World of Warcraft goes Free-to-Play!

The said it would never, never, NEVER happen (despite the fact we said it would!), but now it has, has, has happened! World of Warcraft is now free-to-play! Players can now create an unlimited number of characters and play them up to level 20, at which point they must pay. How long before that cap [...]

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Thu, June 30 2011 » Gaming News » No Comments

Underrated:- Guild Wars

Love it or hate it, World of Warcraft is a big deal. It’s got stellar reviews all across the board. It has won awards and broken sales records. It is a walking giant within the gaming universe. As of January 2008, the game had more than 10 million subscribers across the world, the game practically [...]

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Wed, January 26 2011 » Articles, Thoroughly Underated Games... » 1 Comment

Review: World of Warcraft Cataclysm

Game: World of Warcraft Cataclysm Format: P.C, Mac Developer: Blizzard Publisher: Activision It’s perhaps hard to believe that 12 million people worldwide regularly play World of Warcraft. If you aren’t already one of these it might be a bit strange to think that people pretend to be trolls, orcs, dwarves and gnomes, running around in [...]

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Wed, January 19 2011 » PC/Mac, Reviews » 3 Comments

iRate:- MM-NO!

If I were to mention the ominous acronym ‘MMO’*, most will immediately recall the all conquering World of Warcraft (WoW). At the last count WoW had over 12 million active players. Computer games are, for many, a form of escapism. They are a place where gamers can go to step away from the rigours and stresses of the everyday and witness some pure enjoyment within the fantastical.

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Wed, February 10 2010 » Articles, iRate » 7 Comments

We Heart Achievements

Everybody loves achievements, right? Be they the achievements on Steam, World of Warcraft, the Xbox 360, or the Achievements covered in tin foil that are known as PS3 Trophies. The concept of the high score is nothing new to gamers, any one that spent their youth hanging around arcades trying to get on the leaderboards [...]

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Wed, December 23 2009 » Opinion Pieces » 2 Comments