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The already long-in-development World a Warcraft film has been delayed.

"Release date for WARCRAFT from @Legendary Pictures released by @UniversalPics be moving from December 18, 2015, t' March 11, 2016," reads a tweet from the official World a Warcraft Twitter account. No reason be given for the change, 'n on contacting representatives from World a Warcraft creator Blizzard Entertainment, we be told t' ask the film's producers at Legendary. They, a course, be off celebrating the holidays.

This latest delay will prolong the film's production cycle yet again, though that best come as little surprise t' any who have been following the project. it be been at least seven years since the film adaptation be revealed t' the public 'n nearly five years since a director be attached t' the movie. Whether this glacial production pace negatively impacts the final film remains t' be seen - assuming any a us be still alive when the movie finally debuts.

The Warcraft movie has been rattling around Hollywood for years. First we be afraid, we be petrified, but rumours that Uwe Boll be going t' make the movie turned out not t' be true. Then Evil Dead/Spider-Man director Sam Raimi be attached t' direct, but had t' drop out due t' other commitments, 'n we kept thinking we could never live without the sea dog by our side. Then Duncan Jones, the director a Moon 'n Source Code 'n a PC gamer, took over the project, 'n we knew we would not crumble.

It’s taken all the strength we’ve had not t' fall apart, though now the movie has been delayed further into March 2016, t' make way for Star Wars’ December 2015 release.(more…)

Last month, we be told the World a WarCraft movie be coming out in 2015. Turns out that be not the case. it be now been delayed t' 2016, presumably t' stay as far away from Star Wars: Episode VII as possible.Read more...

What happens when a lad, who has practically no experience with World a Warcraft, attends Blizzcon? If it be anything like Conan O'Brien's voyage, the ignorance will result in hilarity - like how O'Brien discovered the oxygen be really thin in Azeroth or that all life in the realm must have a much weaker lung capacity than we do here in the world a the real. Also: bears in heat.

Outside a actually playing, O'Brien also chats with a team a professional players from Europe prior t' the World a Warcraft a Warcraft World Championship 'n even sits down t' commentate the finale. it be refreshing, because ye never really hear commentators discuss the types a flooring t' be found in Azeroth.

A week ago we featured this lad, who cosplayed NWBZPWNER, the loathsome griefer from South Park's seminal "Make Love Not Warcraft" episode a 2006. Then we used the sea dog for this week's 'Shop Contest. Then we got in touch. His name be Jarod, 'n he'll be grading yer entries.Read more...

IGN's Andrew Goldfarb 'n Leah B. Jackson break down all the top stories from Blizzard's fan convention.

The famous South Park nerd wasn't the only cosplay at BlizzCon this year, ye know. There be a ton a cosplay a characters from Blizzard games, too—'n MLZ Studios, as always, brings us the cream a the crop.Read more...

Warcraft: Orcs 'n Humans 'n Warcraft 2: Tides a Darkness may be coming t' modern machines, thanks t' a small team at Blizzard. Polygon reports that during the World a Warcraft question-'n-answer panel at this year's BlizzCon, Production Director J. Allen Brack said that replaying the original trilogy be something he'd "love" t' do.

"We actually have a lad on our team - actually several lads on our team - who be actually working on a side project t' do something like that in some form or fashion," Brack told a fan who asked if Blizzard had considered making the original trilogy compatible with modern computers. What form or fashion this will take isn't clear, however.

it be also not clear if this "side project" will ever manifest as something available for the everyday gamer. Blizzard has a lot on their plate with a new card game, an upcoming Diablo 3 expansion 'n even a movie adaptation a the Warcraft franchise. So, they be kinda busy. Just a little bit.

World a Warcraft: Warlords a Draenor be officially, incontrovertibly A Thing. But what kind a a thing? Well, it’s a WoW expansion, so don’t expect the world’s most immersive virtual minigolf park, a karaoke-based Annoy John simulator, or a really good hotdog. But it be pushing into *some* uncharted territory, 'n for the rest, well, there’s always time travel. Warlords a Draenor be headed back in time t' the horde’s original home, Old Draenor – Outland before it be Outland. There, ye’ll find the usual fare like a raised level cap 'n new zones, but also time-twisting storylines, a robust player housing system with NPCs that can run dungeons for ye, revamped raid 'n inventory systems, 'n more. Words 'n video below.

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Blizzard games have always had a little bit a heavy metal t' them. So it be fitting that Chris Metzen, one a their most beloved developers, brought a touch a the rock t' his opening keynote today at BlizzCon.Read more...

Long have we loathed 'n admired the nameless World a Warcraft griefer at the heart a the classic South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft." Today at BlizzCon, one noble cosplayer brought the sea dog t' life.Read more...

Like Mists a Pandaria's Pokemon before it, the new Garrison feature in World a Warcraft's Warlords a Draenor expansion doesn't have much t' do with traditional MMO gameplay, which be probably why I find it so intriguing. That, 'n the collecting people thing. Read more...

The familiar looks a World a Warcraft's various races be changing. 'n they look pretty good.Read more...

World a Warcraft: Warlords a Draenor takes players a Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game back t' the time a the original Warcraft real-time strategy series. How does that all go down? it be Garrosh's fault. Read more...

Before World a Warcraft there be plain Warcraft, the award-winning, genre-defining real-time strategy trilogy. Many players a the MMO have never experienced those classic stories. The next World a Warcraft expansion, Warlords a Draenor, be going t' fix that. Read more...

It be going t' happen. a course it be going t' happen. World a Warcraft’s subscriber numbers might be deflating, but that won’t AVAST! it be loot-'n-gizzard-laden frontiers from expanding. Blizzard mega-personality Chris Metzen took the stage t' announce WoW’s “next chapter,” sadly lacking his sunglasses that typically raise the convention’s net sex appeal by 400 percent. He went on t' announce that the new expansion, titled World a Warcraft: Warlords a Draenor, be rooted in the stories a Warcraft’s RTSes, Warcraft I, II, 'n III. Yep, we’re going back t' the good old days – but, ye know, in MMO form.

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Blizzard Convention Two Thousand 'n Thirteen Anno Domini Year a Our Metzen be upon us. Shortened t' “BlizzCon” despite the svelte elegance a it be full name, the show be Blizzard’s favorite place for new announcements. I be sitting in a very prickly chair in gaming’s most cavernous convention hall, 'n I’ll be writing about 'n recording what happens all weekend. First up, Blizzard’s repeatedly reinvented MOBA Heroes a the Storm.

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Way t' spoil yer own World a Warcraft expansion reveal, Blizzard. Spotted by MMO-Champion in the pre-stream footage for Blizzcon 2013, World a Warcraft's next expansion, as expected, be Warlords a Draenor. For more info, check out the free live stream a the convention's opening ceremony, kicking off at 2PM Eastern. Read more...

Reader Craig be married in Taiwan the other day. His wedding, as ye can probably guess from the headline 'n images, be not yer normal, everyday nuptials.Read more...

BlizzCon starts Friday, 'n the hype around what could be a brand new World a Warcraft expansion be already out a hand. What will it be this time? Nagas? More Burning Legion? YouTuber iabeckman671, famous for his WoW Machinima, has his own (very fake) take: a trailer for every fan's dream WoW expansion.Read more...

Everyone, meet René Koiter. Halloween may have been three days ago, but we just caught a glimpse a his virtuoso rendering a Khal Drogo from Game a Thrones, which totally blew the curve for Blizzard's Halloween costume contest.Read more...

"Warcraft RTS: Alliance 'n Horde"—which one modder, tired a waiting 10 years for Warcraft IV, quit his job t' build—just got it be 1.0 release. Made with the StarCraft II editor, it be a richly detailed mod that returns the series t' it be long-forgotten RTS roots. Lots a details 'n screens here.Read more...

Computer code. It powers damn near everything in our lives at this point. But we really only ever think about it when it breaks. So, let's think about how many lines a code make CryEngine 2, World a Warcraft 'n the Curiosity Mars Rover. Read more...

Award-winning composer 'n Blizzard dev Jason Hayes has gathered an army a prolific musicians, from session stalwarts t' symphony stars t' the pianist from freaking Toto, just t' do video game music covers under the name Critical Hit. Here's the first one. it be pretty amazing. Read more...

A maker a bot software for World a Warcraft—apps that auto-play characters 'n level them up—has lost a judgment that shuts down it be operation. The bot maker also owes $7 million t' Blizzard Entertainment, 'n it be asking those who used bots like "Pocket Gnome" t' chip in.Read more...

The game once known as Blizzard DOTA changed it be name t' Blizzard All-Stars after a dispute between heavyweight publishers Valve 'n Blizzard. Now, the Warcraft company has settled on a new name for the competitive online game. It’s going t' be called Heroes a the Storm.Read more...

Using only the sparse information provided so far by Blizzard 'n Legendary Pictures 'n a whole slew a fantasy movie clips, YouTube editor BloodRunsClear delivers his vision a what 2015's World a Warcraft movie might look like. Read more...

On September 24, Diablo creator Blizzard Entertainment filed an application t' trademark the phrase "Heroes a the Storm" with the United States Patent 'n Trademark Office.

it be unclear what Blizzard plans t' use this trademark for, though the application specifies that the mark be for use in computer 'n console games, downloadable content, 'n games designed for mobile devices such as smartphones 'n tablets. More intriguingly, the application notes that the name could also be applied t' "computer games that may be accessed via a global computer network," lending credence t' the theory that "Heroes a the Storm" may refer t' an upcoming expansion for Blizzard's hit MMORPG World a Warcraft.

Whatever this trademark application refers t' be not likely t' be revealed t' the public any time soon. We contacted Blizzard for clarification on it be plans but be met with a boilerplate "no comment" in response.

The Duncan Jones-directed, possibly Colin Farrell-starring Warcraft movie will be out on December 18 a 2015, according t' a tweet from Blizzard.Read more...

The cast a the big-budget, Duncan Jones-directed Warcraft movie sounds as though it be coming together, according t' a recent report at Deadline. Among the stars reportedly in talks t' take lead roles be Mission Impossible's Paula Patton, Star Trek's Anton Yelchin 'n Bullseye himself, Colin Farrell.Read more...