(Links and full article available on the World of Warcraft site.)
(Reference, because they hate permalinks: the news item dated 5/10/06.)
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(I wish they had 24-pt type for the headlines. This is certainly worthy of HUGE TYPE.)
(Draenei = dark elves. I called it.)
(Here’s the Plane of Hate.)
(I kid.)
(I’m going to buy that expansion just to see if there is a Plane of Hate.)
Half a million players spent more than 3 million hours in the Guild Wars Factions weekend preview from March 24th through March 26th. ArenaNet and NC Soft execs were relieved that at least some of the Warcraft servers were operational or it would have been 6 million players logging 36 million hours, which would have left their server farms a smoking ruin. When the hell does that thing come out anyways? Oh, April 28th. That’s kind of a new game and I assume their servers can’t be any worse than Warcraft’s. Maybe I could try that. Why am I thinking out loud? I have no idea.
BBC ad talk with World of Warcraft lead producer Shane Dabiri: Warcraft game makers look to grow. This is a Warcraft affirmation for the casual player — you’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and doggone it, Blizzard likes you, so please buy the expansion.