The Elder Scrolls Online given "Mature" rating, Bethesda unwilling to change content

Most MMORPGs generally attempt to avoid ESRB ratings of Mature and above, simply because of the audience limitations this creates. Bethesda have had to deal with just such a situation today, after The Elder Scrolls Online was hit with a Mature rating, but the company says they wont be changing all.

“While we may disagree with the ESRB’s determination, we do not plan to challenge the rating, and we are unwilling to change the game’s content to achieve a different rating,” says Bethesda. “The game we have created is the one we want our fans to be able to play.”

“As a result of the ESRB rating, we are in the process of promptly updating everything with the required rating and age gates, including game trailers, web sites, and ads. Thanks for your understanding. We can’t wait to welcome players into The Elder Scrolls Online soon.”

The Mature rating relates to Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol and Violence.
The Elder Scrolls Online launches on April 4.

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World of Warcraft : free character migrations now available

Blizzard are offering further free server migrations as they work to centralise the population of their World of Warcraft players.
Players on Area 52 and Stormrage may move to Turalyon, while players on Tichondrius and Illidan may move to Blackrock, and players on Bleeding Hollow or Darkspear can head to Korgath.
More details and instructions on how to get all this happening are available at this Battle.net post.

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Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Reveals its Hand in Open Beta!

 

As has been expected since the announcement at last year's return to their annual Blizzcon event, Blizzard's free-to-play card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has now gone into Open Beta, allowing anyone to join in upon the action.

With the last gigantic update that Blizzard expects to see now behind us, players joining in or those continuing their card-life adventures will locate only little tweaks and changes during the Open Beta phase, essentially meaning that what we have now won't be changing for awhile. This also means that the team expect no more wipes to occur, so don't be alarmed that your shining Illidan will be disappearing in the next patch.

As open beta is still a beta phase, we will be closely monitoring many aspects of the game to ensure a positive play experience for everyone. Please be aware that if smoke starts curling out of our servers due to unexpectedly high demand to play Hearthstone, we may have to temporarily disable open beta account activations for a time until we’re ready to take on more players.

Currently the Open Beta is available just to North American folk (which includes us Oceanic players) however Blizzard has stated that they are rolling out access over the next few days so don't panic.

To hop into the game, simply head to the official site and download the Battle.net launcher, where you'll locate access to Hearthstone automatically granted. See you in-game!

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World Of Warcraft : 5.4.2 Hotfixes: January 21

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require your realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. We will continue to update this list as additional hotfixes are applied.

5.4.2 hotfixes have been listed by the date they've been implemented or as a compiled list by category.


5.4 Patch Information

    Siege of Orgrimmar: Feature Overview
    5.4 Patch Notes
    5.4 and 5.4.1 Hotfixes
    5.4 Known Issues
    Technical Support & Troubleshooting

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