Well, gank me silly and call me a gnome! Plans for some kind of World of Warcraft mobile functionality really are underway over at Blizzard. Mind you, the idea of an actual WoW MMO on cell phones still sounds just as ludicrous as before, but that's not what they're aiming for at all. In fact, they don't seem to be aiming for anything in particular right now, just idly fiddling with a small team of mobile developers, to see what they can come up with. That, according to Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce, quoted in an MTV article yesterday:

"We want to look at the mobile devices as something we can use to enhance the experience of our existing games. So we're going to have to look at ways to use the mobile device to enhance their 'World of Warcraft' experience. We'll see what kind of applications we can come up with.

(...) So as an example, one thing I think would be really cool - and whether we're going to be able to do this, I don't know, but it would be really cool - is if we could have a client on your mobile device like [Google Chat] that hooks you into your guild chat in the game. That would be really cool. Or the ability to view your in-game mail or view your in-game auctions. We probably wouldn't allow you to actually buy or sell via the mobile device, but you could certainly monitor."

If there's no hope for buying / selling at the Auction House, then seriously, what's the point?

- Red Faction III was confirmed during THQ's latest investors call. Exactly one year after CEO Brian Farrell practically said the same thing. Only this time, we know with relative certainty that it's developed for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. By Volition, duh.

- Steam reaches 15 million accounts. For some odd reason, players keep making new accounts after getting their asses banned, or forget their password. Or username.

- Activision confirmed various sequels for their top franchises, from Call of Duty, to Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Spider-Man, Bond and other kiddie games. Or we could've just said "Activision confirms Call of Duty 5", since we don't give a crap about any of the others.

- The Club demo is out of for the PC. So is the full game, but only on the PS3 and Xbox 360 momentarily. Good luck clearing 2 GB for the demo!

- "We at EA blew it" (with Bullfrog, Origin and Westwood). No, you didn't blow it. You fucked it up. You fucked it up!

- Okami Wii is completely playable by now, but Capcom is still not giving a firm release date. March? Maybe. By the way, this game should've been made for the Wii from head start.

- StarCraft II and WoW: Wrath of the Lich King also playable, if you can hold your breath until the end of June, and find your way inside Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational event from Paris.

While we were busy putting the finishing touches on this shiny new website, some folks from Blizzard were having a laugh over in Los Angeles at the D.I.C.E. Summit, reminiscing various stories and their past failures. Fortunately, we'll never know just how bad those failed games were, since they were cancelled long before they could reach us. But we did find out what games exactly they cancelled - some of which 99.9% of humanity had no idea even existed at all, prior to seeing this list.

- Games People Play
- Crixa
- Shattered Nations
- Pax Imperia
- Denizen
- Warcraft Adventures
- Nomad
- Raiko

The most dubious absence from that list is of course StarCraft: Ghost, which was clearly left out on purpose. So, in other words, it's still not dead and burried. Yep, Blizzard is "still in denial about that one”. Jeez, wake up and smell the fucking napalm already!

Another absence spotted by Blizzplanet is Diablo II: Salvation, a brand which Blizzard abandoned back in 2005. And finally, that same story points to Gamespot's "lengthy article covering the D.I.C.E. event with quotes from Mike Morhaime and a few screenshots"... Umm, screenshots?! This may come as a shock to whoever wrote that story, but those are actually photos of something called real-life. You know, that thing we all have to face once in while, when we're out of booze and need to run down to the store. Speaking of which, brb.