NEWS FOR Wednesday, November 30, 2005

New WoW Realms Live - Deathwing @ 15:46:16 EST
To celebrate WoW's 1 year anniversay, Blizzard has released four new realms:

Aegwynn PVP
Akama PVP
Chromaggus PVP
Draka PVE

If you're tired of monotonous 40 player raids, create a character there.


NEWS FOR Thursday, November 24, 2005

Another WoW Player Hits the dust - Deathwing @ 7:40:13 EST

World of Warcraft is on a killing screen, as the fourth indirect death resulted from Blizzard's all too addictive game. The catch this time is... the parents are sueing the company:

MMO developer blamed after 13 year-old Chinese boy falls to his death

The parents of a 13 year-old boy who died falling from a building are suing World of Warcraft developer Blizzard, claiming that the massively-multiplayer online game is to blame for their son's death.

According to Chinese news agency Xinhua, the parents, who reside in the city of Tianjin, claim the boy jumped to his death whilst re-enacting a scene from the game. They are supported by Zhang Chunliang, a well-known activist whose campaign seeks to highlight the dangers of Internet addiction.

Read the rest here. Kudos to MrGardenHoseMan for the news.


NEWS FOR Tuesday, November 22, 2005

New Fanart - Deathwing @ 1:49:38 EST
Heath Falkenrath has sent a new piece of fanrt to Infoceptor, a fine hand sketch of a troll Hero. Be sure to take a look:

Got art? We'd love to have it. Be sure to send it in! Check out over 500 other pieces of eye candy in the Fan Art Gallery.


NEWS FOR Thursday, November 17, 2005

Starcraft wins Walk of Game - Deathwing @ 16:37:03 EST
It has being confirmed! Thanks to you voters, Starcraft will now be inducted into the Walk of Game for 2006. Joining it, is actually Everquest and Lara Croft... at least the public can make one decent choice. Read about the results here.

V1.9 Patch Preview - Deathwing @ 16:27:12 EST
Blizzard has put up a preview of the upcomign World of Warcraft Patch. Key additions include:
  • You can Queue for all 3 Battlegrounds at once.
  • Paladin talents are getting revamped.
  • Linked Auction Houses

See details here. Kudos o Wraithfighter for the news.


NEWS FOR Friday, November 11, 2005

Spike TV 2005 Game Awards - Deathwing @ 20:27:09 EST
Spike TV is holding the Video Game Awards of 2005, and World of Warcraft is being nominated for categeories almost too numerous to mention. Top Multiplayer Game, Top PC Game, Top Game World, Top Role Playing Game.... Vote for them here, and remember, the show airs in US on December 10, 2005 at 9 PM ET/PT.

NEWS FOR Monday, November 7, 2005

Starcraft: Ghost cancelled for Gamecube - Deathwing @ 1:28:27 EST
IGN has reported that Blizzard has made a recent announcement to cancel the development of Starcraft Ghost for Gamecube, citing that thhe platform did not have enough online support.

"Unfortunately the GameCube version of the game was decided to be dropped," a Blizzard representative confirmed this week on the developer's official message boards. "In order to provide the game envisioned by the console team a set and readily available online solution was needed. Unfortunately the GameCube has no online service and since so much work is going in to the online portion, it would be additional work to release only part of the intended game."

Kudos to Dirk_Temporo for the news.