Warcraft

The Super Mario Bros. Movie has collected an astonishing $377 million (about Rs. 3,088 crore) at the global box office, shattering all expectations. The figure marks the record opening for an animated movie, beating the one set by Disney's Frozen 2, which like Mario, had the advantage of building upon an existing IP. Despite dinged reviews, general word-of-mouth and the PG rating appealing to both general audiences and franchise fans have helped bolster its position in the box office race. Roughly $173 million (about Rs.…

Alliance and Horde, together at last World of Warcraft is getting its patch 10.1 “Embers of Neltharion” as part of the Dragonflight content rollout. And when it arrives, it’ll add a feature that should bring the World of Warcraft a little closer together through cross-faction guilds. Though guilds had to stay within faction lines previously, the new patch will allow guilds to exist across the barriers of Alliance and Horde. The faction binary has long defined World of Warcraft, as the war of Alliance v. Horde raged on.…

A World Of Warcraft player has managed to hit the level cap on their Monk character before reaching the game’s tutorial zone, in a feat that took them over 200 days. Explaining the achievement, Reddit user Cheatcho (via GamesRadar) shared that they kept their Monk on the boat that’s intended to take new characters to World Of Warcraft‘s tutorial zone, Exile’s Reach. Cheatcho did so by completing five account-wide pet battles each day, though acknowledges that it took “200+ real days” to hit level 70. They added that…

Millions of Chinese gamers have lost access to World of Warcraft after a furious dispute between US title owner Activision Blizzard and NetEase, its longtime local partner in the world's biggest gaming market. Devotees of the popular game took to social media networks to bemoan the loss, with one posting an image of a failed connection message accompanied by crying emojis.“It really hurts my heart,” wrote one. “It hurts, it hurts too much” another.The 14-year partnership had brought significant benefits to both sides,…

For unknowable reasons, last week Blizzard re-sought NetEase with an offer of a so-called six-month extension of the game service and other conditions, and made it clear that it would not stop continuing negotiations with other potential partners during the contract extension. And as far as we know, Blizzard’s negotiations with other companies during the same period were all based on a three-year contract period. Considering the non-reciprocity, unfairness and other conditions attached to the cooperation, therefore, the…

A new survey indicates that Blizzard might be gauging interest for a massive, restructuring update for Warcraft 3 Reforged.According to a report from Warcraft Tavern, Blizzard put out a survey asking what features players would most like to see in Reforged. The question asks how appealing of each of the listed features are, from a scale of very unappealing to very appealing. Suggested features include global custom games, an art update, UI/UX revamp, a storage size reduction, and an environmental art…

Last year in January Microsoft announced it would spend USD 68.7 billion to acquire Activision Blizzard, highlighting how it would get 'Call of Duty', 'Warcraft' and 'Candy Crush' for that fee. American tech multinational Microsoft, which a year ago announced its plans to acquire Activision Blizzard, might keep 'Call of Duty', the video game company's iconic franchise, from appearing on Sony's PlayStation. According to The Verge, an American technology news website, last year in January Microsoft announced it would…

A player with tons of time and an eye on the prize. The longest gaming session I have ever had was six straight hours of Cult of the Lamb. This may not be a huge feat for many of you, but I am in shock that for six hours, I didn’t drink water, eat food, or even use the bathroom. My entire day flew by while I gathered followers and tended my garden. Was it fun? Yeah. My camp looks really good, and I sacrificed my first dissenter. But my neck hurt after, and I was jittery like there were bees in my brain. I can’t even…

Retirement is overrated Blizzard Entertainment has announced that Chris Metzen, one of the formative creators of the Warcraft franchise, has rejoined the studio to work on future releases in the World of Warcraft series. Metzen retired in 2016, having worked on the fantasy franchise since its formation in the early 1990s. Metzen’s return was announced in a statement by current World of Warcraft manager John Hight. “It is with great joy that I announce Chris Metzen has joined the Warcraft Leadership Team as Creative…

One of the fathers of World of Warcraft, Chris Metzen, is once again working on the Warcraft universe as a creative advisor after having departed Blizzard in 2016.The news comes via Warcraft senior vice president and general manager John Hight, who announced the partnership on Twitter. Hight states that Metzen will return to working on World of Warcraft initially, but that in time "his work will expand to other projects across this growing franchise.""Chris was one of the original team members working on…