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  • iPhone 4 confirms June 24 date with O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone in UK

    iPhone 4 confirms June 24 date with O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone in UK

    Good news for non-America: O2 UK has become the first international carrier to confirm it'll have the iPhone 4 ready for purchase and adoration on launch day, June 24. After the iPad gave preferential treatment to the US with its release schedule, some might have feared the similarly hot piece of tech Apple just announced today will also suffer from a tiered launch. It's looking like Brits won't have to worry about that particular pain, but it's also curious that Vodafone and Orange -- the other local carriers of the iPhone -- are remaining mum tonight. Is Apple lending a hand to its old partner by allowing it early stock? That wouldn't be entirely unfathomable, though it would be pretty unpleasant for impatient types who fancy some carrier choice.

    Update: Never mind that whole conspiracy theory: we've just seen that Orange is also throwing its hat into the June 24 ring -- let's keep this momentum going, guys! [Thanks, Blizzard]

    Update 2: And now Tech Radar has heard direct from Vodafone that June 24 is a go, giving us a complete Brit pack.

    Update 3
    : Hey, what do you know? T-Mobile UK's getting it too. Choice is good.

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  • Lord of the Rings Online will be free to play this fall

    Lord of the Rings Online will be free to play this fall

    My inbox in the morning is usually filled with a good degree of nonsense. "Look, it's an iPod dock in the shape of a protozoa!" No thanks, not interested. But this! This is big. Beginning with this fall's expansion, Lord of the Rings Online, the MMO developed by Turbine, will be totally free to play! Meaning, you download the game for free and can play online for free. Free as in beer, folks.

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  • Blizzard: DRM is a waste of everyone’s time

    Blizzard: DRM is a waste of everyone’s time

    "We need our development teams focused on content and cool features, not anti-piracy technology." Thank you, finally! See, Blizzard gets it. The company's co-founder, Frank Pearce, recently told the good folks at Video Gamer that he thinks the fight against DRM is misguided. Not that he supports end-users going around torrenting his games till the end of time, but that the way to "beat" piracy is to embrace gamers and treat them like complete jerks.

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  • World of Warcraft Auction House heads to iPhone; Blizzcon tickets on sale next month

    World of Warcraft Auction House heads to iPhone; Blizzcon tickets on sale next month

    You can now monitor your World of Warcraft auctions using your iPhone (or iPod touch). A new version of Blizzard's Armory App now gives users the ability to tap into the game's Auction House, wherein gamers can keep tabs on their sales of copper stacks and see how much Spellweave is going for.

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  • Vindicia to provide payment solution for Boxee’s upcoming for-pay premium content

    Vindicia to provide payment solution for Boxee’s upcoming for-pay premium content

    The future is almost here for Boxee. A few months ago the company announced plans to bring premium for-pay content to the platform. This goal is now one step closer thanks to an agreement with Vindicia who will handle the payment transactions. The goal is to provide a one-click payment scheme using Vincdicia robust CashBox system as a back-end. The powerful solution currently handles currency exchanges, VAT, and GST automatically, and allows users to pay via credit cards, gift cards, or PayPal. Other sites such as Blizzard's online gaming store, DeviantArt, Symantec already use the payment system.

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  • Blizzard will add Facebook integration to Battle.net

    Blizzard will add Facebook integration to Battle.net

    Whoa there. Blizzard just announced that its Battle.net service will soon hook into Facebook, "linking the world's premier online gaming platform with the world's most popular social platform." The synergy begins with the release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, which is currently scheduled for release in July.

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  • StarCraft II official release date has been set: July 27, 2010

    StarCraft II official release date has been set: July 27, 2010

    Hold onto your knickers, everyone, for Blizzard has announced, via fancy e-mail, the release date for StarCraft II: July 27, 2010. So, slightly less than three months from now. You may freak out now.

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  • World of Warcraft movie still in way pre-production

    World of Warcraft movie still in way pre-production

    Waiting for the World of Warcraft movie? Prepare to keep waiting. A recent interview revealed that the movie is still in the super early stages of pre-production. They're still going over the story at meetings, still trying to figure out how to adapt the entire Warcraft universe to the big screen. Movies take a long time to create.

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  • Symantec: 51 percent of all malware ever was detected in 2009

    Symantec: 51 percent of all malware ever was detected in 2009

    It is an absolute miracle that I have never had a virus, trojan, or other form of computer bug on this PC. I mean, if we're to believe Symantec, then fully 51 percent of the viruses, trojans, and every other form of computer malware ever was spotted in 2009. That means that from 2008 going back to when Symantec first started keeping track of such things, all of those years only make up 49 percent of the viruses and so forth, while 2009 on its own accounts for 51 percent. That's pure madness.

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  • StarCraft II given Adults Only rating in South Korea, teens freak out in response

    StarCraft II given Adults Only rating in South Korea, teens freak out in response

    StarCraft II has tentatively been given an Adults Only (18+) rating in South Korea, causing Blizzard a certain amount of consternation. Blizzard has 30 days to appeal the rating. If you think that volcano caused chaos and mayhem, you obviously aren't familiar StarCraft's significance in South Korea.

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  • Blizzard selling World of Warcraft mounts now

    Blizzard selling World of Warcraft mounts now

    Yup, Blizzard is selling World of Warcraft mounts now. Two of them have just gone live on their little online store there, Celestial Steed and Lil'XT. The former is $25 and the latter is $10.

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  • There will be a collector’s edition of StarCraft II

    There will be a collector’s edition of StarCraft II

    Blizzard just announced, via fancy e-mail, that there will, indeed, be a collector's edition of StarCraft II, whenever it comes out. (No, Blizzard has not announced a release date yet, but says it will "soon.") Anyhow, the collector's edition will come with a 176-page art book, a USB thumb drive loaded with the original StarCraft and its expansion pack Brood War, a behind-the-scenes DVD, a CD soundtrack, a comic book, and a World of Warcraft in-game pet, plus other bonus downloadable content (aesthetic stuff, not like mega-powerful guns or anything). Total cost: $99.

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  • Blizzard-ahoy on Amazon Gold Box deals

    Blizzard-ahoy on Amazon Gold Box deals

    Just a friendly heads-up: today is Blizzard day on Amazon Deals or whatever it’s called. You know, new deals on the hour, every hour till 9pm PT. The deals are only revealed as they go live. I’m thinking Blizzard-related keyboards and mice and the like, probably even a game or two in there.

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  • Zygor’s guides are half-off this week, World of Warcraft peeps

    Zygor’s guides are half-off this week, World of Warcraft peeps

    Just a friendly heads-up, gents. A few months ago, I mentioned the release of Zygor 2.0 for World of Warcraft. Zygor, of course, is an in-game leveling guide that makes going from level 1 to level 80 pretty painless. Crushingly boring and repetitive—much of the sense of adventure is lost following step-by-step, but that's the same with any strategy guide—but painless nonetheless. Anyhow, the guide is on sale this week, and if you were ever thinking about getting it, but were put off by its price, well...

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  • EA drops fat cash on The Old Republic

    EA drops fat cash on The Old Republic

    What's it going to take to dethrone World of Warcraft? One of two things, I'd say: one, an asteroid smashing directly into the planet, with Blizzard at the exact location of impact, or two, Blizzard releasing World of Warcraft 2. The asteroid is more likely at this point. So you can imagine the time and money EA is putting into The Old Republic, the only MMO with a chance in hell of taking away even a fraction of WoW's subscribers.

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