County Register’s Blizzard Blog, 
Now available: limited-edition World of Warcraft beverages. Mountain Dew’s Horde Red and Alliance Blue flavors of “Game Fuel” should be hitting shelves near you right about now.
BlizzCon tickets will be on sale again Saturday at 10 a.m. Last time, tickets went fast — too fast for anyone who wasn’t in the queue when it started, in fact.
“Wrath of the Lich King” is being held up again in China — apparently, a second iteration of the game for the Chinese market has been rejected by regulators. The problem? It’s against the law to showcase human skeletons in China, which “Lich King” is chock full of. Apparently some sneaked into this second edited version.
