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Read More »World of Warcraft hits 100m accounts
World of Warcraft players have registered more than 100m individual accounts over the game’s lifetime, Blizzard has announced. In an infographic posted on Battle.net, the publisher covered a variety of milestones for the near-decade old MMO. The 100m accounts figure covers players in 244 countries, and notably includes trial account …
Read More »World of Warcraft designer joins League of Legends team
Former World of Warcraft lead systems designer Greg Street has accepted a lead position at League of Legends developer Riot Games. Polygon reports on Street’s updated LinkedIn profile, which lists his current job as lead game designer at Riot. Street’s Facebook page further reveals that he’s been with Riot since …
Read More »WoW lead systems designer joins Riot
Greg Street joins League of Legends studio as lead game designer
Read More »Diablo III: Reaper of Souls expansion dated on PC, Mac
Diablo III expansion Reaper of Souls has received a March release date courtesy of Blizzard. The company announced on its official blog that pre-orders are now open for the polarizing title’s first, possibly only, piece of DLC . The expansion will be available in multiple editions, including a $39.99 Digital …
Read More »Blizzard’s COO "excited" about Steam Machines
Valve’s track record with its distribution platform Steam has Blizzard COO Paul Sams excited about the potential surrounding the company’s Steam Machines initiative. Speaking with GameSpot at Blizzard’s annual BlizzCon gathering, Sams explained that Valve’s proven itself to be the only organization that could pull off its mission statement to …
Read More »World of Warcraft getting Warlords of Draenor expansion
The latest expansion to World of Warcraft – Warlords of Draenor – has been revealed, showing off improved visuals and gameplay in a new world. Blizzard unveiledthe expansion, the fifth for the game, at its annual Blizzcon event. Taking place in the eponymous world of Draenor, the storyline of the …
Read More »Diablo III tops 14m sales worldwide
Blizzard’s dungeon-crawler Diablo III has passed the 14m sales mark across all versions. The figure includes the original PC edition, which launched back in May 2012, along with the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, which debuted in September 2013. "We’re pleased with the response to the game’s launch on PlayStation …
Read More »MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up
David Wildgoose joins MCV Pacific, we look back at the EB EXPO 2013, and musical chairs occur in Australian jobs. Here’s a roundup of the biggest news this week on MCVuk.com’s sister site MCV Pacific: David Wildgoose joins MCV Pacific as its first full time editorial employee, look after the …
Read More »Blizzard removing auction houses from Diablo III
Controversial features to be taken down in March next year
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