“World of Warcraft” breaks 11 million player mark.

The 800 pound gorilla of MMORPGs continues its phenomenal growth with Blizzard announcing today that they’ve broken the 11 million player mark:

IRVINE, Calif. – October 28, 2008 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the subscribership for World of Warcraft®, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), now exceeds 11 million players worldwide. . . . → Read More: “World of Warcraft” breaks 11 million player mark.

We’ve broken the 6,000 entry mark and a few other random notes.

So I see that SEB broke the 6,000 entry mark today with my posting on the Access Hollywood interview with the Obamas. It’s only taken me almost a full seven years to do it, but I got there eventually. Considering that folks such as ***Dave broke that milestone years ago probably says a lot about . . . → Read More: We’ve broken the 6,000 entry mark and a few other random notes.

“World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King” opening cinematic.

Yes I realize I’ve been posting a lot of videos on video games lately, but the news coming out of Leipzig has been so much better than what came out of E3 so bear with me.

Next up: is the official opening cinematic for the next World of Warcraft expansion:

At some point I . . . → Read More: “World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King” opening cinematic.

Blizzard announces “Diablo 3” wil be their next game after “Star Craft II.”

I loved both the original Diablo and its sequel so I’m quite pleased to hear that Diablo 3 is in the works. Here’s a teaser trailer:

And, after the jump, a couple of videos of actual game play…

Yeah, I think it may be time to pull out D2 and play it through once . . . → Read More: Blizzard announces “Diablo 3” wil be their next game after “Star Craft II.”

“Activision Blizzard” is the new 900 lb gaming gorila.

Electronic Arts is no longer the biggest video game company as a new merger between Activision and Vivendi, parent company to Blizzard Entertainment, was announced yesterday in a press release on Business Wire:

Vivendi and Activision to Create Activision Blizzard – World’s Largest, Most Profitable Pure-Play Video Game Publisher

Combination Brings Activision’s Best-Selling Video Games, . . . → Read More: “Activision Blizzard” is the new 900 lb gaming gorila.

Dell and Blizzard form an Alliance.

Looks like the folks at Dell have partnered with the wizards at Blizzard to come up with the ultimate World of Warcraft branded gaming laptop to be announced soon. In addition to being able to choose between an Alliance or Horde themed XPS Gaming laptop word has it that it’ll come with a membership to . . . → Read More: Dell and Blizzard form an Alliance.

Blizzard’s 800 pound gorilla is now 900 pounds.

Or, in other words, Blizzard’s uber-popular World of Warcraft has hit the 9 million subscriber mark with no signs of slowing down:

“We’re thrilled that gamers around the world have continued to embrace World of Warcraft so enthusiastically,” said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment�. “We’ve worked hard to provide a compelling experience . . . → Read More: Blizzard’s 800 pound gorilla is now 900 pounds.

Blizzard Entertainment’s next big game will be “Starcraft 2.”

The folks over at Blizzard Entertainment, producers of the ridiculously popular World of Warcraft, have been teasing fans all week long with a new splash page on their official home page about an announcement to be made today in Korea about what their next major game release will be. Today they finally made the announcement . . . → Read More: Blizzard Entertainment’s next big game will be “Starcraft 2.”

The “World of Warcraft” Visa Card—REVISITED.

Back on March 29 of last year I wrote an entry about an article by Phillip Torrone of MAKE: Blog that discussed the possibility of seeing credit cards in the very near future that would give you virtual rewards in your favorite online game. One possibility mentioned was a World of Warcraft Visa card that . . . → Read More: The “World of Warcraft” Visa Card—REVISITED.