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'World of Warcraft' blitz on game fans PARIS (AFP) - Top video game maker Activision Blizzard threw crowds on streets Thursday for the launch of the much-awaited new extension of its record-breaking "World of Warcraft" which already has a claimed 11 million players worldwide.   Nations:France   People:William Shatner Jean-Claude Van Damme   Source:(AFP)   2008-11-12 World of Warcraft Video Game Succeeds in School It's not unusual for video game players to speak of a routine that involves ordering pizza, getting a sugar jolt, and then playing "World of Warcraft" for hours. But the person talking in this case is Constance Steinkuehler, an educational researcher who organized an afterschool group for boys to play, for educational purposes, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game.   Nations:U.S.   2008-10-03 Microsoft Security Fix Clobbers 2 Million Password Stealers Microsoft's June security updates were bad news for online criminals who make their living stealing password information from online gamers.   Nations:Taiwan Spain China   Source:(PC World)   2008-06-22 1st-person shooting games win top honors Three critically acclaimed first-person shooters won top honors at the video game industry's most prestigious awards show.   2008-02-08 Study: Online games more captivating Role-playing games with an Internet element are so much more captivating than equivalent electronic games that they change users' lives, cutting into their sleep and boosting the time they spend playing, a new study shows.   2007-10-17 Headlines 'World of Warcraft' blitz on game fans 2008-11-12 World of Warcraft Video Game Succeeds in School 2008-10-03 Microsoft Security Fix Clobbers 2 Million Password Stealers 2008-06-22 1st-person shooting games win top honors 2008-02-08 Study: Online games more captivating 2007-10-17 China plans virtual world for commerce 2007-10-15 Can video game cheating be prevented? 2007-10-01 'Warcraft' target of Chinese lawsuit 2007-08-24 Online gamers rehearse real-world epidemics 2007-08-22 Disney in uncharted waters with "Pirates" game 2007-02-04 Next avatar on Second Life: the Swedish taxman 2007-01-31 "World of Warcraft" online game expansion released 2007-01-16 Late 'Warcraft' expansion pack to debut 2007-01-13 Online video game studio gets cash infusion 2006-12-11 Lawmaker opposes taxing online virtual economies 2006-10-18 Virtual economies attract real-world tax attention 2006-10-16 'Second Life' 3-D digital world grows 2006-10-09 Start-up aims to take video games to the next level 2006-09-25 Microsoft warns game developers of security risk 2006-08-15 Gender-bending popular in video games 2006-08-11 South Korea game makers eye global expansion 2006-06-16 PC game spending hit $1.4 bln in US: NPD 2006-05-24 Jobs, Clooney Among Rave Award Winners 2006-05-18 Sex Angle Pushed by Online Game Makers 2006-04-06 Online Gaming Subscriptions Rise in 2005 2006-03-08 Most-viewed China plans virtual world for commerce 2007-10-15 'Second Life' 3-D digital world grows 2006-10-09 'World of Warcraft' blitz on game fans 2008-11-12 World of Warcraft Video Game Succeeds in School 2008-10-03 Online video game studio gets cash infusion 2006-12-11 Microsoft warns game developers of security risk 2006-08-15

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