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| Tuesday, February 21 2006 |
Is WoW ruining game sales?
WoW.net pointed out this article from Bigkid.com.au questioning whether WoW is spoiling games sales (because everyone is just playing WoW all the time). |
| Wednesday, February 22 2006 |
New info page dealie
WoW Europe have added a page with information about Murlocs (possibly the most annoying creature on the game and on everyone's when I reach level 60 revenge list).
Check it out here. |
| Friday, February 24 2006 |
New priest talents
The next patch will feature re-worke priest talents which Blizz have just revealed.
IGN have a nice big run down of them here.
Or even better WoW.com have an interactive preview dealie here. |
| Saturday, February 25 2006 |
MMO Construction Set
A company named Multiverse Networks are releasing a package known as the "MMO Construction Set" which will allow people to create their own MMORPG's on the cheap.
I can't see it competing with WoW but it sounds pretty awesome, check it out here. |
| Sunday, February 26 2006 |
New official stuff
WoW.com have been pumping out new stuff, first their is the latest WoW Weekly here, secondly a new wallpaper of The Burning Stepps here and finally a new events calendar here. |
| Monday, February 27 2006 |
Ctrl Alt Del cartoon
WoW Europe pointed the way to this cartoon strip which is just classic :D. |
| Tuesday, February 28 2006 |
New caption contest
Blizz have a new contest were you can submit captions to previous winners for the RSPCA screenshot competition. Sony PSPs are up for grabs, details here. |
| Wednesday, March 1 2006 |
New article
BBC News have published a new article about WoW entitled "Warcraft game makers look to grow," you can read it here. |
| Thursday, March 2 2006 |
Turalyon gates open
I haven't mentioned the gates of Ahn Qirij opening on the various servers but I will for my precious Turalyon (because it's clearly the best server to be on). |
6 million subscribers
WoW has now reached the six million mark!
That's partly thanks to the full launch of WoW in Spain including a localised version for Spanish speaking players. |
| Friday, March 3 2006 |
New wallpaper
WoW Europe have published a new wallpaper of an undead mage, check it out here. |
| Saturday, March 4 2006 |
More citizens than Norway
TheInquirer.net has pointed out that WoW now has a bigger population than Norway :p. |
1.10 patch coming soon
Blizzard have said that 1.10 will be here soon. The public test servers are now live and you can find the patch notes here. |
| Sunday, March 5 2006 |
Another Xbox 360 report
I'm sure it's been said time and time again that there are no plans to bring WoW to the XBox 360 but in case you didn't believe the reports...
"We do not have any plans to take WoW to Xbox 360. WoW is built as a PC gaming experience. Porting PC games to console often compromises games, and we'd never allow the WoW gameplay experience to suffer," said Blizz big-shot Paul Sams. |
| Monday, March 6 2006 |
European test servers open
The 1.10 patch test servers are now als available in Europe.
Plus (and this applies to North America too), there are a number of contests running and the winners will get to beta test The Burning Crusade!
Contests include race to level 50 which will have 3000 winners (if enough people get that high :p). The contests open tomorrow. |
| Tuesday, March 7 2006 |
Gadgetzan Times issue 2
The second issue of the Gadgetzan Times is now available, check it out here. |
| Wednesday, March 8 2006 |
Chinese threaten mass quitting
A large amount of Chinese players have threatened to quit the game if problems are not solved and performance is not improved.
Players have been complaining it is taking them over an hour to get into the game (which they are being charged for as The9 who runs it in China bills players by the hour). |
| Thursday, March 9 2006 |
Guild Relations Program
Blizz have launched a new "Guild Relations Program" in which guilds can apply for and in return for being a part of the WoW community get benefits and such.
Full details here |
| Friday, March 10 2006 |
Burning Crusade wallpaper
WoW Europe have added some new wallpaper based on the Burning Crusade, check it out here. |
European Events Calendar
WoW Europe have also added an events calendar to the site, check that out here. |
Battlegrounds fight
To test some new hardware the Blizz staff are going to be pouring into Warsong Gulch between 5 and 8 pm as Horde seeking Alliance PvP competition.
Full details on the official website. |
| Saturday, March 11 2006 |
WoW Weekly
The latest edition of WoW Weekly is now available on the official North American forums, check it out here. |
| Sunday, March 12 2006 |
Running WoW on Ubuntu
If you are a Linux user (specifically Ubuntu but I'm guessing it will work on other distributions), then Desktop Linux have published a guide no how to run WoW. Check it out here. |
| Monday, March 13 2006 |
More realm transfers
As of today the following transfers are open to Korgath which is a new PvP realm.
Kil'Jaeden –> Korgath
Tichondrius –> Korgath
There is also a new PvP realm, Muradin which is now accepting transfers.
Doomhammer –> Muradin
Icecrown –> Muradin
Proudmoore –> Muradin
Uther –> Muradin
The transfers will both close on Thursday. |
| Tuesday, March 14 2006 |
What WoW really teaches you
News.com have published quite an amusing article about the life lessons learned from WoW :P. Check it out here. |
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