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- Blizzard's Starcraft II Includes Social Features - Virtual Worlds News
- July 29, 2010
- Blizzard's Starcraft II Includes Social FeaturesVirtual Worlds NewsAlthough RealID may be optional on Blizzard's World of Warcraft forums, in the newly-released Starcraft II the RealID system is going to power social ...and more »...
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- Cataclysm closed beta live stream
- July 28, 2010
- And we're done for tonight folks, thanks for tuning in! The WoW.com team is streaming again tonight over on our Justin.tv channel, or you can simply watch via the embed above. Tonight Anne Stickney will be showing us the continuing adventures of Lunchmeat the human hunter accompanied by her trusty wolf Spam, playing through Elwynn Forest, Westfall and beyond! We have no scheduled end time for th...
- Source: WoW.com
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the world of video games - Joystiq (blog)
- July 28, 2010
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the world of video gamesJoystiq (blog)He started with Dragon Warrior, had a mean World of Warcraft addiction, and is now getting his kicks from Heroes of Newerth, rocking Slither and Succubus in ...and more »...
- Source: "world of warcraft" - Google News
- Spiritual Guidance: The top ten shadow priest glyphs
- July 28, 2010
- Welcome to the Wednesday edition of Spiritual Guidance, hosted by Fox Van Allen, consort to the shadows. Don't mind any distracting grunting you hear coming from under the floor boards. Dawn Moore isn't buried alive underneath there, I promise. She just needed to take today off. You know. For ... um ... I dunno, I think she's one of the Hollywood Squares this week. Who cares, whatever, she's gone.
- Source: WoW.com
- Beyond Facebook For Social Games - Gamasutra (blog)
- July 28, 2010
- Beyond Facebook For Social GamesGamasutra (blog)Facebook games have grown in player count faster than any games the industry has seen to date, overshadowing existing behemoths like World of Warcraft. ...and more »...
- Source: "world of warcraft" - Google News
- Digital fingerprints could give away the authors of viruses and malware - VentureBeat
- July 28, 2010
- Digital fingerprints could give away the authors of viruses and malwareVentureBeatHoglund has been working on security technology for more than a decade and was known in the past for hacking World of Warcraft; he co-authored “Exploiting ...and more »...
- Source: "world of warcraft" - Google News
- Cataclysm screenshot of the day
- July 28, 2010
- The latest Cataclysm screenshot from Blizzard is shown above. There was some consternation yesterday about a Twilight joke. I apologize for that, and instead offer up today's image, or a brunette nearby apples. At night, in a neckbaring dress. If you've missed any of the previous Cataclysm screenshots of the day or you want to see a high-res version of today's image, check out the gallery below.
- Source: WoW.com
- Patrick Welsh is wrong about too many going to college - Washington Post (blog)
- July 28, 2010
- Patrick Welsh is wrong about too many going to collegeWashington Post (blog)One day I overheard 2 kids(eighth graders I think) playing World of Warcraft share very complicated and detailed multi-step instructions on how to get from ...and more »...
- Source: "world of warcraft" - Google News
- The Classifieds: Puzzling over the world of Azeroth
- July 28, 2010
- The Classifieds brings you weekly news from around the WoW community, including our famous Random Acts of Uberness. While we at WoW.com are hard at work puzzling out the latest round of changes from the Cataclysm beta, we've got something for you to puzzle over as well: a "Where in the World of Warcraft?" crossword puzzle from The Puzzle Hub. This one's themed around places throughout Azeroth, Ou...
- Source: WoW.com
- Know Your Lore: The Old Gods part two -- C'Thun
- July 28, 2010
- The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how -- but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft. Last week we talked about the Old Gods, both ones we know as of right now and ones we can speculate upon come the Cata...
- Source: WoW.com
- Encrypted Text: Exposé on Expose Armor
- July 28, 2010
- Every Wednesday, Chase Christian of Encrypted Text invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the rogue class. This week, we discuss one of the least-appreciated rogue abilities, Expose Armor. I took the above screenshot by pushing one of two Expose Armor macros I have. One of the most common complaints that I hear from the rogue community is that we don...
- Source: WoW.com
- World of Warcraft's success with micro transactions could be setting stage for ... - MMD Newswire (press release)
- July 28, 2010
- World of Warcraft's success with micro transactions could be setting stage for ...MMD Newswire (press release)July 28, 2010 (MMD Newswire) -- World of Warcraft's reign as the undefeated champion in the subscription based massive multiplayer gaming arena could be ...
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- New Poll - Best DK Pet
- July 28, 2010
- Death Knights have quite a few 'pets' at their command. There's the gargoyle with his leet DPS and ability to block anyone's...
- Source: WoW Vault - The Ultimate Resource
- Share Your Death Knight!
- July 28, 2010
- Everyone needs a chance to brag about how sweet their character is! And everyone needs a little help or advice now and then too. Here's your...
- Source: WoW Vault - The Ultimate Resource
- Southern Barrens [HD] - Cataclysm Video Coverage
- July 28, 2010
- To make up for the atrocities at Southshore, the Alliance have made a bold strike in the Southern Barrens. Perhaps by the next expansion, they will...
- Source: WoW Vault - The Ultimate Resource
- Death Knight Haiku Contest Has Begun!
- July 27, 2010
- Our Death Knight Haiku Contest has begun! Head on over to our Death Knight Forums to participate! The most creative Haiku will receive a Custom Death...
- Source: WoW Vault - The Ultimate Resource
- The Lore and History of Death Knights
- July 27, 2010
- Darion Mograine"The Knights of the Ebon Blade will not falter."Darion Mograine was stillborn but his father, Alexandros, dipped him in a...
- Source: WoW Vault - The Ultimate Resource
- Hillsbrad Foothills [HD] - Cataclysm Video Coverage
- July 27, 2010
- The seemingly ancient battle between Tarren Mill and Southshore rages on in this expansion. Take a look at the war's progress in this full 1080p...
- Source: WoW Vault - The Ultimate Resource
- Pick for 7/25: Flourish (new) & Guild Search (new)
- July 25, 2010
- *_Flourish:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw41979.png Have you ever been questing and thought that you would have enough experience from quest turn-ins that you would level, running back to town to turn them in and go train, when... you are left disappointed? Never have to guess...
- Source: WoWInterface - WoWI's Pick(s) of the Week
- Anti-Aliased: Modding your way out of a paper bag
- July 22, 2010
- Filed under: World of Warcraft, Culture, Opinion, Anti-Aliased If there's been a theme to this week, it's been interfaces and modding. Both EverQuest II and Lord of the Rings Online have had announcements related to their interfaces, be it re-skinning or new Lua functionality being installed. However, it was these two articles that set off the Rube Goldberg device in my head. They reminded me just...
- Source: Massively
- Free for All: Assumptions based on assumptions
- July 21, 2010
- Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Darkfall, Business models, Culture, Economy, Opinion, Free-to-play, Browser, Comics, Casual, Kids, Free for All I decided to write this article based on a nagging feeling. It's not something I would normally look into, being that the questions I have are not that easy to ask, or not that easy to clarify. But, as I sink deeper and deeper into the world of in...
- Source: Massively
- Pick for 7/18: Iconic (new)
- July 18, 2010
- *_Iconic:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw41502.jpg Do you ever feel like you're searching endlessly for the perfect icon for your macro? Sometimes it's not as easy as choosing the ? icon and specifying it with #show or #showtoolip. Your macro might be a series of slash commands,...
- Source: WoWInterface - WoWI's Pick(s) of the Week
- One Shots: Zoooooom!
- July 18, 2010
- Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Screenshots, One Shots Looking for a fun, fast way to get around? Well, if you were to offer us a wicked-looking rocket-powered jet ski -- especially one like this with the head of a shark emblazoned across the front -- we certainly wouldn't turn it down. It certainly seems like it would be fun to zoom through World of Warcraft on this ride! While we don't...
- Source: Massively
- Free for All: Remembering my first F2P experiences
- July 14, 2010
- Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, Flyff, Business models, Opinion, Free-to-play, Casual, Free for All I sit here, racking my brain, trying to think of the very first free-to-play game that I experienced. It's been quite a long time, at least seven years. As a quick history, I started in MMORPGs in '99, by bringing home a box of Ultima Online for my wife to look at. S...
- Source: Massively
- Pick for 7/11: QuestSpamFilter (new)
- July 11, 2010
- *_QuestSpamFilter:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw41191.jpg Have you ever tried to share a quest with your group or raid, and then had to sift through the responses in chat to see what the results were? Or even had the results spam your chat window, pushing everything else out? ...
- Source: WoWInterface - WoWI's Pick(s) of the Week
- Blizzard backs down on Real ID
- July 9, 2010
- Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Culture, News items "We've been constantly monitoring the feedback you've given us, as well as internally discussing your concerns about the use of real names on our forums. As a result of those discussions, we've decided at this time that real names will not be required for posting on official Blizzard forums." After what turned out to be a complete PR ni...
- Source: Massively
- Anti-Aliased: What's in a name
- July 8, 2010
- Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Business models, Culture, Opinion, Anti-Aliased Earlier this week, Blizzard really got the MMO gaming community up-in-arms after the announcement of its latest Real ID feature -- your real name attached to all of your forum posts on its official forums. That's right. No more hiding behind a fake persona when you want to go a-trolling. But, with the transit...
- Source: Massively
- Super Secret Mini-Project under construction…
- July 7, 2010
- Hey little tiny update. I post when I can and when I have something to post, but I haven’t killed this site at all. I’m currently working with the boys from the podcast on something special that should be pretty damn incredible. On the side, I’m also working on a little something by myself for you [...]...
- Source: Spooncraft
- Pick for 7/4: Moniker (new) and QuickStatus (new)
- July 4, 2010
- *_Moniker:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw40924.png Wish you could rename your Real ID Friends in game? Maybe to just their first names, or a nickname, or maybe the character name that you know them by best. Now you can! Moniker adds a "Rename" entry to the right-click menu for...
- Source: WoWInterface - WoWI's Pick(s) of the Week
- Pick for 6/27: RealID Toons (new)
- June 28, 2010
- My internet connection has been nonexistent at times, so forgive me for this going up late! :) *_RealID Toons:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw40727.png With the addition of the new Battle.net RealID Friends feature, you now get notices whenever a RealID friend logs into the game...
- Source: WoWInterface - WoWI's Pick(s) of the Week
- Deathwing’s Bigger than Stormwind
- June 22, 2010
- Just thought I’d put this image out there since I got some requests for it and since the last time I showed Deathwing it spurred some conversation on the matter of how big he is and how Epic he should be as such a massive lore figure and villain. So here you go folks, he’s [...]...
- Source: Spooncraft
- Just the Facts Ma’am
- June 22, 2010
- So there’s a lot of HURR DURR going on around the greater gaming interwebs that’s pitting WoW against SWTOR for the next big holy shit MMO. Let’s get a few things straight shall we? That’s right girls and boys it’s another World of Warcraft vs Other MMO post! For the record though, I’ll be playing [...]...
- Source: Spooncraft
- Pick for 6/13: Who That Who There (updated)
- June 13, 2010
- *_Who That Who There:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw40404.jpg Do you usually miss when your friends and guildies come online? Maybe you were waiting for your pal to do a dungeon run, but were so engrossed in your OCD farming that you didn't realize they were online until they...
- Source: WoWInterface - WoWI's Pick(s) of the Week
- WTF is going on in Post-Cataclysm Azeroth?
- June 10, 2010
- So in no particular order, here is some of the shit happening in Azeroth in all our old favorite zones after the great Cataclysm strikes. All of this information was gathered through various quests and the likes. Some stuff wasn’t implemented yet (NYI) which kind of sucks but you get the picture. (Also here is [...]...
- Source: Spooncraft
- Alliance in Cataclysm Lore: The Dwarves (SPOILER)
- June 8, 2010
- Don’t be alarmed, everything is pretty fucking crazy right now. I’m not done yet with my mega Alliance lore post but I have some of the Dwarf specific stuff. There is no longer a King of Ironforge. Magni Bronzebeard struck a deal with the powers that be (elementals and their ilk), pleading for Ironforge to be [...]...
- Source: Spooncraft
- Commence the Rage!
- June 6, 2010
- Since a lot of you folks’ servers will be down for a while (mine’s still up haha server-viagra) I figured I’d post this. My unabashed opinion on the MMO games we have access too now that actually got more than 100 subscribers. WoW: The casual MMO. Whoever puts the most time into it will emerge [...]...
- Source: Spooncraft
- Pandaren WoW pet now sold out in the US?
- November 11, 2009
- Just a week after the in-game pets for World of Warcraft were announced, one of the two variations has apparently been sold out, just goes to show how...
- Source: World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft Patch 3.2.2a now live
- September 28, 2009
- It hasn't even been a full week since patch 3.2.2 for World of Warcraft came out, so now we're looking at a follow-up to make sure the game still ru...
- Source: World of Warcraft
- BlizzCon 2009: 20,000 tickets sold out in eight minutes
- August 6, 2009
- If you're still stewing in your seat thinking about attending BlizzCon 2009, you're too late. Don't worry too much, though, you're not the only one....
- Source: World of Warcraft
- Major farming: World of Warcraft sells 8.6 million in the US
- July 29, 2009
- WoW is wow. Since its release back in November 24th, World of Warcraft has farmed its way to 8.6 million copies sold in US retail alone, with 800,00...
- Source: World of Warcraft
- Toast to the Lich King - Rise of the Lick King Stein Collection
- July 1, 2009
- Ever wonder what the World of Warcraft characters do in them taverns? While it really doesn't take much out of the imagination, the Death Knights an...
- Source: World of Warcraft
- WoW Gold Pig giving away 500,000 gold in-game
- June 9, 2009
- This is the gold mine right here. Literally. The WoW Gold Pig blog is running a contest for 500,000 WoW Gold. We ve gotten wind of it, thanks ...
- Source: World of Warcraft
- WTB Healz!
- October 21, 2008
- So, I have been playing a lot of Warhammer Online. Still not sure what class I want to settle down with and play but I am liking the Warrior Priest a lot mainly for it’s ability to fight and heal (and actually the requirement to fight to build healing points). Yet, when running scenarios, one of [...]...
- Source: WTG Noob! » World of Warcraft
- How popular is your build?
- October 20, 2008
- First of all, that is something that you should never say in mixed company. Being of the male gender, that would certainly get me a quick slap to face, or a swift kick to the lower mid-section. Yet, it’s something that most MMO gamers argue, debate and brag about, a bunch, and for many, it’s [...]...
- Source: WTG Noob! » World of Warcraft
- Hallow's End Is Upon Us
- October 18, 2008
- Trick or Treat? Hallow's End is here, with quests and goodies in store for all. Get all the details from WorldofWarcraft.com: Observed by both the Horde and the Alliance, Hallow's End is the celebration of the break between the Forsaken and the Scourge. Many tricks and treats await adventurers seeking holiday fun, including defeating the Headless Horseman, visiting inns and cities for...
- Source: WoW Stratics
- What are you playing?
- October 18, 2008
- In the past couple of weeks, I have been updating my Noobmaster page with what characters I am playing, on which servers I am playing, which factions I am playing and in which games I am playing. I will admit, I have made a lot of changes in the past week but I am still [...]...
- Source: WTG Noob! » World of Warcraft
- Adventures in Blizzcon: Finale
- October 17, 2008
- Day 3 Throught my adventures at my first BlizzCon, this day went the smoothest. There was still a line to get in, but it was not nearly as bad as it was on the first day. I was able to see a bit more that I was able to the day prior, and attempted to meet up with people on my server, Sisters of Elune. That however was a bit of a bust, I kept missing the other person that was there. *waves* Th...
- Source: WoW Stratics
- Ret Paladins to be nerfed TO THE GROUND!
- October 16, 2008
- Ghostcrawler said this quote will probably come back to haunt him, so might as well make it start now :) There's some disdain on retribution specced paladins and how powerful they are in PVP. Ghostcrawler has put out a statement that they are aware of these issues and do plan on doing something about the damage that retribution paladins are currently doing. Here's the snippet: Since these thre...
- Source: WoW Stratics
- Adventures in Blizzcon: Part Deux
- October 15, 2008
- Day 2 "Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues." -Albert Collins, Adventures in Babysitting- That should have gone more like, nobody leaves this place without standing in line. Essentially, my experience was a lot of line waiting. I was in line to get in, then in line at the BlizzCon store for the opening ceremonies and panels for the majority of the day. My wait was appr...
- Source: WoW Stratics
- Patch 3.0.2 FAQ (Kind of)
- October 15, 2008
- Last night I was logging in with everyone else to check out the latest patch and all the goodness (and server crashes) that came with it. If you had trade chat on you probably saw the same questions being asked 15 million times. So I decided to make a quick list the questions that were asked and some answers to maybe ease the pain a bit. Where is the inscription trainer? If you ask a guard in...
- Source: WoW Stratics
- Patch 3.0.2 Goes Live - Patch Notes
- October 14, 2008
- Patch 3.0.2 goes live and Season 4 arena comes to an end. Lots of exciting stuff to do tonight when the servers come back up. What will you be doing first? Patch Notes: General All players will have their talent points reimbursed and will have access to new talents throughout their trees; this includes the 51-point talents. Several new spells and abilities have been added for all classes. Play...
- Source: WoW Stratics
- World of Warcraft: WotLK Beta Build - 8982
- September 25, 2008
- The Beta realms have been updated with a new build (8982). As usual stay tuned for all new changes. New Wrath Gate Cinematic MovieA new machinima movie has been added to the beta client featuring a battle at Angrathar, the Wrath Gate. With the followup story, it is probably the most epic even…...
- Source: Breaking News from World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: Community Update: 9/24/2008
- September 24, 2008
- The World of Warcraft community team sent out their weekly update this morning to recap the last week of hot topic posts on the World of Warcraft forums, as well as some of the most recent news on the World of Warcraft website.  Think of it as an official "Blue Watch" coming to you every week f…...
- Source: Breaking News from World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: Upcoming Honor Items & Points Reset, Beta, Brewfest
- September 24, 2008
- Upcoming Honor Items and Honor ResetQuote from: Eyonix (Source) As many of you know we will be featuring a new Battleground, a dedicated world PvP zone and all new PvP items in Wrath of the Lich King. In order to make the transition from The Burning Crusade to Wrath of the Lich King flow as s…...
- Source: Breaking News from World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: Wintergrasp Rewards, Malygos Quest & Loot, Naxxramas
- September 21, 2008
- Lake Wintergrasp Rewards Two new vendors have been added to Lake Wintergrasp. They are selling a bunch of items (Mount, Heirloom items, Designs, etc...), and the currency they use is called Stone Keeper's Shard that you can only get via specific means, as Wintergrasp Quests, kill Alliance/Horde…...
- Source: Breaking News from World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: Community Update 18/09/2008
- September 18, 2008
- The World of Warcraft Community Team sent us their Community Update today. Including recent news and forum posts that serves as a great recap of what's been going on the last couple of days. EU Forums: Here are some of the most recent blue-posts made on the EU forums: EU main'''''· PT…...
- Source: Breaking News from World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: WotLK -- Beta Build 8962
- September 18, 2008
- New GlyphsDeath Knight Glyph of Blood Boil - Lowers the damage of your Blood Boil by 20% but causes it to slow affected targets for 5 sec. Glyph of Blood Strike - Your Blood Strike causes an additional 20% damage to snared targets. Glyph of Corpse Explosion - Any target killed by your Co…...
- Source: Breaking News from World of Warcraft
- Arathi Basin - Overview
- September 10, 2008
- Round Two! So you’ve mastered Warsong Gulch? Yea, well don’t sweat it, no one really does. Arathi Basin (AB) is the second battleground you encounter in World of Warcraft. You can enter this battleground at level 20 and the brackets are the same as Warsong – 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70. Both true entrances [...]...
- Source: WTG Noob! » World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: Extended Maintenance and Patch 2.4.3
- July 15, 2008
- All US realms will be offline for 8 hours (from 3am to 11am PDT) and Blizzard will probably apply the patch 2.4.3 to the live realms. Here are the latest official Patch 2.4.3 notes. We will update them with the live patch notes as soon as they are available. Patch 2.4.3 Undocumented Changes…...
- Source: The Buzz from World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: WoW Comic #9 Sneak Peek
- July 14, 2008
- Blizzard just now posted a sneak peek of the newest World of Warcraft comic book series issue #9, which will arrive in stores July 16.. Lo'Gosh, Valeera, Broll, and Thargas make their way to Ironforge via a circuitous route through the Wetlands. And back in Stormwind, Prince Anduin suspects all …...
- Source: The Buzz from World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: Karazhan 10-Boxed
- July 14, 2008
- A Chinese World of Warcraft player recently posted a video where he defeat Terestian Illhoof all by himself by playing ten characters at the same time. Also known as multi-boxing, which you can read about more further below.He has also posted screenshots of him defeating Moroes, Maiden of Virtu…...
- Source: The Buzz from World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Q&A, Comic, Blue Posts
- July 13, 2008
- WotLK Q&A Nethaera answered to a series of questions about WotLK. Quote from: Nethaera (Source) Do you plan to release a new content patch prior to WotLK?We do not have any new content planned prior to Wrath of the Lich King. Our efforts are focused on creating new content as a part…...
- Source: The Buzz from World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: The Bountiful Chest
- July 11, 2008
- Olibith won the Worldwide Invitational 2008 Machinima with the Awards Best Movie & Best Editing.The movie he made is called The Bountiful Chest. The Bountiful Chest var FO_1 = { movie:"http://s…...
- Source: The Buzz from World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: New PTR Build: Hallow's End Event Up for testing
- July 11, 2008
- We recently posted about how yet another PTR build was deployed, making it two builds in two days. The Hallow's End event is now available for testing as a result. Below is a summary of PTR 2.4.3 so far. PTR 2.4.3 Patch Notes Update 2.4.3 PTR Patch Notes PTR 2.4.3 Undocumented Changes S…...
- Source: The Buzz from World of Warcraft
- Warsong Gulch - Overview
- July 2, 2008
- Welcome Noobs! This is going to be your primer and introduction to Warsong Gulch – one of the battlegrounds for PvP in World of Warcraft. Warsong Gulch, or WSG, is the first battleground you will have access to in World of Warcraft. There are two ways you can enter WSG, one is through the Battlemaster located [...]...
- Source: WTG Noob! » World of Warcraft