World of Warcraft could get micro-transactionsPlay.tmSpeaking to Videogamer, World of Warcraft game director Tom Chilton says that the Blizzard's MMO could one day become a micro-transaction based title. ...and more »...
Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com's daily Q&A column where the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Michael Sacco will be your host today. Here's a Queue question straight from me to me: What do me and panda bears have in common? The answer is rings around our eyes, though I'm pretty sure that pandas have them genetically and not from staying up until seven in...
For those of us who like to collect stuff in WoW, one of the cooler announcements for patch 3.2 was the inclusion of a whole new set of raptor hatchling pets, dropped around the world by rare and elite raptors. Of course, it was also an announcement of dread for serious collectors who can tell horror stories of killing thousands upon thousands of slimes and dragons for rare pets before. But will i...
So I've talked recently about life as an RPer, and how we seem to interact with our characters just a bit differently. Sometimes, whether we like it or not, a certain character and their back story just grab hold and won't let go, and we find ourselves coming back again and again, just to see where the story leads. Of course, sometimes the character goes just the opposite way, and no matter what y...
Two Bosses Enter ... but only One Boss Leaves, in WoW.com's series of fantasy death matches. This season's bosses come from the five-man instances of Wrath of the Lich King.While last week's Two Bosses Moorabi/Trollgore matchup was downright gory, this week's battle appears no less likely to end up in a bloody mess. This week, we'll see King Dred of Drak'tharon Keep tear into Jedoga Shadowseeker a...
BlizzCon approaches! Preparing for BlizzCon is your regular source for tips on how best to prepare for Blizzard's gaming extravaganza.Every con I have ever been to, gaming-related or otherwise, has resulted in a bunch of people getting sick afterward -- usually including me. I've heard it called Con Crud, confluenza and the grunge. Whatever the name, it's pretty much the same: cold and flu symptom...
Examiner.com2v2 Arena changes partially reversed for 3.2 in World of WarcraftExaminer.comReversing a previous decision to make only 3v3 and 5v5 arena ratings in World of Warcraft count toward gear, Blizzard announced today a partial reversal of ...and more »...
MCVTwitter and World of Warcraft join forces for TweetCraftExaminer.comAs if social media networking hasn't completely consumed the lives of everyone, including gamers, things have been taken to the next step of networking ...TweetCraft - use Twitter while playing World of WarcraftGeek.comTwitter Comes To World Of WarcraftCinema BlendWorld of Warcraft Twitter client launchesGamesIndustry.bizPl...
Haven't done a shield in a while, so here's a cool-looking one to try for in Ulduar this weekend.Name: The Boreal Guard (Wowhead, Thottbot, Armory)Type: Epic ShieldArmor: 7960 (223 Block)Attributes: +39 Strength, +92 Stamina. Pretty standard for a tanking shield. Two sockets: Red and Blue. This is what pretty much puts this baby over the top in terms of endgame tanking shields -- get some...
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Screenshots, One Shots This weekend is going to be a time for many to get together and do some grilling out and partying! Meanwhile in Azeroth, the Midsummer Fire Festival is wrapping up, so we wanted to take a quick peek in and see how things are going there. Today's World of Warcraft One Shots finds us in the company of Hollyberry from the Bronze Dragonfl...
MapleStory Joining Halo and World of Warcraft in Public SpotlightGaming TodayThis brings MapleStory into the American public eye, the realm only pierced by Halo 3 and World of Warcraft so far. The 2D side-scrolling MMORPG is already ...and more »...
Examiner.comGet your free Mountain Dew World of Warcraft petExaminer.comWorld of Warcraft is partnering up with Mountain Dew this summer to bring out two unique drinks themed after the Alliance and Horde factions. ...and more »...
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, The Daily Grind My American sources tell me this is a long weekend for you folks across the pond. Something about independence from Blighty a few hundred years ago. Essentially an excuse to let off fireworks, have BBQs, enjoy the fine weather and skive off work. Good on you. It seems like lots o...
Straight from Blizzard themselves, very nice looking T9 previews! For now all we have access too (in other words the only armor that Blizzard has finished 100% of the art for) are the Horde mail and Alliance cloth pieces. Alliance Mage Horde Hunter Alliance Priest Horde Shaman Alliance Warlock...
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Massively meta You may have noticed that Massively doesn't talk very much about World of Warcraft. Even though it's the biggest MMO on the block, our friends at WoW.com cover it so comprehensively that it seems silly for us to duplicate their efforts. But WoW is an MMO too, and it only makes sense to talk about it when there's news. So, from here on out, we'll be co...
'World of WarCraft' To Nerf Death Knights In 3.2 PatchMTV.comThe death knight quickly became one of the most popular classes in “World of WarCraft” at the launch of the latest expansion pack, “Wrath of the Lich King. ...and more »...
Here are some highlights from this Q&A: Warlock pets are getting new models. Blizzard doesn’t want the Warlock to be like Mages anymore so expect buffs to demonology. They’re revamping the entire soul shard system so that using soul shard abilities are big deals and the soul shards themselves becomes a core component of the class. Community Team: We’d [...]...
I’ll give you the short version of the following blue post from Bornakk about the instance creation problems. They know its an issue and are changing their hardware to compensate for the problem and they say it will fix everything but it won’t be ready for a long time. The end. We are aware of the [...]...
Hey kids! Here’s a shadow priest Q&A session on the forums! Waow weee wooo wowee kapow zip zop zoobity bop!!! Question 1: What does blizzard see as shadow priest roll in pvp or pve situations? PVE: I dont pve much but from my understanding there are aoe monsters is this the niche you intended them to fill [...]...
Fields of Honor, the latest expansion to the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, has been released! With all new loot cards, hero cards, and resource...
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 and Night Elves love to knock back a few after a hard day of raiding and farming. Now you can go and share the toast with them with these limited edition Rise of the Lich King Steins.The Epic Collection currently come in three designs: Rise of the Li...
Ladies and gentlemen may I have your attention please~ we have ourselves a dead Old God. The Old God of death himself, lies defeated in a lump of butt fucking ugly. There’s no other way to describe a dead Yoggy. My guild and I (Diversus) got a near flawless kill with no mind controls and no [...]...
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Video, EVE Online, MMO industry, News items, BrowserGaikai is a new game streaming service that's currently in development, which was first announced at GDC 2009 (and later was apparently previewed by game publishers at E3 2009.) We've since mentioned Gaikai a few times at Massively, and how the service could bring MMOs (and other games) to devices...
More changes have been posted to the new battleground, I can’t wait to try this out. In addition to the changes originally listed in this thread, the following change was recently added and is now live on the test realms: Players gain a new buff after being launched out of the catapult that reduces all falling damage [...]...
*_Tidy Plates:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw27650.jpg Tidy Plates is an addon which aims to tidy up your nameplates and give them a different look. It also looks like it might be shaping up to be the oUF of nameplate addons, allowing you to create custom skins (here's the Heart...
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Age of Conan, EverQuest, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, MMO industry, The Daily Grind MMOs are a strange kind of genre to get into. With console games like BioShock or Gears of War, it's usually the hype or the fact everybody on the entire planet is playing which persuades me to buy/rent a game. MMOs however require a little more patience and have a ste...
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Culture, Events, real-world, The Daily Grind There are always going to be times when, due to real life commitments, you can't play your favourite MMO, whether it's a month of exams or an important week at work. I started playing WoW in November 2006 and was on the cusp of getting the game when my first month ran out and I had to fly back to Norfolk from Exe...
Apologies on the delays in PotWs... New house combined with house guests make for not much computer time. ;) *_Hoot:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw28341.jpg Do you play with a group of friends and like to keep up on what they're doing? Hoot is an addon based on the social...
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 to tips (and tweets) from the community, and so went further to fish out more info about it. Apparently, the contest goes like this: you register, you enter a name for their WoW Gold Pig Twitter mascot and, if your entry is chosen, you win 50...
A new patch for Blizzard's ever popular MMO game World of Warcraft is now available. WoW Client Patch 3.1.3 is mostly a class balancing patch with some more bug fixes. Below are the list of changes.World of Warcraft PTR Patch 3.1.3 Death Knights Frost Presence: Armor bonus is now 60 down from 80 . Druids Improved Barkskin: This talent now also grants 80/160 additional arm...
Anyone who's ever spent countless hours playing World of Warcraft may have noted, at some point, that the druids weren't scoring pretty well in the look-o-meter. For that, the devs behind the MMO have decided to give the nasty buggers fresh new textures for two major forms - the cat and bear. There's gonna be five different designs for each of these forms for the Horde and the Alliance, so th...
Happy Memorial Day to the veterans in our community. Thank you for your time, your sacrifices, and your service. *_Misspelled:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw26859.jpg Are you a notoriously bad speller? Or do you just make mistakes every so often and wish you could catch them...
*_Jobber:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw26746_thumb.jpg (http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw26746.jpg) Click to view larger image. Jobber adds functionality to the tradeskill window to make your life easier, without giving you more than you maybe asked for. It gives you more...
To all of the moms out there, Happy Mother's Day. :) Enjoy it! *_GupPet:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw26302.jpg Would you like to auto-select the correct type of mount for the area you are in? Want to randomly choose between your favorite mounts? Are you running out of room...
*_ArtPad:_* Image: http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw11324.jpg Okay, so you've drawn out your raid strategy on a piece of paper. Now... how are you going to get your raid members to see it? ArtPad is an addon that allows just that. Draw on the ArtPad frame on the screen, and your raid...
When it comes to iPhones and World of Warcraft, this won't be the first video showing how the latter could run on the former, with most of them being empty claims and mere mock-ups. This time, however, things may be a little different. Thanks to Vollee and the VolleeX engine, a video demonstration was put up on YouTube with the massively popular MMORPG running on an iPhone. See for yourself.We fir...
Patch 3.1.1 for World of Warcraft is coming this week, and it's gonna be just a minor bugfix patch. But to address the problem with the dual talent specialization system, players will have their talent points reset.Official Patch notes for 3.1.1GeneralIn order to address issues with the dual talent specialization system, all players will have their talents points refunded. Players who have p...
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 [...]...
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 [...]...
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...
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 [...]...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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 [...]...
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…...
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 …...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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 [...]...
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