Neowin News Feed for: Warcraft

Looks like Blizzard is working on a remaster of Warcraft II from 1995

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 09:30:01 +0000

Blizzard seems to be preparing to announce Warcraft II: Remastered soon, according to leaked files from dataminers. Read more...

Blizzard announces Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct, teases multiple surprises

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:36:01 +0000

Blizzard is promising multiple surprises for Warcraft fans in the upcoming 30th anniversary special Direct broadcast. Read more...

Blizzard finally brings back the in-person BlizzCon to Anaheim, California on November 3-4

John Callaham — Wed, 17 May 2023 17:52:01 +0000

The fan gathering for all things Blizzard Entertainment will host its first in-person event in four years at the Anaheim Convention Center on November 3-4, with more details to be revealed later. Read more...

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands could feature Nvidia RTX and DirectX 12

Sayan Sen — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:18:01 +0000

Blizzard's new World of Warcraft expansion, Shadowlands, could feature several new engine-level features like Nvidia's RTX and Microsoft's DirectX 12, to make for a next-gen experience. Read more...

GOG now sells Warcraft 1 and 2 optimized for modern systems

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:00:01 +0000

Following Diablo, GOG and Blizzard have now brought Warcraft: Orcs and Humans and Warcraft II Battle.net Edition into the DRM-free store. The games have been updated to run on modern systems. Read more...

Activision Blizzard game developer workforce set to increase 20% in 2019

Paul Hill — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 02:24:01 +0000

Activision Blizzard has announced that it is going to increase the number of developers working on its games by 20% over the coming year. Unfortunately it said there will be 800 job losses. Read more...

Microsoft HoloLens brings movie characters "into the real world" with Legendary partnership

Andy Weir — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:47:57 +0000

Movie giant Legendary has teamed up with Microsoft to develop new experiences for film fans, such as interacting with film characters in mixed reality videos which they can then share online. Read more...

The first full-length Warcraft movie trailer is here

Chris Schroeder — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 01:06:01 +0000

The movie based on Blizzard's Warcraft franchise finally gets its first full length trailer. If you love heavy amounts of CGI and mythical beasts, then you've come to the right place. Read more...

Hearthstone goes fully mobile; now available on iOS and Android smartphones

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 08:54:01 +0000

Blizzard's popular card-game is now finally available on almost all smartphones. The new Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft app brings all the game's features and an UI optimized for smaller screens. Read more...

The Art of Blizzard hardcover book coming in October

John Callaham — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:42:35 +0000

Insight Editions will publish The Art of Blizzard in October, a 352 page hardcover book with nearly 800 art pieces from Blizzard's many game franchises, along with commentary from team members. Read more...

Blizzard announces changes in attempt to cull forum trolls

Owen Williams — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:45:34 +0000

With the release of the beta of Starcraft II, Blizzard introduced a new feature called "Real ID" -- essentially the feature is your "real-life" full name being used as your username. The feature was trumpeted... Read more...

Next World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm announced

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:33:53 +0000

After several weeks of rumors, the new World of Warcraft expansion, titled Cataclysm has been announced at this year's Blizzcon. At the conference several details were described but there is still no estimated release date... Read more...

Blizzard wins Warcraft bot battle

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:44:44 +0000

Blizzard has won the first round of a legal battle against the maker of software that automates game play in World of Warcraft. It brought the case against MDY Industries claiming its WowGlider program... Read more...

World of Warcraft Patch 2.4.0 - Fury of the Sunwell Released

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:07:12 +0000

The glorious fount of arcane energy known as the Sunwell empowered the high elves for millennia, until the death knight Arthas laid siege to the elven kingdom and corrupted its sacred energies. Seeing no other... Read more...

World of Warcraft v2.3.3 Patch

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:11:54 +0000

Blizzard has released a new patch for World of Warcraft, bringing their popular MMORPG to v2.3.3. The patch contains some bugfixes and improves data load times when newly entering the world and after zoning into... Read more...

DELL XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition Is Here!

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:40:39 +0000

In a quest to nail the greatest gaming experience ever, Dell and Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. have joined forces to bring gamers the XPS™ M1730 World of Warcraft® Edition notebook PC. This mobile gaming platform comes... Read more...

Blizzard not thinking about World of Warcraft 2

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:43:01 +0000

MMO developer eager to expand World of Warcraft before any sequel enters development. The developer behind the world's most popular MMO, World of Warcraft, has told VideoGamer.com that it has not even begun to think... Read more...

World of Warcraft Patch 2.3 going live today!

Todd Tanner — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:38:45 +0000

Well folks, today is the big day (some of) you have been waiting for. If you are a casual or die hard World of Warcraft player - then today is the day things change for... Read more...

World of Warcraft 2.3 Patch Info Released

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:59:10 +0000

Over on the official World of Warcraft forums Blizzard has revealed some important info on how the upcoming 2.3 patch will make advancing to level 60 a bit easier. The most notable change will be... Read more...

World of Warcraft - The Movie; $100M Budget, and more info

Todd Tanner — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:00:27 +0000

Hundreds of attendees here at BlizzCon took time off from playing StarCraft II and the newly announced World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, to attend a spirited panel on the upcoming WOW... Read more...

World of Warcraft Has More Subscribers Than NYC Population

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:31:05 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced on Tuesday that it's incredibly successful MMORPG, World of Warcraft, has surpassed more than 9 million subscribers worldwide. "We're thrilled that gamers around the world have continued to embrace World of... Read more...

World of Warcraft boosts Vivendi sales by over 25% in 2006

Todd Tanner — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:20:38 +0000

Yes, that everlasting behemoth World of Warcraft has once again proven to be most lucrative. This time Vivendi is reporting some good news, news I'm sure the executives are happy about: Last year, the... Read more...

NPD Group: World of Warcraft Pushes 1M, PC Sales Up 1% In 06

Todd Tanner — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:00:59 +0000

According the the NPD Group (who are these guys anyway?) 2006 was a pretty good year for PC gaming. No, PC gaming isn't dead like everyone says every time new consoles come out. Far from... Read more...

World of Warcraft Passes 8 Million Subscriber Mark

Todd Tanner — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:26:58 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that World of Warcraft®, its subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), is now played by more than 8 million gamers around the world. World of Warcraft has... Read more...

World of Warcraft 2.01 Patch Released - Big Changes!

Todd Tanner — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:14:06 +0000

Well the lead up to The Burning Crusade expansion for World of Warcraft is indeed in full swing now. Today Blizzard released the much anticipated 2.01 patch for WoW aptly named the "Calm before the... Read more...

World of Warcraft 2.0 Patch News

Todd Tanner — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:02:25 +0000

The World of Warcraft, which seemingly is an unstoppable monster these days, will of course expand greatly in January 2007 with the release of the much anticipated expansion The Burning Crusade. But before the expansion... Read more...

World of Warcraft Guild Banned For "Cheating"

Todd Tanner — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:17:23 +0000

The World of Warcraft guild Overrated has been permanently banned by Blizzard Entertainment after it was caught cheating in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Guild members used an exploit that essentially knocked down walls,... Read more...

World of Warcraft 2nd Anniversary Contest - What?

Todd Tanner — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:34:54 +0000

I don't normally bad mouth Blizzard when it comes to World of Warcraft, lord only knows I spent near 800 hours so far (according to Xfire anyway) playing the damn game. But Blizzard just announced... Read more...

World of Warcraft Machinima Contest Winners

Todd Tanner — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:17:54 +0000

Joystiq is covering the Blizzard/Xfire sponsored World of Warcraft machinima contest, and includes all 8 winning videos for you to watch and enjoy along with some of the runner-up videos. The... Read more...

World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade Delayed

Todd Tanner — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:18:56 +0000

Thanks to ActionTrip for the heads up. PARIS, France -- Blizzard Entertainment® today announced that the release date for World of Warcraft®: The Burning Crusade™, the highly anticipated expansion for World... Read more...

Blizzard nukes another 76,000 morons from World of Warcraft

Todd Tanner — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:30:58 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment announced earlier today that they had laid the smack down on more than 76,000 hacking idiots in that little known MMORPG World of Warcraft. In addition to the bans, Blizzard also nuked 11... Read more...

Blizzard's World of Warcraft Exceeds 50% Market Share

giga — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 20:04:23 +0000

According to the web site MMOGCHART.com, Blizzard's popular World of Warcraft has surpassed all of its MMO rivals in market share. The addictive massively multiplayer online rpg captured a market share of 50.6% recently, topping... Read more...

Blizzard Announces Warcraft Movie

Wed, 10 May 2006 15:30:50 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Legendary Pictures today announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop a live-action film based on Blizzard Entertainment's award-winning Warcraft universe. Based on the terms of the agreement, Legendary... Read more...

Blizzard Posts Vol. 3 of Their World of Warcraft Battleplan

Thu, 04 May 2006 15:06:39 +0000

World of Warcraft gamers can now catch a glimpse of what's to come in future content updates as well as what to expect in future realm transfers and weekly maintenance. Quote - ... Read more...

Trojan Snags World Of Warcraft Passwords

Wed, 03 May 2006 14:39:27 +0000

Attackers hope to take over users' accounts, then make money by selling the players' in-game goods, such as weapons. A new password-stealing Trojan targeting players of the popular online game "World of Warcraft"... Read more...

World of Warcraft Atlas Gift Pack now available

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 01:20:46 +0000

Blizzard Online Store has released their World of Warcraft Atlas Gift Pack from Brady Games! This Gift Pack is a comprehensive hardcover resource which includes maps ofall regions and major cities as well as... Read more...

Is World of Warcraft the New Golf?

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:54:21 +0000

Overheard, at brunch: two tech entrepreneur types discussing World of Warcraft. What server are you on? What guild? Oh yeah, me too, I heard it's a good way to schmooze. Is that true? Has logging... Read more...

World of Warcraft patch 1.9.0 released

Todd Tanner — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:31:04 +0000

Well it would seem while everyone else in the world was busy with holiday celebrations and New Years, Blizzard workers were being forced to slave away on World of Warcraft. The fruits of their labor:... Read more...

World of Warcraft rumor - New Alliance race confirmed?

Todd Tanner — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:12:55 +0000

According to Kotaku, the new Alliance race is none other than the Draenei. Now here is where it gets interesting though. You see this rumor and supposed confirmation of said rumor comes from Parting Visions... Read more...

World of Warcraft surpasses 5 million subscribers

Todd Tanner — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:46:12 +0000

Blizzard today announced that its massively multiplayer online role playing game World of Warcraft has now passed the 5 million subscriber mark. This figure is worldwide and includes all active regular monthly accounts, prepaid cards,... Read more...