by Rainier on Nov. 7, 2006 @ 6:55 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Vivendi Games' revenues were up 15% compared to last year, primarily driven by the continued success of World of Warcraft, and the solid launch revenues in North America from Scarface, based on the classic Universal Studios film. For the first 9 months of the year revenue was up 20%, partly by continuous strong sales of 50 Cent and Ice Age 2.
by Keith Durocher on Oct. 28, 2006 @ 12:42 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.
by Rainier on Oct. 27, 2006 @ 2:36 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Xfire unveiled the winners of the World of Warcraft Summer Movie Contest last night at a special Machinima event and screening at Stanford University. The contest winners, chosen by Blizzard and Xfire, each took home a portion of the $23,000 in total prizes.
by Rainier on Oct. 24, 2006 @ 2:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Blizzard announced that it is delaying the release date for its MMO expansion WoW: The Burning Crusade until January 2007. By adding a few extra weeks to the development cycle, Blizzard will be able to extend the closed beta test and further refine the new content that will ship with the game.
by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2006 @ 11:50 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.
by Rainier on Oct. 12, 2006 @ 2:52 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.
by Rainier on Oct. 12, 2006 @ 2:50 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the new expansion to Blizzard's MMORPG. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more. Emails have been sent out to participants, so keep an eye on your inbox...
by Rainier on Oct. 10, 2006 @ 1:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Blizzard can't seem to get enough of having WoW appear on TV as there's another cool opportunity coming up to see World of Warcraft on primetime TV. The upcoming episode of "Help Me Help You," (TV-PG) a new sitcom on ABC, features the game in a portion of the story line. Check out the episode this Tuesday night, October 10, at 9:30 p.m. Eastern/Pacific Time on your local ABC channels.
by Rainier on Oct. 9, 2006 @ 10:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Xfire today announced the finalists for the World of Warcraft Summer Movie Contest. With $23,000 in prizes up for grabs, gamers are invited to visit Xfire.com to view the exceptional Machinima movies and vote for their favorite finalists.
by Rainier on Oct. 6, 2006 @ 2:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.
by Rainier on Oct. 5, 2006 @ 4:44 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Blizzard revealed that the WoW: The Burning Crusade Collector's Edition package will come in a special box that contains many exclusive extras to enhance your adventure into Outland, such as behind-the-scenes DVD, exclusive in-game pet: Netherwhelp, map of Outland mouse pad, soundtrack, hardcover art book, 2 WoW trading card game starter packs, plus exclusive cards, and of course the game itself.
by Rainier on Oct. 5, 2006 @ 12:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Matrix Games and 2by3 Games announced that Gary Grigsby’s World At War: A World Divided has gone gold, adding a host of new features to grow the engine well beyond the original game in terms of grand strategy, includes spies, neutral country diplomacy, variable political events, unit experience and scenarios that occur after the war as well as starting earlier than the original.
by Rainier on Oct. 3, 2006 @ 4:39 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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While the first addon has just been released in North America as Silent Heroes, 1C Company is already working on a second addon for Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, Saboteurs 2. You previous sabotage team has been wiped out and now you lead Soviet resistance sniper Ekaterina Strelnikov, and carry out a number complex tasks behind enemy lines.
by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2006 @ 10:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Blizzard has released a small update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.12.1 update balances various character classes, adds user interface fixes, as well as various other tweaks.
by Rainier on Sept. 14, 2006 @ 1:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.
by Rainier on Sept. 13, 2006 @ 3:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.
by Rainier on Sept. 11, 2006 @ 12:26 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Xfire announces a two-week extension for entries to the World of Warcraft Summer Movie Contest, giving aspiring film makers enough time to polish, or even begin, their machinima masterpieces.
by Rainier on Sept. 7, 2006 @ 3:48 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.
by Rainier on Sept. 5, 2006 @ 3:05 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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It is 1942. You take over the command of the Allied forces, the Soviet army or the Germans. Participate in stunning battles forming precisely planned and risky missions. Choose one of the campaigns: lead the Allies in North Africa, the Germans in Leningrad or the Soviets in the eastern part of Pomerania in Poland.
by Rainier on Sept. 5, 2006 @ 1:04 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Xfire and Blizzard remind gamers that the submission deadline for the largest machinima contest featuring Blizzard’s online game World of Warcraft is approaching fast, September 12.
by Rainier on Aug. 25, 2006 @ 9:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.
by Rainier on Aug. 22, 2006 @ 8:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Blizzard has released a small update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.12 update balances various character classes, adds user interface and battlegrounds fixes, as well as several other tweaks.
by Rainier on July 27, 2006 @ 1:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Vivendi Games' revenues of EUR 296 million were 24.4% higher than the prior year, primarily driven by the continued worldwide success of Blizzard's MMORPG World of Warcraft. Other solid performers in the first half of 2006 included the release of Ice Age 2, the game based on Fox movie, and continuing strong sales from backlist products including 50 Cent: Bulletproof and Crash Tag Team Racing.
by Rainier on July 26, 2006 @ 4:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Xfire and Blizzard announced today a new World of Warcraft movie contest, inviting entrants from the US, Canada, and Europe to create movies using the World of Warcraft game and submit them in one of four categories: Short Film, Comedy, Music Video/Dance, and Drama/Action. A total of $23,000 in prizes will be awarded during the contest to entrants submitting the best movies.
by Rainier on July 21, 2006 @ 1:05 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Blizzard revealed today that with the release of WoW: The Burning Crusade players will finally be able to play classes that were previously unavailable to their faction: the blood elves are getting blood elf paladins, while the draenei will have access to the shaman.