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The Escapist : Review: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

On October 28th of 2008 – just under four years after its launch – Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft had reached eleven million subscribers around the world. To put those numbers in perspective: there are more people playing WoW than there are living in Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, or New York City. If Azeroth were [...]

The Escapist : News : $25 World of Warcraft Mount Launches on Blizzard Store

For a quarter hundo, World of Warcraft players can get their hands on an exclusive mount made of blue and space and stuff. Today, Blizzard added two new items to the Blizzard Store that will no doubt have World of Warcraft players soaring through the stars. The first is a $10 pet called the Lil’ [...]

The Escapist : News : Sam Raimi Enthuses About World of Warcraft Movie

Want to know what it’s like when a real gaming fan is in charge of a videogame movie? Read on. It’s been nearly a year since Sam Raimi’s involvement with the World of Warcraft movie was announced, and speaking outside the Saturn awards, he let us in on how the project was coming along. “We’re [...]

The Escapist : News : World of Warcraft Gets Microtransaction Pets, Players Freak Out

The announcement that Blizzard would be opening an online store for special WoW in-game pets has some members of the community bouncing off the walls. Yesterday evening, Blizzard announced the opening of the World of Warcraft Pet Store, a place where players could acquire special in-game pets if they were willing to shell out their [...]

The Escapist : News : Craigslist Poster Seeks Hardcore World of Warcraft Player

Some people will do anything to be the best, even paying a random stranger what seems like a boatload of money. A poster on the San Francisco Craigslist jobs listings will apparently pay a ton of money to whoever can assist him (assuming that the poster is a man) in achieving a high World of [...]

The Escapist : Forums : The News Room : Craigslist Poster Seeks Hardcore World of Warcraft Player

I play WoW still, and do it with game time cards [shrugs]. Largely because of an issue where I gave SOE my credit card number and after cancelling EQ they continued to charge me for like a year. Of course this is largely my fault for not paying more attention to the statements (and I’m [...]