An Australian man was arrested recently after he convinced a 15-year-old girl he met while playing World of WarCraft to run away from home to be with him. He even paid for the trip. How sweet.

As my fellow writers and I discussed back and forth the possibilities for Blizzard’s upcoming announcement, we decided to hit up the Blizzard site again, and noticed that the image had been updated since our last post. A few sites are reporting on a confirmation of sorts, from an unnamed source, stating that the mystery [...]

The Paris Game Developers Conference, in session yesterday and today, brings us an interesting tidbit from a Keynote discussion (“In the Eye of the Blizzard”) with Rob Pardo, the vice president of game design at Blizzard Entertainment. Apparently, the game was envisioned as an ad-supported, free-to-play MMO. “We didn’t want to charge a subscription, but [...]

Among the many changes the upcoming World of WarCraft patch 2.4.3 will bring, the most significant is probably the ability to get a mount at level 30. Paladins and Warlocks will get their first summon at this level, while other classes can purchase Apprentice level riding for a mere 35 gold. This will make leveling [...]

Information from the upcoming World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion has been leaked on to the web complete with visual talent trees, descriptions of new spells and abilities, as well as changes to the old. Some quick highlights include the ability for druids to now root enemies indoors and warriors, with the [...]

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Ken Kutaragi isn’t the only one with sweet dreams of Protoss on PS3 Starcraft 2, a PC sequel nearly ten years in the making, hasn’t been announced for any consoles. But that didn’t stop the wishful thinking of PSU, who hypothesize that the flexible Playstation Network, Bluetooth keyboard/mouse support, and required hard drive make the [...]

In yet another attempt to bring together the worlds of Mountain Dew and videogames, PepsiCo created the DEWmocracy. This Massively-Multiplayer Online game casts players as “an anonymous hero that rebels against the the forces of uniformity and seeks a new world, and a new elixir, that will change everything”. That must be pretty interesting because [...]

Say hello to Activision Blizzard, the result of a Sunday-morning announcement between Activision and Vivendi Games that they’ve agreed to combine their resources. The new company results in about $3.8 billion of pro forma and the greatest operating margins of any current third party publisher. Stick that in your craw, Electronic Arts!

Still loves you after all these years On September 25th, EA celebrated the birthday of their long running franchise Ultima Online. The game still supports an avid fan base despite 10 years of developer changes, nerfs, buffs, and class balances. If not for UO breaking through multiple boundaries, great games such as World of Warcraft [...]

The keyboard and mouse have become necessity to PC gaming, so much so that PC gamers who make the switch to consoles are often left scrambling for adapters and third party devices that allow them to keep their beloved keyboard and mouse setup. And now, Blue Orb, Inc. announces a new piece of software called [...]

“Four Wheels of Fury!” Toyota goes after the WoW gamer airing a commercial for their Tacoma truck set in the World of Warcraft game. Brilliant! Have at it out after the jump.

A spirited panel announced an upcoming WOW movie at this years BlizzCon causing hundreds of keyboards to hit the ground in unison. This will mark the first movie for Blizzard and it has been long in the making, five years long to be exact.

Sure it does other stuff … but does the “other stuff” really matter? Do you long to play World of Warcraft on your lunch break, in the rest room in between meetings, at your desk when your boss isn’t looking … or maybe your boss is the one in his office with the door shut [...]