The news media puts a lot of headlines towards the idea that video games are addicting. We’ve all heard the “EverCrack” jokes about gamers who spend way too much time staring at the screen and ignoring real life. A few do so to the point that they become completely...

Subscription-based multiplayers are becoming a thing of the past.  A few holdouts still linger, but nearly every major MMO has gone free to play (F2P), marking a huge shift in the gaming market from premium play to freemium. Last month, one of the most venerable games in the MMO role...

Blizzard has announced that its payment service Battle.net Balance is now live.  The new service allows players to purchase digital downloads of all Blizzard games and time cards for World of Warcraft.  The release of Balance also heralds the last step in getting Diablo III online and...

Blizzard has launched the latest World of Warcraft patch, Hour of Twilight, across all servers as of November 29.  The patch announcement was issued late in the day and v4.3 updates are now available for download to all WOW players who log in with their game client. Several new features...

For World of Warcraft players who’re anxious to see how their talents can be maximized in the upcoming Mists of Pandoria expansion, your wait is over!  WOW developers have released a talent calculator for the community to use so you can preview and plan your various builds before...

Lazard Capital Markets has downgraded Activision-Blizzard stock from “buy” to “neutral” after the announcement that World of Warcraft has lost yet more subscriptions.  Blizzard’s third quarter results were lackluster and given the year-long trend of the...

Blizzard has posted its third quarter (Q3) subscriber base as 10.3 million.  That is down from a reported 11.4 million at the first of the year (Q1) and over 800,000 less than the company’s second quarter (Q2) total of 11.1 million. The loss is close to 10% of the company’s...

The first day of Blizzcon 2011 had the announcement of the new World of Warcraft expansion, known as Mists of Pandaria.  The expansion will come with a new playable race from the new maps, the Pandaren.  As it sounds, they are a panda-like race of humanoid bears. The new Pandaren race...

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that virtual attendance tickets for Blizzcon this weekend (October 21-23) are now available.  Further, the company will be auctioning off collectibles in the near future to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Blizzcon happens this...

Blizzard has announced that the v4.3 update to World of Warcraft will have a Raid Finder feature.  Developers have now detailed that a little more in a WoW blog post. The Raid Finder will be similar to the Dungeon Finder feature.  The dev team says that the Raid Finder will “help...

Aeria Games will be starting closed beta on their latest MMO RTS, Golden Age.  The game will enter closed beta on October 19th with testers being able to get keys through several events the developers will be hosting. Events will include: Level Contests – Players who achieve the...

The World of Warcraft site is featuring some updates for the Firelands Raid and Druids at tier 13. The Firelands Raid has been under the eye of the development team, they detail in a blog, as they monitor how the latest addition to the game is working and how close players are getting to...