So there are these giggling little globs of goo that you can drag about with a gesture. If you place one near some others, it’ll form a wobbly structure by connecting itself to them with squishy struts. And about half an hour into playing World of Goo, it hits us: this is Lemmings in reverse. You’re trying to build towards this pipe, you see. Once your structure is high enough to reach the pipe, any goos you haven’t used yet
With a name like "World of Goo" and a genre that rests somewhere around puzzle game/construction sim/physics lesson, it's perfectly normal to approach this fledging WiiWare title with reservations. However, our fears quickly melted away like the game's own oily black goo once we had a proper sit down and understood just how addicting linking inky blobs together could be.
The premise, like any good puzzle game, is simple - you need to
This is a rock-star moment for Shane Dabiri. He's the producer of the world-conquering World of Warcraft, standing in front of 6000 Blizzcon attendees, about to announce the first details of the World of Warcraft expansion.But his players are uppity. Much of the detail of his presentation, and the introduction of a new race, the Blood Elves, has found its way on to the web already. It's going to have to be quite a show to satisfy this audience.All it takes is a little flash of charisma to turn
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posted August 12, 2004
World Of WarCraft is big. That much could be expected from a developer whose games routinely pull in more preorders than many titles ever sell, but Blizzard's entry into the new wave of massively multiplayer titles casts a long shadow. The beta launch saw WOW fansites across the internet collapse in domino sequence under an avalanche of information-starved hits; there are 'US beta testers' with IP addresses from Argentina to the Ukraine; and at the time of writing there are accounts for sale on
Eating at Panda Express can hardly be considered an achievement in real life, but if you get your tubby Pandaren rolling, you can earn the "Panda Express" achievement in the new expansion for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. At Blizzcon 2011, we entered the beautiful and lush world of Pandaria to get some hands-on time with our male Pandaren monk named George.
The Mists of Pandaria expansion
is rolling over Azeroth. With it, comes a new race of Pandaren warriors,
sweeping changes to the talent system, Pokemon-style pet battles, and more.
Check out our hands-on impressions, and get your first glimpse of a lady
Pandaren...
Take
a video tour through the new Scarlet Monastery, The Jade Forest, The Wandering Isle,
and the Valley of the Four Winds...

Rumour has it that Blizzard’s massive new expansion for World of Warcraft entered alpha around the same time as the final raid instance was patched into Northrend. That means we’re already counting down towards launch – and that Cataclysm should be ready this year. Here’s why we can’t wait. And why lapsed subscribers should probably return to Azeroth.
Take
a video tour through the new Scarlet Monastery, The Jade Forest, The Wandering Isle,
and the Valley of the Four Winds...
Want to see what's happening in the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria beta? We've got several videos to show you what it's like when you enter the Wandering Isle...