I recently came across a player in World of Warcraft who was wearing a guild tag of .

Any World of Warcraft fan knows about the big money Acti-Blizzard rakes in, but the MMO business goes far beyond that as seen in a recent U.S. study.

Gamasutra Rob Pardo on Blizzard’s Success and Failures Shacknews Learning from this, Rob labeled World of Warcraft’s economy as a success. In it, gold has value and was carefully designed by the developers. ..

Escapist Magazine Where Blizzard’s Design Philosophy Failed (And Succeeded) Escapist Magazine Speaking at GDC 2010, the lead designer of World of Warcraft knows what it takes to make a game that delivers on every level. Rob Pardo said that he was ..

GDC: Blizzard’s Core Game Design Concepts Gamasutra By way of example, significant changes had to be made in the world’s lore between Warcraft III and World of Warcraft in order to make a more fun and …

GDC: Lunch With Luminaries – ‘Gamer’ Label Is ‘A Limiting Moniker’ Gamasutra Another guy says, ‘I play 40 hours of World of Warcraft a week.’” “You’ve got a full-time job playing World of Warcraft , and you didn’t even think to …

Gamasutra Brits spend £200m on MMOs Absolute Gadget Gamers in Britain spend nearly £200m on MMOs such as World of Warcraft according to new research. The study carried out by TNS and Gamesindustry.com found …

Los Angeles Times Activision’s Modern Warfare Ambushed by Rogue Royalty Claims Gnews Video games giant Activision Blizzard, the company responsible for Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Guitar Hero are being sued by two ex-employees after … Activision Sued by Sacked ‘Call of Duty’ Creators BusinessWeek Analysts See Risks, Opportunities For Activision Amid CoD Shakeup Gamasutra Heads of ‘Call of Duty’ studio exit in surprise shakeup Los Angeles Times (blog) Examiner.com ?- USA Today ?- CNBC all 509 news articles??

MTV.com (blog) Activision Sued by Sacked ‘Call of Duty’ Creators BusinessWeek Activision’s top-three titles, “Call of Duty,” “Guitar Hero” and “ World of Warcraft ,” accounted for 68 percent of Activision Blizzard’s $4.3 billion in … Analysts See Risks, Opportunities For Activision Amid CoD Shakeup Gamasutra Heads of ‘Call of Duty’ studio exit in surprise shakeup Los Angeles Times (blog) Activision announces new plans for Call of Duty franchise Examiner.com USA Today ?- Fudzilla ?- CNBC all 474 news articles??

Gamasutra World of Warcaft China’s Project Chief Resigns Game Rant (blog) NetEase, the company responsible for World of Warcraft in China, can’t catch a break. Project Chief Li Riqiang has resigned without comment, in the midst of … NetEase Revenues Jump On First Full Quarter Of Chinese WoW Gamasutra UBS Reiterates NetEase.com (NTES) Buy Rating Benzinga NetEase Scores in the Fourth Quarter Motley Fool all 5 news articles??

Gamasutra NetEase Revenues Jump On First Full Quarter Of Chinese WoW Gamasutra Chinese World of Warcraft operator NetEase said Friday that its fiscal fourth quarter profits were flat year-on-year, but revenues jumped 62 … UBS Reiterates NetEase.com (NTES) Buy Rating Benzinga NetEase Scores in the Fourth Quarter Motley Fool all 4 news articles??

TopNews United States China’s World of Warcraft Boss Steps Down Kotaku.com (blog) The company licensed to operate World of Warcraft in China – home to 4 million of the MMO’s global installation base – still can’t find smooth sailing after … NetEase Profit Beats Estimates on ? World of Warcraft ?

Gamasutra NetEase Profit Beats Estimates on ‘ World of Warcraft ‘ Sales BusinessWeek NetEase started offering Activision Blizzard Inc.’s “ World of Warcraft ” title in September to attract players in the world’s biggest Internet market, … NetEase 4th-quarter profit beats expectations Reuters NetEase Ushers In WoW Era With A Beat Investor’s Business Daily Report: NetEase’s WoW Chief Resigns Gamasutra JLM Pacific Epoch ?- China Economic Review ?- MSN Money all 31 news articles??

NetEase Profit Beats Estimates on ‘ World of Warcraft ‘ BusinessWeek NetEase started offering Activision Blizzard Inc.’s “ World of Warcraft ” title in September to attract players in the world’s biggest Internet market, … Netease.com 4Q Profit Slips 0.7% On Higher Costs > NTES Wall Street Journal NetEase 4th-quarter profit beats expectations Reuters NetEase Ushers In WoW Era With A Beat Investor’s Business Daily Gamasutra ?- MSN Money all 18 news articles??

Gamasutra Saling The World : Aliens vs. Predator Tops UK Multiplatform Sales Gamasutra The Sims 3 drops to second place, as World of Warcraft : Wrath of the Lich King returns to the charts at fifth. In the UK, Aliens vs

Gamasutra ‘ World of WarCraft ‘ Pandaren Monk Raises $1.1 Million For Charity MTV.com (blog) The latest appearance of the martial arts-saavy, panda-esque race was as an in-game pet in ” World of WarCraft ” (pictured on the right). …

Gamasutra This Just In: Not All World of Warcraft Players Are Deadbeats OC Weekly (blog) 17 2010 @ 10:30AM ?You there, sitting on the couch in your parent’s basement, next to the Doritos, playing World of Warcraft for hours on end. Yes, YOU! ..

As much as I look down on the “games” that all of my Facebook friends keep spamming me with – tripe like Farmville, Restaurant City, and Mafia Wars – it is getting awfully difficult to ignore the service as a viable gaming platform, especially with the recent big names that have flocked to the platform. Consider these news items: – First there was the announcement that EA purchased Playfish for $400 million. – Next came Sid Meier’s declaration that the next Civilization game would be on Facebook

A Boy and His Blob , by WayForward Technologies , is a modern re-imagining of a classic 1989 NES game. I have fond memories of renting the original game on multiple occasions during my hardcore 8-bit days, but never managed to beat it. Not even close

MiamiHerald.com Activision Blizzard Beats Expectations, Bolsters Guidance CNBC The game maker beat expectations thanks to strong sales of “Call of Duty” and ” World of Warcraft .” A one-time $240.9 million write-down on deferred game …