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Cinemassively: The Demise

Moo Money — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EST

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Video, Cinemassively, Machinima

This is the tale of a machinimator and one of the most epic World of Warcraft machinimas made today. The Demise is a story of forbidden love that will bring tears to your eyes as you realize what happened. Created by Surgee, for Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational machinima contest, he painstakingly rendered it on his old machine.

Surgee silently vowed to himself that he would quit making machinima if he didn't win the top prize of a new computer. It was getting to be too difficult and time-consuming on his old one. Alas, the grand prize went to Olibith, for a movie about a woman's chest. However, The Demise will serve as a memory of the great contribution that he gave to WoW machinima!

[Thanks, #machinima on Quakenet IRC!]

If you have machinima or movie suggestions from any MMO, please send them to machinima AT massively DOT com, along with any information you might have about them.

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Cinemassively: The BS-1337 Nuclear Rocket

Moo Money — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EST

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Video, Cinemassively, Machinima, Humor

During Blizzard's recent Worldwide Invitational in France, a World of Warcraft machinima contest took place. While Olibith swept most of the prizes, some of the non-winning videos were quite good. Baron Soosdon took second place in the commercial contest with his machinima of the BS-1337 Nuclear Rocket. With over 9000 megatons of pure evil, this device is perfect for the villain on the go!

If you have machinima or movie suggestions from any MMO, please send them to machinima AT massively DOT com, along with any information you might have about them.

Cinemassively: The BS-1337 Nuclear Rocket originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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WoW Insider brings the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational to your door

Michael Zenke — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:30:00 EST

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Events, real-world

This past weekend Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational, also known as "BlizzCon Europe", had PC gaming fans throwing up the horns. Massively's sister site WoW Insider was onhand with pen, camera, and laptop from keynote to closing shop. World of Warcraft news was plentiful, of course, with a huge amount of information revealed about the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion. If you read one writeup, you should probably tackle the Developer's Panel. Class changes, big picture ideas and more are all covered in that one talk. There's also some great information for raiders in the Dungeon discussion, and a lot of promising talk about PvP for those folks.

Every class got a mini-Christmas, with plenty of love for Death Knight fans, Shaman raiders, and every single Hunter out there. We also recommend checking out the goodie bag, Turpster's hilarious interpretive dance, and (if you're into that sort of thing) there was some big non-MMO news dropped at the event's keynote. Check it out.

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Blizzard announces major World of Warcraft class changes at WWI

Michael Zenke — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EST

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Classes, Expansions

Massively's sister site WoW Insider is currently hard at work at the Worldwide Invitational, Blizzard's big to-do in France. They were onhand this morning for the big announcement, and though it's not really Massive we have to admit we're still pretty excited for Diablo 3. But you're here for MMO news, which the WI team has for you in spades. Representatives from Blizzard offered up a heaping helping of Wrath of the Lich King information, with some great info for just about every class. You're going to want to head to WoW Insider for the full monty, but here are a few highlights:

Fury Warriors will be dual-weilding 2H weapons.
Rogues will get a new AoE.
Priests will get a new crowd control spell.
Shaman totems will now affect an entire raid.
Hunters (as if they weren't cool enough) are going to see pets having talent trees of their own. A complete revamp of the pet system.

Make sure to keep your eyes on WoW Insider all weekend for more Blizz-related news.

Gallery: Worldwide Invitational 2008

Blizzard announces major World of Warcraft class changes at WWI originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Additional tickets made available for Blizzard's WWI

Shawn Schuster — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:30:00 EST

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Contests, Events, real-world, Expansions, MMO industry

If you thought you missed your chance to attend the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational, we have some good news for you. Blizzard has just announced additional tickets for this event, available next week on the WWI website.

The event will be held in Europe, at the Porte de Versailles Exposition Centre in Paris, France, on the 28th and 29th of June. This convention will feature a variety of events including panels and discussions held by Blizzard employees, costume contests, machinima contests, eSports tournaments and more. Despite all of this, possibly the most exciting part will be the chance for attendees to get some hands-on play time with Wrath of the Lich King and StarCraft II. Be sure to check out the complete event FAQ and more information on purchasing your tickets at the official website.

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