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World of Warcraft slowly enters the world of selling virtual items

by John Callaham Nov 4th 2009 @ 6:00PM

Since its release in 2004, Blizzard's MMO World of Warcraft has stayed on the monthly subscription business model for the most part. While Blizzard does charge its players extra for things like faction or race changes in their characters, they have not gone into the business of selling in-game items for real money as other MMOs have done.

That may finally be changing, however, as Blizzard has now introduced a way to buy in-game pets for your World of Warcraft character via Blizzard's online store. Currently only two pets are available for $10 each; Lil' K.T. and Pandaren Monk (shown to the right) Blizzard has also announced that from now until December 31, half of the proceeds from the purchase of the latter character will go to the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

[Via Wow.com]

Filed under: MMO, World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft character race change feature now live

by John Callaham Oct 28th 2009 @ 7:30AM

It's been highly anticipated for months but now players in World of Warcraft can have the ultimate change. This week developer Blizzard revealed that players can now change the race of their already existing character while still stayin in their faction (Alliance or Horde for you non-World of Warcraft players . . . all two of you).

The game's offiical web site has an extensive FAQ about the new service which is separate from the developer's faction change service which lets player's change from Alliance to Horde and vice-versa. Like that feature, the race change service isn't free; you will have to pony up $25 for each character race shift. Hey, it's still cheaper than most medical charges in the real world.

Filed under: MMO, World of Warcraft

Peter Molyneux's five "revolutionary" games (and two are PC exclusives)

by John Callaham Oct 26th 2009 @ 9:00AM

Lionhead founder Peter Molyneux used to be a PC game developer with titles like Dungeon Keeper, Black and White and others under his command. Now he's moved away from PC gaming with Xbox/Xbox 360 titles like Fable and Fable II. Yet in a recent speech he named five games he felt were "revolutionary" and lo and behold two of them are PC exclusives.

According to That Video Game Blog, Molyneux made the comments during the annual BAFTA Video Games Lecture. One PC exclusive revolutionary game was Dune 2, considered to be the first ever RTS game. The other PC game exclusive is World of Warcraft which he said had a ""carrot dangling" design that made the player want to continue to play and level up. Now if we can just get Molyneux to be interested in PC games again.

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Wildstorm reveals second monthly World of Warcraft comic

by John Callaham Oct 20th 2009 @ 8:00AM

A while back we mentioned that DC Comics' Wildstorm division was going to end their current World of Warcraft monthly comic book series and then start again with not one but two new series, one for the Alliance faction in Blizzard's hit MMO and the other for the Horde. This week, via Comic Book Resources, we now have more info on both of the new World of Warcraft comic book series.

The all new Horde comic (you can see the cover for the first issue to the right) is written by Doug Murray and drawn by Pop Mhan. The Alliance-based comic retains the original World of Warcraft issue numbering (hence World of Warcraft: Alliance 26). It will be written by Mike Costa and drawn by Neil Googe. Both issues will go on sale in January.

Filed under: Culture, MMO, World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft movie director names its new screenwriter

by John Callaham Oct 12th 2009 @ 6:00PM

You may remember that former game journalist and current big time Hollywood screenwriter Gary Whitta admitted publicly that he had worked on drafts for the upcoming World of Warcraft movie for two years. That ended when Sam Raimi was named as the director of the adaptation of Blizzard's hit MMO game.

Now MTV News is reporting that the new screenwriter has been revealed. According to an interview with Raimi he stated that Robert Rodat, who has credits including Saving Private Ryan, is now writing the script for the adaptation. Raimi also stated the movie will be an original story and not really based on specific World of Warcraft storylines. Raimi is scheduled to begin production of the movie after his work on Spider-Man 4 is completed.

Filed under: Culture, MMO, World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft finally rated in Australia

by John Callaham Oct 9th 2009 @ 11:00AM

You may remember a while ago that the wonky Australian game ratings system allowed MMO titles like World of Warcraft to be sold in stores in that country, even though the ratings system never assigned such games with a rating. Normally such a situation would have banned a game from being sold. Now GameSpot is reporting that has changed for World of Warcraft and its two expansion pack as they have all received an "M" rating with an extra note saying "online content variable."

The game's publisher Blizzard stated that they have been trying to get the game rated in Australia since World of Warcraft's release in 2004 and that "recent changes" in the ratings board have allowed such titles to receive a rating. However the Australian Classification Board isn't talking about those changes, saying only, "The Classification Board has been following developments in online gaming."

Filed under: World of Warcraft

Movie Review: Second Skin

by Steven Wong Oct 2nd 2009 @ 12:00PM

The documentary film Second Skin, Directed by Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza, examines the different aspects of the MMORPG's (Massively Multiplayer Role-Playing Games) phenomenal popularity, the culture that has grown around them and speaks to experts and developers about them. While the documentary has a tendency to fly in different directions in its attempt to cover every facet of gaming, it mainly focuses on three distinct stories. The first centers on a group of friends in Fort Wayne, Indiana who are dedicated World of Warcraft players; the second includes a budding romance between two EverQuest 2 players; and the last involves a man who hits rock bottom with his MMO addiction.

Title: Second Skin
Directed and Edited By: Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
Rated: Not Rated
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Year: 2008

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Filed under: Features, MMO, RPG, Opinion, World of Warcraft

Download: World of Warcraft v3.2.2a Patch

by Steven Wong Sep 28th 2009 @ 2:45PM

This patch updates World of Warcraft and its expansions to v3.2.2a and addresses some minor issues introduced in the v3.2.2 patch. Full patch notes can be found at the official website.

Download World of Warcraft v3.2.2a Patch [US] (8 MB)
Download World of Warcraft v3.2.2a Mac Patch [US] (4 MB)

Gallery: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Filed under: Downloads, Patches, MMO, RPG, World of Warcraft

Download: World of Warcraft v3.2.0 to v3.2.2 Patch

by Steven Wong Sep 22nd 2009 @ 12:45PM

This minor patch updates World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King from v3.2.0 to v3.2.2. It addresses a number of gameplay issues and fixes bugs. Full patch notes can be found at the official website.

Download World of Warcraft v3.2.0 to v3.2.2 Patch [US] (40 MB)
Download World of Warcraft v3.2.0 to v3.2.2 Patch Mac Patch [US] (37 MB)

Gallery: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Filed under: Downloads, Patches, MMO, RPG, World of Warcraft

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