Archive for August 22nd, 2009

Cataclysm race-class combo matrix online

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 0 views

With official word that there will be new race-class combinations in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Blizzard has posted the official matrix of what races will have what classes available to them. Big surprises so far include Worgen Druid and Goblin Shaman! The full matrix is above, and the text list below. ...

BlizzCon 2009: Q&A with Cory Stockton

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 0 views

The DirecTV stream has been of questionable stability today, but it has brought us an excellent interview with Cory Stockton, WoW's lead world designer. Here's what we learned: Development on Cataclysm was started before Wrath of the Lich King was done. Deathwing is the main boss of Cataclysm, as Arthas was for ...

ArenaNet (NCsoft) Guild Wars 2 preview; less instance, more persistence (MMO-like)

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 0 views

Guild Wars 2 logo. NCsoft has been very busy with their highly anticipated MMO Aion coming out in the next month and now even more so as Guild Wars 2 info begins to spill.

EVE Online Bans Thousands Of Accounts Over Currency Trading

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 0 views

The sad truth about cheaters, exploiters and real-life capitalists in some video games is that they are often allowed to stay on board because they keep paying the monthly fees. But sci-fi MMO EVE Online has a more proactive approach to currency exploiters. CCP, the game's developer, outright banned over 9,000 accounts recently in ...

World of Warcraft: The Magazine | Bye Bye, Bei Times | Lone Wolff | Alternate Universe

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 0 views

FishbowlLA: The popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft is going analog, at least in a supplementary capacity. WOW parent company Blizzard Entertainment has partnered with UK-based Future Publishing to create World of Warcraft, The Magazine.

BlizzCon 2009: Worgen animation

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 0 views

    Our own Mike Schramm brings you video of the process Worgen players will undergo when they transform, fresh from the BlizzCon floor. Enjoy your piping hot man to beast-man transformation! I know I'm going to be keeping my Worgen in his bestial form as much as possible, myself, but it's ...

BlizzCon 2009: The Cataclysm trailer

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 0 views

The Cataclysm cinematic, as first shown this afternoon at the BlizzCon 2009 opening ceremonies, is pretty darn epic (as all of Blizz's cinematics have been, really). If you haven't gotten a chance to watch it yet, fear not - there are options. You can watch it embedded above in this ...