Popular World of Warcraft Bot Creators Planning Comeback

The creators of HonorBuddy, a popular World of Warcraft bot that was recently detected by Blizzard, is planning to bring the service back to life.

HonorBuddy allows players to collect honor in PvP without actually engaging anyone and requires no input from the player.

"We will soon release Honorbuddy again," staff member "Bossland" said in a post on the official Honorbuddy forum. "Again, we will give no guarantee and we have never given a guarantee, that our software is immune to detection or bans."


Honorbuddy speculated that its client was detected via "malware-type hidden software," which scanned and found computers that were running software that violated the World of Warcraft's terms of service.

Bossland said that they expect to bring Honorbuddy back by the end of the week, but it doesn't seem like they have quite yet.

Honorbuddy also disputed Blizzard's claim that over 100,000 World of Warcraft account were banned during the ban wave on May 13. "there has never been that many active Honorbuddy users," they said.

Outside of World of Warcraft, Blizzard is gearing up to launch a new MOBA called Heroes of the Storm, which is pitched as a competitive online game in the same vein as League of Legends or DotA 2, but said to be more approachable.

It is also working on a team-based shooter called Overwatch, which it has described as a "pick-up-and-play" FPS. Find out more about the game in GameSpot's in-depth report on Overwatch's characters and gameplay.

FIFA 15 Title Updates 3 and 4

Title update 3 for Xbox 360 and PS3 is rolling out today and includes the following fixes:

- Added the MLS expansion teams Orlando City and New York City FC to the “Rest of the World” league for Kick-Off and Online Matches.

- Stability improvements to Online Friendlies, Kick-Off, Co-Op Seasons, EASFC Match Day Challenges and FUT Friendly Seasons

- Names of scouted players in Career Mode are now more reflective of their country of origin

- Improved ‘Compare Price’ functionality in FIFA Ultimate Team when comparing prices for consumables

- Improvements to the Transfer Market search functionality in FIFA Ultimate Team

In addition to that, patch number 4 is also going to be pushed out to Xbox One, PS4 and PC users today too, the fix list is similar but includes some VP and player career fixes too:

- Added the MLS expansion teams Orlando City and New York City FC to the “Rest of the World” league for Kick-Off and Online Matches.

- Stability improvements to EASFC Match Day Challenges, Pro Clubs, and Online Seasons.

- Fixed stability issue around requesting a substitution in Player Career.

- Addressed issue where some players were not able to unlock certain boot packs for their Virtual Pro.

- Names of scouted players in Career Mode are now more reflective of their country of origin.

- Stability improvements to Friendly Seasons in FIFA Ultimate Team Seasons.

- Improved ‘Compare Price’ functionality in FIFA Ultimate Team when comparing prices for consumables.

At the foot of the patch notes is an intriguing line that notifies us of maintenance coming later today, "Furthermore, there will be a maintenance period this evening as we prepare for an important change coming to FIFA Ultimate Team."