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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Release Date Confirmed

Finally, Blizzard Entertainment says that World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade will be in stores on January 16th in North America and Europe. The expansion will be available in a similar time frame in Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore as well, and availability for mainland China and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau will be announced in the near future. In addition, Blizzard today announced that the subscriber base for World of Warcraft has reached a new milestone, with 7.5 million players worldwide.

In World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, players will be able to advance their characters up to level 70, unlocking a world of power and possibilities along the way. Additional features coming in The Burning Crusade include two new playable races (the Blood Elves and the Draenei), flying mounts, new talents and abilities for all character classes, the new jewelcrafting profession, new magical weapons and armor, and many enhancements to PvP action.

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World of Warcraft profits tumble in China

Revenue generated by World of Warcraft in China is falling as the popular online game ages, despite an increase in players, according to the game's local operator.

China is believed to have more Warcraft players than any other nation, at almost six million registered accounts and as many as 660,000 playing simultaneously.

New data on the game's performance in China was revealed in figures released by The9 Ltd, which operates the game in China under a licensing deal with the US-based developer, Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Universal.

Jun Zhu, chairman and chief executive at The9, told analysts last week that Chinese Warcraft enthusiasts paid a total of $29.1m to play over the past three months, a fall of 10 per cent from $32m in the previous quarter.

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Burning Crusade beta testers get contest

Beta testers get all the luck. Just for playing the game they love and enduring the pain of crashes, bugs, and other problems. Blizzard's offering a contest to all of the Burning Crusade closed beta testers, and five lucky folks will get free WoW for a year, among other things.
Here's Blizzard's official statement:

From Saturday, November 18, 2006, 9:00 AM Pacific Time (PT) to Monday, November 20, 2006 at 12:01 AM PT, players who log in to The Burning Crusade closed beta test and play for 5 hours will have a chance to win 1 of 5 prize packages that include: World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and a 1-year paid subscription to World of Warcraft!
Digging into the contest details, sourced below, we find something interesting.

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Guild Wars Nightfall review

Online gaming with no fees. In the face of stiff competition from the likes of World of Warcraft and Everquest, that has become ArenaNet's maxim since the release of the first Guild Wars game, and it's a phrase that appears to be going down well with the punters, since we have just witnessed the appearance of the second standalone expansion in the space of 12 months.

This time around, there's a vaguely Moorish and African theme to the proceedings, but its not all Persian rugs and carved ivory statuettes, as there's the inclusion of two new classes, a new PvP mode, and an elephant-load of previously unseen items as well as controllable hero NPCs.

Before all that though, there's the business of choosing whether or not you want to play through the PvE segment or skip straight to the PVP, as well as which flavor of protagonist you wish to enter the newly discovered land of Elona as.

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World of Warcraft Update Plans

A lot of people have been wondering when the next patch for World of Warcraft will arrive, because it includes major changes in the PvP rewards system. Over on the official forums they've stated that they're hoping to release v2.0, Before the Storm, on December 5th. If you've earned any PvP rewards recently, it might be a good idea to buy them before this update takes place, although they will not be going away entirely. "For those who have been seeking high-rank PvP armor and weapons, note that the new Honor System will still include these item rewards, and it will actually be easier to earn these items under the new Honor System than under the old Honor System. Those who wish to see how their PvP abilities measure up against other players will still be able to do so under the new Arena System." .