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A Whole New World

Part 1 - Blizzard's VP of business development on what's next for WOW.
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Blizzard signs new deal with The9

Blizzard Entertainment has signed a new deal with online game publisher The9 that will see World of Warcraft expansion pack The Burning Crusade released in China.
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Details emerge of WOW: Burning Crusade launch

Blizzard Entertainment has announced plans to hold four midnight launch events across Europe to promote new World of Warcraft expansion pack The Burning Crusade, which hits the shops on January 16.
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GC: WOW Factor

Blizzard's Paul Sams on why 6 million subscribers can't be wrong.
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Blizzard exec confirmed for Austin Conference keynote

Organisers of the Austin Game Conference have announced two keynote speakers for the September event, which begins with an address from Blizzard Entertainment's VP game design, Rob Pardo.
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StarCraft Ghost is "indefinitely postponed"

Blizzard has decided to "indefinitely postpone production" on StarCraft: Ghost, its action-oriented StarCraft spin-off for consoles, "while evaluating opportunities for utilising the additional power of the new and upcoming console systems".
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World of Warcraft tops 6 million worldwide

World of Warcraft developer, Blizzard Entertainment, has announced that the subscriber base for its exceptionally popular massively multiplayer online game has now exceeded 6 million worldwide.
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Blizzard pledges to fix World of Warcraft login issue

Blizzard has admitted to <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that many World of Warcraft players are still facing problems when they attempt to log into the game - adding that everything possible is being done to resolve the issue.
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Stonewall encourages Blizzard to change WOW policy

A spokesperson for gay equality organisation Stonewall has told GamesIndustry.biz that attempts to set up lesbian, gay and bisexual-friendly guilds in World of Warcraft should be "welcomed, not blocked."
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World of Warcraft surpasses 1 million EU subscribers

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that its phenomenally successful massively multiplayer online game, World of Warcraft, has now surpassed one million subscribers in Europe, topping 5.5 million worldwide.
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World of Warcraft hits 5 million subscribers mark

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the number of subscribers to World of Warcraft, the hit massively multiplayer online RPG, has topped 5 million following the launch of the game in Asia.
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Blizzard North veterans form another independent studio

As the fallout from Blizzard Entertainment's merging of its North and South studios continues to settle, three former Blizzard North development staff have established a new studio called Hyboreal Games.
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Blizzard scotches rumours of Xbox 360 announcements

World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment has flatly denied rumours that it is planning to unveil an Xbox 360 version of the immensely popular MMOG at its Blizzcon event this week.
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World of Warcraft hits 4 million subscribers

The growth of Blizzard Entertainment's massively multiplayer title World of Warcraft continues unabated, with the firm this week announcing that it now has over four million paying customers on the service.
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Blizzard North shut down; Diablo team moves to Irvine

Vivendi Universal Games subsidiary Blizzard Games has shut its secondary development location, Bay Area based Blizzard North, and is moving the team at the studio to its headquarters in Irvine, south California.