WotLK Beta Patch Notes Update2009-08-27 00:00:00The official patch notes for WotLK Beta have been updated, and Wryxian bolded/underlined the new additions which are displayed below:Racial Abilities
Arcane Torrent (Blood Elf) global cooldown removed. Death Knights
Death Knight spells that cost runes will now display the rune cooldowns on the spell buttons. Mages
Arcane Blast effect duration reduced to 3 seconds, and now increases damage by 15/30/45% instead of reducing cast time. Arcane Impact renamed Spell Impact and now affects Blast Wave, Fire Blast, Cone of Cold, and Ice Lance. Arcane Potency now applies when Presence of Mind is active, talent prerequisite changed to Presence of Mind. Conjured mana gems no longer disappear from your backpack after being logged out for more than 15 minutes. Higher ranks of Conjure Mana Gem will recharge an existing mana gem to maximum charges. Empowered Arcane Missiles renamed Arcane Empowerment and no longer increases mana cost. It now also increases damage caused by Arcane Blast. Improved Blink now also reduces mana cost by 25/50%. Improved Mana Shield has been renamed to Arcane Shielding and now also increase...
Activision Might Have a Bad Year2009-08-13 00:00:00Activision Blizzard is competing with Electronic Arts for the spot of biggest videogame publisher in the world and the fall release line up is a key battle in this wide commercial war.And now Mike Hickey, who is an analyst with Janco Partners, is saying that Activision Blizzard might have some problems, generated mostly by a possible delay of Starcraft II and the performance of some new properties. The good news is that Hickey forecasts price cuts for all the major home gaming consoles before the end of the year.The big problem could be coming from B...