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This Man Has No Eyes, Yet Can Play World Of Warcraft

1:30PM January 13, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Ben Shaw has had one hell of a last few years. Serving overseas, the former British Army soldier was wounded by a roadside explosive in Iraq, and as a result had to have both of his eyes removed. More »


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Norway Mass Killer May Be Declared Insane

2:00AM November 30, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik was legally insane when he killed nearly 80 people, many children, during a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in July, according to a psychiatric evaluation ordered by the court, the Associated Press reports. More »


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Good Lord, World Of Warcraft Is Old

4:00PM November 24, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

In an industry where games barely even a month old are slashed in price then swiftly forgotten, World of Warcraft is an exceptional, well, exception. More »


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This World Of Warcraft Family Is A Bad Sitcom In The Making

4:30PM September 19, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

The family that games together stays together. Or so the Santellana family believes, having traded in family outings for nights spent roaming Azeroth on their matching mounts. More »


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

2:00PM September 10, 2011 | Owen Good

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. More »


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World Of Warcraft Still Losing Players

4:30PM August 4, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

World of Warcraft’s player numbers have been stalled since late 2008, and in decline for most of 2011. That’s the bad news for the game’s developers, Blizzard. More »


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Is World Of Warcraft Taking Giant Man-Pandas A Little More Seriously?

6:30PM August 3, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

With Blizzcon only a few months away, a trademark filing has surfaced hinting at what could well be the last big hurrah for the ageing MMO. More »


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Would You Like To Take A World Of Warcraft Questionnaire?

9:50PM July 1, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

The University of California at Santa Cruz is studying how WoW players arrange their interface elements to do various in-game tasks, such as raiding. If you play WoW, click on through and answer away! [WoWIU Study]


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World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm’s 4.2 Trailer Burns The House Down

7:30PM June 16, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

You know a game is big when its patches get big fancy trailers. More »


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Romancing The Gnomes Leads To Happily Ever After In Warcraft

11:00AM April 23, 2011 | Owen Good

Cutting-edge trendspotter The New York Times today tackled the phenomenon of MMO-facilitated romance, noting that the subscriber base for World of Warcraft is six times that of Match.com. More »