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#guildwars Guild Wars, the first game, didn't offer a whole array a character races for players t' choose from. Players be always human, even while free t' play with variations on appearance. 'n it seems that Guild Wars players who got used t' their looks have brought that bias with them into Guild Wars 2. More »

#chriskluwe Football be a role-playing game. that be how Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter 'n noted World a Warcraft 'n RPG fan, be approaching it. Each week in the NFL, ChrisWarcraft characterizes his upcoming game in terms a an MMO quest. we be going t' chart his progress 'n see how fast he levels up. More »

No-one’s immune t' hacking, 'n the bigger they be the harder they fall (but more quickly they recover, given the megabucks, etc). Over the weekend, someone manage t' slip a knife into World a Warcraft’s ribs, finding an exploit that allowed the usually near-invincible NPCs inhabiting the capital cities a Stormwind 'n Ogrimmar t' become as weak as asthmatic kitten. Slaughter inevitably followed.(more…)

#worldofwarcraft From the sound a it, this level 1 character be one a a few hackers who discovered a bug or an exploit that allowed them t' fly about World a Warcraft, insta-killing everyone. The plague broke out this weekend on multiple servers, 'n be seen in Stormwind, the Alliance capitol. More »

Entire cities a players 'n NPCs in World a Warcraft be being wiped out in a solitary blow, WoW Insider reports. The death traps began on European servers, in the cities a Ogrimmar 'n Stormwind, 'n have since spread t' Tarren Mill, Ragnaros, Draenor, Twisting Nether 'n other realms, 'n include US servers, according t' player reports.

A few videos document the phenomenon, showing level one characters insta-killing everyone in the area 'n the subsequent graveyards. The above video shows a level one Priest as he takes out everyone around the sea dog in Stormwind (the YouTube description reads, "The lad laughing be not the hacker!").

Blizzard has yet t' comment officially.

#chriskluwe Football be a role-playing game. that be how Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter 'n noted World a Warcraft 'n RPG fan, be approaching it. Each week in the NFL, ChrisWarcraft characterizes his upcoming game in terms a an MMO quest. we be going t' chart his progress 'n see how fast he levels up. More »

As a child, one a me first Real Person (read: PC) games be Warcraft II: Tides a Darkness. Back in those days, the Horde 'n Alliance, well, they didn’t like each other so much. There be, I suppose ye could say, a whole lot less crafting 'n a rather sizable helping a war. But times have changed, 'n so has the world a Warcraft. For one, it grew a world. That’s fairly significant. But with rather unpleasant-sounding crusades 'n apocalypse dragons came a certain level a necessary chumminess between the warring factions. According t' Blizzard, however, Mists a Pandaria’s first major update be about t' (finally) change all a that.

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#worldofwarcraft Editor's note: This piece be republished with permission from NBC News InGame. More »

#worldofwarcraft World a Warcraft has always been notorious for having tons a video game 'n pop culture references 'n Mists a Pandaria tries really hard t' set a new record. Here's what we dug up so far. Let us know in the comments if ye've found others. More »

#facebook Sitting down 'n catching up on all the news this morning, a pair a headlines jumped out at me. Both be, in a sense, subscriber numbers. Each, by itself, be mildly interesting. Together, though, the figures paint a clear picture a why game development today be moving in a particular direction. More »

#worldofwarcraft Colleen Lachowicz be running for state senate in Waterville, Maine. She also plays a lot a World a Warcraft. According t' Maine Republicans, this means that she be unfit for office. More »

#worldofwarcraft Hey, it be Athene, the self-styled ('n partly accurate) "world's best gamer"3. Hitting the streets in one a his "IRL" videos. It starts as though it be going t' be four-'n-a-half minutes a painful trolling, but actually turns into a pretty neat "man on the street" interview with one serious World a Warcraft player. More »

#worldofwarcraft While Kate be working the latest World a Warcraft expansion pack from the bottom up, I be tasked with taking me level 85 character t' level 90, exploring what's new for the high level crowd. it be not going well so far. More »

#worldofwarcraft [The Mists a Pandaria expansion t' World a Warcraft introduces new content in the starter levels as well as in the late game. This be a look at how new, low-level content appears t' a new player. We'll also be posting a look at Pandaria's new level 80-90 zones, 'n the veteran perspective, from a more experienced hand.] More »

#watchthis Wow. I live in New York, so I've seen me fair share a talented sand artists, but I've never seen someone pinch 'n play with sand the way Silvia Emme does in the video above. More »

#wow Think ye have it rough? Try being a World a Warcraft player in China. ye have t' deal with Western gamers who think all Chinese gamers be booty farmers as well as unfair stereotypes at home. 'n that be not all a it! More »

#worldofwarcraft The Mists a Pandaria parted in World a Warcraft last week, unlocking a long-hidden, lore-heavy civilization for players a the popular MMO t' explore. The most enjoyable tale out a the land a pandas, however, can be found between the covers a the Pearl a Pandaria graphic novel — a work that began development before the expansion pack be a going concern. More »

#chriskluwe Football be a role-playing game. that be how Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter 'n noted World a Warcraft 'n RPG fan, be approaching it. Each week in the NFL, ChrisWarcraft characterizes his upcoming game in terms a an MMO quest. we be going t' chart his progress 'n see how fast he levels up. More »

#worldofwarcraft Somehow this be the first time I've gotten me hands on World a Warcraft's version a Pokemon. This short video will give ye a basic overview a what the next few months a PC gaming hold for me. More »

#worldofwarcraft World a Warcraft's next expansion has gone live in North America, 'n the first thing I did be transform me Worgen into a Panda. 'n give the sea dog a sex change, because tails. More »

#worldofwarcraft Wow. That didn't take long. World a Warcraft expansion Mists a Pandaria isn't even out yet for most people (it unlocks in a few hours), but already it looks like we've got someone breaking through t' hit the game's new ceiling a Level 90. More »

#worldofwarcraft This shot a World a Warcraft: Mists a Pandaria be snapped by Dutch Twitter user Nederob just two minutes after the game be unlocked in Europe. More »

#watchthis Straight from the World a Warcraft: Mists a Pandaria launch in Europe (the game went live 34 minutes ago), here's the parade Blizzard put on just before that. it be a themed parade. Notice? More »

#blizzard Windows 8 doesn't officially launch until October, but the dramatic changes t' the OS most gaming PCs use have already proven quite controversial. More »

We know World a Warcraft: Mists a Pandaria has kung-fun pandas in it. I’ve seen it on adverts on the telly 'n everything. What else does it have in it? Well, if ye’ve got seven minutes ye can find out, with the below flyover trailer that runs through some a the new zones, enemies, abilities 'n dungeons t' be found in WoW’s fourth expansion. It’s like a timeshare brochure, but with flying ships, angry crab-men 'n Chinese temples.(more…)

#chriskluwe Haven't ye heard? Football be a role-playing game. Or at least, that be how Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter 'n noted World a Warcraft 'n RPG fan, seems t' be approaching it. More »

#worldofwarcraft Boxes containing World a Warcraft: Mists a Pandaria be making their way out into the world. that be all well 'n good, but the panda-themed expansion won't be accessible until 12:01 a.m. Pacific time on Tuesday September 25, no matter how soon players install it. More »

#worldofwarcraft How many pandas can ye count inside the box t' World a Warcraft's next expansion? If ye answered "all the pandas", ye'd be on the right track. More »

#worldofwarcraft The next World a Warcraft expansion be only a week away, which gives me something t' do until November, when the official Mists a Pandaria panda hoodie I just ordered from Jinx arrives More »

#chriskluwe Last week Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter 'n noted World a Warcraft 'n RPG fan, cast his team's season opener in terms a an MMO quest. He's done the same thing this week so we'll hold the sea dog t' it 'n chart his progress. More »