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World of Warcraft comic planned
Famed DC Comics at the helm 24 July 2007 0:01 GMT
As far as tie-ins go, a comic of the hugely popular World of Warcraft wasn’t a big leap of imagination. So, it should be little surprise that DC Comics has announced that it has something in the works.

The comic will be out in monthly instalments with the first...
World of Warcraft comic planned
Famed DC Comics at the helm 24 July 2007 0:01 GMT
As far as tie-ins go, a comic of the hugely popular World of Warcraft wasn’t a big leap of imagination. So, it should be little surprise that DC Comics has announced that it has something in the works.

The comic will be out in monthly instalments with the first...
World of Warcraft expansion sells 2.4m copies in 24 hours
Fastest selling PC title of all time 23 January 2007 18:09 GMT
Blizzard Entertainment the makers of World of Warcraft have announced that its new expansion pack World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade has broken the day-one sales record to become the fastest-selling PC game ever in North America and Europe, with a worldwide total of...
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade release delayed until after Christmas
Beta testers need more time 24 October 2006 12:44 GMT
Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the release date for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade has been pushed back until January.

The expansion pack for World of Warcraft was supposed to be released in December, during the consumer buying frenzy before...
World of Warcraft appears on South Park
Fearless foursome must defeat evil gamer 3 October 2006 9:41 GMT
The tenth season of the ever-popular cartoon South Park debuts this week with an opener that centers around the massive multiplayer online RPG World of Warcraft.

The story follows Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny as they attempt to stop a renegade gamer trying to...
World of Warcraft to become Hollywood movie
Live-action film on its way 10 May 2006 15:58 GMT
World of Warcraft the game is set to become a Hollywood blockbuster with the announcement from its creators, Blizzard Entertainment, that it is develop a live-action film with the makers of Batman Begins.

"It's not always the case that interactive game properties...
StarCraft: Ghost put on hold as Blizzard look to next-gen consoles
Blizzard Entertainment concentrates efforts on the next generation consoles 27 March 2006 15:37 GMT
Blizzard Entertainment, the makers of World of Warcraft has today announced plans to focus the company's console-development efforts on the next generation of console platforms, rather than continue to develop titles for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or Gamecube.

The...
World of Warcraft attracts 1 million players in Europe
1 million paying players in Europe and counting 19 January 2006 17:14 GMT
World of Warcraft's owners Blizzard, confirmed the games huge popularity by announcing that the game now has 1 million paying players in Europe.

The news means that the Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) now has over 5.5 million players world-wide....
World of Warcraft tops 5 million users
Blizzard, the makers World of Warcraft has said it has surpassed 5 million customers worldwide 20 December 2005 13:10 GMT
Blizzard, the makers of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft has said it has surpassed 5 million customers worldwide.

"World of Warcraft's growth continues to exceed all our expectations", said Mike Morhaime, president...
World of Warcraft gets hit by deadly plague
In game virus killing all in its path 22 September 2005 17:51 GMT
A deadly virtual plague has broken out in the online game World of Warcraft according to reports on the BBC.

Although limited to only a few of the game's servers the numbers of characters that have fallen victim is thought to be in the thousands.
World of Warcraft smashes European sales records
15 February 2005 16:53 GMT
World of Warcraft has smashed European day one sales this week. The game from the creators of Baluder's Gate managed to sell over 380,000 copies in its first weekend, 280,000 of which were estimated as day one sales.

The game, which was launched on Friday...