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Blizzard investigating mobile and free-to-play
GamesIndustry.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 Model |
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Star Wars: The Old Republic "highly derivative" of Warcraft
GamesIndustry.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 Compete" With WoW The More They Keep Telling Me Star Wars: The Old Republic Isn't Like World Of … |
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BlizzCon 2011 sees third yearly price increase
GamesIndustry.biz World 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 Tickets on Sale May 21 and May 25 Blizzard announces Blizzcon 2011 ticket info That's The Ticket |
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Australian site opening virtual goods market
GamesIndustry.biz Trading 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. … |
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ZeniMax to create new jobs with Irish customer support centre
GamesIndustry.biz The 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 facility Gaming firm to open customer support centre in Galway Bethesda Sibling ZeniMax Online Founding Ireland Office To Support 'Future MMOs' |
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Bungie: New game is "massively multiplayer action game"
GamesIndustry.biz Some 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 MMO Surprise: Bungie's Next Game Sounds Like An MMO Bungie's Next Game Confirmed As An MMO |
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NetEase exceeds expectations with Q4 financials
GamesIndustry.biz NetEase, 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% NetEase.com Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010 Unaudited Financial … NetEase.com's Profit Growth In Q4 Takes Stock Higher In After-hours |
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BioWare: Warcraft is the "touchstone" for Old Republic
GamesIndustry.biz Blizzard'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 3 million
GamesIndustry.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 2010 Earnings Preview: Activision Blizzard Activision On Deck: 2011 Growth Questioned |
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Webzen acquires Ymir Entertainment
GamesIndustry.biz Metin2 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. … |