Chinese gaming operator The9 lost its rights to operate and distribute Blizzard's World of Warcraft in the Chinese territories some time ago, with Blizzard citing disappointment in the company's mismanagement and handling of the popular franchise title.

The9's failure to launch the World of Warcraft expansion The Wrath of the Lich King earned them the ire of Blizzard, which revoked their license and handed it over to another operator called NetEase. In addition to World of Warcraft, NetEase ha…  More

At first glance this topic may seem like a total troll post.  China ban gold farming, ya right.  The reality is gold farming is now illegal in China as is trading virtual currency for real goods or services.  Another big issue with this new law means the sale of "pre-paid cards of cyber games" is no longer legal.  I don't know if the public wellness benefits of such a measure outweigh the losses in the economy but apparently the Chinese feel it does.

Could this be the miracle we were seeking to …  More

Being a gamer, I have played a lot of games and as such, I know what I am looking for in a game. Now, while attempting to find a good MMO to play, I usually find that quality is placed out of the window and dropped like a sack of rotten potatos.

Whenever you play an massively multiplayer game, there are always common elements which detract from the game, such as slow leveling pace, few customization options, limited character development, poor character control, massive grinding, limited cl…  More

A word of warning, this is more a (very longwinded) rant than an informed study or an unbiased blog.  But I think I've got a point worth making, because what I'm going to talk about is a mistake that developers are still making, "but in an ad hoc manner, and without the benefit of past experience."  You're probably all familiar with character statistic systems in a variety of RPGs, both of the action RPG variety and the more classic roleplaying variety.  JRPGs are mostly excused from this rant, by virtue of my not having played enough to really write about them in any detail, and their tendency from what I've seen, to have systems that are too simplistic (no offence!) to make these mistakes.…  More

As if World of Warcraft couldn't get any worse, a bunch of artists have come up with the eponymous "WoW Pod". 

There is just no denying that MMOs can be harmful to psychologically dependant individuals, and it isn't a point I intend to contest. Plenty of research into the subject has proven just that, and clinics exist all over Western Europe to treat the very addiction.

T…  More

The way I see it, World of Warcraft shares the same design mentality as Everquest. It's a game that's full of time sinks, gold sinks and other complete annoyances, like death penalties. That's not going to change because the people who play it enjoy it as part of the gameplay experience. It is however a huge hindrance to anyone who wants to simply PVP, explore or what have you.

I can't say that I disagree with how they designed the game. It's just a game that you have to get yourself into a spec…  More

I've read about people who "dual box" in Everquest and Dark Age of Camelot before, and it looks like this little bit of insanity has made its way to World of Warcraft. In case you're not familiar with the term, dual boxing is to basically control multiple characters on multiple computers simultaneously in an MMORPG.

"No matter how great you think your game is, developers must listen to the community."  Wise words from the Vice President of EA Mythic.  Mark Jacobs recently sat down with MTV Mutiplayer and discussed all things MMOs.

Jacobs discussed Hellgate: London and why it failed, mainly from the fact that they carried big egos with them into the project from their Diablo days and that they should have focused on the community more than how great they felt the game was.

He went on to talk Age of Conan as …  More

As many of us awaits more Diablo III goodness to be trickle down Blizzard's milky teat, there are more than a few games out there to provide us with our Diablo "fix", as I like to call it. I've written up a list of 5 of what I think are the best Diablo clones.

Digg it here.

Here's a tiny snippet from the full article:

Dungeon Siege II

Let me say right off the bat that I hated Dungeon Siege. It wasn't a bad game by any means, but nonetheless, I did not enjoy it. It played itself and all you had …  More

As everyone awaits more Diablo III goodness to be trickle down Blizzard's milky teat, there are more than a few games out there to provide us with our Diablo "fix", as I like to call it. A legion of Diablo "clones" that are simply waiting to be played. While not clones in the strictest sense of the definition, they most certainly borrow the core concepts that made the Diablo series a success. They're good games, and if you're a fan of Diablo, you'll definitely want to play them.

 

Mythos
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In what will surely come as a surprise to everyone here, apparently gold farming is a really huge business. 

Professor Richard Heeks from Manchester University first learned of the gold farming world via his own in game experiences.  Apparently this led him into researching the matter with some of cohorts.  The findings may be a bit surprising to them but I doubt many here at Gameriot would actually be surprised. 

They estimate that around 400,000 people are earning around $145 a month doing…  More

Apparently a couple of Diablo III fansites have been given the honour by Blizzard to hold a contest with the ticket to WWI as the prize. The ticket includes an in-game Tyrael pet for World of Warcraft and a beta key to Wrath of the Lich King.

From the official site -
Attendees of the recent Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational in Paris received, among other goodies, a card containing codes redeemable for an in-game World of Warcraft non-combat Tyrael pet and entry into the Wrath of the L…  More

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ThyrsaM said: I think it first in very well with WoW. It is cute, just like the game... :P Wolf said: What?? How can you not?! Arr, you imbecile! Grommy said: To be honest, I don't like how cute-Tyreal looks.

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