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Information Technology News Blizzard introduces most powerful World of Warcraft weapon ever
Information Technology News Blizzard introduces most powerful World of Warcraft weapon ever | Blizzard introduces most powerful World of Warcraft weapon ever |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Monday, 30 June 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 Now Blizzard Entertainment, the
company behind World of Warcraft, has made perhaps its most powerful
weapon ever available. The twist being that you cannot use it in the
game, but rather it protects the player in real life. The Blizzard
Authenticator is, you see, a
hardware security token which protects the account name and password
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But just becuase it is a powerful weapon do not be fooled into thinking it must also be an expensive one,. Far from it, as the Blizzard Authenticator goes on sale for just 6 Euros (AUD $9.60) plus shipping. "It's important to us that World of Warcraft offers a safe and enjoyable game environment," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "One aspect of that is helping players avoid account compromise, so we're pleased to make this additional layer of security available to them." I would have called it the Code Breaking Gizmo of Blizzardo though... |
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