Blizzard has announced that the 5.04 has been released for World of Warcraft. The content update features many of the things that will be introduced in the Mists of Pandaria expansion that will be released on the 25th September.
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Thanks to the US sanctions and Blizzard's always online DRM, Iranian gamers won't be getting refunds for Starcraft II, Diablo III or World of Warcraft, and worse yet, won't get refunds on preorders of Mists of Pandaria.
Activision Blizzard's financial report for Q2 2012 was published last night. Both Call of Duty and World of Warcraft revenue has taken a hit.
Does the latest World of Warcraft expansion have what it takes?
Thinking of letting something slip even when you pinky swore to that non-disclosure agreement you wouldn't? Well, Blizzard appears to be inserting watermarks to World of Warcraft screenshots. Allegedly the data contained therein is account ID, realm tme and realm IP. These non-random repeating patterns don't harbour passwords, user IPs or real names but some are still unhappy.
A court date between Worlds Inc and Activision Blizzard has been set for June 27, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Denise J Casper.
World of Warcraft's second expansion the Wrath of the Lich King introduced phasing to the MMO community, where an area of the game world altered to reflect major story elements. While it helped to make Azeroth feel more immersive, it also cut players off from one another. Mists of Pandaria will have less phasing, and keeps everyone in sight.
Starting with the Diablo III 1.05 patch, Blizzard is introducing an "appear offline" feature to its games. Starcraft II and World of Warcraft will add the feature in the near future.
One source of frustration for World of Warcraft adventurers with the Cataclysm expansion was the difficulty of its dungeon content, which Blizzard acknowledge as a weakness on their part. It's because they were "primarily designed" before the Looking For Dungeon tool kicked in, meaning they catered to guilds with players who knew one another, and thus how to work together.
Unlike Valve's Gabe Newell, Blizzard Entertainment senior software engineer Darren Williams states he has "no particular fear" of Microsoft's upcoming OS, Windows 8.
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria hasn't enjoyed the same success as previous expansions, according to analyst firm Lazard Capital Markets.
Whilst serving on a tour of duty in Iraq, British soldier Ben Shaw was hit by a roadside bomb in Barsa. Shaw was an avid World of Warcraft gamer - an enhancement shaman if you really must know. Tragically he lost his sight, and you'd think his ability to adventure in Azeroth. Not so. Another player, Death Knight Davidian, has been his 'guide' helping Shaw to keep on adventuring.
FIFA 13 eased its way to the UK number one spot this week. It also became the first non-Call of Duty branded game to sell one million copies in its first week.
Blizzard has announced on the official Battle.net blog that the developer is working on the 5.1 update to tweak World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. A preview 5.1 build will be hitting the test servers, though it will only contain a portion of the content.
In a disturbing - yet darkly hilarious - "life imitates art" moment, the cities of World of Warcraft were laid waste - NPCs and players alike - by a level one priest, recalling the plot to the famous South Park episode "Make Love Not Warcraft".
September's U.S. retail video game sales have been revealed by the NPD. According to the firm, sales have declined 24% year-over-year. Console sales took the biggest hit, down 39% compared to September 2011.
World of Warcraft has started its annual Halloween celebration with its Hallow's End content.
Activision has announced in its investor call that the publisher enjoyed $226M in profit for the fiscal quarter just past, up from the $148M during the same period in 2011. Much of it is thanks to a rise in paid subscriptions for World of Warcraft.
Two gamers have filed a class action suit on Blizzard, aimed at the company's alleged poor security and its profiting on the sale of Authenticators, which are used to combat keylogging.
Blizzard has reacted to the class-action lawsuit aimed at the company accusing it of profiteering off Battle.net's insecurity by selling $6.50 Authenticators, and mandating online access to non-MMOs. Predictably, the studio is calling the suit "frivolous", dismissing it out of hand.