warcraft iii
Hands On
7:00AM Brian Crecente | What started as a modification of Warcraft III by a group of fans has turned into an ambitious free-to-play PC strategy title packed with a surprising amount of tactics in an easy to pick-up-and-play package. More »
League Of Legends Review: Free, Addictive, Worthy
7:00AM Brian Crecente | What started as a modification of Warcraft III by a group of fans has turned into an ambitious free-to-play PC strategy title packed with a surprising amount of tactics in an easy to pick-up-and-play package. More » 
News
Valve Snaps Up Defense Of The Ancients Dev
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Valve has made a hire that should perk up the ears of the Warcraft III mod community, as “IceFrog”, the current developer of ultra popular defence of the Ancients Allstars, has found gainful employment at the house of Half-Life. More »
News
League Of Legends Won’t Cost You A Dime
5:20AM Mike Fahey | Riot Games announces today that its upcoming Warcraft III mod turned full game League of Legends will be free-to-play, with a premium retail edition available for those that would rather pay. More »
Culture
Korean Player Getting Over $470,000 To Play WarCraft III
12:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Professional gaming is big in Korea. How big? Over four hundred thousand money points big. Player Jae Ho ‘Moon’ Jang has signed a contract for US$473,037 to play WarCraft III. More »
Culture
Halo Wars Gets Korean TV Show
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Korean gamers don’t just love playing, but watching others play games, too! Korean network MBC Game has been broadcasting real-time-strategy game StarCraft matches for year. So broadcasting RTS Halo Wars makes sense. More »
Features
From Warcraft Obsession to Game Creation
4:30AM Mike Fahey | What do you get when you take one of the world’s most popular player-made Warcraft III mods and break it out into its own game? League of Legends: Clash of Fates.
News
Blizzard Bans 350,000 Dirty, Cheating Battle.netters
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Microsoft isn’t the only one swinging the account crushing banhammer just before the holiday rush. Blizzard has suspended an impressive 350,000 Battle.net accounts identified as using “third-party hacks” in both StarCraft and Diablo II. According to folks at Blizzard, this is on top of an additional 7,700 Warcraft III accounts getting the same treatment. We won’t miss you, you cheating sons of bitches — no postcards necessary. The full warning statement and explanation for banning follows. More »
China Getting StarCraft II, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Blizzard is rolling out a bunch of its MMOs in China. Striking a joint venture with NetEase.com affiliate Shanghai EaseNet Network Technology Limited, Blizzard will be introducing StarCraft II, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, and Battle.net platform. Says Blizzard’s CEO Mike Morhaime: NetEase has been a leader in the Chinese game market, and we look forward to working with them to deliver high-quality entertainment to Chinese gamers. This partnership is a sign of our continued commitment to our players in China and to the local industry. The licence will be on a three-year term and have a mutual one-year renewal period. Full details in the release after the jump. More »
Warcraft III 1.21b Patch Removes CD Check
10:30AM Logan Booker | People still play Warcraft III. In fact, heaps of people play it. If it’s not your run-of-the-mill tournament play, then it’s DoTA, or tower defense, or some other popular custom map.
Blizzard has seen fit to reward their loyalty by removing the initial CD check from the game’s start-up. That… and the company realised the game has been out so long, that those who wanted to pirate it did so a long time ago.
You may remember Blizzard removed the CD check from its RTS Starcraft late last year. Seeing as players of both games spend most of their time on Battle.net, which requires a legitimate CD key to use, the check has simply become an annoyance for paying customers.
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