Variety is reporting that acclaimed director Sam Raimi (the “Evil Dead” and “Spider-Man” films) has signed on to direct “Warcraft,” a live-action film adaptation of “World Of Warcraft”, the fantasy video game franchise. Legendary Pictures and Blizzard Entertainment are mounting the film, with Warner Brothers distributing and co-financing. Charles Roven, who produced “The Dark Knight”, is attached to produce. The “Warcraft” universe, first launched in 1994 with the first game, is about a fantasy war between the two races, the Horde and the Alliance. The game has since developed a global fanbase and expanded the franchise to include books and comics based in the world of the game. Stay tuned…

Here’s the World of Warcraft 2.4.0 Patch Notes found on Worldofwarcraft.com. Fury of the Sunwell – The glorious fount of arcane energy known as the Sunwell empowered the high elves for millennia, until the death knight Arthas laid siege to the elven kingdom and corrupted its sacred energies. Seeing no other alternative, a band of survivors led by Prince Kael’thas destroyed the ancient fount. Over time the surviving elves fell pray to a crippling magical withdrawal. Now, promising salvation for his people, Kael’thas has returned. Soon the Sunwell will shine once again, but whether the sacred fount will usher in deliverance or destruction remains to be seen. In Memoriam: Gary…

Check out the latest trailer for the upcoming documentary “Second Skin”, a documentary on virtual worlds and the gamers who inhabit them. “Second Skin” Features MMORPG’s such as Warcraft, Everquest and Second Life. Synopsis: Second Skin takes an intimate, disturbing look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging genre of computer games called Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs). World of Warcraft, Second Life, and Everquest allow millions of users to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces. Second Skin introduces us to the real people who populate these online virtual worlds. Couples who have fallen in love without meeting, disabled players whose lives have been given new purpose,…

According to sources, the Wow Patch 2.3.2 went live this morning, and the servers are still being updated. Here’s the latest WoW Client 2.3.2 patch notes and download sites. Download the official WoW 2.3.2 Client Patch now: CLICK HERE General – /timetest is a command that can be run to provide information on game performance. /timetest 0 turns the command off. When the command is issued, the next time a player uses a flight master to travel, certain statistics will be measured and displayed at the end of that flight. All weather effects and spawns are shutdown during the test. – Effects triggered from being critically hit: Many abilities and…

For those of you who are familiar, Ventrilo is the best surround sound voice communications software for gamers. Ventrilo provides real time voice chat for group and team communications. The software is available in PC, Mac and Linux operating systems. CLICK HERE to download your copy of Ventrilo 3.0 today. Here’s the general release change log, for a complete log visit www.ventrilo.com. General Features: Added support for automatic scrolling when dragging a user or channel around. Modified “Is window visible” test so that it doesn’t think the position is invalid if the window coordinates are negative. This is a valid value in multi monitor configurations if the primary screen is…

Download the World of WarCraft 2.3.0 English Full Patch here The latest test patch of WoW 2.3.0 are available HERE. Zul’Aman Zul’Aman is a 10-player, level 70 outdoor instance located in the Ghostlands. Players will be able to confront six new bosses including the Forest Troll Warlord Zul’jin. Guild Banks Introduced The Guild Bank is a shared repository for an entire guild and will be accessible through Guild Vault objects near existing banks. The Guild Bank will allow players with the appropriate permissions to store items and money for use by the rest of the guild. Permissions to withdraw and deposit money and items are controlled by the guild leader…

Here are the latest World Of Warcraft (WoW) patch notes from client patch 2.2.3 on 10/9/2007. The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/ BUG FIXES: – Clients utilizing OpenGL video modes will no longer experience graphical anomalies and missing textures after minimizing/maximizing the window. – Fixed an issue that caused Fel Eye Stalks during the Legion Ring event to not despawn when the event is completed. – Fixed an issue where zoning after mounting and summoning a pet was disconnecting players. – Fixed an issue where the Shift key would get stuck in game. – Using a /equip macro while affected by certain crowd control spells will…