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World of Warcraft is getting a bit long in the tooth, and Blizzard has been working on Titan for years.

Titan is the codename for Blizzard Entertainment’s next MMO, a project the studio’s alluded previously, while also keeping the whole thing a big ol’ secret. We don’t know much about it.

Whatever Titan actually is, the game may end up featuring in-game advertising and product placement, as Blizzard has put out a job listing seeking someone to work on that very idea.

Specifically, the job is for a “franchise development producer” on a “next-gen MMO.”

“Work with major consumer brands to facilitate product placement and licensing within the world of Blizzard Entertainment's next-gen MMO that enhances the gameplay experience,” reads the listing.

Contextualized in-game ads would support some previous rumors Titan would be a far cry from the fantasy setting of Blizzard’s other games, especially its still-popular World of Warcraft. Titan taking place in a quasi-real world setting has been brought up before, and it’s gained new evidence today.

#worldofwarcraft Ben Shaw has had one hell of a last few years. Serving overseas, the former British Army soldier was wounded by a roadside explosive in Iraq, and as a result had to have both of his eyes removed. More »

#fineart Laurel D. Austin does some great work. Employed for years at Splash Damage, the team behind Brink, she's recently joined Blizzard, where she's working as a concept artist. Living the dream. More »

#starwars It's hard to untangle whether it's a media creation or born of the competitive natures of gaming and business, but according to at least one newspaper the war between Activision and Electronic Arts continues to simmer. More »

How did World of Warcraft's creators counter today's launch of rival MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic? They didn't, unless you count all these "hot fixes" they just activated. One of them: "Algaefin Rockfish no longer swim in schools." More »

#worldofwarcraft After spending hours on end dealing with angry, distraught, frustrated, and downright abusive customers, it's easy to imagine this lovely unicorn drawing was enough to get World of Warcraft customer service representatives to reverse a permanent ban. More »

#armor Ryan, aka "Jabberwock" makes armor. He therefore knows more about armor than I do and maybe more than I do. More »

Blizzard Entertainment has been steadily updating the Battle.net online multiplayer service recently, presumably in anticipation of Diablo 3's release next year. Last week, the company introduced what it's calling the Battle.net Balance, a currency total stored on its servers that players can use to pay for Blizzard items -- from a World of Warcraft subscription to in-game items and plushies in the company store. This is where funds not translated directly into cash will go from the real money auction house in Diablo 3, whenever it arrives.

Today, Blizzard introduced the BattleTag system, which is a specific public username that will identify players publicly on Battle.net services (similar to Xbox Live's Gamertag name). This is likely the compromise Blizzard came up with over its controversial Real ID service, which was originally meant to utilize real player names.

BattleTags are not unique, but players will have a number in their public profiles that will let you identify just which "touchFuzzygetDizzy" you're talking to. BattleTags will appear first in the Diablo 3 beta, and get used in all of Blizzard's games and services sometime after that.

#wallpaper He is Arthas Menethil. The Lich King. Scourge of Azeroth and star of his own World of Warcraft expansion. More »

#worldofwarcraft Coming this spring from Cryptozoic Entertainment, World of Warcraft: Clash of Champions is 423 cards worth of tabletop raiding fun for two to four players in one sexy $45 box. More »

#worldofwarcraft Coming this spring from Cryptozoic Entertainment, World of Warcraft: Clash of Champions is 423 cards worth of tabletop raiding fun for two to four players in one sexy $45 box. More »

The World of Warcraft site has been updated with full details of what you can expect from patch 4.3, Hour of Twilight. The headline features are a number of new dungeons and a new raid that revolve around battling the dragon, Deathwing. First, players must travel back in time 10,000 years "in a brazen attempt to retrieve the Dragon Soul" and then escort it to the Wyrmrest Temple, so that the assault on Deathwing can commence...

Remember World Of Warcraft? Coo, those were the days. Well, you may be surprised to learn the game is still running after all these years, and it’s still being updated! The latest patch for the Cataclysm update, as Eurogamer reports, is called Hour Of Twilight, and adds stuff.

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#andersbehringbreivik Confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik was legally insane when he killed nearly 80 people, many children, during a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in July, according to a psychiatric evaluation ordered by the court, the Associated Press reports. More »

#addiction A mother writes in to Australia's Telegraph to complain that World of Warcraft has turned her 13-year-old son into an aggressive computer addict who skips school and threatens violence if pulled away from his game. More »

The forthcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft will be bringing along a revamped talent tree as well as fluffykins up there. Not happy with how players built identically specced characters at their most statistically efficient, Blizzard are hoping their new system will make it more tempting for players to forge their own path through the levels.

Three specilisations will be available for every class with specific spells assigned to each one. Meanwhile, talents are available for every spec in that class, and will be awarded every 15 levels. These talents will be interchangeable as you play, further tempting players to rebuild and experiment with the numbers. Sounds a lot like Diablo 3, come to think of it.

Have a go at rolling your new build with the official talent calculator, and keep in mind that the numbers aren’t final.

#totalrecall In an industry where games barely even a month old are slashed in price then swiftly forgotten, World of Warcraft is an exceptional, well, exception. More »

#worldofwarcraft With patch 4.3 coming soon to a World of Warcraft near you, Blizzard tossed us some video showcasing the three new five-man dungeons and the grand finale of the Cataclysm saga, the Dragon Soul Deathwing raid. More »

A recent survey has found an estimated 50% of World of Warcraft's playerbase has grown tired of the game. It also reckons between 900,000 and 1.6 million WoW subscribers will jump ship to Old Republic once it launches. [Develop] More »

#worldofwarcraft In World of Warcraft, there is Thrall. And Thrall uses a giant hammer called, awesomely, Doomhammer. It used to exist only inside the game. That is, until Harrison Krix got his hands on it. More »

Actually, I’m not quite sure what age kids really start riding bicycles, at least without stabilisers and/or a worried parent holding onto the back of the saddle. I think I was at least around seven when I first managed a brief, unassisted pedal down a country lane (and, more excitingly, was rewarded with a second-hand Superion for my efforts. I still have that somewhere) so I’m going to go ahead and say that Blizzard’s MMO should be capable of such a feat.

Yes, World of Warcraft, the main man of the MMO industry, has been around for seven years this week, which is an alarming prospect. How did it get so old? (By which I mean ‘how did I get so old?) And it’s remarkable it’s only seen three expansions in that time, given what a cash-cow it’s been for Blizzard, Vivendi and Activision. There are gentle celebrations in honour of this birthday, primarily in the form of a ‘feat of strength’ item dropped into the inventories of any players who sign in between now-ish and December 3.(more…)

#worldofwarcraft While it's easy to quaff Chuck Norris jokes are old, so too is World of Warcraft. So pairing the two, with Norris endosring the MMO in this new TV commercial, makes sense! More »

World of Warcraft celebrates its seventh birthday on Nov. 23, and in observance, anyone logging in between Sunday and Saturday, Dec. 3 will get a free celebration item that temporarily grants an XP boost. More »

#theelderscrolls How does Skyrim, one of the biggest single-player RPGs around, stack up against World of Warcraft, the most popular MMO? Look no further than WoW web comic The Daily Blink's take on the comparison, which highlights what are clearly the most important aspects of each game. More »

#worldofwarcraft Never mind that director Sam Raimi said not to expect the World of Warcraft movie anytime soon, actress Michelle Morrow is. She once again underscores her desire to be in the flick. More »

#starcraft During G-Star, Blizzard showed off impressive fan art at its booth's community zone. The Grand Theft Auto inspired World of Warcraft Cataclysm art is cool and all, but check out those mini-figures. Wow! More »

#worldofwarcraft With wealth distribution being a hot topic in the real world, one demographer/World of Warcraft enthusiast tried to derive what the income inequality is within Azeroth. The results of his survey of nearly 2,500 players—with an admittedly great margin of error—is that the wealthiest one percent in the game control 24.25 percent of its gold. More »

In the last year the number of World of Warcraft subscribers has fallen in the from 12 million to 10.3 million...

#worldofwarcraft World of Warcraft may never truly die. People still play the first Everquest, after all. But it will inevitably lose its place as the biggest MMO on Earth, and that day is now a little closer following the release of the game's latest set of subscription numbers. More »

#worldofwarcraft Back in spring 2010, two teenage boys—Kruse Wellwood and Cameron Moffat—raped and killed 18-year-old Kimberly Proctor before mutilating and burning her body under a bridge. Then, one of the boys told a friend on World of Warcraft what they did. Their crime was gruesome, but that's only half the terrible story. More »