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It appears that Robert Rodat -- screenwriter of Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot -- is going to take a shot at adapting Warcraft for the big screen. Now, that's one difficult task. Sam Raimi, who's directing the movie, confirmed that Rodat's working on the script...

IMDB has just been updated with a bit of interesting info regarding the Warcraft movie. Apparently the flick is going to carry the title Warcraft: The Rise of the Lich King. The movie will most likely be released in 2011. Thanks WorldofWar.net.

The latest round of screenshots (well, actually it's only three new shots) from World of Warcraft: Cataclysm give us a glimpse of the realm of Abyssal Maw. The expansion pack was announced at BlizzCon 2009 and is expected to arrive next year, offering the Goblin and Worgen races, a higher level cap of 85 and more. click to view full gallery

Yesterday, at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference in San Francisco, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick stated that Blizzard Entertainment's next project (the unknown MMOG) will have a broader appeal than World of Warcraft...

Face the facts... AT COMIC: The Fall

As we reported earlier, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is in the works over at Blizzard. Check out the WoW: Cataclysm announcement trailer: Here are some of the key features: Two New Playable Races: Adventure as the cursed worgen with the Alliance or the resourceful goblins with the Horde...

Magazine publisher Future and Blizzard Entertainment announced a publishing agreement for World of Warcraft: The Magazine - the official magazine of the MMORPG. Debuting this weekend at the BlizzCon 2009 event in Anaheim, Calif., World of Warcraft: The Magazine is a new quarterly publication that covers all aspects of the MMORPG, from game content to the players themselves...

While I'm sure this is old news among World of Warcraft buffs, the rest of you might (just might) want to know about it too. First of all, they're saying that Blizzard is calling this expansion World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Next, they say that the new races will be as follows: Worgen – Alliance Goblin – Horde It should make for a nice change... I think. Then again, what the hell do I know about World of Warcraft? Source.

Blizzard released the promised World of Warcraft v3.2 patch, offering more content, as well as improvements to the development studio's MMORRG. The content includes Crusaders' Coliseum, Isle of Conquest and an expansion of Argent Tournament. You can download the v3.1.3 > v3.2.0 US patch right here. You'll find the patch notes here.

WoW in-game therapy? Hm, maybe this would solve the problem for many people. Or not... what if the therapist becomes and addict himself?

Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft gathered 8.6 million sales from various releases, add-ons and packages distributed via US retail. The info comes from NPD data (thanks Gamasutra). Apparently, this figures includes the standard edition of World of Warcraft...

Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures announced today that Sam Raimi signed on to direct the motion picture based on Blizzard ’s Warcraft universe. Raimi directed the Spider-Man trilogy, he wrote and directed The Evil Dead and produced 30 Days Of Night...

Boy, just check out the news above. They chose the director for the World of Warcraft flick. Oh no, no, no, no! Definitely the wrong man for the job. Respect him and his work. But most of his movies were, I dunno, goofy. They say Drag Me To Hell is good, but otherwise, this is the guy who directed Evil Dead and the Spider-Man movies. Is he really the right choice? Don't think so.

JLM Pacific Epoch offers a follow-up to yesterdey's scoop that Blizzard's World of Warcraft could be banned in China. Quoting "a related NetEase chief," the story incidates that the whole thing regarding potential WoW termination in China is untrue: Word is: "Responding...

Emphasizing the question mark up there, people. Several rumors hint that Blizzard's incredibly popular online game World of Warcraft might be in trouble. Unsubstantiated reports from an unknown blog claim WoW's subscriber base is down to 5 million (from almost 12 million), with Blizzard keeping this a closely guarded secret...