warcraft
PC

From RPM Racing To Diablo III: A Timeline Of Blizzard’s No-Rush Release Schedule

With the long-awaited Diablo III due out in May some 12 years after the release of Diablo II, we decided to take a look back at the release history of the company that puts out a new game “When it’s done”.

February 22, 2012
PC

This Video Makes The World Of Amalur Seem A Lot Like The World Of Warcraft

This video, released today by British site Zoomin.TV, shows us a side-by-side look at the world of recently released Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and popular online game World of Warcraft. The two of them do seem to share some similarities when stacked up like this — some of the forests, deserts, and giant tree ramps (!) have a lot in common.

December 15, 2011
In Real Life

Does DOTA 2 Fan Art Get Better Than This? How About Sexier?

Stanley Lau is one talented artist. Kotaku previously featured him on Fine Art for his wonderful Street Fighter work. Today, it’s time to look at some stunning DotA 2 art.

November 22, 2011
In Real Life

Man Builds Giant World Of Warcraft Hammer

In World of Warcraft, there is Thrall. And Thrall uses a giant hammer called, awesomely, Doomhammer. It used to exist only inside the game. That is, until Harrison Krix got his hands on it.

November 19, 2011
PC

Observe World Of Warcraft’s Seventh Birthday With Free In-Game Items And A New Ad

World of Warcraft celebrates its seventh birthday on Nov. 23, and in observance, anyone logging in between Sunday and Saturday, Dec. 3 will get a free celebration item that temporarily grants an XP boost.

October 28, 2011
Retro

Warcraft Re-Imagined In Retro Colour Graphics

Artist João Victor G. Costa took Warcraft and added old-school colour graphics. The result is beautiful minimalism.

September 22, 2011
In Real Life

Biggie Smalls Plus Warcraft Is Weirdly Amusing

The language is not safe for work and disconcerting if you’re not used to white people earnestly reciting profane rap lyrics that use a certain word… but with those warnings out of the way, check out Warning of Warcraft.

September 18, 2011
News

Regulator Orders Canadian Cable Giant To Stop Throttling Online Games

Last week, Rogers Cable and Telecom, Canada’s largest cable provider, admitted that its network monitors may “inadvertently” throttle traffic of customers playing online games. “Inadvertently” or otherwise, Canada’s telecommunications regulator has told Rogers to knock it off.

September 10, 2011
PC

Canadian Cable Giant Admits It Could Be ‘Inadvertently’ Throttling Games

In March, Canadian gamers were upset to learn that World of Warcraft traffic was being throttled by Rogers Cable and Telecom, the country’s largest broadband provider. Now the company has admitted that other games’ online traffic might trip its pipeline monitors and result in their throttling, which Rogers called “inadvertent.” Canadian gamers do not accept that answer.

June 22, 2011
In Real Life

The Fall Of Arthas, A Warcraft Visual Tale Fit For A Storybook

The World of Warcraft fan art of Chinese artist Jian Guo lies somewhere between medieval storybook art and stained glass window, telling visual stories of Warcraft lore in gorgeous, highly-detailed works.

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