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The MMO Report: Thursday, April 23rd
You can exhale now. Casey Schreiner has returned, and this time it's personal. This week Casey explains how MIT has brought us closer to the end of says with their "WoW Pod", why Age of Conan wants you to have a starring role in their game, and how WTF Second Life is bringing sci-fi nerds of all kinds together to fight an impending...
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'World of Warcraft' Ulduar Story Trailer: Blizzard's Latest Epic Storytelling Illustrated
Yesterday's "Secrets of Ulduar" patch for Blizzard's eternally popular MMORPG World of Warcraft brought with it plenty of exciting updates. Here now, is the story trailer to bring neophytes up to speed on the story arch developments of the latest dungeon expansion. I've personally retired many moons ago from the Goon Squad-infested...
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'World of WarCraft' Adds New Dungeon, Dual Talent Specialization
Blizzard has dropped a massive patch on the millions that play World of WarCraft, now at version 3.1.0. In addition to the usual laundry list of class changes and balance tweaks, 3.1.0 brings a new dungeon, Ulduar, and the ability to specialize two sets of talents and freely switch between them. Ulduar is the third Titan dungeon and is a 10 or...
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The MMO Report: Thursday, April 9th
Hope you all enjoyed John Walsh's guest appearance last week, because this time Casey is back full force. You might want to put some sunglasses on. This week, Casey shows off the story timeline trailer from Star Wars: The Old Republic, talks about why PETA is protesting Canadian Seal Clubbing practices in World of Warcraft, and the rumors...
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The MMO Report: Friday, March 27th
It's the week of GDC and that means we're all a little bit busier than normal. Compound that fact with a few technical difficulties, and you'll understand why The MMO Report was delayed a day. If you don't understand, well there's just no talking sense to you and we don't need your compassion anyway! Moving on, this week, Casey will tell you...
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Blizzard Launches New Battle.net Website With Merged Accounts
Blizzard Entertainment launched a newly redesigned Battle.net webpage and converted any Blizzard Store accounts to Battle.net accounts. Additionally, World of WarCraft players can merge their Battle.net account and WoW account. This change is basically organizational, but will require you to use your registered email address as your WoW account...
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I Was a 'World of Warcraft' Gold-Buyer...a shocking, true-life confession
Nick Ryan at Eurogamer has posted the first of a four part exposé series on the world of gold trading in MMOs. Ryan asks the question, “Is gold selling like pornography: something more of us do than admit? A shameful secret, something indulged alone and at night, in front of the screen; or during a lunchbreak, safely away from a...
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The MMO Report: Thursday, March 5
It's Thursday and you know what that means. That's right, it means tomorrow is Friday -- the day I finally get to see Watchmen in the theaters and then get blind stinking drunk afterwards to drown my disappointment. However, while we're still in today, Casey is going to drop some MMO knowledge on your ass. This week, he'll talk about how Tabula...
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The MMO Report: Thursday, February 26th
You're getting a double dose of the MMO Report this week. Consider yourself very, very lucky. In this episode, Casey covers the trailer for the upcoming EVE Online expansion Apocrypha, the story that Sony released four years of EverQuest 2 server logs to the scientific community for research purposes, and the fact that someone who won an Oscar...
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'World of Warcraft' Ulduar Raid Dungeon Preview, 3.1 Patch Notes
Blizzard gives us the first peek into it's latest World of Warcraft raid dungeon with this preview teaser for Ulduar coming in the anticipated 3.1 patch. Also, be sure to check out the latest patch notes after the cut. Labeled to be the most unique raid experience yet, the new dungeon will utilize seige weapons and the raid difficulty settings...
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Oscar Winner Also A 'World of Warcraft' Guild Leader
I'm told that the Academy Awards took place this weekend and many millionaires gave other millionaires pats on the back and golden statues. What you might not have known, however, was that one Oscar winner is a World of Warcraft guild leader. Steve Preeg took home a Best Achievement in Visual Effects Oscar for his work on The Curious Case of...
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Blizzard Won't Be At E3 This Year
On Monday, ESA released the list of companies that plan on attending this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3, and surprisingly, Activision Blizzard was on the list. The mega-publisher was absent from last year's smaller, more compact Expo, holding its own gaming event that same week at another location in Los Angeles. Although...
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'World of Warcraft' Made Half of Activision's Earnings
According to Edge-Online, World of Warcraft made up half of Activision Blizzard's earnings last year: Arvind Bhatia with Stern Agee said in a Wednesday research note that he expects WoW subscriptions amounted to earnings per share of about 30 cents out of a total 60 cents, or around $400 million total, in the fiscal year ended in December. That...
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Nielsen Says PlayStation 2 is Most Popular in 2008
Nielsen Ratings, the media research company which determines TV viewing audience size and programs watched, has come up with 2008's list of "Top Tens" for video-game console usage. According to the company's data, the PlayStation 2 has been determined the console that most gamers collectively spend playing. PS2 users counted for 31.7...
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'World of WarCraft' Hits 11.5 Million, 'Lich King' Sells 4M in One Month
Blizzard's World of WarCraft has managed to hit 11.5 million players worldwide. Eleven point five million... Also, they've sold 4 million copies of Wrath of the Lich King in the first month of its availability. Now that Blizzard is most likely drowning in their own money, I've got a suggestion on how to get rid of some of that annoying...
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The MMO Report: Thursday, May 21st
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The MMO Report: Thursday, April 23rd
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World of Warcraft Ulduar Story Trailer
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The MMO Report: Thursday, April 9th
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The MMO Report: Friday, March 27th
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