Posts Tagged ‘Wrath of the Lich King’
World of Warcraft 3.1.2 patch goes live
Blizzard has recently announced that the 3.1.2 patch for World of Warcraft has left the public test realms and entered the live realms today.
Featured in said patch is everything you would expect, class changes, bug fixes, the like. However, the big thing that Blizzard introduced with this patch is the Equipment Manager which they describe as:
When enabled from the Interface Options menu, this feature will allow players to store sets of equipment, easily swap between saved sets using hotkeys, and pull items directly from backpacks or bank slots (must be at the bank to equip inventory from the bank).
This will ease the pain when you have to switch from your PvP set to your PvE set.
Full list of changes after the break. More »
Chinese prohibits World of Warcraft expansion
It seems taht the Chinese government is at it again, and this time completely rejected Blizzard’s attempt to release World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King in the area. But why?
Well JLM Pacific Epoch says that the rejection was due to the game including city raids, and skeleton characters.
City raids and skeleton characters, huh? Aren’t those 2 of the things that made World of Warcraf fun? Probably not, but it seems that the Chinese government is afraid people will use WoW to concoct plans to overthrow the government, or something like that.
Wrath of the Lich King ousted by Dawn of War II
Ever since its November 13th release date, the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for popular MMORPG World of Warcraft, has pretty much reigned supreme in terms of PC software sales.
Well, it looks like the expansion has finally been toppled; recent software sales show that THQ’s Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II is the new leader, pushing WotLK to number 2.
Below is the top 10 in terms of PC software sales for February, showing both the title and the games developer:
1. Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II / Relic
2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King / Blizzard
3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis
4. The Sims 2 Deluxe / EA Maxis
5. Spore / EA Maxis
6. World Of Warcraft Battle Chest / Blizzard
7. World Of Warcraft / Blizzard
8. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin / Monolith
9. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Exp. Pack / EA Maxis
10. Crysis Warhead / Crytek
Read (BlendGames)
Chinese gamers to wait even longer for the Lich King
It seems like Blizzards latest expansion for the popular World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King, has been out here in the states forever but the same could not be said for China.
Apparently, the expansion’s release date has been delayed even further, but why?
Well speculation has circulated that Blizzard and The9, China’s WoW distributor, are in a bit of a quarrel. Apparently, Blizzard wants more money for WoW’s license and the9 doesn’t want to give it. Oh you two.
Read (IncGamers)
Blizzard knows what’s going into next WoW expansion
It hasn’t even been a month since Blizzard launched the latest World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, and already they are talking about the next expansion.
Blizzard’s COO Paul Sams was quoted in a recent interview with PCRetail, when asked if they have plans for the next exanpsion, to have said:
Well, we don’t have anything to share on that but the development team has a very long forward look, and they don’t know all the specifics elements of the future, but the general framework is in the heads of the production staff, designers and team members. So they do know where it is going to go, but a lot of specifics they determine along the way”. Sams continued “We have a lot of creative people on the team and they have no shortage of great ideas – it’s a matter of figuring out the right ideas for each content update or expansion that fits the story that we’re trying to tell. Every time I talk to that group the ideas just keep overflowing, so we feel there’s a lot still to do.
But just how many expansions is Blizzard going to keep pumping out until they move onto something like World of Warcraft 2? Sams went on to say that while there is a significant user base playing WoW, Blizzard will continue to support them and add new content.
Wrath of the Lich King is the Fastest-selling PC Title of All Time
Blizzard announced today that Wrath of the Lich King, its second World of Warcraft expansion pack, sold over 2.8 million copies during its first day on store shelves. Thus, the company declared it “the fastest-selling PC game of all time,” which it just might as well be.
According to the developer, the previous game to hold the title was its own title – The Burning Crusade – which sold 2.4 million copies on day one. It launched in January 2007.
Wrath of the Lich King was released on November 13 and adds the frozen continent of Northrend, Death Knight hero class, increased level to 80 and more. World of Warcraft is currently the most popular MMORPG in the world, having over 11 million subscribers.
Reminder: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King tomorrow
To all of you WoW-addicts out there, don’t forget that Wrath of the Lich King is dropping tomorrow so say goodbye to your social life, or what you have left at least.
Just to refresh your memory a bit, here’s a list of features in the next expansion taken from the game’s Wikipedia listing:
- Level cap raised to 80
- Battle with the Lich King at the Frozen Throne
- One new playable class: Death Knight
- A new continent: Northrend
- The creation of a new profession: Inscription
- Profession level cap raised to 450
- New items, quests, dungeons, creatures, spells and weapons
- Siege weapons and destructible buildings (for PvP)
- New character-customization options, including new hairstyles
- First completely PvP zone (regardless of what kind of server you play on)
- Improved Graphics Engine (applied to shaders, flame effects, water appearance and detailed shadows)
- New factions including the Tuskarr (Walrus-men), Frenzyheart (Wolverine-men), The Oracles (evolved form of murlocs) and the Taunka, a racial cousin to the Tauren
Wrath of the Lich King Faces Midnight Madness
To celebrate the masses of people whose souls have been sucked up by World of Warcraft, Best Buy today announced plans for midnight madness in New York city for the launch of Wrath of the Lich King, the upcoming highly anticipated expansion.
Due on November 13, eager gamers can start congregating at the Times Square in Best Buy where Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime and Frank Pearce will be present along with Geoff Keighley to be among the first to get their hands on the game at the stroke of midnight.
Attendees will get to take part in interviews, trivia and prize giveaways, among other things. It is the only event planned for the US east coast.
DVD to Face Wrath of the Lich King
Marking the end of an era of PC CD games, Blizzard has revealed that when Wrath of the Lich King expansion for WoW is released on November 13, gamers will be able to obtain it only in DVD format.
"World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King will only be available on DVD, not on CDs," wrote a Blizzard representative on WoW’s European forums.
The Burning Crusade, the first expansion pack for the popular MMO, was released in both CD and DVD formats; it was also released on digital distribution sites a few weeks after launch.
Wrath of the Lich King FINALLY Gets Release Date
The gods at Blizzard have finally blessed us gamers with a release date for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - the expansion is due out on November 13.
It will add the frozen continent of Northrend, the Death Knight hero class, an increase of the level cap from 70 to 80 and more content.
Gamers will have to part with $40 of their hard-earned money for the expansion; those who cough up $30 more will get a Collector’s Edition that includes a 208-page artbook, a soundtrack CD, an exclusive in-game pet, a behind-the-scenes DVD and two WoW trading card starter decks.
WotLK Not the End of WoW
If you thought that Wrath of the Lich King would be the end of WoW, think again.
Word has it, there are talks over at Blizzard about expanding the world of Azeroth past that of what WotLK will bring. In other words? More expansions are imminent.
Tom Chiltern, lead designer of the upcoming expansion, has this to say about new areas for the game:
“Certainly, [a lot of] the major landmasses that we talked about heavily in previous Warcraft game[s] have already come to fruition,” he said. “Although there are still areas of the game that we’ve talked about and set up story-wise that we haven’t revealed yet. So there’s definitely more to go.”
Via: Boomtown