General News Archive

  • Intel announced the new Intel SSD 320 Series, the third generation of Solid State Drives , is now available for orders. Something notable is the intro of two higher capacity models. The third generation 320 series now replaces the old X25 models. Keep that in mind when purchasing an SSD. The 320 series is the latest kid on the block with better technology. Intel Solid-State Drives just got better. The next generation Intel SSD 320...

    Intel Launches Third Generation Intel 320 SSD Series 600GB Solid State Drives

    Intel announced the new Intel SSD 320 Series, the third generation of Solid State Drives , is now available for orders. Something notable is the intro of two higher capacity models. The third generation 320 series now replaces the old X25 models. Keep that in mind when purchasing an SSD. The 320 series is the latest kid on the block with better technology. Intel Solid-State Drives just got better. The next generation Intel SSD 320...

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  • Attention people of Blizzplanet: Palehoof has landed.

    Greetings Blizzplanet! Palehoof MVP Ahoy!

    Attention people of Blizzplanet: Palehoof has landed.

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  • Keith R.A. DeCandido continues to sell autographed copies of StarCraft Ghost: Nova and World of Warcraft: Cycle of Hatred for those fans who love autographed products.  Simply tell Keith which book(s) you want, and if you want him to write a message tell him which and to whom it is dedicated. There is a bunch of Star Trek books available too. The complete list of available books may be found here. United States residents get...

    Keith R.A. DeCandido Autographed Books On Sale

    Keith R.A. DeCandido continues to sell autographed copies of StarCraft Ghost: Nova and World of Warcraft: Cycle of Hatred for those fans who love autographed products.  Simply tell Keith which book(s) you want, and if you want him to write a message tell him which and to whom it is dedicated. There is a bunch of Star Trek books available too. The complete list of available books may be found here. United States residents get...

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  • The voice behind Kerrigan the Queen of Blades in StarCraft is also an accomplished medieval romance book writer. It is one of her passions besides voice acting.  Glynnis Talken-Campbell (Sarah McKerrigan) will make a public appearance at the Queen Mary Scottish Festival & Games! signing books at the Tea & Sympathy booth on Sunday, February 15th. Glynnis: ” … so if you like to throw darts, listen to bagpipes, sip whiskey, drool over men in...

    Sarah McKerrigan Signing At 2009 Queen Mary Scottish Festival

    The voice behind Kerrigan the Queen of Blades in StarCraft is also an accomplished medieval romance book writer. It is one of her passions besides voice acting.  Glynnis Talken-Campbell (Sarah McKerrigan) will make a public appearance at the Queen Mary Scottish Festival & Games! signing books at the Tea & Sympathy booth on Sunday, February 15th. Glynnis: ” … so if you like to throw darts, listen to bagpipes, sip whiskey, drool over men in...

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  • Zarhym announced more free characters moves for US reams earlier. See the full list of realms, which includes PvP, PvE, RPPvP and RP transfers, after the break: [BLUE=

    Free US Character Moves - 1/27

    Zarhym announced more free characters moves for US reams earlier. See the full list of realms, which includes PvP, PvE, RPPvP and RP transfers, after the break: [BLUE="http://www.wowblues.com/us/free-character-moves-127-14697600325.html"]This thread will contain information on the free character moves we currently have available to assist in population dispersal. In the event that these realms meet our transfer goals before the scheduled end date, the transfers to these realms will be disabled. We highly recommend that if you...

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  • Those of you who play and enjoy the Arena will be interested to see the post by Blizzard’s Aratil earlier. In it, he describes the new Arena system, and Blizzard’s reasons for changing how it worked before. Se the full post below and after the break: [BLUE=

    New Arena Matchmaking System Overview

    Those of you who play and enjoy the Arena will be interested to see the post by Blizzard’s Aratil earlier. In it, he describes the new Arena system, and Blizzard’s reasons for changing how it worked before. Se the full post below and after the break: [BLUE="http://www.wowblues.com/us/new-arena-matchmaking-system-overview-14697300427.html"]We recently introduced a new Arena matchmaking system with the intent of better matching up players against opponents of similar skill level, and to address potential abuses under the...

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  • Warlocks and Hunters will be pleased to hear the piece of news that Ghostcrawler had for them earlier: Fixes for Ritual of Summoning and the bug with Hunters’ global cooldown on their Aspects will probably go live today. Ritual of Summoning hasn’t been working properly since patch 3.0.8 went live last week, and this news will come as a great relief to Locks. The tooltip error on Death Knights’ Howling Blast will also be corrected....

    Warlock, Hunter and DK Bug Fixes Today

    Warlocks and Hunters will be pleased to hear the piece of news that Ghostcrawler had for them earlier: Fixes for Ritual of Summoning and the bug with Hunters’ global cooldown on their Aspects will probably go live today. Ritual of Summoning hasn’t been working properly since patch 3.0.8 went live last week, and this news will come as a great relief to Locks. The tooltip error on Death Knights’ Howling Blast will also be corrected....

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  • There are loads of WoW comics out there, but here are our favourite two from the last week. If you know of a WoW comic that’s good enough for a mention, send me a PM. This week, Dark Legacy explores the perils of flying across Northrend; we’ve all been there! And in Teh Gladiators this week the Druid, Spin, gets a call from the heavens; something tells me a talent respec is on the way…

    WoW Comics

    There are loads of WoW comics out there, but here are our favourite two from the last week. If you know of a WoW comic that’s good enough for a mention, send me a PM. This week, Dark Legacy explores the perils of flying across Northrend; we’ve all been there! And in Teh Gladiators this week the Druid, Spin, gets a call from the heavens; something tells me a talent respec is on the way…

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  • Voodoo Extreme (Ve3D) has announced the 2008 Game of the Year Awards winners and Wrath of the Lich King won the Expansion Pack of the Year.  The fans are responsible for voting and selecting nominees for this Awards. As a Wrath of the Lich King player myself (since closed beta) I have to agree. This is a great expansion with various Quartermasters, outdoor daily quests, dungeon daily quests, new vehicle and mount mechanics for either...

    Voodoo Extreme 2008 Game of the Year Awards

    Voodoo Extreme (Ve3D) has announced the 2008 Game of the Year Awards winners and Wrath of the Lich King won the Expansion Pack of the Year.  The fans are responsible for voting and selecting nominees for this Awards. As a Wrath of the Lich King player myself (since closed beta) I have to agree. This is a great expansion with various Quartermasters, outdoor daily quests, dungeon daily quests, new vehicle and mount mechanics for either...

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  • The EndSights reports a teen was arrested on Monday after making suicidal remarks to a World of Warcraft GM in order to obtain virtual items for his character.  The GM immediately contacted 911 in good faith to offer assistance to the player. Shortly, paramedics and the Middletown police arrived to the home where the teen told the officers he was joking. The teen was taken under custody and charged with a first-degree misdemeanor for the...

    Teen Arrested For Suicide Remarks To WoW GM

    The EndSights reports a teen was arrested on Monday after making suicidal remarks to a World of Warcraft GM in order to obtain virtual items for his character.  The GM immediately contacted 911 in good faith to offer assistance to the player. Shortly, paramedics and the Middletown police arrived to the home where the teen told the officers he was joking. The teen was taken under custody and charged with a first-degree misdemeanor for the...

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