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A New Moon Rises over Azeroth!

Posted by SSX-MS on Monday, January 23 2006

Once a year, the druids of Moonglade open their doors to all in celebration of their city's great triumph over an ancient evil, Omen. During the days of the fest, Omen begins to stir again, giving peoples of all races and levels of experience a chance to participate in the battle themselves. Celebrants can also join in the fun by honoring their elders, remembering their wisdom, feasting, and shooting off fireworks! Learn more about this festival at our new Lunar Festival page.

The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj: WoW Patch 1.9 Unleashed!

Posted by SSX-MS on Tuesday, January 3 2006

The World of Warcraft team is happy to announce the release of "The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj", the new 1.9 content patch!

Highlights of The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj - Patch 1.9:

-The Temple of Ahn'Qiraj

-New Armor Models

-Linked Auction Houses

-Multiple Battlegrounds Queues

-New Raid Dungeon Reset System

-New Timbermaw Hold 1.9 Reputation Rewards

-Paladin Talent Update

You can read the entire patch notes here.

Neocron Patch 152 Released!

Posted by Anubis on Wednesday, December 21 2005

Reakktor have today released the Neocron Christmas Patch (152) bringing with it several new features along with bugfixes.

Most prominent in the patch notes are the introduction of new Sympathy missions which can be run to raise a character's sympathy with specific factions, these missions being obtainable from Tech Haven rather than the respective faction's HQ.

A fix for the problem of reloading has also been introduced (however it is stated that further adjustments to this issue are being worked on), along with the promise of a new weather effect, possibly the snow that people have been asking for for so long.

Full patch notes and discussion can be found here: Neocron Patch 152 Release Thread.

World of Warcraft Surpasses 5 Million Customers!!

Posted by SSX-MS on Tuesday, December 20 2005

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft, its massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), has surpassed five million customers worldwide.

With a strong presence across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, World of Warcraft has quickly become the world's most popular MMORPG.

Blizzard Dev Chat Log

Posted by SSX-MS on Tuesday, December 20 2005

This morning the WarCry network hosted a live devchat with some of the Blizzard Developers with approx 1700 people present to watch & submit their questions.

Few highlights include:

-Cross server BG's

-Epic 5-Man instance sets

-Outdoor PvP objectives

If you didn't manage to make it you can find a complete chatlog of the dev chat right here.

WarCry Network to host Blizzard dev chat

Posted by SSX-MS on Saturday, December 17 2005

For all interested WoW players - The WarCry Network (http://wow.warcry.com) will be hosting an online devchat with some of the Blizzard World of Warcraft Developers on Monday December 19th 2005.

Everyone is welcome to attend and come prepared with questions for the developers!

irc.warcry.com 6667

#wow

Monday 19th December 2005

9:00 P.M. Eastern, 6:00 P.M. Pacific

WoW - Winter Veil Is Here!

Posted by SSX-MS on Saturday, December 17 2005

Snowballs are zipping through the air; mischevious-looking little people in red and green are running all over creation; Greatfather Winter stands by a decoration-laden tree offering gifts to all. What does this mean? That the Feast of Winter Veil is here!

Take a moment to check out our new page about the Feast of Winter Veil and see what the season has in store for you!

Neocron Evolution 2.1 Testing Period Extended

Posted by SSX-MS on Wednesday, December 14 2005

Due to the big success of Neocron Evolution 2.1 and Neocron Arcade: The N.M.E. Project, Reakktor has decided to extend the free game time for previous subscribers of the action-oriented cyberpunk MMORPG Neocron 2 by a week until December 22! All owners of a canceled Neocron 2 account may log in to Neocron 2 without reactivating the account to test the many improvements in the free Neocron Evolution 2.1 upgrade that was recently released.

Neocron Arcade - The N.M.E. Project Released!

Posted by Anubis on Thursday, December 8 2005

Neocron Arcade, a new classic arcade shooter based on the world of Neocron, has been released!

You play as Mr Jones in the game, working for the CityAdministration, investigating reports about a strange creature that has appeared in the Wastelands.

The game takes you through places such as the newly implemented dungeon Regants Legacy and is completely free to all. Further information, screenshots, an FAQ, and download links can be found here for those interested.

Patch 1.8.4 Tomorrow

Posted by SSX-MS on Tuesday, December 6 2005

Tomorrow's regularly scheduled maintenance will begin at approximately 3:00 AM Paris time in order to apply a minor patch. This patch adds content for the upcoming holiday festivities in Azeroth! You can review all of the changes contained in patch 1.8.4 here.

Please note: this patch is not The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj, the content patch currently running on the public test realms. To read more on The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj, view the 1.9 patch notes located here.