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Mobile WoW officially being considered

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garreth — Wed, 02/13/2008 - 14:58

We're all so fucked if this comes to fruition. Brought to you by the guys from WoWInsider.

 

Mobile WoW officially being considered -

Filed under: Blizzard, Interviews, Hardware

Here's another one from the files of things we've desired/dreaded for years. In a post-DICE interview with Blizzard cofounder Frank Pearce, MTV learned that Blizzard is definitely thinking about making some kind of mobile WoW interface. He says it would probably just allow you to chat and monitor auctions and mail, without actually being able to buy and sell things. Still, I don't think I'm exaggerating much when I say hundreds of thousands of players would use an app like that. When last this was discussed here on WoW Insider, many of you were of the opinion that a mobile WoW would be yet another infringement on our already dwindling time for "real life," and that's a definite threat, but ultimately I think it's just as easy (or as hard) to exercise self-control on a cell phone as on a PC.

Other fun news from that interview:

  • Players in Taiwan have the shortest wait time for tickets
  • Blizz is working on a way to stream a trial version of WoW so people who want to try the game can be playing in 10 minutes. Is that even possible?
  • Wrath "should feel at least as substantial as BC"
  • The movie was delayed by the just-ended WGA strike, but the project is now running again and looking for directors. Pearce: "When we talk about the quality of our movie and the quality of the movie we want to see delivered, we're talking about the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy. That's what we want to deliver, that kind of epic experience." Yeah, good luck with that.

[via Joystiq]

 

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My Ipod touch just got more

Ardea — Fri, 02/15/2008 - 08:55

My Ipod touch just got more attractive!

Yes, a hacked ipod can do everything that an iphone can do... but cheaper.

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SHIHLI I WAS PLANNING ON

Agoney — Thu, 02/14/2008 - 08:27

SHIHLI I WAS PLANNING ON HACKING IT TO ALLOW ME TO RAID :P

 

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The fundamental story of

garreth — Wed, 02/13/2008 - 18:01

The fundamental story of Warcraft (not necessarily "world of") would make for some excellent movies.  However, becoming acquainted with the world and characters would be a huge step for a non-acquainted audience to take.

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  While I think that a LotR

starstalker — Wed, 02/13/2008 - 17:41

 
While I think that a LotR type expierence is definetly possible, I doubt it will be achieved with a WoW movie. WoW has never been as dark as the Tolkien universe, even if Blizzard borrowed heavily from it. 

 

 

/flings poop at Garreth

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Antiquite needs to

Shihli — Wed, 02/13/2008 - 15:54

Antiquite needs to L2READ!

It says the application wouldn't be able to do much outside of chat, monitor auctions, and check mail.

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I've always wanted a

garreth — Wed, 02/13/2008 - 15:53

I've always wanted a "superficial" interface to wow, so during lunch you could chat it up in guild, scan the AH, linke [Warp Slicer]'s in trade...

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lol, I think it'd pretty

Agoney — Wed, 02/13/2008 - 15:42

lol, I think it'd pretty much destroy any phone if the user attempted to do the Hyjal trash...

My phone (the non-sidekick)

WM6 pro

416mhz

50mb ram!!!111one (lost my SD card on a train :| )

 

My girl, she likes to party all the time.

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I'd buy an iPhone JUST for

garreth — Wed, 02/13/2008 - 15:37

I'd buy an iPhone JUST for this ;)  Suddenly makes long trips pretty badass. Though, this would add a huge dymanic to the game in that we'd be seeing a lot of players online that would never actually be available to do anything ;)

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lol, If they code it for WM6

Agoney — Wed, 02/13/2008 - 15:35

lol, If they code it for WM6 my phone can run it :P 

 

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