In the past, a WoTLK Classic Gold prominent part of the group, the Blizzard Ttainment's owner is totally absent from the list of members on PCGA's website. PC Gaming Alliance site. As a response to inquiries made by P2Pah, PCGA reps confirmed that the statement of President Randy Stude "regarding the Activision situation."

"The PC Gaming Alliance is an industry association that relies on membership dues for studies," stated Stude. "Membership turnover is a reality in any consortium of any kind, particularly in this current economic climate. Recently, some members have decided to not justify the amount of budget (membership or staff) required to maintain their active participation in the PC Gaming Alliance at this time. But, we've added a few new members, resulting in net profits for the year 2009."

At the time of writing, Activision Blizzard had not responded to requests for comment on the reason it left the PCGA the organization, which was revealed in a rousing manner at this year's Game Developers Conference. The body was touted as a nonprofit organisation devoted to "driving an integrated marketing and promotion of PC gaming...and creating forums for member companies in collaborating on solutions for challenges facing players in PC game industry such as hardware requirements and anti-piracy."

The remaining participants in the PCGA include hardware producers AMD, Antec, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Logitech, and Nvidia. Game developer, Windows-maker along with Xbox 360 manufacturer Microsoft is also a member, as is PlayStation maker Sony. Despite recent comments expressing skepticism regarding the PC marketplace, Japanese publishing company and creator Capcom remains an active member of the association along with self-declared multiplatform developer and middleware-maker Epic Games. Sony DADC, developer of the controversial SecuROM DRM cheap WoTLK Classic Gold program, is an affiliate, like game retailer and Game Informer publisher P2Pah.

Capcom has released a new patch for World of Warcraft , making some small tweaks regarding Slashberry management as well as the method by which players join multiplayer sessions. Patch 1.06 as well as 1.0.0.11 are available for PS4 as well as Xbox One respectively now, and you can see what they can do below courtesy of Capcom.