Just when you thought Android was behind the curve when it came to mobile gaming, GameString has thrown us a curveball. World of Warcraft (WoW) is coming to Android smartphone! In a alpha demonstration using GameString Platform’s remote play technology we get to see this bad boy in action, ready?
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The Panasonic Jungle, a new gaming device, has popped up out of nowhere to battle the PSP Go and Nintendo 3DS. Panasonic’s first gaming console since the late-lamented 3DO (remember that?) is pitched at MMO fans. But with looks that resemble the open-source Pandora but without its openness, can the Panasonic Jungle take on bigger beasts like the PSP Go, Nintendo 3DS and the new iPod touch?
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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Guitar Hero World Tour could be going on a real concert tour, according to Bobby Kotick, CEO of Guitar Hero’s publisher Activision Blizzard. Weirder still, the Guitar Hero series may also be getting a spin-off reality TV show, according to comments from Kotick.
The Cure never sang about “Tuesday, I’m in Love”, but then, they never had someone go out of a Tuesday and round up all the latest tech news for them week in week out. You do though, us, so read on for everything we’ve got word of in the lunchtime lowdown.
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.
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.
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.