Pdwarfy ain’t grinding nuthin Gold farming might be a joke among many MMORPG players, but, according to a recent Manchester University study, it certainly is a lucrative one. The study estimates that the industry is a $500 Million market, with over 400,000 employees (80% based in China) earning an average of $145 a month. Professor [...]

Morgan Webb of G4′s X-Play gives us a little preview and some interesting info on Blizzard’s upcoming World of WarCraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King. Spoiler alert: Arthas is really a good guy and Death Knights are Paladins in disguise. Seriously, though, there are some spoilers in the video, so carefully consider whether or [...]

Many BlizzFans mounted up and rode towards the portal that is Blizzard’s BlizzCon 08 ticket purchase page yesterday only to be turned away. After what one can only assume were several attempts to resolve the issue, Blizzard eventually pulled the site offline and issued the following statement:

Get’cher Zhevra Mount! Blizzard, the developers behind the world conquering MMO World of Warcraft, have added a new incentive to play WoW in the form of the Recruit-A-Friend system. Read all about it after the break.

This story starts with a young boy and a subscription to the MMO Final Fantasy XI. After a few months with the game, he grows tired of it and decides he’s going to cancel. Great, so how do you do that? What seems like should be a simple task ends up an exercise in frustration. [...]

If you thought that there was nowhere on Earth the monolithic, life-stealing MMO World of Warcraft hadn’t reached, then you were wrong. “Were” being the key word, as now it seems WoW’s world domination is complete with its newest translation: Russian.

Oh boy… If World of WarCraft wasn’t already a massive drain on your free time, then Wrath of the Lich King will make things significantly worse.  Not only will the expansion add Death Knights and an entire new continent, but it’s also bringing with it Achievements, which you earn by doing a myriad of quest-related [...]

A group of women have their husbands hypnotized to believe that their marriages are a part of World of WarCraft and pleasing the women is the name of the game.  Video follows.

Two things: Do you play World of Warcraft? Do you live in Europe? If you answered yes to both of those things, then I have some good news for you after the jump.

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.

“Death will rise from the tide” for 360 and PS3 users tomorrow, when the *free* World of Warcraft track, I am Murloc, becomes available for download in Guitar Hero III. The song was introduced at the 2005 Blizzcon by Blizzard Entertainment’s house band, Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain, and is quite catchy, even for someone [...]

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 [...]

Dr. Jerald Block is a psychiatrist who specialises in helping people get over their addiction to a wide number of things, one of which is games. He argued recently in the American Journal of Psychiatry that “Internet Addiction” should become a professionally used term.

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 [...]