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American porn actress Belladonna has said that she’d like to do some video game themed work, adding that gaming has already made an appearance in some of her films. I’d love to dress up as my Priest on World of Warcraft and do a scene like that,” she told Original …
Read More »Brits spend £200m on MMOs
British gamers spent 195m on MMO games last year, ahead of Germany and France, with 165m and 145m respectively, according to a new report. It also reveals that Brits spend an average 10.50 each month on Massively Multiplayer Online games such as World of Warcraft and EVE Online. For the …
Read More »Blizzard thinking of console WoW all the time
Acclaimed MMO developer Blizzard has stated that a console version of its popular PC title World of Warcraft is getting serious thought-time at the studio, though the challenges of converting the game to work on a joypad means that any official announcement could still be a long way off. We …
Read More »World of Warcraft ‘will not be beaten
MMO specialists have told MCV that predicting the fall of World of Warcraft is ‘futile’. Blizzard’s title is the world’s most lucrative MMO, raking in over $100 million a month. And rival developers admit that even when there are some big name MMOs on the horizon – such as Star …
Read More »Wada: FFXIV a serious WoW rival
Square Enix is positioning Final Fantasy XIV as a serious rival to Blizzard’s World of Warcraft series, company president Yoichi Wada has revealed. In an interview with Develop, Wada disclosed the full extent of Square Enix’s ambitions for the upcoming Final Fantasy MMO, and indicated that Blizzard’s need to – …
Read More »Third WoW expansion underway
Californian game maker Blizzard has announced it’s working on a third expansion package for the world’s most popular MMORPG. The project, entitled World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm, was announced at the fourth annual BlizzCon event. The announcement confirmed that Blizzard is not yet ready to focus its core workforce on new …
Read More »Future open to single-game mags
Future Publishing has told MCV it will consider creating other magazines dedicated to a single game – after the announcement of its global World Of Warcraft publication yesterday. As revealed by MCV, Future’s quarterly WoW magazine will be available to consumers quarterly via a yearly subscription. The publisher has decided …
Read More »Sam Raimi directing WoW movie
The long-rumoured World of Warcraft movie is real – and furthermore, developer Blizzard and co-producers Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros have hired the services of Evil Dead and Spider-Man director Sam Raimi. Charles Roven, the producer behind cinema blockbuster The Dark Knight and sci-fi classic Twelve Monkeys, will also be …
Read More »Free World of Warcraft Peggle unveiled
PopCap has made a special version of one of its most popular titles available for free, taking influence from Blizzard’s phenomenally popular MMO. The World of Warcraft themed version of Peggle is free to download, and combines the worlds of the two games across 10 new levels that hope make …
Read More »Twitter hits WoW and Champions Online
Revolutionary social networking tool Twitter is to get in-game support in two of MMO’s biggest names – Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft and Cryptic’s upcoming Champions Online. Offworld reports that new add-on TweetCraft will allow WoW players to send and receive Tweets in-game and upload screenshots using Twitpic. It will …
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