Archive for February 17th, 2009

Some realms are up [Updated]

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 5 views

The wispy voice from the previous evening greets you as you begin to regain consciousness. "The realms... are up... the realms... are up..." it says over and over again. The mantra is stuck in your head like a mind worm as you wipe the sleep from your eyes. You look around ...

PTR soon, not all bosses available

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 5 views

Quite big news from Daelo, the lead encounter designer concerning the release and testing of Ulduar. First and foremost, Daelo says that we're getting close to the point where Ulduar will be available for testing on the PTR. That means that PTR is soon, and given the maintenance today and ...

Wrath delayed in China

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 15 views

As excited as the Chinese community may be with the imminence of Wrath of the Lich King -- it was on the covers of most gaming magazines in the past months -- WoW players in China are going to have to wait just a bit longer for the latest expansion. ...

A plea against vehicle combat

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 13 views

  Earlier today Blizzard posted a preview of Ulduar, the tier 8 raid coming up in patch 3.1 (which they promise will be on the PTRs "very soon"). Most of it looks really cool - 14 bosses, massive rooms, hard modes. However, there is one topic that Blizzard enthused about that ...

WoW botter tells all part 2

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 26 views

From: http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/02/17/wow-botter-tells-all-part-2/ Did you use bots to level alts? How many characters did you have that you botted with? Yes, absolutely. Counting up, I had eight max-level characters in WoW. I hand leveled someone through all the new content first (whoever my main was at the time) and the rest were mainly ...

WoW botter tells all

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 30 views

From: http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/02/17/15-minutes-of-fame-wow-botter-tells-all/# 15 Minutes of Fame is our look at World of Warcraft players of all shapes and sizes – from the renowned to the relatively anonymous, the remarkable to the player next door. Tip us off to players you'd like to hear more about. Daedren (not his former WoW character's name) ...

Anarchy Online gets rejuvenated with ‘Legacy of Xan’ expansion

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 172 views

Funcom's science fiction MMORPG is still truckin'          Anarchy Online came out way back in 2001. Almost 7 years later, and the game is still going. The servers might not be as populated as they once where, and the game's graphics might be looking a bit more last-gen than next-gen, but ...