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Blizzard To Store UI Settings For World of Warcraft

Rash and I are finished with World of Warcraft but there’s still around 10 million people who are still grinding hard. Anyone who’s played the game and used UI add-ons like threat meters, CTMod, etc. know that it’s a pain in the ass logging on from another computer due to the issue of UI settings being localized. When Blizzard launches ...

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Blizzard Wants Your Code

Last month, we spoke about the World of Warcraft bot program Glider and how Blizzard is taking legal action against the developers. Now it’s seeking an injunction against making the program open source. Sound odd? It might, but it’s a smart move. You see, Blizzard has to protect both copyrights and intellectual property. Glider infringes upon both and the creators ...

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Bot Devs Get Ganked By Blizzard

Sometime in March, Blizzard filed a class action lawsuit against Michael Donnelly, the creator of the MMO Glider program, which performs key tasks in the game automatically, such as fighting and looting. Well, Blizzard “pwned” the shit out of the software bot’s creator, claiming it infringes the company’s copyright and potentially damages the game. Donnelly says his tool does not ...

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Protect Yo’ Neck With Blizzard Authenticator

Oh noes! Some key logger has taken over my World Of Warcraft account! All my gold is missing, all my gear was probably destroyed all because I left my password as “password.” Well, it won’t happen again ’cause Blizzard‘s got this Blizzard Authenticator they’re selling for just $6.50.� It’ll keep them hackers out…unless said hacker happens to be ‘Zero Cool’. ...

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Blizzard Takes Pranking To A New Level, Thinks You’re An April Fool

Blizzard went all out this year for their April Fool’s day festivities, and I am loving it! Blizzard has released four April Fools’ themed pranks on their official website. Have you heard about the new face-melting Bard hero class in World of Warcraft which integrates Guitar Hero-like gameplay to the MMO? Or how about that Blizzard will be giving WoW ...

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Blizzard Gabs About The WoW Death Knight Class

The new Death Knight hero class coming with the World Of Warcraft expansion Wrath Of The Lich King makes me kind of sad. Blizzard has let on a little more info about the new class in an interview, and the new info makes my level 70 Warrior feel very insignificant. The Death Knight will be a tanking type class, and ...

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Blizzard recruiting new faces for next-gen MMO game develoment

With recent confirmation of a sequel to the ever-popular Starcraft series of games, rumors and predictions have been floating around that either Diablo 3 or Starcraft 2 will be somehow involved in the MMORPG gaming market. Blizzard is now further expanding this rumor with a job listing posted in the Employment section of their website. The listing describes the position ...

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Back in the Era of Video Game Demos – What Triggered Their Revival?

Back in the Era of Video Game Demos – What Triggered Their Revival?

Video game demos are having somewhat of a resurgence after they all but disappeared from the gaming scene shortly after 2013 when it was discovered that demos of games had a negative effect on the sales of games. Video game development studios/publishers first introduced free demos of their games in the mid-1990s. They were usually distributed on free CDs attached ...

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Role of Metaverse In The Future of Virtual Reality Gaming

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Do you like playing video games, exploring a new world, creating 3D avatars, and interacting in a virtual world? If so, metaverse-powered VR technology is creating hype in the gaming sector. The term shifted people’s interest worldwide when Facebook changed its name to Meta.  According to a survey, 52% of gamers in the US believe that metaverse has the power ...

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