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World of Warcraft to Give Away Level 80 Characters – Escapist Magazine

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World of Warcraft to Give Away Level 80 Characters
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World of Warcraft has always had ways for friends to connect in Azeroth, and the Scroll of Resurrection promotion was a way to get lapsed players back into the game – and give a healthy XP boost to the currently paying customer.
World Of Warcraft Giving Free Level 80 Character To Returning PlayersCinema Blend
World of Warcraft retirees tempted with level 80 character, Cataclysm upgradeVG247
World of Warcraft's Scroll Of Resurrection Revamped: Free Level 80 Characters …G4 TV (blog)

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Playing World of Warcraft Improves Old People’s MInds – Escapist Magazine

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Playing World of Warcraft Improves Old People's MInds
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A study showed playing Wow helped senior citizens think better after just a short time. World of Warcraft is many things to different people. Some players love the social aspect of forming parties and guilds, while others love min-maxing their Undead …
World of Warcraft Boosts Cognitive Functioning in Older AdultsScience Daily (press release)
Now us old farts have a reason to play World of WarcraftThe Inquisitr
Playing WoW helps boost cognitive skillsTG Daily
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Blizzard Didn’t Anticipate WoW’s Demand – Escapist Magazine

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Blizzard Didn't Anticipate WoW's Demand
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Blizzard "grossly underestimated" the demand for World of Warcraft to the point where it had to stop shipping boxes to stores. World of Warcraft is pretty much the benchmark by which all other MMOs are measured against these days.
Blizzard curbs World of Warcraft exodusMCV
World of Warcraft loses another 100K subscribersVideogamer.com
World of Warcraft subscriber losses calmDevelop
Joystiq -Gamebandits (blog) -Gaming Bus
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Entire World of Warcraft Gets Recreated in Minecraft – Escapist Magazine

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Entire World of Warcraft Gets Recreated in Minecraft
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Cut to Mojang Forum user Rumsey, and his epic quest to bring all of World of Warcraft (dungeons and all) into the blocky lands of Minecraft. Accomplishing such a feat requires specialized software that helps transfer the map data into the game, …
World of Warcraft universe recreated in MinecraftEurogamer.net
The world of World of Warcraft recreated in MinecraftJoystiq
World of Warcraft Being Recreated in MinecraftPiki Geek
msnbc.com (blog) (subscription) -Computerandvideogames.com -High-Def Digest
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Kingdoms of Amalur’s Combat The “Best” Of Any RPG – Escapist Magazine

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Kingdoms of Amalur's Combat The "Best" Of Any RPG
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… demo this afternoon, I'm willing to agree that it's got a big storyline that feels like something straight out of one of Salvatore's books; the art style is also impressive (even though it's more than a little reminiscent of World of Warcraft).
Lead designer says Kingdoms of Amalur: The Reckoning has best RPG combat everNEWS.com.au
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20 Million Minecraft Fans Can’t Be Wrong – Escapist Magazine

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20 Million Minecraft Fans Can't Be Wrong
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World of Warcraft had 12.5 million concurrent users at its peak. As of this weekend, Minecraft has more registered users than both of those combined. Of course, not all of those are paying customers with Markus "Notch" Persson reporting that only about …

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Dissociation Through Gaming – Escapist Magazine

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Dissociation Through Gaming
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I try to engage in deep philosophical thinking, but it ends up going nowhere, as I get lost in gaming, anywhere from 2 minutes of Minecraft to 12 hours of World of Warcraft. I end up losing my sense of time which forces me to rely on external alarms to …

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The Psychology of Playing MMOs – Escapist Magazine

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The Psychology of Playing MMOs
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I consume quests like candy, and crafting is a serious enterprise for me, but a curious thing happens when I pay a monthly fee to log in to a persistent world: investment, and not in a good way. I put nearly 500 hours into playing World of Warcraft, …

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Blizzard Has Banked $26 Million From WoW Authenticators – Escapist Magazine

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Blizzard Has Banked Million From WoW Authenticators
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World of Warcraft might be down 800000 players, but that hasn't stopped Blizzard from raking in a tidy profit in other ways from those who've stayed. Despite widely reported subscription losses, World of Warcraft is still making Blizzard a silly amount …
Blizzard has made million just from Battle.net AuthenticatorsGeek

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The State of D&D: Present – Escapist Magazine

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The State of D&D: Present
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But as result of Hasbro's desire to turn D&D into a 0 million business, and the success of fantasy MMO videogames like World of Warcraft, the release of the 4th edition in 2008 changed more of the game than many fans were comfortable with and …

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