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Blizzard investigating mobile and free-to-play – GamesIndustry.biz (registration)
Blizzard investigating mobile and free-to-playGamesIndustry.biz (registration)Blizzard chief operating officer Paul Sams has revealed that the World Of Warcraft developer has teams already working on mobile and tablet, and the company would consider making its titles free-to-play. "We do have a group within the organization …Blizzard Looking into Mobile Gaming and Free-To-Play Business ModelIBTimesall 3 news [...]
Star Wars: The Old Republic “highly derivative” of Warcraft – GamesIndustry.biz (registration)
Star Wars: The Old Republic "highly derivative" of WarcraftGamesIndustry.biz (registration)Analyst firm Cowen and Company has described EA's MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic as "highly derivative" of World of Warcraft and suggested the game may miss its 2011 release. "We got hands-on time with the game, and were largely unimpressed," stated …SW:TOR "Will More Than [...]
BlizzCon 2011 sees third yearly price increase – GamesIndustry.biz
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BlizzCon 2011 sees third yearly price increaseGamesIndustry.bizWorld of Warcraft maker Blizzard Entertainment has announced that tickets for the BlizzCon event will go on sale from May 21, with the price rising for the third year in a row. Tickets will go on sale in two batches, the first on Saturday, …ACTIVISION BLIZZRD : BlizzCon® 2011 [...]
Australian site opening virtual goods market – GamesIndustry.biz
Australian site opening virtual goods marketGamesIndustry.bizTrading of various in-game equipment and perks, for titles as diverse as Farmville and World of Warcraft, already takes place on the site's forums, but site founder Roy Hui hopes to turn that trading into a business model. …and more »
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ZeniMax to create new jobs with Irish customer support centre – GamesIndustry.biz
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ZeniMax to create new jobs with Irish customer support centreGamesIndustry.bizThe facility will support future massively multiplayer online projects from publishing arm Bethesda, and is to be led by Rich Barham previously with Blizzard Entertainment and responsible for customer care for World of Warcraft. …ZeniMax Online to open MMO support facilityVideogamer.comGaming firm to open customer support [...]
Bungie: New game is “massively multiplayer action game” – GamesIndustry.biz
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Bungie: New game is "massively multiplayer action game"GamesIndustry.bizSome sources have even suggested that World of Warcraft maker Blizzard was providing assistance on the project. The latter rumours led to the project being summarised as "WoW in space" by some commentators, but an outright rejection of this tag was the …Bungie's new game is an MMOMCVSurprise: [...]
NetEase exceeds expectations with Q4 financials – GamesIndustry.biz
NetEase exceeds expectations with Q4 financialsGamesIndustry.bizNetEase, the Chinese MMO specialist which publishes World of Warcraft in China, has posted its Q4, 2010 financial results, recording a quarterly revenue of 4 million and gross profits of 8.7 million. Netease's Q4 finished on December 31, 2010. …NetEase Profit Climbs 25%Wall Street JournalNetEase.com Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal [...]
BioWare: Warcraft is the “touchstone” for Old Republic – GamesIndustry.biz
BioWare: Warcraft is the "touchstone" for Old RepublicGamesIndustry.bizBlizzard's World of Warcraft is the touchstone on which BioWare measures its forthcoming Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic. Speaking on the keynote panel …
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Activision posts fourth quarter losses of $233 million – GamesIndustry.biz
Activision posts fourth quarter losses of 3 millionGamesIndustry.biz… successful online entertainment franchises: Activision Publishing's Call of Duty: Black Ops and Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. …Activision-Blizzard Loses 3 in Oct-Dec, Profits 8m in 2010VGChartzEarnings Preview: Activision BlizzardBloombergActivision On Deck: 2011 Growth QuestionedTheStreet.comGamasutra -Seeking Alphaall 33 news articles »
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Webzen acquires Ymir Entertainment – GamesIndustry.biz
Webzen acquires Ymir EntertainmentGamesIndustry.bizMetin2 currently boasts a larger registered user base than World of Warcraft in Europe, although it is not known how many of these are active players. …
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