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Vivendi Games Posts 24% Sales Decline Without New WoW Expansion in Q1
Emphasizing just how important World of Warcraft has become to Vivendi, the absence of a new expansion in Q1 dragged the games unit's sales down 24%.
- Type: News
- Posted: 05/14/2008
- Written By: James Brightman
Blizzard's Rob Pardo Keynoting Paris GDC 08
The man at the center of the Warcraft and StarCraft franchises will be giving a Q&A session at this year's Paris GDC titled "In the Eye of the Blizzard: a Keynote Q&A with Rob Pardo."
- Type: News
- Posted: 05/13/2008
- Written By: David Radd
MLG Launching PC Circuit
Teaming up with partners HP and Blizzard Entertainment, Major League Gaming will be launching its PC Circuit in San Diego on June 13 – 15 alongside MLG's Pro Circuit event.
- Type: News
- Posted: 05/13/2008
- Written By: David Radd
Blizzard Offers Direct Downloads
Before you get all excited about how Blizzard is finally going to offer World of Warcraft as a downloadable game (because that would only make sense), it only applies to Warcraft III and StarCraft right now.
- Type: News
- Posted: 05/06/2008
- Written By: David Radd
Wrath of the Lich King Comes to China
The corrupted Arthas Menethil calls heroes from all corners of the world, and now, he'll be able to extend his icy tendrils of influences into mainland China for the benefit of the Undead Scourge.
- Type: News
- Posted: 04/14/2008
- Written By: David Radd
World of Warcraft Hits Record One Million Concurrent Chinese Players
There's no telling how many thousands of them happen to be gold farmers, but regardless, it's still a point to celebrate among the teeming masses of WoW players.
- Type: News
- Posted: 04/11/2008
- Written By: David Radd
Study: Violent Online Gaming Relaxes People
Need to relax? Play some World of Warcraft. A new study in the U.K. has found that playing online violent games actually reduces anger and relaxes gamers.
- Type: News
- Posted: 04/02/2008
- Written By: James Brightman
Trion: Activision Blizzard Trying to Scare Competition
Trion World Network CEO Lars Buttler believes that Activision's Bobby Kotick is "scaring competition" by talking about how even a $1 billion investment would be ineffective against World of Warcraft.
- Type: News
- Posted: 02/29/2008
- Written By: James Brightman
DICE: Team Blizzard Talks About the Evolution to Success
Everyone knows nowadays that Blizzard has become hugely successful thanks to its hit MMORPG World of Warcraft. What you may not know is the slow and calculated process it took get to that point.
- Type: News
- Posted: 02/07/2008
- Written By: David Radd
The Activision Blizzard Deal That Almost Wasn't
Negotiations between giant corporations can be sticky business. The mega merger between Activision and Vivendi Games nearly fell apart during the course of a year-long negotiation period.
- Type: News
- Posted: 02/01/2008
- Written By: James Brightman
World of Warcraft
- GenreMMORPG
- Release Date11/23/2004
- PublisherBlizzard Entertainment
- DeveloperBlizzard Entertainment
- ESRBT - Teen
