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The Flickcast Presents: The Bitcast Best of Gaming 2012 – Part 3

Posted on January 2, 2013 by John Carle

Don’t worry. We aren’t giving any more awards to Angry Birds. At least not today. But we do have four more games for the best of 2012. If you haven’t seen the previous two days awards, click here for Monday’s … Continue reading →

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What Should Happen to THQ?

Posted on December 27, 2012 by John Carle

Since we started covering games, we have always had an eye on THQ and its franchises. From the WWE and UFC fighting games to fantasy adventures like Darksiders and sci-fi worlds of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine to even the modern day … Continue reading →

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‘Diablo III’ and ‘Skylanders’ Sales Highlighted on Activision Earnings Call

Posted on August 3, 2012 by John Carle

Yesterday, Activision Blizzard had its second quarter earnings call and surprisingly the focus of the call was not around either World of Warcraft or Call of Duty. Instead it was Diablo III that was heralded as the biggest winner of … Continue reading →

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New World of Warcraft Expansion Officially Releasing This September

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Blizzard is historically slow with their releases and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria has been in extensive beta testing for months now. So the wait has been excruciating for WoW fans the world over, with the release being so close but also potentially … Continue reading →

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“World of Warcraft’ The Motion Picture Needs A New Director

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

This one actually kinda stings, even if the writing has been on the wall for a little while now. The idea of a Sam Raimi directed epic fantasy opus set in the Warcraft world was something of a cosmic no … Continue reading →

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‘Diablo III’ Releasing on May 15th, But You Can Pre-Order Now

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Joe Gillis

For those of you anxiously awaiting news of a release data for Blizzard’s Diablo III, this post is for you. That’s right fans, Blizzard on Thursday announced that the highly anticipated follow-up to the hit game Diablo II will be … Continue reading →

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Coming in 2012: Long-Awaited ‘Diablo III’ for PC

Posted on January 10, 2012 by John Carle

Just passing its fifteenth anniversary, the Diablo series has become known as the quintessential loot grabbing dungeon crawling RPG on the PC. With only two formal releases, the third installment of Diablo is set to come out this year from … Continue reading →

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Blizzard Makes ‘World of Warcraft’ Free to Play Until Level 20

Posted on June 29, 2011 by John Carle

Once the initial rush of new players began to slow down, Blizzard in their infinite wisdom allowed new players the chance to experience World of Warcraft for 14 days, free of charge. Though Blizzard hadn’t released the actual number of … Continue reading →