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Activision Blizzard has revealed the first details on the collector’s edition of the upcoming Cataclysm expansion for World of Warcraft . As with previous limited releases of Blizzard’s mega-popular MMORPG, the Cataclysm collector’s edition will carry an MSRP of $79.99. What’s 80 bucks get you? This expansion includes the usual pile of swag that Blizzard fans should be pretty familiar with by …

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While the Western RPG market is dominated by World of Warcraft , Asian MMORPGs are still booming. Worldwide, analysts expect the market to reach revenues of $8 billion in 2010, according to a Strategy Analytics report on BusinessWire. The report predictably found that Blizzard dominates the U.S. and Europe, but these markets are growing slowly. “Faced with fierce competition from social games …

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World of Warcraft has long taken the place of Sony Online Entertainments genre-defining MMORPG franchise, Everquest, in the hearts and minds of gamers but SOE is looking to change all that soon. At last weekends annual Fan Faire, SOE announced a brand new title in the Everquest series, Everquest Next. According to SOE president John Smedley, [...]

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The second part of our chat with Blizzard luminaries Tom Chilton, Greg Street and Cory Stockton In yesterday’s instalment, the trio discussed the influences behind World of Warcraft and how the design process has changed to cope with the emergent activities of the players. Today, we cover the evolution of the game and the future of the MMORPG genre. I’ve heard balancing an MMOG being compared to …

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We talk to WoW’s lead designers about the history and future of the Warcraft universe Designing an MMORPG is a unique creative challenge. The initial game universe can take up to five years to build and often requires the formation of a complex mythology to provide and maintain its narrative thrust through future add-ons and expansion packs. In this sense, it’s more like working on a TV series …

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Blizzards World of Warcraft is still the biggest and most profitable MMORPG around, making more money per month than many third-world countries thanks to its millions of subscribers paying a $15 per month subscription fee. But recently, competing MMORPGs like Dungeons and Dragons Online have been having great success switching over to free-to-play, microtransaction-based models. [...]

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Blizzard lead designer says subscription fee for massively successful MMORPG might not make sense after studio’s second online game launches.

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