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1. Blizzard showcases Cataclysm at BlizzCon '09

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   Blizzard Entertainment kicked off BlizzCon 2009 by showcasing its third World of Warcraft expansion. Cataclysm - which introduces two new playable races - is expected to bring 'sweeping changes' to Azeroth. ...

2. Epic gallery of (almost) everyone who makes World of Warcraft

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   ... of the World of Warcraft expansion: Wrath of the Lich King at the Electronic Fry’s store in Anaheim, we snapped photos of 140 WoW developers and you can see all of them in the three slideshows below. ...

3. We (barely) survived the Wrath of the Lich King launch

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     My thumb is numb from taking hundreds of photos and I can't even feel my feet anymore.  But that doesn’t matter because I own the newest World of Warcraft expansion pack Wrath of the Lich ...

4. Gallery - WoW fans camp out at Anaheim Fry’s

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   ... line for the initial launch of World of Warcraft and the Burning Crusade expansion pack. Fry’s will open its doors at 12:01 AM Thursday to sell the $39.99 WoW: Wrath of the Lich King expansion.  ...

5. World of Warcraft mouse pulses light and comes with Hot Pockets

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   ... light in more than 16 million colors.  Hard-core WoW players can create macros of up to 160 characters for each button.  To ease macro creation, SteelSeries has included 130 predefined commands. ...

6. WoW to unleash Lich King on November 13

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   ... says Lich King will require both the original WoW game, as well as the first expansion pack Burning Crusade, to operate. This seems a little unusual in that usually expansion packs just require the original ...

7. ESA reveals An Inconvenient Truth about the gaming industry

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   ... game took the top two spots, closely followed by The Sims 2 Seasons add-on. Interestingly enough, thanks to popularity of WoW franchise, 12th most sold game in 2007 was WarCraft III: Battle Chest, followed ...

8. Guild Wars passes the 5 million mark

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   Blizzard's 800-pound gorilla World of Warcraft isn’t the only relevant game in the MMORPG genre. Bellevue (WA) - Blizzard's 800-pound gorilla World of Warcraft isn’t the only relevant game in the MMORPG ...

9. World of Warcraft hits 10 million users

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   Over 10 million active subscribers are now part of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft. Irvine (CA) - Over 10 million active subscribers are now part of the massively ...

10. World of Warcraft reaches 9 million subscribers

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    Blizzard Entertainment has announced that its hit World of Warcraft MMORPG has reached 9 million subscribers. Irvine (CA) – Blizzard Entertainment has announced that its hit World of Warcraft ...

11. No more bones and skeletons in Chinese WoW

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    World of Warcraft players in China are getting a friendlier version of the game after a Chinese distributor removed all bones and skeletons. Beijing (China) – World of Warcraft players in China ...

12. Vivendi game revenues surge 117%

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    ... sales of the World of Warcraft Burning Crusade expansion pack.  Revenues for the games divison, which includes the makers of WoW Blizzard Entertainment, jumped 117 percent. The games division raked ...

13. Blizzard offers 10-day trial of WoW expansion

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    Blizzard is now offering a 10-day free trial of its Burning Crusade World of Warcraft Expansion. Irvine (CA) - Blizzard is now offering a 10-day free trial of its Burning Crusade World of Warcraft Expansion.  ...

14. World of Warcraft fans brave cold temps to grab expansion pack

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    On an insanely cold night, at least by Southern California standards, thousands of World of Warcraft fans waited to buy the Burning Crusade expansion pack. Several EB Games stores in the area opened at ...

15. World of Warcraft hits 8 million subscribers

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    ... along with 1.5 million in Europe and an incredible 3.5 million in China. At any one time several hundred thousand players are playing WoW and during peak times in the evenings the wait to enter the servers ...

16. World of Warcraft Expansion coming to Taiwan and Hong Kong

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    ... the game and manages WoW servers within China and gives about 25 percent back to Blizzard. The9 estimates that China has almost six million WoW players out of the 7.5 million worldwide total.  ...

17. Blizzard sets final release date for World of Warcraft Expansion

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    Blizzard is setting the final release date for the Burning Crusade expansion pack for World of Warcraft. Burning Crusade will be released on January 16th, 2007 for North America and Europe and Blizzard ...

18. World of Warcraft expansion to miss holiday season

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    As video game fans prepare for a massive set of releases for the holiday season, today, one anticipated title was taken off the list on games slated for a pre-Christmas launch. The first official expansion ...

19. World of Warcraft expansion pack beta test - Update 4 High-res gallery of Silvermoon

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20. Blizzard "finalizes" character abilities for WoW expansion pack

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    World of Warcraft fans finally are getting a glimpse at the new Hunter spells and talents. The upcoming WoW expansion pack: The Burning Crusade will include new abilities for all of the classes. In the ...

21. Comic-Con 2006: Video games lure Comic fans

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    ... games (MMOG). World of Warcraft fans constantly streamed into Blizzard's booth to play Burning Crusade, an upcoming WoW expansion pack. Several Blizzard Community Managers also showed up and "Nathaera" ...

22. Vivendi Games confirms E3 lineup with WoW expansion, F.E.A.R. 360, Eragon

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    Fresh from its parent company's separation from Universal, Vivendi Games is taking advantage of its newly independent status to add one more title to this year's big E3 push, making it an official "triple ...

23. E3 2006 Preview: The showdown between consoles and PCs

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    ... that name's been taken already. Blizzard's The Burning Crusade expansion to WoW, expected at E3, actually will create an entirely new continent, called "Outland," where one might find a new race of so-called ...

24. World of Warcraft surpasses five million players

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    Blizzard Entertainment announced that World of Warcraft (WoW) has surpassed five million customers worldwide. The online role-playing game, where people pay up to $15 a month, was launched last year and ...

25. BlizzCon: Gamers unite in Southern California

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    ... get first look at expansion pack It's safe to say that most of the attendees of BlizzCon were there as a result of playing World of Warcraft. While details of the WoW expansion have been circulating the ...

26. WoW expansion: The Burning Crusade debuts at Blizzcon

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    ... and items. For the estimated four million WoW players, the expansion's most anticipated feature will probably be the raising of the level cap from 60 to 70. Blizzcon attendees in Anaheim got a sneak ...