Vatche on Sam Raimi Directing WOW Film

All I have to say is holy. crap. Sam Raimi, director of Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, and Spider-Man has signed on to direct World of Warcraft, an adaptation of the infamous massively multiplayer online role playing game. The game comes from Blizzard Entertainment, also known for their Diablo and Starcraft franchises. The report has …

EA To Close Doors on EA-Land

Earlier this year we reported The Sims Online being rebranded as an MMO known as EA-Land. Effective August 1st, EA-Land servers will be shut down. The optional subscription fees will given back to players in the form of $15 off the online EA Store, or a three month subscription to the POGO casual gaming portal. …

Uwe Boll Slapped Away from WoW Film

Apparently, public enemy #1 to video gamers, Uwe Boll, approached Blizzard with the interest in making a WoW film. Boll told MTV: “We will not sell the movie rights, not to you… especially not to you, because it’s such a big online game success, maybe a bad movie would destroy that ongoing income, what the …