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Activision Blizzard to slay WoW forum trolls with Real ID

July 8, 2010 10:32 am by Toby Knight

Categories: Gaming Tags: Activision Blizzard, Blizzard, Starcraft, world of warcraft

Activision Blizzard is to force users of its gaming forums to sign in with their real-world names in an attempt to prevent bad behaviour and hate speech.

Anonymous trolls are the curse of many an internet forum but now World of Warcraft and StarCraft players will need to stand by their comments thanks to Activision Blizzard’s Real ID system. Real ID simply requires users to sign in to discussion forums using their real names, the theory being that while Thrunknor the Death Knight might be willing to use somewhat fruity and offensive language to diss his foes, plain old Kevin Smithers might feel a little more restrained.
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StarCraft II drops LAN support to beat pirates

June 30, 2009 2:30 pm by Greg Strachan

Categories: Gaming Tags: Blizzard, LAN, PC, piracy, Starcraft II

Blizzard, creators of World of Warcraft, Diablo and StarCraft, dropped a bit of a bombshell on the RTS community when it announced that there would be no LAN (Local Area Network) support for its upcoming sequel. Instead players will have to use Blizzard’s Battle.net online service, a move which the developer says was a “difficult decision” but a necessary “safeguard against piracy.”

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Diablo 3 screenshots reveal dark and gloomy inventory slots

March 31, 2009 12:00 pm by Greg Strachan

Categories: Computers & Accessories, Gaming Tags: art, Blizzard, Diablo 3, Mac, PC, rpg, world of warcraft, WoW

Diablo 3 is one of the most exciting games on the horizon, even despite the fact that Blizzard is horribly reluctant to pin a date on when we can expect all the hype to come to a climax. The developer has just teased out a new set of screenshots, showcasing Diablo 3’s newly revised inventory and skills system. Read on for the full story and gallery.

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WoW: 16 million World of Warcraft quests completed every day

March 31, 2009 10:00 am by Greg Strachan

Categories: Computers & Accessories, Gaming Tags: Blizzard, Mac, massively multiplayer, MMO, MMORPG, online, PC, quests, world of warcraft, WoW

WoW players rack up an incredible 16.6 million completed quests every single day, lead designer Jeff Kaplan has revealed. That means the 11 million story army of international World of Warcraft players is farming 11,520 quests each minute or 192 per second. Even after five years at the top of the MMO hit list, WoW is showing absolutely no signs of giving up its top spot.

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Lunchtime Lowdown: Apple netbook concept head to head, Skype for iPhone and Palm Pre out April?

March 30, 2009 12:30 pm by Ben Sillis

Categories: Gadgets, Gaming, Mobile Phones Tags: Apple, Blackberry, Blizzard, iPhone, netbook, Palm, pre, sims 3, Skype, Xbox

We’re way past midday already so what are you waiting for? Grab your second meal of the day right now, with all the breaking tech news from around the world squeezed on to your plate in the lunchtime lowdown.

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Blizzard hints next Xbox may feature new “input device”

March 30, 2009 10:11 am by Simon Munk

Categories: Gaming Tags: Blizzard, Game Developers Conference, Microsoft, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rob Pardo, world of warcraft, Xbox 360, Xbox 720

The successor to the Microsoft Xbox 360 could feature a new “cool input device” (controller), if hints from Rob Pardo of World Of Warcraft creators Blizzard are to be believed. Pardo, speaking at a lunch at the Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, confirmed Blizzard had held talks with Microsoft on possible directions for the replacement to the Xbox 360.

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Activision boss confirms DJ Hero is coming

February 2, 2009 12:00 pm by Toby Knight

Categories: Gaming Tags: Activision, Blizzard, davos, dj hero, dj tiesto, rumours

Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has let slip the news that the much-rumoured DJ Hero is in active development and due out later this year.

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24-hour WoW gamer feels Wrath of the Lich King, collapses

November 19, 2008 10:00 am by Greg Strachan

Categories: Gaming Tags: Blizzard, expansion, Games, MMORPG, online, world of warcraft, WoW, Wrath Of The Lich King

A Swedish teenager collapsed after an extended World of Warcraft session. The 15-year-old boy had been celebrating the launch of the latest WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, by inviting friends to his house for a 24-hour marathon bout of gaming. He suffered an epileptic fit caused by a combination of sleep deprivation, lack of food and prolonged concentration on the game, doctors said.

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