Stories about: Blizzard Entertainment

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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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    Sam Raimi brings Blizzard's World of Warcraft to the big screen 23/07/2009 07:36:00

    Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Legendary Pictures announced today via press release that they've found a director for their highly anticipated motion picture adaptation of Warcraft and as it turns out, it will be none other than Sam Raimi, the man behind such films as the Evil Dead, Darkman, Spider-Man and this summers Drag Me To Hell.
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    World of Warcraft awaits China's approval to relaunch 20/07/2009 17:31:00

    The relaunch of the popular online game World of Warcraft in China, where it has already been offline for six weeks, still faces an indefinite delay as it awaits government approval for its content.
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    StarCraft II: Blizzard explains axed LAN support 01/07/2009 07:11:00

    Yesterday, news broke that Blizzard was axing LAN multiplayer support for the highly anticipated sequel to Starcraft, StarCraft II. Needless to say, gamers wrote up a storm on the internet, upset about the news.
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    Massive server purchase likely in Chinese Warcraft deal 20/04/2009 05:24:00

    Chinese online game firm NetEase.com will buy all-new servers to start operating World of Warcraft in China this year, potentially leaving masses of unused computing clusters in the hands of the current Chinese operator.
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    In pictures: Diablo III 30/06/2008 15:55:43

    Blizzard Entertainment used its World Invitational event in France over the weekend to announce the latest addition to its repertoire of award winning video games, Diablo III. The game is currently being developed for both Macintosh and PC, though no release date is known.
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    Blizzard reveals Diablo III 28/06/2008 10:05:01

    Diablo III debuted today in Paris, unveiled to a packed audience at Blizzard's 2008 Worldwide Invitational. The much-anticipated third installment of the venerable role-playing series is slated for release on PC and Mac.
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    Preview: World of WarCraft: Wrath of the Lich King hands-on update 12/05/2008 13:09:14

    The chat screen text when you enter the new World of WarCraft expansion says it all: Welcome to Northrend, land of the ghoul and home of the undead!
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    Activision merges with Blizzard parent, Vivendi 03/12/2007 18:53:00

    Activision and Vivendi Games (parent company of Blizzard Entertainment) announced an 18.9 billion dollar merger on Sunday, forming a new company called Activision Blizzard where current Activision CEO, Robert Kotick, will remain as chief executive.
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    Sandia develops strategy game for cops and firefighters 22/08/2007 21:05:33

    Jim Pointer isn't much of a gamer, but earlier this month he spent an intense 20 minutes coordinating an imaginary city's response to a toxic spill emergency, at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California.
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    How cheaters win in online games 30/07/2007 11:03:44

    The new book "Exploiting Online Games" by Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw explains how cheaters are winning at online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft where millions of players compete in the virtual world to win battles or treasure that is sometimes later sold to avid game players for real money.
 
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