Well with Blizzcon happening over the weekend, there has been quite a lot of news about World of Warcraft coming out, so here is my compilation of all of the interesting/good/weird bits that I've been reading about this weekend just gone (and before).

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Even with as many as a third of gamers being female, sexism is still alive and well in the pro-gaming world, according to news.com.au's tidbit on girl gamers.

Although in my little creche of casual gaming, gender isn't that big a deal, it's still pretty common, to meet the odd boy who'll comment to my clanmates on my eyes glazing over during talk about dps and raid strategy. Or the even odder ones who won't hesitate to congratulate me for just playing games.

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Valve's upcoming Left 4 Dead zombie shooter is going to have its first timid outing with news a rough time has been pinned down for the release of the demo version of PC and Xbox 360 gamers that we previously reported about here.  Further details after the break.

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Portal: Prelude is a mod for the quirky puzzle-ish game Portal from Valve.  Rather than me trying to give you an explanation of the gameplay, here is an extract from the official web site:

[It] is an unofficial prequel to the game Portal. Its story revolves around the pre-GlaDOS epoch, even before she was plugged in. At this time, test subjects were monitored by real Aperture Science employees whose work was tedious, lengthy and repetitive. This is why they decided to build a great artificial intelligence that could both replace them in these difficult tasks, but also take responsibility for many other tasks within the complex and compete with Black Mesa's superiority.

We've got the first version of the mod available for download of course.  Download link available after the jump.

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Well, there is simply too much information about all things Xbox coming out of the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) at the moment to make individual posts about.  So here we go, a compilation of the things so far as reported in various places around that internetronthingy.

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Sierra have announced that they will be turning off their online support for a number of their older games, which basically means you'll no longer be (easily) able to play them online.  So this poses the question?  How long is long enough for a publisher to continue to support the online components of a game?

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In the 5th instalment of the behind-the-scenes look at the making of Gears of War 2, the team from Epic Games look at the multiplayer aspect of the game and also touch on some of the achievements that you can rack up in the game.

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Blizzard have released details on what system requirements you'll need to play the upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King.  Unlike the current expansion which didn't have a system requirement increase over the original game, the requirements for Wrath will be higher.

Details after the break.

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The ever popular Warcraft 3 mod - Defender of the Ancients or DOTA as its pretty much always referred to as is going to be made into a full blown game in its own right, or at least the concepts behind the game are anyway.  The game is called League of Legends and is currently under development by the same group that made the DOTA mod.

You can have a look through some of the screenshots, sign-up for the beta and check out other info about the game at the official web site - League of Legends.

Via:  Kotaku

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In our second part of the first impressions of Warhammer Online, the guys talk about some of the scenarios you get to have a go at and sum up their thoughts overall on the game.

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