The war between the Alliance and Horde will get a new twist later in the year, says World of Warcraft creator Blizzard. The developer will soon allow players to swap allegiance and turn from the Alliance to the Horde or vicea versa, but for a small fee. That fee has yet to be confirmed, and details of [...]
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One of the things I’ve been doing in preparation for patch 3.2 is running a lot of heroics to fill gear holes in my enhancement set, since I am determined to get that set up to a respectable level before the patch drops. I don’t often get to raid enhancement and my restoration set is mostly at the level I need it to be to heal 10 man content, so until fist weapons actually start dropping in raids, that means running CoT Strat a lot and cursing when the Band of Guile drops yet again. Seriousl
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This 12 foot high Orc statue graces the gardens of Blizzard’s home base in Irvine, California. The World of Warcraft and Diablo maker also crafted 3000 little orcs to send home with employees. This, by far, can only be described as epic. If ever an epic was, this is it. The orc and warg stand in the center of an eight pointed compass. Each point represents a different value. My two favorites: “Play Nice, Play Fair” and “Embrace your inner geek.” Mine is tingling. Not to be outdone. I’ve placed
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The Chinese government stepped up and decided to ban all World of Warcraft gold farming and all other MMORPGs that has a currency exchange. Even the developers themselves are not permitted to exchange ingame assets for real goods and services. The Ministry of Commerce issued a press release yesterday stating: “The virtual currency, which is converted into real money at a certain exchange rate, will only be allowed to trade in virtual goods and services provided by its issuer, not real goo
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Farming gold is expected to become a big enough problem that China has banned gold farming. What? Who farms gold? For those unfamiliar with this hidden economy, “ gold farming ” is a term that refers to performing tasks that allow you to level up in games. Such “farming” includes actually digging for gold, building characters for sale, lurking to kill players who regenerate in the same place, and other actions which may save time and effort for would be game players. There is a sizable busin
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