Warcraft 3 News Archive

  • Bashiok announced the latest fansites participating in Blizzcon 2009 ticket giveaway contests. Participate in all of these to increase your chances at getting a free ticket.  Good luck and see you in Anaheim. Blizzard Quote: Didn’t get tickets? Well don’t worry because we’ve selected a number of fansites to give away additional tickets through contests and giveaways! Each site chooses their own method for giving away their tickets. They range from simple to specialized. From...

    Blizzard Lists Fansites Giving Blizzcon 2009 Tickets

    Bashiok announced the latest fansites participating in Blizzcon 2009 ticket giveaway contests. Participate in all of these to increase your chances at getting a free ticket.  Good luck and see you in Anaheim. Blizzard Quote: Didn’t get tickets? Well don’t worry because we’ve selected a number of fansites to give away additional tickets through contests and giveaways! Each site chooses their own method for giving away their tickets. They range from simple to specialized. From...

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  • Blizzard is preparing to announce a new contest that starts on May 20.  The winners of this contest will get free trip for two to BlizzCon 2009 and some phat lootz.  The catch?  You better be good at sewing costumes … or a blacksmith or leatherworker in real life. Blizzard Quote: Warm up your sewing machines and start selecting the best fabrics you can; the Blizzard Costume Contest is coming soon! The best costume-maker will...

    Best Costume to win a free trip to Blizzcon 2009

    Blizzard is preparing to announce a new contest that starts on May 20.  The winners of this contest will get free trip for two to BlizzCon 2009 and some phat lootz.  The catch?  You better be good at sewing costumes … or a blacksmith or leatherworker in real life. Blizzard Quote: Warm up your sewing machines and start selecting the best fabrics you can; the Blizzard Costume Contest is coming soon! The best costume-maker will...

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  • This is the first time in years I have ever heard a problem like this in a Blizzard game, but considering it is the first rare instance, it is outstanding. Yet it is a dire issue that might affect players in unpredictable ways. Beware and listen.  Malicious software can be installed in your computer while playing Warcraft III UMS maps by other players. This is what Karune reported today. Blizzard Quote: Warcraft III Custom Map...

    Warcraft III Urgent Alert: Exploit May Compromise Your Computer Security

    This is the first time in years I have ever heard a problem like this in a Blizzard game, but considering it is the first rare instance, it is outstanding. Yet it is a dire issue that might affect players in unpredictable ways. Beware and listen.  Malicious software can be installed in your computer while playing Warcraft III UMS maps by other players. This is what Karune reported today. Blizzard Quote: Warcraft III Custom Map...

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  • A few months ago, on December,  I interviewed Dick Hill, who voiced the Warcraft audiobooks for Tantor Media Audiobooks. The books were Warcraft: Day of the Dragon, Warcraft: The Last Guardian, Warcraft: Lord of the Clans and World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal. As many have noticed, the Tantor website no longer lists these books since early January. Without going into many details, the audiobooks are postponed until further notice.  The release of these...

    Warcraft Aubiobooks Postponed Temporarily

    A few months ago, on December,  I interviewed Dick Hill, who voiced the Warcraft audiobooks for Tantor Media Audiobooks. The books were Warcraft: Day of the Dragon, Warcraft: The Last Guardian, Warcraft: Lord of the Clans and World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal. As many have noticed, the Tantor website no longer lists these books since early January. Without going into many details, the audiobooks are postponed until further notice.  The release of these...

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  • Rob Pardo confirmed at the GDC 2009 that Blizzard Entertainment and Microsoft are talking about the Xbox 360 successor.  And by the looks of it they want its successor to have a keyboard and mouse peripherals and tools to allow MMO and RTS gameplay on consoles.  The potential is enormous. Imagine World of Warcraft, Starcraft: Ghost, Starcraft II and even Diablo III on PC and Consoles.  It is the culprit of the Next-Gen MMO no...

    Blizzard And Microsoft Talk Xbox 360 Successor For Next-Gen MMO?

    Rob Pardo confirmed at the GDC 2009 that Blizzard Entertainment and Microsoft are talking about the Xbox 360 successor.  And by the looks of it they want its successor to have a keyboard and mouse peripherals and tools to allow MMO and RTS gameplay on consoles.  The potential is enormous. Imagine World of Warcraft, Starcraft: Ghost, Starcraft II and even Diablo III on PC and Consoles.  It is the culprit of the Next-Gen MMO no...

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  • Recently, Blizzard Entertainment added two job openings under the category titled Unannounced. I wrote an article about it a few days ago. We have now a few interesting bits concerning these job openings for a unannounced game. Update:  March 24—The job openings mentioned in this newspost is indeed a brand-new game that has not been mentioned before. 1. This brand-new game is not a World of Warcraft expansion, and it is not related to the...

    Fifth Blizzard Game In the Works Update

    Recently, Blizzard Entertainment added two job openings under the category titled Unannounced. I wrote an article about it a few days ago. We have now a few interesting bits concerning these job openings for a unannounced game. Update:  March 24—The job openings mentioned in this newspost is indeed a brand-new game that has not been mentioned before. 1. This brand-new game is not a World of Warcraft expansion, and it is not related to the...

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  • The Warcraft III and Frozen Throne patch 1.23 has been deployed into live Battle.net Classic realms. Simply launch your game, and press the Battle.net Multiplayer button in-game to start downloading the patch. Blizzard Quote: The 1.23 patch is now live! Please connect to Battle.net to download the patch! FEATURES Battle.net now uses a new banner ad system. FIXES Fixed an exploit where an altered custom map would be seen identical to the original custom map....

    Warcraft III Patch 1.23 Released

    The Warcraft III and Frozen Throne patch 1.23 has been deployed into live Battle.net Classic realms. Simply launch your game, and press the Battle.net Multiplayer button in-game to start downloading the patch. Blizzard Quote: The 1.23 patch is now live! Please connect to Battle.net to download the patch! FEATURES Battle.net now uses a new banner ad system. FIXES Fixed an exploit where an altered custom map would be seen identical to the original custom map....

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  • Starcraft 2 is closer than ever my brothers … BATTLENET 2.0 HAS BEEN LAUNCHED. IT IS OFFICIAL. You can now sign up to create a battle.net 2.0 account. Enter a good standing email address—probably non-gmail nor one that has given you issues before with beta signups.  Then you will receive an email verification to your inbox. Accept it by clicking the link emailed to you. Once done, you have the option to merge your World...

    BATTLE.NET 2.0 HAS LAUNCHED !!!

    Starcraft 2 is closer than ever my brothers … BATTLENET 2.0 HAS BEEN LAUNCHED. IT IS OFFICIAL. You can now sign up to create a battle.net 2.0 account. Enter a good standing email address—probably non-gmail nor one that has given you issues before with beta signups.  Then you will receive an email verification to your inbox. Accept it by clicking the link emailed to you. Once done, you have the option to merge your World...

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  • Video Games Live played various music pieces from Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft games at the end of Blizzcon 2008, last year. It is very probable they might do so again this upcoming August at Blizzcon 2009. Video Games Live will have a few concerts throughout the month of March. So if you love video games music played by a live symphony orchestra, and live in Kitchener, Ontario; Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Austin, Texas—then check out the...

    Video Games Live 2009 March Schedule

    Video Games Live played various music pieces from Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft games at the end of Blizzcon 2008, last year. It is very probable they might do so again this upcoming August at Blizzcon 2009. Video Games Live will have a few concerts throughout the month of March. So if you love video games music played by a live symphony orchestra, and live in Kitchener, Ontario; Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Austin, Texas—then check out the...

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  • A few days ago, we reported the OCRegister Blizzard Blog had exclusive photos of the awesome 12-feet tall Orc Wolfrider Statue developed by WETA Studios which they installed at the Blizzard Entertainment campus recently.  Gametrailers now has exclusive video of the installation of the statue. Hurray, for Blizzard. For the HORDE !!!

    Blizzard Campus: WETA Wolfrider Statue Installation Video

    A few days ago, we reported the OCRegister Blizzard Blog had exclusive photos of the awesome 12-feet tall Orc Wolfrider Statue developed by WETA Studios which they installed at the Blizzard Entertainment campus recently.  Gametrailers now has exclusive video of the installation of the statue. Hurray, for Blizzard. For the HORDE !!!

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