NEWS FOR Saturday, December 9, 2006

Top 25 Gaming Franchises - Deathwing @ 21:21:04 EST
IGN has written up an article detailing the Top 25 Gamign Franchises of all time. Included of course, is Blizzard's own Warcraft series at Number 6:

A successful and beloved series of fantasy RTS games, Warcraft became a phenomenon with the release of the MMORPG World of Warcraft. Set in the same universe as the original three RTS titles, WOW vividly brought the world of Azeroth to life. Now boasting more than 7.5 million subscribers worldwide, World of Warcraft has become enough of a pop culture phenomenon to merit the satire from Comedy Central's South Park. Warcraft's RTS history certainly earned it a place as one of the top 25 franchises, but it's WOW that propelled it into the top 10.

Go have a read.

NEWS FOR Friday, December 8, 2006

World of Warcraft V2.0 Released - Deathwing @ 15:54:30 EST
Blizzard has released the largest World of Warcraft patch to date. V2.0 seeks to establish compatibility between WoW and the scheduled expansion, The Burning Crusade. All the neat tools, like Lookign for Group, are now available for trial. Check it out here.