By: Eddie Makuch Blizzard Entertainment has expanded the beta for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Those who preordered a digital copy of the real-time strategy game on or before December 18 are now able to try out the game ahead of its scheduled release next year. Gamers who digitally preordered StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm after December 18 will be added into the … Continue reading StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm beta expanded
By: Eddie Makuch An additional 2,100 registered sex offenders have been removed from online gaming platforms in New York, attorney general Eric T. Schneidermanannounced today through his website. The bannings are part of the “Operation: Game Over” initiative, which earlier this year removed more than 3,500 sex offenders from online networks in the state. New York had the cooperation of five new game companies for … Continue reading 2,100 more sex offenders banned from online games
By: Eddie Makuch Blizzard Entertainment has banned “several thousand” Diablo III players founding to be using botting hacks, the company said in the game’s official forums. “In addition to undermining the spirit of fair play, botting, hacking, and other forms of cheating can also cause technical problems with the game as well as contribute to performance issues with the Battle.net service,” a Blizzard community manager … Continue reading Blizzard bans ‘several thousand’ Diablo III users
By: Connor Sheridan World of Warcraft and Diablo III maker says encrypted passwords, security question answers, email addresses from players on North American servers were compromised. Battle.net’s internal systems were illegally accessed on August 4 and account information including encrypted passwords and security question answers appear to have been taken. Blizzard said in a security update today that while no evidence so far suggests financial … Continue reading Blizzard confirms Battle.net hacked
It’s about Panda’s, yes, I needed to start with that because it just seems to cute. Okay, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is the latest expansion to Blizzard Entertainments massive online RPG, will launch on September 25. The game will be available in stores an online for $39.99, with a Collector’s Edition on sale for $79.99. The game introduces player into a new playable … Continue reading World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria lands September 25
By: Eddie Makuch The World of Warcraft movie has suffered a setback. CraveOnline caught up with Spider-Man director Sam Raimi at Comic-Con last week, where the filmmaker confirmed that he was no longer attached to the forthcoming film based on Blizzard’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game due to his work on Oz: The Great and Powerful. “Actually, they don’t have me directing World of Warcraft … Continue reading World of Warcraft movie loses director
By: Eddie Makuch Gamers found to be cheating or using hacks, bots, or modifications in any form in Blizzard Entertainment’s new dungeon crawler Diablo III face a potential permanent ban, the developer said in an update to its website. Those banned will be permanently unable to log in to their Battle.net account, and thus prohibited from playing Diablo III. Blizzard explained that it “has always … Continue reading Diablo III cheaters face permanent bans
According to Battle.net forums gamers have already found a game breaking big in the latest installment in the Diablo Series, Diablo III. The game has only recently been released and already players are discovering problems. The issue triggers Error 3006 which boots users from the Diablo III servers and prohibits them from logging back in. The issue comes up while one is playing a Demon … Continue reading Diablo III game-breaking bug found
