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More American Homes Play WoW Than You Probably Think

7:00PM Luke Plunkett | Terrifying statistic incoming. According to research performed by the NPD Group, 14 per cent of American homes have an online game subscription. Not 14 per cent of homes connected to the internet; 14 per cent of homes. More »
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World Of Warcraft “Lacks Approval” To Operate In China

2:20PM Luke Plunkett | Courtesy of some alleged “gross violations” of national regulations, China’s General Administration of Press and Publication have ordered that World of Warcraft once again be suspended in the country. More »
Culture

Raven Alexis Enjoys Sex On Camera, World Of Warcraft

12:40PM Michael McWhertor | Our fellow bloggers over at sister site Fleshbot—don’t go there, it’s all naked boobs and erections!—offer a kind introduction to adult film star Raven Alexis, a self-confessed World of Warcraft “geek.” More »
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Kick Your WoW Habit…For $US14,000

2:30PM Luke Plunkett | There’s little doubt that Blizzard’s World of Warcraft can be addictive. Most of you probably know someone addicted to it. But we doubt you know anyone stupid enough to pay $US14,000 to kick said addiction. More »
Culture

A Mindblowing Stop-Motion Lego Homage To Games

11:00AM Owen Good
“8-Bit Trip,” according to its Swedish creators took 1,500 hours to animate. They pay respect to everything from International Karate on a tape drive to Tetris on the NES, with Pong and Pac-Man in between. More »
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Onyxia Gets A Makeover For WoW’s Fifth Anniversary

2:20AM Mike Fahey | Once the most-feared name in Azeroth, the Onyxia is making a comeback for World of Warcraft’s fifth anniversary, transforming into a bigger and badder brood mother than ever before. More »
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WoW Finally Returns To China, With A Little More Censorship

4:30PM Luke Plunkett | Just in case you’re not one of the millions of Chinese subscribers to World of Warcraft who already knows this, here’s a recap; the game recently changed operators in the PRC, and as a result had been down for weeks. More »
Culture

Where World Of Warcraft Meets He-Man

3:30PM Luke Plunkett | World of Warcraft isn’t just a video game. It’s a trading card game as well, and being a trading card game, it can slip a few things under the legal radar its digital cousin may not be able to manage. More »
Culture

You Can Buy Actual World Of Warcraft Gold Coins

9:20AM Michael McWhertor | With World of Warcraft comic books, action figures, t-shirts and trading card games already thoroughly merchandised by Blizzard and their partners, what’s left to license? How about World of Warcraft coins? DC Unlimited is making ‘em, legitmising WoW gold selling. More »
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Don’t Rule Out Microtransactions For World Of Warcraft

1:30PM Luke Plunkett | While “free to play, pay to upgrade” is a payment structure more and more online games are adopting, the continued success of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft shows there’s still life in the old-fashioned model of paying a flat monthly subscription fee. More »