World of Warcraft – Come Celebrate Their 8th Birthday
World of Warcraft’s birthday is only a few days away and while players look back on their time in the game, Blizzard is offering you, and everyone, some sweet loot.
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StarCraft II – Heart of Swarm Expansion Set For March Release
Blizzard has announced today that the first StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty expansion, Heart of the Swarm, will be available in stores and online beginning March 12th, 2013.
World of Warcraft – Mists of Pandaria: Launch Event
On the evening of September 24th, World of Warcraft fans get ready. Blizzard has a number of detailed plans for launch events of Mists of Pandaria in UK, US, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Brazil, Mexico Chile and Taiwan.
World of Warcraft – Patch 5.0.4 Is Now Live
The new update for the fantasy MMORPG, World of Warcraft, has been released as of today. The patch has brought the game to a new version of 5.0.4 and offers a variety of different things to the game. These updates are not strictly for the continent of Pandaria either. Here is the list of things that Blizzard will be adding to the game just before it?s Pandaria release: General ? Account-wide Achievements, pets, and mounts ? In Patch 5.0.4 and beyond, the majority of your character’s Achievements, pets, and mounts will be shared with your other characters. ? Please read: Bringing Achievements to the Account Level, by Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street ? World Event: Attack on Theramore Isle ? Warchief Garrosh, obsessed with assuring the Horde?s supremacy over Kalimdor, launches an all-out attack against Jaina’s island home of Theramore. Though valiant Alliance defenders rush to repel the sudden onslaught, they?ll soon find themselves unprepared for the terrible scope of Garrosh’s true plans? ? This Scenario will become available in the weeks leading up to the launch of Mists of Pandaria on September 25.
Mists of Pandaria Makes Its Debut on September 25th
Blizzard announced today that their fourth expansion for the most successful subscription-based MMORPG of all time, World of Warcraft, will be available in-stores and online beginning September 25th, 2012. The players will be able to step foot on the shores of the long lost continent of Pandaria and journey through the mysterious lands to uncover ancient secrecies.
Blizzard admits Diablo III lacks end-game content
Recently on the Diablo III forums, a Blizzard representative has come forward to explain and agree that the player?s complaints are valid, but the end-game content was never in the company?s plans.
Blizzard to release an art book this October
On October 10th, 2012, Blizzard intends to release a 352-page hardcover book called, The Art of Blizzard. The book will collect over 700 pieces of art from the games that have defined them as who they are, StarCraft, World of Warcraft and Diablo.
Diablo 3 – Patch 1.0.3a to remove level cap and act restrictions
On a recent post on a message board, Blizzard had decided that any new users who were going to buy the digital version of Diablo 3 online, had to wait for the payment verification in order to play, which would potentially take up to three days to confirm. As of the 26th, Blizzard had removed the restrictions with a new patch 1.0.3a.
ESL Starcraft 2 United Kingdom Nationals being held June 30th, July 1st
The next national event in the Starcraft 2 World Champion Series will be held in London, England. The top 16 British Starcraft 2 players will be competing for a $15,000 USD prize pool, which is funded by Blizzard themselves, and three slots in the Europe Finals.
Diablo 3: Hardcore Inferno completion accomplished by a barbarian
It has been done. The first completion of the Hardcore Inferno mode in Diablo 3 has been given to a Barbarian. The completion was done before the most recent patch that has gone live today which makes the game a little easier for players to be able to play.
WoW celebrating Summer with a Midsummer Fire Festival
Beginning June 21st and ending on July 4th, there are festivities going on all over the WoW Universe. This festival is one of the most PvP heavy events as many protect or destroy the Midsummer bonfires.
Diablo 3 offline tomorrow morning due to the 1.0.3 patch
Diablo 3 maintenance begins on Wednesday, June 20th, at 3am PDT and Blizzard says that they’d be finished around 1pm PDT. Players will not be prompted to download the patch until the game becomes live again in their home region.
WoW: Mists of Pandaria talent trees revealed
For those of you who are into the character development, you?ll be happy to hear that Blizzard has broadcasted the talent trees for each character. These trees are replacing the ones that WoW has put up since 2004 and are completely revamped.
WoW introduces summer challenges
World of Warcraft has given a better reason for people to stay inside for the upcoming summer season! During the summer, WoW is going to be handing out a new community challenge every week until the end of the summer.
Diablo 3: Auction House using real money up and running
After some delay, the real-money auction house in Diablo 3 has finally gone live in the Americas game region. The Europe based auction house will be up and running this upcoming Friday.
Diablo 3 – The Collectors Edition unboxing
On the launch day of possibly one of the most awaited games in history, I tried patiently waiting in line for my Diablo 3 Collector’s Edition. Check out what’s inside! [Warning: This post is picture heavy!]