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Many reports revealed the latest NVIDIA 196.75 graphic drivers have caused computers and graphic cards to die while playing StarCraft II Beta. A Blizzard Entertainment tech support representative has confirmed these drivers are causing the fans control to not work properly thus causing graphic cards and PC computers to overheat.

The recommendation is to uninstall the latest NVIDIA drivers released a few days ago, and to downgrade to the previous drivers until a new driver fix is deployed.

Starcraftwire compiled all the Terran units’ voiceovers full of jokes and pop culture references added into the mix by Blizzard Entertainment developers.

The original Starcraft game was popular for all these funny sentences spoken by the voiceover actors when players click a unit multiple times to trigger the voice sequences which are otherwise locked.

The General Adminstration of Press and Publication (Gapp) has allowed NetEase, Blizzard Entertainment’s Chinese partner, to release The Burning Crusade, the first expansion of World of Warcraft, in China.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade already launched in the U.S. back in 2007. The approval for release of The Burning Crusade in China can be called a victory for Blizzard Entertainment.

IncGamers has a full transcript of the Blizzard portion of this conference call held yesterday which lays the ground for Blizzard Entertainment’s plans for 2010.

Blizzard Entertainment announced the introduction of two new World of Warcraft plush pets: the Wind Rider Cub and the Gryphon. These will be available on the Blizzard Store very soon.

Included with the sale of the plush pet is a code to redeem an exact copy of your pet in-game.

Blizzard entertainment is has released all sorts of premium features for their acclaimed MMORPG World of Warcraft in the past; pets, name and race changes, faction changes, etc. All of these, however, have been purely cosmetic additions that don’t impact gameplay or offer players any real advantage over players who opt not to buy into them.

That is, until the recent announcement by Blizzard Poster Bornakk on the World of Warcraft forums, unveiling Blizzards plans for an expansion of the Armory website and Mobile Armory iPhone app (see the trailer above) to include access to the in-game Auction Houses, for a premium fee.

IncGamers writes up the past week of MMO news, which this time includes the topics Star Trek Online, Fallen Earth, Blizzard Entertainment, Age of Conan, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Kingdom Under Fire II and Global Agenda.

StarcraftWire.net has a review of the latest TOKYOPOP manga based on the award-winning RTS Game Starcraft. The first story in this manga, titled Homecoming, serves as a backstory on the main character marshal-turned-rebel Jim Raynor.

The story ties-in straight into the first mission in Mar Sara at the beginning of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty’s single player. The story written by no other than Blizzard Entertainment’s Senior VP of Creative Design Chris Metzen left a cliffhanger that might be exploited and come back to bite fans in the game. Mystery ensues. Did Jim Raynor’s son truly die?

GamingShogun.com writes: "…this fell under the purview of my strict rule on not posting illegally-leaked info. However, my rule does not apply in this case so I report this public knowledge to you, dear readers.

It seems that the Las Vegas Convention Center website publicly lists BlizzCon 2010 as taking place on July 30th and 31st and accommodating 30,000 attendees. Blizzard Entertainment does not comment on unannounced information and we will keep you informed as details unfold…"

SteelSeries has announced that its high-spec gaming mouse, designed specifically for World of Warcraft in cooperation with Blizzard Entertainment, received some new features in WoW’s last patch, 3.2.2.

The game now recognises the mouse as its own unique peripheral and distinguishes each of its 15 buttons as unique mouse buttons.