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Video: Gaming saves relationships
The Independent A study involving World of Warcraft has revealed that couples who play together have a happier relationship. Three glasses of free champagne and a special menu at 46 top London restaurants. Win anything from gadgets to five-star holidays on our … |
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More than just a game: Celebrities addicted to their screens
The Independent Actress Mila Kunis and her boyfriend Macaulay Culkin were both devoted players of the hugely popular MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game), World of Warcraft. So all-consuming was WoW's fantasy world that in 2008, Kunis told talkshow … |
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Quest for jobs gives computer games specialists everything to play for
Irish Independent The future of game play is now seen as being online, with games such as 'Farmville' and the huge 'World of Warcraft' and 'Second Life' series available only on the web. Instead of going into HMV and buying the game in a box, the user registers on a … |
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Cyber Culture: 'Bathroom of the future? I draw the line at a pile of old …
The Independent One player mode: Fight 12-hour battles in 'World of Warcraft' to blot out the reality of sitting quietly on the loo (which is hidden under this fold-down bed). A different view: Change your bathroom scenery with a swipe of the finger, … |
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'Guild Wars 2' and 'Pineapple Smash Crew' win Expo awards
The Independent Like its predecessor, Guild Wars 2 waives the monthly subscription fees of World of Warcraft, EVE Online and Star Wars: The Old Republic in favor of a one-time cover charge – the cost of the game – and free access thereafter. … EG Expo Editors' Game of the Show: Guild Wars 2 – Article Eurogamer Expo: Now with 50% more tank! |
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Banned from 'World of Warcraft': YouTube's most-viewed gaming videos
The Independent Two of WoW's more prominent personalities react to an official ban and see their videos hit YouTube's gaming top 10 for the week ending July 26. "Swifty" got himself banned after so many players attempted to join him in-game that one of WoW's servers … |
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Orson Scott Card helps shape 'Firefall' game
The Independent Sci-fi writer Orson Scott Card is part of the team behind online multiplayer Firefall, according to company boss and ex-World of Warcraft man Mark Kern. "Story is really important to Firefall," he explained. "We're going to be working with a very … |
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'World of Warcraft' goes free-to-play
The Independent That impenetrable fortress of online gaming, World of Warcraft, has made a concession to the free-to-play hordes that gather in an effort to chip away at the empire: WoW's new Starter Edition is itself free. Replacing a more customary 14-day trial and … World of Warcraft now free to play for 20 levels World of Warcraft goes free to play for first 20 levels Blizzard makes World of Warcraft free, up to level 20 |
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Videogame review: Rift
Independent Online That goes double for the current reigning king of online worlds, World Of Warcraft, where any slip that reveals you to be a new player, or “noob”, can result in you being hurled out of your playing group amid jeers and catcalls. Warcraft has been going … |
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When two tribes go to work
The Independent Phil Boucher finds out Split screen action: scenes from HBO's 'Game Of Thrones' and the computer game 'World Of Warcraft'. NBC Universal hope that 2012's 'Defiance' will combine the best elements of both media Anyone with access to an Xbox, … |