So apparently Blizzard has just updated Warden a short while ago. This can be noticed by when you inject hacks, you can hang around a bit, then you get a crash from StarCraft, if you continue to play, then during the next game, you're going to be disconnected from BNET.

It is certain...

Edit: Some hacks have been updated, check downloads update date before downloading.

Hey you guys blizzard released a new character for D3; the monk. Here's a pretty cool trailer.

http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/714955/diabl...onk_082109.html
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/714955/diabl..._1a_082109.html
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/714955/diabl...9_1_082109.html

Here is a few more links with gameplay, single and multiplayer.

*Please note: No one section has complete information on the entire subject. The purpose is to give you a general idea without having a four page post. If you are interested more into a specific subject click the link following the information in the quote tags.

I will also try to upload some photos of BlizzCon, or get a link to a good photo gallery from flickr or somewhere else, that isn't just pictures of fan's in their costumes.


Update:
Diablo III - New Trailer (Read More)
Starcraft II Galaxy Editor (Read More)
The Next Battle.Net (Read More)

BlizzCon 2009


StarCraft II Battle.net


Continue Reading: http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/recaps/battlenet-panel.xml
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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

Continue Reading: http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/recaps/cataclysm-panel.xml


World of Warcraft Cataclysm: Class, Items And Professions


Continue Reading: http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/recaps/cl..._prof-panel.xml


Diablo III: Heroes and Monsters


Continue Reading: http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/recaps/he...sters-panel.xml


Source: http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/

Source: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/star...ii_delayed_2010

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Well doesn't this just suck...

New hacks on the way?

Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition packs eye-opening bonus




Source(s):http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/modern-warfare-2-prestige-edition-packs-eye-opening-bonus-costs-150/1334432


I am so getting that... just for the goggles xD

Source: http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/06/30...-ii-lan-support

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I don't know about you, but I'm pretty pissed off about this.

There's a new beta opt-in procedure at Blizzard's recently revamped Battle.net that StarCraft II beta hopefuls should probably go check out.

Relatively quick and painless, the new beta opt-in procedure forgoes the usual uploading of DXDIAG files in favor of a more Blizzard-flavored method of obtaining your system specs. First log into or create a new Battle.net account and head to the beta profiles page. Then download the Blizzard system check utility, which quickly sorts through your computer's innards and uploads the data to Battle.net. Make sure you've got StarCraft II checked, click "Update Preferences", and you're done.

In order to sign up for the StarCraft II beta, you first need to register a Battle.net account. You can opt in to the beta for StarCraft II, as well as betas for future Blizzard Entertainment games, through our new beta opt-in process. To get started, simply click "Beta Profile Settings" in Battle.net Account Management.

To be considered, you must create a beta profile containing your system specifications (see below) and indicate which Blizzard Entertainment games you’re interested in beta testing -- be sure to check the box for the StarCraft universe. Once you’ve successfully uploaded a beta profile, the associated Battle.net account is added to a pool of potential beta testers.

Once you're done, all you have to do is hope you get opted in for a bet tester! Goodluck everyone!

Sign Up for Starcraft II Beta?

Source(s): http://starcraft2.com/beta-faq.xml

World of Warcraft Patch 3.1.0

• Command (Orc Racial): Applies to shaman pets, and now correctly applies to death knight pets.
• Gift of the Naaru (Draenei Racial): The heal has been changed to an instant-cast heal-over-time.
• Stoneform (Dwarf Racial): No longer makes you immune to poison, disease and bleed effects for 8 seconds. Instead, using Stoneform will clear those effects when cast. Cooldown reduced to 2 minutes from 3 minutes.

Classes: General

• Armor Penetration Rating: All classes now receive 25% more benefit from Armor Penetration Rating.
• The damage threshold for Fear, Psychic Scream, Hex, Intimidating Shout, and Turn Evil to break early has been significantly reduced.
• Haste Rating: shamans, paladins, druids, and death knights now receive 30% more melee haste from Haste Rating.
• Hysteria, Tricks of the Trade, Enrage, Wrecking Crew, Death Wish, Arcane Power, Owlkin Frenzy, Beast Within, and Avenging Wrath damage bonuses no longer stack together.
• Mana Regeneration: The amount of mana regeneration derived from intellect and spirit has been reduced by 40%; however, talents that allow for mana regeneration while in combat have been increased. As a result, in-combat regeneration for classes with those talents will stay the same, while out-of-combat regeneration will be lower.
• The shaman’s Fire Elemental and Spirit Wolves, mage’s Water Elemental and Mirror Images, and druid’s Treants have all gained avoidance from area-of-effect damage similar to what warlock and hunter pets already have.
• Taunts: All player or pet-generated taunts now have a shared diminish category. In addition, Taunt-type effects from pets and from classes other than death knight, druid, paladin, and warrior have been set such that bosses can be made immune to them while still affected by death knight, druid, paladin, and warrior taunts.

Death Knights

• Anti-magic Shell: The amount of damage this ability can absorb is now limited to 50% of the death knight’s health.
• Blood Boil’s damage increased to make up for Pestilence no longer doing damage.
• Blood Boil now does some damage to undiseased targets and extra damage to diseased targets. Its damage radius has been decreased to 10 yards.
• Blood Plague: Now lasts 15 seconds untalented.
• Blood Strike: Bonus damage for diseases is now a multiplier rather than a flat bonus.
• Death Pact: This heal cannot be critical.
• Death Strike: The amount of healing per damage done has been reduced by 20%. Now deals 75% weapon damage, up from 60%.
• Frost Fever: Now lasts 15 seconds untalented.
• Frost Presence: Now grants 5% damage reduction instead of 15% magic damage reduction.
• Obliterate: Bonus damage for diseases now increases damage done by a percentage rather than a flat amount.
• Pestilence does no damage and has only 1 rank.
• Plague Strike and Blood Plague no longer remove heal-over-time effects. Plague Strike’s damage increased quite a bit to compensate.
• Raise Ally now has a cooldown greater than 15 minutes and can no longer be used in Arenas.
• Raise Dead: Duration lowered to 60 seconds and cooldown lowered to 3 minutes. The cooldown on this ability now begins when the pet dies rather than when it is summoned.
• Rune of Cinderglacier now procs per minute instead of a 5% chance.
• Rune of the Fallen Crusader: This weapon enchant now provides only 15% strength, but its chance to proc is doubled.
• Rune of Razorice now affects Frost damage done by the death knight only, but stacks up to 10%.
• Strangulate no longer does damage and has been reduced to 1 rank.
• Talents
  • Blood
    • Abomination’s Might: This effect can now also be caused by Death Strike.
    • Blade Barrier: Now grants 1/2/3/4/5% damage reduction instead of 2/4/6/8/10% parry.
    • Blood Aura: Replaced with Improved Blood Presence. This allows the death knight to keep the healing-from-damage-done bonus of Blood Presence in any presence, and increases healing received while in Blood Presence.
    • Blood-Gorged now grants armor penetration instead of expertise.
    • Bloody Strikes: The bonus damage this talent grants to Blood Boil has been reduced to 10/20/30%.
    • Bloodworms now heal more.
    • Dancing Rune Weapon: Damage done by, and duration of this pet is reduced by 50%, but the cooldown is reduced to 90 seconds. Attack speed of pet increased from 2.0 to 3.5.
    • New talent: Improved Death Strike: Increases Death Strike damage by 10/20%, and critical strike chance by 3/6%.
    • Heart Strike: Bonus damage for diseases is now a multiplier rather than a flat bonus. No longer affected by Glyph of Blood Strike.
    • Hysteria: This ability now causes the target to lose health rather than take damage.
    • Might of Mograine: No longer affects Obliterate.
    • Scent of Blood: Will now proc on a dodge, parry or when taking damage, and now grants 10 runic power per charge. Internal cooldown removed.
    • Spell Deflection: This talent has been increased to 15/30/45% damage reduction from a direct damage spell.
    • Sudden Doom now procs a free Death Coil instead of requiring you to push the button. Ranks reduced from 5 to 3.
    • Vampiric Blood: Cooldown increased to 2 minutes from 1 minute.
    • Will of the Necropolis: This ability now has a 15 second cooldown on how often it can occur. No longer triggers from damage amounts less than 5% of the player’s health.
  • Frost
    • The following talents have moved in the Frost tree: Runic Power Mastery, Glacier Rot, Killing Machine, Chilblains, and Endless Winter.
    • Black Ice: This talent now provides a 2/4/6/8/10% bonus to Frost and Shadow damage instead of 4/8/12/16/20% to Frost.
    • Blood of the North: Now also increases damage dealt by Frost Strike by 3/6/9/12/15%.
    • Chillblains: Now a 15/30/50% movement speed debuff up from 30%. Can no longer be dispelled.
    • Frost Aura: Replaced with Improved Frost Presence. Allows the deathknight to keep the health bonus of Frost Presence in any presence, and decreases magic damage taken while in Frost Presence.
    • Glacier Rot: 3rd rank added, and damage bonus increased to 7/13/20%.
    • Howling Blast: Base damage and scaling doubled. This ability no longer deals bonus damage to targets with Frost Fever. 8-second cooldown. Swapped positions with Hungering Cold in the talent tree.
    • Icy Talons and Improved Icy Talons: These talents now have new icons.
    • Improved Icy Touch: Now increases Icy Touch damage by 5/10/15% instead of by 10/20/30%.
    • Lichborne: No longer improves your chance to be missed. Now correctly grants immunity, and will break all effects to which Lichborne makes you immune.
    • Rime: This talent is now triggered by Obliterate instead of Icy Touch. When this talent triggers, it also resets the cooldown on Howling Blast.
    • Runic Power Mastery: Moved up to tier-1 and reduced to 2 ranks (15/30%).
    • Tundra Stalker: Now increases the damage on abilities by 3/6/9/12/15% instead of 2/4/6/8/10%.
    • Unbreakable Armor: Now grants damage reduction instead of physical damage reduction. Cooldown increased to 2 minutes from 1 minute.
  • Unholy
    • Bone Shield: Cooldown increased to 2 minutes from 1 minute.
    • Desecration: This talent now has a 100% chance to be triggered, works with Scourge Strike, and instantly snares targets within the Desecration area. Additional points in the talent increase the damage bonus and snare magnitude instead of increasing the chance it will be triggered.
    • New Talent: Ghoul Frenzy: Grants 25% melee haste to your pet and heals it for 30% of its maximum health. Costs 1 Unholy Rune and lasts 30 seconds. Requires at least 30 points in the Unholy tree.
    • Impurity: This talent is reduced to 4/8/12/16/20% bonus to attack power scaling.
    • Magic Suppression: Now has 3 ranks (down from 5) for 2/4/6% magic damage reduction.
    • Master of Ghouls: Now also reduces the cooldown on Raise Dead by 60 seconds. This talent now requires at least 25 points in the Unholy tree, and has Night of the Dead as a prerequisite.
    • Night of the Dead: Redesigned to grant a flat reduction on cooldown to Raise Dead and Army of the Dead instead of a reduction from using abilities. Requires at least 15 points in the Unholy tree; prerequisite for Master of Ghouls.
    • Outbreak: No longer increases Blood Boil damage. Now gives a 7/13/20% damage bonus to Scourge Strike. Plague Strike Bonus lowered to 10/20/30%.
    • Reaping: Now procs on Blood Strike and Pestilence instead of Blood Strike and Blood Boil.
    • Scourge Strike: Damage increased. Bonus damage for diseases now increases damage done by a percentage rather than a flat amount.
    • Shadow of Death: This talent has been removed.
    • Unholy Aura: Replaced with Improved Unholy Presence. Allows the death knight to keep the movement speed bonus of Unholy Presence in any presence, and increases rune regeneration rate while in Unholy Presence.
    • Unholy Blight and Gargoyle have swapped places in the Unholy tree. Gargoyle is the new 51-point Unholy talent.
    • Vicious Strikes: This talent no longer affects Death Strike.

Druids

• Abolish Poison: Now ticks every 3 seconds, up from every 2. Now lasts 12 seconds, up from 8.
• Faerie Fire and Faerie Fire (Feral): Now decreases armor of your target by 5%. Has a 5-minute duration, and a 40-second PvP duration.
• Feral Faerie Fire: The damage generated by this ability in Bear Form and Dire Bear Form has been increased substantially.
• Innervate: This spell no longer costs mana.
• Lifebloom: Mana cost of all ranks doubled. When Lifebloom blooms or is dispelled, it now refunds half the base mana cost of the spell per application of Lifebloom, and the heal effect is multiplied by the number of applications.
• Maim: This ability is now considered a stun, and shares a diminish category with all other stuns. It no longer has a chance to break from the target taking damage. Duration lowered to 1 second per combo point.
• Pounce: No longer affected by diminishing returns with other stuns, however, it now shares a diminishing return with Cheap Shot (Rogue).
• Savage Defense: Trainable at level 40 with Dire Bear Form as a prerequisite. When the druid deals a melee critical strike, it gains a physical damage shield equal to 25% of its attack power. The next hit completely consumes the shield, regardless of how much damage was done. Only active in Bear Form.
• Starfall: Cooldown reduced to 90 seconds.
• Swipe: The Bear Form and Dire Bear Form version of this ability no longer has a targeting requirement and hits targets behind the druid and to the sides.
• Talents
  • Balance
    • Celestial Focus redesigned: Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Starfire, Hibernate and Hurricane by 23/46/70% and increases your total spell haste by 1/2/3%.
    • Eclipse: The benefit to Wrath triggered by casting Starfire has been increased to 30% bonus damage.
    • Insect Swarm: The bonus damage from spellpower on this damage-over-time ability has been increased significantly to match similar spells on other classes.
    • Mark of the Wild and Gift of the Wild can now be cast while in Moonkin form.
    • Moonkin Form: Mana cost reduced.
    • Nature's Grace redesigned: All spell critical strikes have a 33/66/100% chance to grace you with a Blessing of Nature, increasing your spell casting speed by 20% for 3 seconds.
    • Owlkin Frenzy is now properly considered an Enrage effect. Now also does not trigger from spell hits, only physical ranged and melee attacks.
    • Typhoon: Now causes a 3-second daze.
  • Feral
    • Heart of the Wild: Stamina bonus changed to 2/4/6/8/10%.
    • Predatory Strikes: This talent no longer works when in Moonkin form.
    • New Talent: Primal Gore: Grants the periodic damage from your Lacerate and Rip abilities the chance to critically hit.
    • Primal Tenacity: The damage reduction while stunned effect now only works in Cat Form.
    • Rend and Tear: The critical strike bonus for Ferocious Bite reduced to 5/10/15/20/25%, down from 10/20/30/40/50%.
    • Savage Roar is now considered an Enrage effect and now increases physical damage done by 30% instead of increasing attack power.
    • Survival Instincts: Cooldown reduced to 3 minutes, down from 5.
    • Survival of the Fittest: Bonus armor reduced to 11/22/33% instead of 22/44/66%.
  • Restoration
    • Living Seed: This talent now accounts for total healing including overhealing.
    • Improved Mark of the Wild: Now also increases all of your total attributes by 1/2%.
    • Intensity: Now grants 17/33/50% of mana regeneration while casting.
    • New Talent: Improved Barkskin: Increases the damage reduction granted by your Barkskin spell by 5/10%, and increases your resistance to Dispel mechanics by an additional 30/60% while under the effect of Barkskin.
    • Improved Regrowth: This talent is renamed Nature’s Bounty. Increases the critical effect chance of your Regrowth and Nourish spells by 5/10/15/20/25%.
    • Replenish: This talent is now re-named Revitalize and also works with Wild Growth.
    • Tree of Life: Now receives 240% increased armor. You can now use Nature's Grasp and Thorns while within this form. In addition, the discount on heal-over-time spells from this talent is now active at all times, whether or not the druid is in Tree of Life form. Mana cost reduced to match the cost of Travel Form.

Hunters

• Ammunition: All types of gun and bow ammunition now stack to 1000. All quivers and ammo pouches no longer provide haste. 15% ranged haste is now built into the hunter's Auto Shot.
• Aspect of the Pack is now raid wide, and radius increased from 30 yards to 40 yards.
• Call Stabled Pet: This new ability lets the hunter remotely access the stable. 30-minute cooldown.
• Cunning, Ferocity and Tenacity pets now all have +5% damage, +5% armor and +5% health bonuses. This should make more pet families feel viable, while additional talents have been added to distinguish a pet’s abilities based on its specializations.
• Disengage: Cooldown increased by 5 seconds.
• Frost Trap: If the target who triggers Frost Trap is immune to its effect, the Frost Trap area effect will no longer be triggered. Now reduces speed by 50% (previously 60%).
• Pets now inherit more spell hit from the hunter. Pets with magic attacks should not require a player to stack additional hit compared to pets with physical attacks.
• Viper Sting redesigned: Stings the target, draining 4% of mana over 8 seconds (up to a maximum of 8% of the caster's maximum mana), and energizing the hunter equal to 300% of the amount drained. Only one Sting per hunter can be active on any one target.
• Talents
  • Beast Mastery
    • Animal Handler: No longer reduces the cooldown of Master's Call, but instead increases the duration of the Master's Call effect by 3/6 seconds.
    • Improved Aspect of the Hawk now has a new spell effect.
  • Marksmanship
    • Chimera Shot: Mana cost reduced from 16% to 12%.
    • Concussive Barrage redesigned: 2-point talent. Now causes your Multi-Shot and Chimera Shot to have a 50/100% chance to daze the target for 4 seconds.
    • Efficiency: Increased to 3/6/9/12/15% up from 2/4/6/8/10%.
    • Piercing Shots redesigned: Your critical Aimed, Steady and Chimera Shots cause the target to bleed for 10/20/30% of the damage dealt over 8 seconds. The damage done by this talent no longer receives modifications from effects that increase or decrease damage done by a percentage.
    • Ranged Weapon Specialization: Points reduced from 5 to 3, 1/3/5%.
    • Rapid Recuperation redesigned: You gain 2/4% of your mana every 3 seconds while under the effect of Rapid Fire, and you gain 1/2% of your mana every 2 seconds for 6 seconds when you gain Rapid Killing.
    • Silencing Shot: No longer on the global cooldown.
    • Wild Quiver: Chance increased to 4/8/12%, up from 4/7/10%. Damage increased from 50% of an Auto Shot to 80%.
  • Survival
    • Entrapment redesigned: When your Frost Trap, Immolation Trap, Explosive Trap and Snake Trap are triggered, you entrap all afflicted targets, preventing them from moving for 2/3/4 seconds.
    • Explosive Shot: Base damage lowered by 10%. Attack power scaling reduced by 12.5%. The periodic damage from this ability no longer triggers Judgement of Wisdom and Judgement of Light.
    • Hunting Party: This talent has been reduced to 3 points, and now increases your total agility by an additional 1/2/3%.
    • Lock and Load redesigned: You now have a 33/66/100% chance when you trap a target with Freezing Trap, Freezing Arrow or Frost Trap and a 2/4/6% chance when you deal periodic damage with your Immolation Trap or Black Arrow to cause your next 2 Arcane Shot or Explosive Shot spells to trigger no cooldown, cost no mana and consume no ammo. This now has a new spell effect and sound.
    • New Talent: Black Arrow: Fires a Black Arrow at the target, increasing all damage done by you to the target by 6% and doing periodic shadow damage for 15 seconds. 30-second cooldown. Shares a cooldown with all other traps.
    • T.N.T.: Increases damage done by Explosive Shot, Immolation Trap, and Explosive Trap by 2/4/6%.
    • Trap Mastery: This talent has been moved up to tier-2, up from tier-9, and is now a 3-point talent.
    • Trap Mastery, Resourcefulness and T.N.T. now all affect Black Arrow.
    • Improved Wing Clip: This talent has been removed.
    • Wyvern Sting: Duration increased from 12 seconds to 30 seconds. PvP duration reduced from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.
  • Pets
    • Bullheaded now adds 20% damage reduction for 12 seconds along with its current CC-removal effect.
    • Cornered: The critical strike reduction when this ability is active has been increased.
    • Feeding Frenzy increased to 8/16% damage up from 6/12%.
    • Furious Howl (wolf special ability) now stacks with Battle Shout and Blessing of Might, however, it only affects the wolf and hunter. Its effect and cooldown have been doubled so that it provides the same benefit but isn’t up 100% of the time.
    • Gorillas now have a new family ability, Pummel, which works like the warrior ability and has a single rank.
    • Grace of the Mantis and Roar of Sacrifice are now also available to Cunning pets.
    • Great Resistance increased to 5/10/15% magic damage reduction, up from 3/6/9%.
    • Roar of Recovery cooldown decreased to 3 minutes, down from 6 minutes.
    • New Talent: Shark Attack: This new 2-rank talent is available to Ferocity pets. It increases pet damage.
    • New Talent: Silverback: This new 2-rank talent is available to Tenacity pets. It heals the pet when Growl is used.
    • Roar of Sacrifice can be used on the hunter only.
    • Stampede (rhino) only affects 1 target, but adds a 25% bleed damage debuff (that does not stack with Mangle etc.) in addition to its knockback.
    • Thunderstomp is no longer a gorilla-specific family ability and is now available to all Tenacity pets. It has been reduced to one rank.
    • Turtles and Crabs now dwell in waters of and off Eversong and the Ghostlands, giving Blood Elf hunters access to local Tenacity pets.
    • New Talent: Wild Hunt: This new 2-rank talent is available to all 3 pet trees. Increases the contribution your pets get from your stamina by 20/40% and attack power by 10/20%.

Source: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/

Edit (by Ruler): The size of this patch is 740MB

Well blizzard has finally took some interest back into Warcraft III or so I thought.

Not much change in this patch.

Patch 1.23:
FEATURES
- Battle.net now uses a new banner ad system.

FIXES
- Fixed an exploit where an altered custom map would be seen identical to
the original custom map.
- Fixed an issue where some patches could not apply on Intel Macs.

Well I just learned that Blizzard as been talking about some partnership with the mircrosoft involving the new xbox coming out. Although no one really knows when the new xbox will come out it is said that the new xbox is already in development.
Source: http://video.ign.com/dor/articles/965543/i...spc_032609.html
from 40-53 (Sorry not much about on ign I'll keep looking for some more info)

For those wondering why hasn't World of Warcraft on any consoles, well apartantly the current hardware isn't ready yet.

Well this seems pretty cool, it could open up to some new games, like a different kind of RPG for Warcraft or Starcraft, maybe a highly wanted first person shooter that never came out *cough Starcraft ghost cough*( Actually some rumors say Ghost will be turned into an rpg).

opinions?

Battle.net 2.0 Has Arrived!

The World of WarCraft sites as well as Battle.net had a brief downtime period yesterday and when it reappeared later, WoW redirected to Battle.net, which featured a new design, and now encourages players to merge their WoW accounts with one single Battle.net account.

This isn't a surprise, as the Wrath of the Lich King License Agreement already mentioned this would happen, but the fact that it happened now so shortly after the beta page was re-done, could mean they are preparing for signups to the next beta: StarCraft II!

In the meantime, you can upgrade your WoW-account to a Battle.net account, and they also merge any Blizzard Account you might have added in the past.

The idea with the new launch of Battle.net is that a player can register all his keys in once location, and use one account for all things Blizzard. Much of this service was previously available at the Blizzard Account, but it only included games other than World of WarCraft. This is also the first step of merging all of Blizzard games, and we will most likely see the WoW forums move over to Battle.net as well. Blizzard want all their game fans to come together under a single roof and share one single community.

All the WoW-stuff you might have (such as an authenticator) will be associated with the Battle.net account, and the new account will be used for all logins. If you had multiple accounts, you will log in with the blizzard account, and then choose which of the WoW accounts you want to log in to.

Interesting to note here is that they refer to the forums and the old Battle.net website as "classic Battle.net" on the new flashy front image! They are obviously not counted as "upgraded" yet, and will receive a face lift!

Improved Battle.net In-Game Functionality Any quote from Blizzard clearly states that while they won't talk much about Battle.net 2.0, we will be blown away or be very impressed. It's a given that all current features for Battle.net will be included - and improved! Blizzard has said they have learned a lot from WoW on infrastructure, and features from WoW will definitely also be seen.

So Battlenet 2.0 WILL feature:

• Excellent Ping
• Channels and Chat in-game
• Ladders and Rankings, secured against cheating.
• Extended stats, with possibility to see who D/C etc (source)
• AMM-type Matchmaking
• Avatars, Images and Icons to represent yourself
• Diablo III Hardcore mode
• Friends/Ignore Lists with advanced management (see accounts below)
• Clan Support
• Automated Tournaments

As an example, Diablo III players will possibly deal with all their trading directly by whispers in the new network. With this in mind, we can expect many simple and useful features directly in the system.


Achievements
Just like in WoW, Achievements will be added to Diablo III and StarCraft II. Achievements such as "Win 100 StarCraft II games", or "Level your character to 100" are the new way of playing online and will be recorded on Account basis. Blizzard have explained that all games' Achievements will give a score that stacks to give you a "Blizzard level". Whether these features will be available only for new games, or all Blizzard's Battle.net games is unknown but it seems likely they will only be available in new releases. A preview of this system can be found in World of WarCraft, where testing is now commencing in the Wrath of the Lich King Beta.

Besides being entertaining, the purpose is also to bring people in to the multiplayer game, as the Achievements will only be available online where they can be checked against cheating. It should be more fun online, even solo. Trading and co-op is just a bonus, and Jay Wilson has even said that Diablo III won't even contain any other networking functionality besides Battle.net.


In-Game Voice Chat
Especially mentioned for StarCraft II, but also a very likely feature in other games is VoIP (Voice over IP) or "Voice Chat". The technology is already implemented in WoW, and has been promised as an example of what will come with Battle.net. It probably won't replace Ventrilo/TeamSpeak for the active gamers, but a great new way to chat for those who don't wish to use a third party program.


Hack-Free
As Blizzard is learning from WoW when it comes to server infrastructure where they are battling hackers and exploiters, the new Battle.net will be built on programming that prevent any form of hacking or cheating. Taking several lessons from WoW in that regard, "duping" in Diablo III will be come impossible. Chris Sigaty promised me that they will ensure security as best we can, to keep it fair for all players. The Blizzard Accounts will also encourage people to be more responsible online.


"eSport Support"
We don't have the details on what this means exactly; there will be support for eSports and those features will probably be available for custom tournaments or ladders as well. IPTV and broadcasted matches are likely features, but only StarCraft II is currently confirmed to have eSport support, with new and advanced replay mode, tournaments, leagues and spectator mode. Diablo III eSports are not unlikely, but we'll see more when PvP combat is revealed. Either way, the eSports team would be in charge of it.


Visit Battle.net 2.0

Source(s): Starcraftwire

StarCraft II Split Into Three Games



That's the jist of the article. for the entire article proceed to move your pissed cursors onto this link:

Source: http://pc.ign.com/articles/918/918895p1.html

Hey people. What do you guys think of adding an rss feed section?
Basically you can tell me what websites to add, and what would happen is that in the rss section news from other sites would get created as topics here and everyone can post/talk about them. It ight give you guys something else to talk about or look at while your here.
But it does create topics, so it will be in the recent topics list on the main page and forums.

So, if you guys are not going to read or discuss the topics then its not worth it. I will make it only create 1 or 2 a day and see how it goes if you guys want to try this. It can export news from other websites (ie: purgehosting's news) and post them here automatically. Any sites that have a little "RSS" button on them, just send me a link and we can add them.

So, what do you think, I can make a demo if you want.

Nyaaah. New starcraft patch JUST came out.

Ghoztcraft has been let in on a super awesome shared gaming server with Bwhacks and Zero Winners.

Team Fortress 2:
Go to Favorites tab in the Servers area and click 'Add a Server'
Address: 174.132.97.35:28015

Left 4 Dead:
To connect to the L4D server create a lobby and type this in the console (hit tilde / ~): sv_search_key "Fire22"

Blizzard has just released the new patch pending the expansion set.



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Source(s): http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/

Starcraft and Brood War Patch Information



What a worthless patch.

Please be patient, the downloads will be updated soon.
UPDATE: Download 1.15.3 hacks here.

Hola Folks,

Sorry for the lack of updates on the Diablo Aspect of the site. Res Assured you'll get some Diablo II hacks pretty soon for the newest version. Here's the patch information for the recent patches which we didn't cover.



Patch 1.12


It takes some serious dedication to support it with patches nearly a decade after it was first released. Sure, Diablo II is still heavily played by many people, but that’s just crazy. The new patch will definitely be enjoyed by anyone that still plays the game, as it eliminates the need to keep your CD in the drive in order to play. It is speculated that this patch marks the first steps to making the game available as a digital download via Blizzard’s online store.

Just about an hour ago Diablo III was announced in Paris, France. Nearly all information can be found here: http://eu.blizzard.com/diablo3/ A cinematic trailer and a satisfyingly long gameplay video can found in the link too.



Ghoztcraft Now has Official Diablo III Forums in the Gaming Forums. We'll be looking for Diablo III RSS Feeds and Moderators soon. As of now the Gaming Mods have control over the forum. Please post a few threads to get the section started!

There is a Lan party June 28th to 29th, in Mass, 500+ people are attending. I've registered and so has god(jakal). I've set up a Clan as well so if you plan to attend set your Clan to "The Eternal Network" so that we can sit together.

http://noreaster.lpane.net/

It's gonna be fun 3 hour drive for me probably gonna crash under a table at the lan event, you can find a lot of info about it on that site. you got lil short of 3 months but plan for it now.

Post is copied from my forum but same thing applies, I don't think XGhozt gonna make it to this though...

Warcraft III Patch Information

The Warcraft III patch v1.22 has been released with several game fixes, updates and new maps. For the easiest patching process it is recommended that you connect to Battle.net. This can be done by starting the game and clicking on the Battle.net button. If you have The Frozen Throne expansion installed you only need to download and install The Frozen Throne patch.


Source(s): http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=21180

Downloads will be updated soon! All hacks uploaded now will NOT work with the recent patch. Please allow time as developers release their updated versions.

Source: http://www.battle.net/forums/war3/thread.a...p;p=1&tmp=1



More to come, apparently.

Starcraft 2 release date according to gamestop

WOOOHOOOO
Source: Starcraft 2 release date according to gamestop | Gaming News Link

FEATURES

• The game now runs natively on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs.
• Player can now view frames per second using the "/fps" chat command.

FIXES

• Fixed a timing problem with the game on PCs with dual-core CPUs.
• Fixed a crash that could occur with the Frost Breath ability.
• Fixed a crash that could happen in multiplayer games.
• Fixed an exploit that could happen in multiplayer games.

Now they got the CD for Warcraft III coming!

I damaged my TFT so long ago.. Downloads will be updated once the patch is officially released.



Source: Warcraft III General Discussion

Sylph is a pet that will help the owners pick up items. It will function like other Ability pets, such as Monkey and Squirrel.


[Growth Pet - Bear]

Bear is a pet that will help the owners attack monsters. It will function like other Growth pets, such as White Wolf and Penguin.


[Transport Pet - Buffalo]

Buffalo is a pet that will help the owners transport items during trade runs. It will function like other Transport pets, such as White Elephant and Five Horned Rhinoceros.


[Vehicle Pet - Beetle]

Beetle is a pet that will help the owners move around the fields quickly and easily. It will function like other Vehicle pets, such as Ostrich and Fierce Tiger.

- Added 01/15/2008 17:00 Silkroad Standard Time
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Server size increase of servers at 3000 to 3500.

The patch is now officially released, you will find you are forced to download the patch if you login on battle.net. The Forums and Downloads will soon be updated to match the new patch details. Please keep in mind all old hacks no longer work, we strongly recommend not using them at this time.

All hacks which have been tested and still work are listed in the new 1.15.2 category: http://www.ghoztcraft.net/forums/forums.html...

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- patch 1.15.1
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Bug Fixes

- Fixed a replay saving bug that occasionally crashed games.
- Fixed a bug where the map download progress was not shown.
- Pressing alt-f4 while in Starcraft and logged into a league now logs you out
of the league.
- Updated some of the localization for the league page.
- Fixed an exploit that allowed nukes to fall anywhere on the map.



EDIT: It appears as they did intentionally patch the zerg mineral hack, but without mentioning it in the patch notes.