Entries in 'world of warcraft' (71)
HMV: Diablo III our biggest ever product launch
The Diablo III launch event at HMV Oxford Street was the retailer’s biggest to date, says games boss Ewan Pinder.
Breivik's World of Warcraft avatar shown in court
The jury in the trial of Norwegian gunman Anders Breivik were yesterday shown images of the accused’s World of Warcraft character.
Blizzard and NetEase renew WoW licence deal
Blizzard and NetEase have announced a renewed licensing agreement to operate World of Warcraft in China.
Blizzard: WoW on iOS remains a possibility
World of Warcraft could yet be released on iOS, providing developer Blizzard can find a way of acceptably mapping the MMO’s controls onto touch screens
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600 jobs lost at Blizzard
World of Warcraft house Blizzard Entertainment is to begin a global downsizing operation that will result in 600 job losses.
Blizzard curbs World of Warcraft exodus
A total of 100,000 World of Warcraft subscribers left the PC MMO during the three months ending December 31st, according to financial documents filed by Activision Blizzard.
Activision Blizzard's revenue hits $4.7bn
Activision Blizzard has posted record breaking revenue of $4.76bn for the financial year.
Star Wars: The Old Republic
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If anything can challenge World of Warcraft, it’s this. The Old Republic represents EA’s biggest foray into the market for massively multiplayer online games.
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Kotick: Old Republic a win for George Lucas, not EA
Well, if nothing else EA can at least take this as proof that Activision is nervous about Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Old Republic could steal 1m WoW players
The global launch the Star Wars MMO could trigger a mass-exodus of World of Warcraft subscribers, according to new analyst data.
2m leave World of Warcraft in one year
The number of World of Warcraft subscribers has fallen from over 12m to 10.3m in one year.
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As of June this year, World of Warcraft had 11.1 million subscribers.Speak to any other MMO creator and they would bite your hand off for even a slice of that ...
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Future closes World of Warcraft magazine
Having managed just five issues, Future has called time on its officially licensed World of Warcraft magazine.
Planetside 2 goes free-to-play
Upcoming PC shooter Planetside 2 will adopt a free-to-play model following the long line of MMOs that did so earlier this year.
'World of Warcraft has not reached its peak'
Blizzard has dismissed fears that PC?MMO World of Warcraft is on the wane.
Old Republic gets first live demo
GAMESCOM: Attendees at Gamescom 2011 were treated to the first live gameplay demo of Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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300,000 depart World of Warcraft
The number of paying subscribers for World of Warcraft fell to 11.1m between May and July, but Blizzard has plans to reverse the downturn.
Diablo III lets gamers sell items for money
World of Warcraft developer-publisher Blizzard has revealed an in-game auction house in Diablo III that uses real money.
Analyst: Blizzard's Titan is "casual MMO"
Blizzard remains tight-lipped on it's mysterious project Titan but an analyst claims that the game is a casual MMO.
World of Warcraft now F2P
It feels like barely a day passes without another key MMO dropping subscriptions in favour of the free-to-play model, and now the biggest MMO of them all is getting in ...
WoW subscription numbers dip
Though the 11.4m subscribers to Blizzard's world-conquering MMO World of Warcraft make for some impressive reading, it actually represents nearly a three year low for the game.
WoW bosses hopeful SWTOR will be a hit
Blizzard believes the eagerly anticipated EA/LucasArts MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, could be the biggest shot in the arm for the genre since World of Warcraft.
Cataclysm breaks new records
The popularity of Blizzard's MMO World of Warcraft shows no signs of abating with news that the latest expansion for the title has broken another record in the PC market.
World of Warcraft hits Kinect
US researchers have managed to adapt Kinect and use it to control Blizzard’s MMO behemoth World of Warcraft.
