Neowin News Feed for: World of warcraft

Blizzard to hold 2013 BlizzCon on November 8-9

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:47:47 +0000

Blizzard announced that it will hold the 2013 edition of its BlizzCon fan event on November 8-9 in Anaheim, California but tickets for the event are not yet on sale. Read more...

Will Blizzard enter the Linux gaming trend in 2013?

John Callaham — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:00:18 +0000

A new report claims that Blizzard plans to release a Linux port for at least one of its major games in 2013, joining the trend of increased interest in Linux gaming. Read more...

World of Warcraft hackers kill lots of in-game characters

John Callaham — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:13:19 +0100

Hackers apparently found an exploit in the servers of Blizzard's hit MMO World of Warcraft that allowed them to kill lots of player characters and NPCs all at once. Blizzard says it has now fixed it. Read more...

World of Warcraft center of Maine political race

John Callaham — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:21:55 +0100

A Democratic candidate for a state senate office in Maine this year is being slammed by her Republican opponents because of her hobby. playing World of Warcraft. Read more...

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria sells 2.7 million units in first week

John Callaham — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:30:10 +0100

Blizzard has announced that Mists of Pandaria, the fourth commercial expansion pack for World of Warcraft, sold 2.7 million units in its first week of sales in late September. Read more...

Blizzard has "no particular fear" of Windows 8

John Callaham — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:49:01 +0100

Blizzard senior software engineer Darren Williams says that the game developer has "no particular fear" of Windows 8 as the company gets ready to launch its latest World of Warcraft expansion. Read more...

Blizzard watermarks WoW screenshots with player info

Nathan Tsui — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:55:45 +0100

Astute players of World of Warcraft have discovered that watermarks are being inserted into screenshots taken of the game. The watermark data includes identifying player and server information. Read more...

World of Warcraft banned in Iran due to US sanctions

John Callaham — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:28:36 +0100

Blizzard has now admitted that its games, including its hit MMO World of Warcraft, are banned from being accessed by residents of Iran due to the sanctions against that country by the US government. Read more...

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria cinematic revealed

John Callaham — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:14:19 +0100

Blizzard has released the opening CGI cinematic for the upcoming MMO expansion pack World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, which will officially launch later in September. Read more...

World of Warcraft loses 1.1 million users in Q2 2012

John Callaham — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:06:41 +0100

Activision Blizzard has revealed that the fantasy MMO World of Warcraft currently has 9.1 million subscribers, a loss of 1.1 million users in the second quarter of 2012. Read more...

Blizzard's Rob Pardo: Windows 8 is "not awesome" for the company

John Callaham — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:52:52 +0100

Rob Pardo, the Executive Vice President at Blizzard Entertainment, apparently agrees with Valve's Gabe Newell and his harsh assessment of Windows 8, calling it "not awesome for Blizzard either." Read more...

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria gets Sept. 25th launch date

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:44:22 +0100

Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, the next expansion pack for their hit fantasy MMO, will be released on September 25th in three versions. Read more...

Diablo III sells over 3.5 million copies in first 24 hours

John Callaham — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:06:18 +0100

Blizzard has announced that Diablo III sold over 3.5 million copies in just its first 24 hours. That number doesn't include 1.2 million players who got it for free in a World of Warcraft promotion. Read more...

Anders Brevik played World of Warcraft for over a year

Paul Ferson — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:15:24 +0100

As Anders Behring Breivik faces trial, he comes up with some completely baffling claims, such as being a member of the Knights Templar, as well as being found as an avid player of Blizzard's MMO. Read more...

Blizzard announces layoffs of 600 employees

John Callaham — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:48:32 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment has announced it will be laying off 600 of its employees, although it adds that all of its games under development, including Diablo III, will be unaffected. Read more...

Gaming News Round-Up: November 19-20

John Callaham — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:54:29 +0000

This weekend's round up of game news includes word on a new feature on Playstation Home, a new game developmet studio making free-to-play hardcore first person shooter and more. Read more...

Gaming news round-up: October 17-23

John Callaham — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:20:02 +0100

The weekly gaming news round-up feature returns with Diablo III, Battlefield 3, World of Warcraft, Batman Arkham City, Portal 2, Mass Effect 3, Prison Architect, Mechwarrior 5 and more Read more...

Diablo III to be free for 12-month World of Warcraft subscribers

John Callaham — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:52:12 +0100

Blizzard has announced that 12 month subscribers to its hit MMO World of Warcraft will be able to get a free version of its upcoming fantasy action-RPG sequel Diablo III when it is released in 2012. Read more...

SteelSeries reveals new World of Warcraft PC mouse

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:26:10 +0100

SteelSeries has announced a new gaming PC mouse made especially for playing Blizzard's popular MMO game World of Warcraft. Read more...

Norway store pulls some games from shelves in wake of murders

John Callaham — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:40:33 +0100

After the events in Norway earlier this month that caused dozens of people to be killed, a retailer in that country has decided to remove a number of PC and console games from its store shelves. Read more...