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: How To Be A World Of Warcraft Guild Leader, Now In Convenient Book Form

#requiredreading If leading a large World of Warcraft guild seems like a fun way to spend your free time, then you should probably check out Scott F. Andrews' The Guild Leader's Handbook to see the hellis...

arstechnica.com posted by Kotaku May 08 2010 18:00 GMT

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: It's Not The Size Of The Game World, But How You Use It

#screengrab Does size matter? Compare the size of these seven video game words to the amount of enjoyment you got out of playing the game for the answer. Found via Digg. More »

digg.com posted by Kotaku May 07 2010 21:20 GMT

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: Why APB Uses Your Phone's Pricing Plan Instead of World of Warcraft's

#pc When the open-world, cops versus robbers game APB hits computers this summer it will include an unusual pricing option that charges per a minute rather than a month. More »

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku May 07 2010 17:00 GMT

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: THQ: Warhammer 40K MMO will profit with 'anywhere near' a million subs

Speaking during a financial earnings call, THQ CEO Brian Farrell said that the publisher is making a big investment with the upcoming Warhammer 40k MMO, but that if the game nets "anywhere near" a million subscribers, it will pay off. Farrell suggested t...

joystiq.com posted by Joystiq May 06 2010 00:31 GMT

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: StarCraft II Hooks Up With Facebook

#blizzard Starting with the release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty your Facebook friends can easily become your Battle.net buddies as well, as Blizzard unveils integration with the world's most popular...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku May 05 2010 17:30 GMT

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: Battle.Net Hooks Up With Facebook

#blizzard Starting with the release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty your Facebook friends can easily become your Battle.net buddies as well, as Blizzard unveils integration with the world's most popular...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku May 05 2010 15:30 GMT

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: World of Warcraft Shown Working on Apple's iPad

Blizzard's mega-popular MMO may soon be portable.

pc.ign.com posted by IGN May 04 2010 00:14 GMT

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: World of Warcraft streamed to iPad using Gaikai

Although we assuredly could've made the worrisome connection between Gaikai's game-streaming capability, the Apple iPad, and gaming's own methamphetamine, World of Warcraft, it seems the folks at Dave Perry's company are one step ahead of us. As revealed...

dperry.com posted by Joystiq May 03 2010 16:00 GMT

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: World Of Warcraft On The iPad? How Can This Be?

#ipad Shiny Entertainment founder David Perry shows off a picture of World of Warcraft running on an iPad, made possible by the streaming technology of his newer company, Gaikai. More »

toucharcade.com posted by Kotaku May 03 2010 13:20 GMT

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: Vivendi considered digital distribution for WoW expansions

Amidst all the talk of digital distribution versus retail sales at the LA Games Conference today, one big reason arose for game publishers to keep the retail channels open: the midnight launch. While a lot of gamers might tell you that it's a pain for th...

lagamesconference.com posted by Joystiq Apr 30 2010 11:00 GMT

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: World Of Warcraft Movie Still A While Off

#wow Update on the World of Warcraft movie! Last we heard, people were working on scripts. No we hear things aren't even at that stage. More »

vg247.com posted by Kotaku Apr 28 2010 10:30 GMT

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: Even Orcs Need To Shop For Home Furnishings

#screengrab Australia's Connect Furniture targets the loveseat-shopping Warhammer and World of Warcraft crowd, as seen at Ads of the World. Bonus naked fairy furniture shopping marketing after this... M...

adsoftheworld.com posted by Kotaku Apr 27 2010 20:40 GMT

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: World Of Warcraft's New Recruit-A-Friend Reward Is So Romantic

#blizzard What could be more romantic than flying over the moon-dappled snow of Azeroth's northlands with your significant other's arms wrapped around you, straddling the new X-53 Touring Rocket, World of...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Apr 27 2010 19:20 GMT

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: Bust Up Your World Of Warcraft Character

#collectibles Why spend all day staring at your Blood Elf rogue's ass when you can spend all day staring at her chest? Custom statue creators FigurePrints is now making busts of your World of Warcraft alt...

figureprints.com posted by Kotaku Apr 27 2010 17:20 GMT

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: Blizzard Toys, Once Exclusive, Now Available For Regular Humans

#toys Blizzard's "n00bz Marines", collectible figures that were once only available to attendees of Blizzcon events, are now available for everybody to purchase via the company's online store. More » ...

tomopop.com posted by Kotaku Apr 23 2010 07:30 GMT

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: Making Avatars That Aren't White Dudes Is Hard

#rpg Since the majority of video game players in the West are white, when they play a role-playing game, it's not hard to have their character looking and dressing like them. But what if you're not white? ...

boingboing.net posted by Kotaku Apr 20 2010 09:30 GMT

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: Raise Your Real Life World Of Warcraft Cooking Skill

#food If you've ever found yourself afflicted with hunger while leveling your cooking skill in World of Warcraft. Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a set of real-life WoW recipes that are sure to satisfy your othe...

rockpapershotgun.com posted by Kotaku Apr 19 2010 21:40 GMT

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: Blizzard Is Selling World Of Warcraft Mounts Because Players Demanded Them

#blizzard While naysayers may think corporate greed is the answer, Blizzard tells Kotaku the real reason World of Warcraft mounts have shown up for sale in the company's online store is because that's exa...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Apr 16 2010 21:00 GMT

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: World Of Warcraft Pet Sales Already Making Millions For Blizzard

#blizzard No sooner did Blizzard offer up two new virtual beasts for World of Warcraft players to buy—one mount, one pet—than did the fanbase queue up in the tens of thousands to buy them, nett...

wow.com posted by Kotaku Apr 16 2010 03:30 GMT

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: Blizzard selling armored horse in WoW for $25

First it was virtual pets, now Blizzard is selling an in-game beast that actually has a function in World of Warcraft. For $25, you can buy the "Celestial Steed," which is an admittedly awesome-looking winged horse with constellations for bones. You don't...

us.blizzard.com posted by Joystiq Apr 15 2010 21:15 GMT

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: World Of Warcraft Mounts Now Available In The Blizzard Store

#blizzard According to an image that briefly appeared in the flash rotation on top of Blizzard's online store, the Celestial Steed mount will soon be joining the World of Warcraft pet store as a purchasab...

mmo-champion.com posted by Kotaku Apr 15 2010 14:30 GMT

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: World Of Warcraft Mounts Coming To The Blizzard Store

#rumor According to an image that briefly appeared in the flash rotation on top of Blizzard's online store, the Celestial Steed mount will soon be joining the World of Warcraft pet store as a purchasable ...

mmo-champion.com posted by Kotaku Apr 15 2010 16:30 GMT

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: Activision raises Q1 fiscal outlook thanks to WoW, MW2 map pack

Activision Blizzard raised its March quarter sales outlook today, expecting approximately $1.1 billion in revenues. CEO Bobby Kotick noted that the company is doing well due to continued demand for World of Warcraft (naturally) and Call of Duty: Modern W...

investor.activision.com posted by Joystiq Apr 15 2010 15:46 GMT

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: Blizzard Knows Its Memes, Your Argument Is Invalid

#screengrab Battle.net gets meme-y when landing on an invalid page, a common theme at Blizzard— amusing if you Know Your Meme. As seen on Reddit. More »

reddit.com posted by Kotaku Apr 12 2010 23:40 GMT

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: How World Of Warcraft Could Change The Workplace

#realworldapplications Stanford University communications professor Byron Reeves talks to The Washington Post about how the collaborative online model of games like World of Warcraft can help change real ...

washingtonpost.com posted by Kotaku Apr 08 2010 21:20 GMT

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: StarCraft II Special Edition Launching For $100

#blizzard With the release date for the first installment of StarCraft II being revealed in the coming weeks, Blizzard shows off the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Collector's Edition, complete with art b...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Apr 08 2010 15:40 GMT

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: World Of Warcraft Cataclysm Class Changes Are Coming

#blizzard What comes with those extra experience levels in World of Warcraft's Cataclysm expansion? Blizzard will be releasing info on new spells, new skills, and talent tree changes this week for all cla...

mmorpg.com posted by Kotaku Apr 06 2010 18:30 GMT

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: It's Blizzard Deal Day On Amazon

#deals So what if Blizzard only has three or four current games - that doesn't mean you shouldn't be excited by a Blizzard-themed Amazon.com Gold Box day, right? Man, no wonder Kotick fired me. More �...

amazon.com posted by Kotaku Apr 01 2010 15:40 GMT

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: Sociologist Spends 2,300 Hours Seeking Civilization In World Of Warcraft

#books Sociologist and director of Human-Centered Computing at the National Science Foundation, William Sims Bainbridge spent 2300 hours entrenched in popular MMO World of Warcraft, looking for look for i...

amazon.com posted by Kotaku Mar 30 2010 15:20 GMT

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: Sociologist Spends 2300 Seeking Civilization In World Of Warcraft

#books Sociologist and director of Human-Centered Computing at the National Science Foundation, William Sims Bainbridge spent 2300 hours entrenched in popular MMO World of Warcraft, looking for look for i...

amazon.com posted by Kotaku Mar 30 2010 17:20 GMT

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