The question of “how do you kill World of Warcraft” continues to be asked by companies and players alike, yet it is a question that has already been answered. As Blizzard themselves have admitted, World of Warcraft cannot be killed by imitating it: “Players that have invested time in WOW don’t just want to do … Continue reading “Where Are They Going? World of Warcraft Subs Slip to 11 Million”
Lods of emone! When Blizzard releases a new pet on the cash shop, you can bet that the GDP of a small island nation will find its way into the World of Warcraft coffers by the end of the month. Even better so, when 100% of the cost is for charity, at least you’ll have … Continue reading “WoW: $1.9 Million To Japan Relief”
I really need to start writing the Week in Review articles on an earlier day of the week. The problem I have each week with writing the article on Sunday is that I risk what happened this week, suddenly being called in for a long shift with plans afterward, and losing those couple hours of … Continue reading “Week In Review: Questionable Outcome Edition”
By now, you may be slightly familiar with the name Stephen Calender, ex-programmer for NetDevil. A few weeks ago, I brought up his blog post in a Week in Review, that went into detail starting at the acquisition of Lego Universe by Lego (and subsequent layoffs) to the relationship between Gazillion and NetDevil and even … Continue reading “Stephen Calender Talks:”
At one point working on MMO Fallout excavated a tiny part of my brain, and replaced it with a long list of industry names and their associations. So any time I hear the name Bill Roper, David Bravik, or Max Schaefer, the “Flagship Studios” red alert goes off and won’t stop buzzing until I finish writing … Continue reading “Marvel Appoints Bill Roper As Vice President”
Gods & Heroes is one of those MMOs that’ll make you snap your fingers, point at the monitor, and say “I think I remember that game. It launched, right? It was developed by Blizzard or something.” At least that’s what my editor in chief said when I pitched this article. Gods & Heroes, the oft-not-mentioned … Continue reading “Gods & Heroes: Heatwave Fully Committed”
Haters gonna hate. Blizzard announced today that the previously 14-day trial will now be indefinite. Players can experience all that World of Warcraft vanilla has to offer, up until level 20, with no time limit. Players are also able to sample sections of Burning Crusade, and may create Draenai and Blood Elf players. Players looking … Continue reading “World of Warcraft: The Endless Trial”
Back in April, I talked about how to end security issues for a good number of users, and my largest point was the separation of anything that could be compromised along with a computer. Assuming Trion’s figure that 80% of account thefts are via keylogger is correct, the company must assume that a person’s email … Continue reading “My Security Idea Affirmed By Perfect World Entertainment”
I’ve said this before, but I believe Neverwinter to be the root cause behind Cryptic losing money, compounding the loss that Star Trek Online put on the revenue from Champions Online, alongside a less than stellar launch by both titles. I don’t believe that either of the two titles performed as well as Cryptic had … Continue reading “Why Buy Cryptic Studios?”
Here’s an interesting story out of Blizzard. According to this post on the Blizzard forums, World of Warcraft will see the introduction of cross-realm dungeon finder, for players who have friends on different realms, but still want to go through dungeons and heroics together. A new system in development will allow players with RealID friendships … Continue reading “Premium Services Coming To World of Warcraft”
MMO Fallout 