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Warcraft
Director: Duncan Jones
Screenwriter: Charles Leavitt and Duncan Jones
Cast: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Robert Kazinsky, and Daniel Wu
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Rated PG-13 | 123 Minutes
Release Date: June 10th, 2016

Critics have been rather harsh to Warcraft so far, and as the lights dimmed and the movie started, I came into the theater thinking that I was only there to throw a little love on director Duncan Jones. Jones has had a rough year so far, and this whole movie is a big risk for not only him, but also for Blizzard Entertainment, who created the game that the movie draws inspiration from, World of Warcraft.

So how was the movie, when watched by a hardcore WoW geek?

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As Overwatch inches closer and closer to it’s late May release date, the time has finally arrived for the final beta test of the product. May 5th through 9th, players on PC, PS4, and XBOne can play the game for free. And as a small bonus, Blizzard posted shortly ago that the servers are live already, so players can start downloading and protecting the Earth.

More below.

In an age for video games where new content for older games comes at a price and where video game companies often are more interested in the next release of a game (I’m looking at you Call of Duty franchise) instead of new content for an older game, you have Blizzard Entertainment who apparently doesn’t subscribe to either of those plans. As of last night, Patch 2.4.0 for Blizzard’s 2011 hit Diablo III went live. That’s right, hot and fresh new content for a game released almost 5 years ago. That’s “forever” in today’s video game world.

Continue below to read more about what the new patch delivers and to watch a video which shows a new area to visit.

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Blizzard Entertainment this morning at Gamescom in Germany officially revealed the next chapter in the World of Warcraft series: World of Warcraft: Legion. The new expansion will expand the level cap once again, this time to 110. Also there will be a new playable class: Demon Hunter.

With the announcement comes a new high res CGI sizzle reel featuring Gul’dan and a brief video explaining a few of the new features. The new class will be a “Hero” class in the vein of the Death Knight class from the games 3rd expansion: Wrath of the Lich King. They will have unique abilities like seeing through walls and a double jump. The sizzle reel shows Gul’dan awakening the most well-known demon hunter in Illidan Stormrage. New demon hunters will be called upon by Illidan to fulfill quests as part of their “awakening”. Death Knights started at level 55 after isolated questing, it would be safe to say we’ll see a similar experience in Legion with Demon Hunters.

Continue below for more and to watch a feature overview of Legion and a cinematic teaser.

Community Manager J. Allen Brack took the time to post a note on the forums at Blizzard, and announced that all accounts in the Americas, Oceania, and European regions that were active November 14th will be receiving five free days of play time as recompense for the “subpar” launch of the latest expansion for the World of Warcraft franchise, “Warlords of Draenor.”

Continue reading to see what he had to say.

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