Stories about: Blizzard

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    Activision to birth third Call of Duty studio -- CoD MMO on the way? 20/11/2009 09:50:00

    According to an L.A. Times article published yesterday, Activision Blizzard has opened a new development studio devoted to the Call of Duty franchise. Though the mysterious new team has not announced any projects yet, an anonymous source within Activision suggests that future Call of Duty titles might include a large-scale persistent multiplayer world.
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    Activision donates $1 million to help U.S. veterans 11/11/2009 11:21:00

    Activision Blizzard will make a $1 million donation to unemployed military vets through their Call of Duty Endowment (CODE,) a charity foundation intended to help veterans find gainful employment.
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    Chinese government agencies battle over Warcraft 03/11/2009 19:05:00

    A Chinese government agency halted its approval process for hit online game World of Warcraft to operate in the country on Monday, deepening its struggle with another agency for power over China's online game sector.
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    Gaming consoles gear up for the Holidays 26/09/2009 03:18:00

    The Holidays are just around the corner, and gaming console makers hope to make 2009 a record-setting year. The Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii have all dropped their prices in recent weeks. There are also new motion-control innovations in the pipeline from Sony and Microsoft, and Nintendo hopes its Wii will hang on with the revival of its most popular video game hero.
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    Hands, arms and legs on with Microsoft's Natal 26/09/2009 00:17:00

    The man jumping around and wildly waving his arms and kicking his legs on the Microsoft booth at the Tokyo Game Show isn't crazy. He's gaming.
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    Sony, Microsoft show progress in motion gaming 25/09/2009 22:03:00

    For anyone expecting significant updates on the progress of the motion-controlled gaming systems under development by Sony and Microsoft, this year's Tokyo Game Show will have disappointed. While both systems made brief appearances -- Microsoft's behind glass on the show floor and Sony's at a news conference -- the lack of demonstrations indicated that a fair amount of work remains before either is ready for sale.
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    Firefox adds Flash plug-in update protection 07/09/2009 08:21:00

    Mozilla's next update for Firefox, slated to ship Tuesday, will check for outdated versions of Flash Player, a frequent target of hackers, the company said on Friday.
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    Blizzard confirms WoW 'Cataclysm' expansion 22/08/2009 09:09:00

    The latest victim of accurate pre-announcement leaks, Blizzard revealed that those World of Warcraft 'Cataclysm' expansion rumors you'd been reading about are true during the inaugural moments of BlizzCon 2009. BlizzCon is Blizzard's annual games convention (because if you made games with over 10 million subscribers, you'd have one all to yourself too) taking place today and tomorrow at the Anaheim Convention Center.
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    Hands on: StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty 18/08/2009 09:26:00

    Earlier this month, we were invited along to Blizzard's headquarters to have a crack at the single player campaign of StarCraft 2, and have a look at some new gameplay elements and inclusions. This is what we found...
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    New World of Warcraft, 'Cataclysm' expansion leaked? 11/08/2009 08:12:00

    Werewolves and goblins and cats-out-of-the-bag oh my, a World of Warcraft fansite is dishing rumours on Blizzard's next expansion to its massively successful online roleplaying game.
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    Starcraft 2 delayed to 2010, Battle.net preparations blamed 06/08/2009 07:50:00

    When it rains, it pours. Blizzard became the latest game developer to announce a delay to 2010. In this case, for its long-awaited PC strategy game Starcraft 2.
 
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