Tag: World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft loses subscribers again, down to 6.8 million now

Blizzard Entertainment announced earlier that World of Warcraft lost a pretty big number of subscribers again. As of June 30, the most popular MMORPG of all time can account for 6.8 million subs, down from 7.6 million it had back in March. That’s a 800.000 drop in just a few months and the numbers will ...

Warlords of Draenor premier event announced, cinematic launches August 14th

Blizzard announced earlier that World of Warcraft fans will be in for a real treat on August 14th when the Warlords of Draenor premier event is scheduled to take place. The event begins at 9:30 PM PDT and will feature a live interview with some of the developers. The interview will be streamed straight from the Ace ...

Counter-Strike might get a tournament like Dota 2’s The International

With a total prize pool of over $10 million Dota 2’s The International 4 tournament is the most important event in E-Sports history. Given this huge success, Valve is taking into consideration the possibility of creating something similar for another one of their games, Counter-Strike. Although the FPS is not as popular as it once was, CS ...

World of Warcraft Player Hits 90 Without Choosing To Be Horde or Alliance

A World of Warcraft player has achieved something that no other player in the game’s history has achieved previously: hitting the level cap without choosing a faction. The man’s name is Doubleagent–at least that is his character’s name–hit the level 90 cap on June 21, 2014 without choosing to be a member of the Horde ...

Buy World of Warcraft for a ridiculously low price

Presumably in an effort to compete with the Steam and GOG Summer Sales, Blizzard is offering their own discounts. The World of Warcraft Summer Sale has just started today and you can buy the legendary MMORPG for a ridiculously low price. The original game plus the Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, and Cataclysm expansions together ...

Beware of the latest Dota 2 phishing scam

Malwarebytes warns on their blog that a Dota 2 phishing page has been spotted recently. The company is one of the best when it comes to malware threats and often posts security-related news on their blog so they are to be trusted. Furthermore, players have also reported this on the Steam forums these last few days. ...

Defiance is now free-to-play

Trion Worlds’ sci-fi MMO shooter Defiance is now free-to-play on the PC. It will also go FTP on the PS3 and Xbox 360 starting with July15. The game is a tie-in to the Syfy show by the same name. Defiance – both the game and the show –  is set several decades into the future ...

Warcraft movie trailer might be revealed at Comic-Con 2014

Director Duncan Jones announced earlier this month that filming for the Warcraft movie is almost done. Warcraft is one of my favorite franchises so naturally I got very excited, but then I heard the bad news. The movie will only come out on March 11, 2016, that’s almost two years from now! From what I ...

Blizzard veteran leaves company to join Star Citizen team

Cloud Imperium Games, the studio that’s currently developing the highly anticipated Star Citizen has a new member as of today. Diablo 3 Lead Producer, Alex Mayberry recently left Blizzard Entertainment and has assumed the new position of Executive Producer for Star Citizen. Mayberry is a veteran in the industry and has spent 18 years producing ...