Sure, Spore's DRM sucked. Yes, many people were left disappointed with the game after expecting way too much from it. But did you know that you can apparently recreate StarCraft factions using the game's editor? A Korean StarCraft fan (I know, I know) on the website Ruliweb has shared some of his (or her) Terran creations in Will Wright's opus.

Going by the Google translated username Krabby Patty (even though the Korean translates closer to something like Crab Burger, Krabby Patty is just too cool to not use) , the user shared several screenshots of a Terran base and vehicles. While there are no Zerg or Protoss Spore creations yet, we can now only hold our breath and wait until the next genius Korean StarCraft fan gets his (or her) hands on Spore. Finally StarCraft players will be able to take their Zerg rushes to a galactic scale...

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Mark Jacobs, CEO of Mythic entertainment has taken a stand against gold farmers.  In a blog post on Gamasutra, he tells us " I HATE GOLD SELLERS WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING."  With this hatred, he and the Mythic team are taking a very agressive stance against gold farmers, banning them left, right, and centre.  Since the launch of WAR, over 1000 gold farmer accounts have been banned.  The full blog post can be read at Gamasutra here

Update(Sept 26,2008) - As you can see, the number has jumped from 1400 yesterday to over 4000 today!  It's good to see them being so agressive!

Goal Line Blitz

Are you ready for some football? If you haven't already heard of it, Goal Line Blitz is an American Football Simulation MMORPG. It's so addicting to a football fan I simply just can get enough. It's very fun, better then KOL! There are a number of RK members who currently have players on various teams around a few leagues.

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Aparently Its selling so well that its made more money than the recent Clone Wars movie!

They pushed 1.5 million copies in a week.  they dont belive their inital release of 4.3 mil will be enough  before supplies can be repleanished.

All info grabbed from "Kotaku

Blizzard released a new timeline  listing events up until this point in the series.  You can read more about the history of what has happened here.

DIRECTV has just announced further details for their pay per view package of BlizzCon coverage, and that the special promotion offering it free with a new subscription is now open. New DIRECTV subscribers in the US who sign up for DIRECTV by September 30 through www.blizzard.directv.com or 800-728-9375 will receive the package for free, while existing DIRECTV customers will be able to order it for $39.95 beginning on September 28. For full details, check out the official announcement, or head over to the BlizzCon site.
           

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It's been a while since we've heard about PlayStation Home. This new video goes through all the things you can do in the online community. For example, you can play a game of chess with an online stranger. You can customize your character, your apartment. You can walk through Game Spaces for various titles, like Warhawk. For those of you not in the beta right now, this is a rare opportunity to see everything that's happening in Home right now.

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We're happy to announce that World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King will ship in standard as well as Collector's Edition packages. The Collector's Edition will come in a special box that contains many exclusive extras to enhance your adventure into Northrend, including:

* World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King on DVD-ROM.
    * The Art of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, a 208-page book featuring never-before-seen images from the game.
    * An exclusive in-game pet: Frosty, the baby frost wyrm.
    * A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, the Wrath of the Lich King intro cinematic with director’s commentary, and more.

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