Archive for July 21st, 2009

Paid character transfers time restrictions slashed

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Eyonix has just announced that lockout time for paid character transfers has been reduced to 3 days from its previous 30. This means that you can now transfer your character to a new realm using the paid transfer service once every three days instead of once every thirty. This is especially ...

SteelSeries giving away Wrath mouse pads signed by WarCraft pro-gamers

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

SteelSeries have announced plans to give away four signed versions of their limited edition Wrath mouse pads via their Facebook page. They will be giving away one of each mouse pad until Friday to anyone who becomes a fan via Facebook. The mouse pads are signed by twelve pro gamers, ...

Aion Beta Client released

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

  NCsoft has released a closed beta client for their upcoming MMORPG Aion, now available for download. For those who pre-order the game, the client allows access to upcoming beta events for the game taking place on July 31st and again on August 14th.

New Twitter Page will Follow CoH at Comic-Con

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

As we've mentioned, City of Heroes will have a presence at the San Diego Comic-Con, which kicks off later this week and runs throughout the weekend. In preparation for the event, the City of Heroes Online Community Relations Team has started a brand new Twitter page to keep readers informed ...

An update to the craziness that is World of Warcraft in China

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Nope, not health care. Nope, not the recession. My white whale is the status of World of Warcraft in China. No, the game isn't banned, per se, but Blizzard is having a hell of a time getting it back online. After switching to a new local operator, NetEase, Blizzard had ...