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One Shots: Tilting at snowmen

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 0 views

While many living up north enjoyed their white Christmas, many others are ready for all the snow to go away already. In the Lord of the Rings Online, it would appear that this Dwarf is either well into his holiday cups, or just feels like attacking snowmen to take his ...

Will troll druids get new forms?

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 0 views

Will troll druids get new forms?

Battlegroup outages tonight

Monday, November 23rd, 2009 0 views

We are getting multiple tips that some realms are down. Blizzard says that the Whirlwind and Emberstorm battlegroups are down and that they are currently investigating the matter. We'll keep you posted should anything change. If you are unsure what battlegroup you are in, please consult this listing.

Justifying the tiered badge system

Friday, November 20th, 2009 0 views

Wrath is almost all wrapped up, and while we didn't know much about it before the expansion, we've all certainly experienced the token system that Blizzard implemented as they went along, where early instances drop one kind of badge/token, and then the newer instances offer up new tokens, which can ...

BioWare’s Bill Dalton reveals the secrets to making big teams work

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 0 views

These days it's extremely rare for a video game to be made by one person. Groups of people from different disciplines work on a game, hired for their proficiency in their area of specialty. When we're talking about an MMO, the game development team often ends up being pretty big. ...

WoW Fifth Anniversary Sweepstakes

Monday, November 9th, 2009 0 views

If you're a resident of the United States, Canada, or New Zealand, kindly whack yourself on the head as a show of solidarity for other players who don't qualify for the World of Warcraft Five Year Anniversary Sweepstakes. If you are a resident of the aforementioned countries or are some ...

PUG with the blues today at 7:00 p.m. EST

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 0 views

Want to be cool, yo? Want to bask in some blue goo? Want to put yourself in a sticky situation having to heal Ghostcrawler (perhaps, if he shows up)? Then come and pug with the blues today at 7:00 p.m. EST / 6:00 p.m. CST / 4:00 p.m. PST on the PTR. Blizzard ...