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WoW Widows Back in Full Force

It seems over on the other side of the pond, men are choosing WoW over pregnant girlfriends, and far over the complaints of their significant others. Partners choosing WoW over each other is nothing new. Since early 2005, a Yahoo! Group has existed offering support for those who find themselves second to a dancing Night Elf avatar. Named World of Warcraft Widows, the group is nearly 4,000 strong, and one of the larger public groups on Yahoo.

WoW Yearly Expansion Possible But Unlikely

Speaking to IncGamers at BlizzCon, Blizzard Co-Founder Mike Morhaime said that although Blizzard would like to be able to release one expansion for WoW a year, and that's still the aim, it's unlikely to happen.

Want to leave WoW for Conan or Warhammer? Good luck

Despite his rather stoic delivery during an Activision Blizzard conference call earlier today, Blizzard's Mike Morhaime undoubtedly took some thrill reciting the following statistics relating to players trying to leave World of Warcraft for the competition: Of the players who cited Funcom's Age of Conan as their reason for leaving WoW, a whopping 68% returned to Azeroth; of the players who cited Warhammer: Age of Reckoning as the impetus behind their departure, a less overwhelming (but similarly impressive) 46% of players ultimately leapt right back into Blizzard's no-doubt strategically receptive embrace.

Warhammer Online Starting Strong, But No Threat To WoW">

Analyst: Warhammer Online Starting Strong, But No Threat To WoW [10.14.08] Mythic Entertainment's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is off to a strong start with 750k users, but it isn't going to cause panic in Blizzard's offices any time soon, says Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian, predicting one million new World Of Warcraft subscribers over the next year.

SteelSeries introduces new mouse for WoW

With World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King coming out tonight at midnight, SteelSeries has announced a new 15-button mouse designed specifically for WoW:

Ozzy Stars in New WoW TV Ad

Blizzard have released two new TV commercials, one features Ozzy Osbourne, the other one has Steve Van Sandt (Silvio). Ozzy's ad is particularly amusing, as WoW's new bad guy shows up to put the rocker in his place.

Blizzard COO: Growth still important to WoW, still seeing "meaningful" subs increases

Warcraft, and that the game is still seeing "meaningful" increases in subscriber numbers. He also said that Blizzard's working on significant upgrades to WoW's customer services.

7-Eleven Permanently Adding Videogames to Their Inventory

World of Warcraft players certainly don't mind that 7-Eleven has been dabbling in the field of selling videogames. Thanks to the apparent disregard for street dates, WoW players were able to secure early copies (albeit not early access) of Wrath of the Lich King. The retail chain has announced that its recent sales of games like WoW, Halo, and Madden isn't a temporary holiday cash-in -- they're planning on permanently adding videogames to their inventory (via Joystiq).

WoW Lich King Official Guide available from Nov 13

BradyGames, a leading strategy guide publisher, has announced it will publish BradyGames' World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Official Strategy Guide on November 13, 2008. The guide has been designed to be the perfect companion to players' time in Azeroth and new continent Northrend.

WoW accused of turning man's mind into 'living video game'

creator Blizzard Entertainment's lawsuit against MDY Industries is getting a little dose of bat-shit insane before the case rolls to trial.

WoW virus eradicated

WORLD OF WARCRAFT players have been struggling with a bit more than a credit crisis since last week– they’ve had to cope with a zombie epidemic.

WoW subscribership passes 11 million

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the subscribership for World of Warcraft now exceeds 11 million players worldwide.

WoW is the target for The Old Republic, says LucasArts and EA

Both EA and LucasArts have confirmed to VG247 that the target for BioWare's newly announced Star Wars: The Old Republic is to make an MMO with a larger userbase than World or Warcraft.

WoW expansions coming 'annually'

Blizzard executive Mike Morhaime has revealed that his studio still hope to release expansion packs updating World of Warcraft on a yearly basis.

WoW Whore Has 36 Accounts, Raids by Himself

"In what is perhaps the most shining example of obsession and geekiness I have ever seen, a fella by the name of Bradster has 36 World of WarCraft accounts that he plays on 11 computers simultaneously. He mainly seems to be doing it because he doesn't like to rely on so many other people to get a raid going, which includes attacking the Alliance capital cities, and on that front I can totally see where he's coming from.

WoW: Wrath of the Lich King Only Shipping on DVD, Signals Death Knell of PC CD Games

"Blizzard has revealed that when Wrath of the Lich King launches on November 13, World of Warcraft (PC) subscribers will only be able to obtain the MMO's second expansion pack in DVD format. "

WoW has cost $200m

Blizzard on Battle.Net 2.0: "We want to have a minimum feature-set available" for StarCraft II launch (StarCraft II)

WoW: Wrath of the Lich King Release Date Announced

Mini-Geek and many others tipped news that Blizzard has announced the release date for Wrath of the Lich King , World of Warcraft's second expansion. It will be in stores on November 13th in the US and Europe. They've also released details about the contents of the Collector's Edition. Wrath will be preceded by a large content patch, which will expand the talent trees and include many of the gameplay changes set for the expansion (including the consolidation of spell damage and healing into 'spellpower,' achievements, and a new profession). The patch was installed on the public test realm yesterday, and the current patch notes are available.

WoW bosses: Cutting edge graphics have never been a Blizzard hallmark

Speaking to VG247 at Games Convention, World of Warcraft production director J Allen Brack and Wrath of the Lich King lead designer Tom Chilton said that having the most "technologically advanced" graphics in Blizzard games has never been a "hallmark."

WoW Gets its First Level 80 in Only 27 Hours

According to a report from Ars Technica, after only 27 hours of Wrath of the Lich King being available, Nymh, a Warlock on the European server Drek'thar, has already hit level 80, the new level cap introduced in the expansion. Nymh's time to reach the cap is just one hour under the 28 hours it took French player named Gullerbone to make the jump from 60 to 70, shortly after the launch of the last expansion pack, The Burning Crusade, raised the cap the first time.

Blizzard: WoW 2 could kill off franchise

There is "no requirement" to make a sequel to MMORPG phenomenon World of Warcraft, Blizzard has claimed.

National: WOW - Four more years for Wellington The World of Wearable Art festival is to remain a Wellington event until at least 2012, in a deal worth $40m to the city

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Three WOW wins for Nelson artists

LIGHT WORK: Me and My Shadow, by Nelson's Cassandra Bowe, won the Illumination Illusion section at this year's Montana World of WearableArt Awards.

Camp Bow Wow(R) Introduces Cell Phone-Based Web Cameras

Just in Time for the "Howlidays," Mobile Doggy Allows Parents to Watch Their Dogs Playing at Camp From Web-Enabled Cell Phones


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