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Elder Scrolls Online’s Best Feature Needs To Be A Social One

By: Adam Ma   (@34thGingerbread) Let’s do everyone a favor and sum up the next few months of Elder Scrolls Online developer hype. The game will have exciting dungeons, multiple classes, PvP, player customization, deep combat controls, lots of lore, great graphics and an semi-expansive crafting system (also known as features available in just about every single RPG ever). Sure the fine details may be important, and … Continue reading Elder Scrolls Online’s Best Feature Needs To Be A Social One

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Friendship, Romance and Happiness: Growing Up During Gaming’s Social Revolution

By: Adam Ma   (@34thGingerbread) One of the first memories I have of meeting my wife was in a castle. My companions had just cleared the first floor of it’s undead inhabitants and we were moving up its maze-like corridors, old musty bookshelves and dreary decor when we realized that our party wasn’t quite as strong as it should be. We needed an extra sword hand, … Continue reading Friendship, Romance and Happiness: Growing Up During Gaming’s Social Revolution

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Blizzard confirms Battle.net hacked

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

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World of Warcraft movie loses director

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

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Blizzard showcasing Heart of the Swarm, Pandaria at this year’s Gamescom

By: Laura Parker Blizzard has revealed that it will be showing off the latest World of Warcraft expansion pack, Mists of Pandaria, at this year’s Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. The publisher announced its plans for the August 15-19 public gaming convention this week, revealing it will present the world premiere of Mists of Pandaria’s opening cinematic. The cinematic will play on screens at the Blizzard … Continue reading Blizzard showcasing Heart of the Swarm, Pandaria at this year’s Gamescom

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Activision Blizzard for sale?

By: Brendan Sinclair LOS ANGELES–The industry’s largest third-party publisher might be for sale. According to a Bloomberg report, senior executives of Activision Blizzard parent Vivendi are meeting later this month to determine whether they want to sell the telecom giant’s majority stake in the game developer. Citing "people with knowledge of the matter," Bloomberg reports that the Vivendi executive meeting is scheduled for June 22, … Continue reading Activision Blizzard for sale?

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Will The Elder Scrolls Online Signal The End Of The World of Warcraft Era?

By: Adam Ma   (@34thGingerbread) It’s no secret that MMOs have evolved over the years into something almost beyond what was once typical gaming. From the early days of Everquest’s open world, epic, hundred person world bosses, to the slow social revolution that was brought upon by World of Warcraft, MMO gaming has become something more that’s just simply for hardcore power-gamers. Interacting within communities has … Continue reading Will The Elder Scrolls Online Signal The End Of The World of Warcraft Era?

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Kickstarter game projects collect over $20M – Report

So apparently this game is a myth.  Kickstarter has been responsible for scams and here is a big one.  Mythic: The Story About Gods and Men, is a myth.  Mythic was hosted online until three days ago when users, noticing cribbed artwork and exposed it as a scam. According to an article: “Mythic: The Story of Gods and Men was to be an open-world action … Continue reading Kickstarter game projects collect over $20M – Report

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