Six games have been inducted into the first class of the World Video Game Hall of Fame. The games are Doom, Pac-Man, Pong, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and World of Warcraft. The games were chosen based on their influence, icon status, popularity, and geographical...

Blizzard has started banning players that use certain bots in World of Warcraft. Players who use the 'Honorbuddy' bot are being hit the hardest and more than 100,000 players have been given six month long bans. "We’ve recently taken action against...

Activision Blizzard announced in its quarterly earnings report that the number of World of WarCraft subscribers has dropped in the last three months. On March 31 of this year there were 7.1 million subscribers, which is down from 10 million subscribers...

A new feature will be added to World of WarCraft that allows colour blind users to adjust the shades of colours in items and other objects in the game. This colour blind feature will be added in the next patch (version 6.1), which is due on 24th February. The...

World of WarCraft will be ten years old later this month, but if you think that means it's reaching the end of its life then you're wrong. World of WarCraft Lead Designer Ion Hazzikostas has told CNET that it will 'definitely' last another ten years: "I...

Following the petition from fans last week and an official statement from Blizzard that they'd commemorate Robin Williams in World of Warcraft, Wowhead.com (a World of Warcraft database site) has found an NPC called Robin in the upcoming expansion, Warlords...

Blizzard have announced that they will soon be increasing the prices for World of WarCraft subscriptions for players in the UK. The news comes via an official post on the Battle.net forums. The new pricing structure will come into effect when the Warlords...

With Robin Williams' sudden passing this week, many of those who were saddened by the loss put their names to an online petition to get the comedian and actor put into World of Warcraft as a non-playable character. The petition managed to get over 10,000...

Dear Hollywood, You are good at what you do. You make movie magic. Blockbusters, indies, novel adaptations, comic-book adaptations; all of these excel on screens across the world. But time and time again you fail to bring convincing adaptations of video...

“Playing video games never hurt anyone.” If you’ve ever gotten involved with any kind of debate around video games — particularly those involving the practices of the ESRB, PEGI, or those who link playing video games with violent real-life behavior,...