Tag: WOW

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/07/07/blizzard-starcraft-2-and-world-of-warcraft-facebook-integration-real-id'; I could clamber onto my soap box and rant all day about Blizzard's pathetic, poorly thought-out Real ID implementation - but - as this isn't a games blog, I've been told to keep it short and sweet. So, straight to the diabolical point: Real ID is just the ...

Yup, it's been a long time coming, but the out-of-game value-added services for World of Warcraft are finally emerging. The subscriber base has seemingly stagnated at a meager 13 million, and Blizzard [or Activision...] is looking for other creative ways of milking its bulbous bovine. First we saw in-game vanity items -- like pets and mounts -- and now we're actually seeing the start of an ...

My name's Sebastian... and I'm a raider. Not just any raider -- a hardcore raid leader. World of Warcraft stopped being a game for me years ago: now it's simply a matter of organization, time-management and logistics. I've got my in-game routine down perfectly, but out-of-game -- in 'real life' -- some kind of to-do list, a task list, a quest tracker would be great. You can probably see where I'm ...

Are you bored with the default WoW music? It's great and all, but after five and a half years, you might be a little weary. Picking flowers is great, but mining mithril ore to the Rocky Fanfare theme is even better! Or perhaps you're of the other, older, lore nerdy school: you love one of the Blizzard tracks so much that you want it to play all the time, no matter where you are! Well, you're in ...

You know from first impressions of the Curse website and download page that this is going to be one smooth app. The Curse Client sure has come on a long way since its early, ugly, clunky days. Now, with version 4, it has finally reached maturity. Sexy, sleek, easy-to-use maturity. The Curse Client primarily manages your add-ons for World of Warcraft. It keeps them fresh and up-to-date with a ...

This is one of the most popular and effective tools to improving your WoW gameplay. No, it's not the Peggle add-on (though that is very cool) -- I'm actually talking about an external application! Something you can use in the office, away from your gaming PC! This tool is very popular amongst the serious World of Warcraft players but chances are, if you're a little more casual, you've probably ...

Did you know that four million Chinese play World of Warcraft? You probably knew that a lot played it -- and that WoW has 13 million subscribers or so -- but four million? That's almost the population of Denmark or Scotland. And they're all having to go without their Warcraft fix... again! After a relaunch in September, the operators NetEase have been forced to shut down the realm of Azeroth yet ...

With Twitter catching on around the globe, it's probably not surprising that it's starting to turn up in virtual worlds, too. TweetCraft is an in-game Twitter client for World of Warcraft, allowing WoW players to tweet from the game, and even auto-tweet in-game events. Hey, people cover professional sports live on Twitter, so why not WoW, too? WoW is known for its extremely dedicated players, so ...

Here's one for all the hardcore World of Warcraft players out there. If you play WoW on a Mac, and you need to know at a glance whether your favorite server is up, WoW Watcher is for you. Not only does it do a great job of displaying the server lists, it also includes a menubar item and Growl support. That way, you can get notifications instantly, without ever having to switch focus to the app. ...

That picture of Fluffy is never quite the same once you blow it up on your big, HD monitor. Fluffy looks less cute and much more pixilated than in real life. In fact, a lot of pictures and wallpapers just don't look the same. The folks over at NerdBusiness have just the solution. They have assembled 218 HD wallpapers for your viewing pleasure. Everything from mint leaves to scenic photos to ...

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massive multiplayer online game (as if you hadn't heard about it already), one that has such vast landscapes for players to traverse, it really needs its own map or something. Among the many add-ons available for WoW, I have yet to find a mapping add-on that I actually like. Being an early adopter is hard when the rest of the world doesn't understand. I would love it ...

If you've been playing World of Warcraft for any length of time, then you know that there are just some quests you can't do every day. They're too special, too "l33t" to happen all the time. Like slaying the great dragon Onyxia. Or trauling through the menacing dungeon Zul Gurub in search of really rare treasure. But, if you're not paying attention to the spawn schedule of these quests, ...