World of Warcraft Reaches 11,500,000 Subscibers!

Blizzard Entertainment have announced that their ultra popular MMORPG World of Warcraft has hit a new milestone. 11.5 Million subscribers are currently subscribing. They also noted that the newest expansion, Wrath of the Lich King sold 2.8 million copies worldwide within its first 24 hours of sale which makes it the fastest selling PC game of all time. Nothing to turn a blind eye at to say the least. Wrath went on to sell 4 million copies its first month.

Lich King Is Out!!

And I definitely do not have it, so whoever does have it should tell me how awesome it is. :)

Best Selling Video Games Oct 12-18

1. Spore
2. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest
3. Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
4. Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning
5. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion Pack
6. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe
7. Civilization IV: Colonization
8. World Of Warcraft
9. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack
10. Crysis: Warhead

Spore has come out on top once again with the ever popular World of Warcraft sneaking into number 2 with its battlechest collection which includes the full game in addition to the burning crusade expansion. November 13th is the release date for Wrath of the Lich King, the next expansion for wow. Blizzard are lining themselves up for first and second place in sales within the next month. As for that Nancy Drew game..... ugh, people bought that? wait wait wait, not only did they buy it but more people bought it than they did the bottom 6 games! Believe it.

World of Warcraft Patch 3.0.2 Released!

Version 3.0.2 of World of Warcraft is released and its a big one! There are quite a few new improvements over the last client including the all new achievement system which seems to be a big hit with azeroth's finest.

All players have had their talent points reimbursed to make way for an all new talent tree for all classes. New spells and abilities are available and many adjustments were made to pre-existing spells and abilities.

Another new feature in the patch are the barbershops scattered among the major cities of Azeroth. This will allow players to change their characters facial and hair features, for a fee somewhere around 5g.

Pictured above is the all new addition to the human capital of Azeroth, Stormwind Harbour.

Other new additions can be found in the official patch notes at the official site.

I play in the Kael' Thas server as a rogue named Overshadow for those wondering.

Blizzard Reveal Diablo 3 Details At Blizzcon

Blizzcon 2008 is here. For those of you unfamiliar with the event, it is a two day show full of guild meetings, developer panels and tournaments. Blizzard Entertainment runs the show and it is growing in popularity every year, this year being its third annual. The show is not open to the public, so the very fortunate ones who managed to nab a ticket surely felt superior to those non ticket holding folks. Those who are in the show will also get first hand looks at Blizzard's impressive upcoming line-up including Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 and the 2nd World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King.

In the opening remarks of the show Blizzard announced the new wizard and witch doctor classes as well as the classic barbarian class. They also announced the first ever Starcraft 2 tournament.

Lich King System Requiremtents Released

Here are the minimum and recommended system specifications released by Blizzard.

PC System Requirements

OS: Windows XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)

Processor:
• Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+
• Recommended: Dual-core processor, such as the Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2

Memory:
• Minimum: 512 MB RAM (1GB for Vista users)
• Recommended: 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista users)

Video:
• Minimum: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 32 MB VRAM
Such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or better
• Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM
Such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT class card or better

Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card or motherboard sound capability

Mac System Requirements

OS: Mac OS X 10.4.11 or newer

Processor:
• Minimum: PowerPC G5 1.6 GHz or Intel Core Duo processor
• Recommended: Intel 1.8GHz processor or better

Memory:
• Minimum: 1 GB RAM
• Recommended: 2 GB RAM

Video:
• Minimum: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 64 MB VRAM
Such as an ATI Radeon 9600 or NVIDIA GeForce Ti 4600 class card or better
• Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM
Such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA 7600 class card or better