Blizzard Entertainment

You guys know pretty much what’s going on right now with the Blizzcon tickets. They sold out fast, there was a major fiasco with the whole thing, and now Blizzard is offering 3,000 more tickets for sale but in order to buy them you need to be chosen from a lottery type situation. Details are [...]

WoW Insider got the scoop on some VERY exciting news!
We originally predicted that we’d finally see the Wrath cinematic at BlizzCon in October, but we may not even need to wait that long. Multiple sources are reporting that Blizzard plans to show off the cinematic at the Games Convention in Leipzig on August 21st [...]

I didn’t really see what the big deal was but it’s enough that Neth replied with a novel of posts large enough to bludgeon a small child over the head. I am only sharing the 1st and largest reply but go on to the post (it’s locked down) and read further if you’re big on [...]

Just a heads up once more, this isn’t the Blizzcon 2008 contest going on right here on Spooncraft. It’s an official update from Blizzard in regards to their additional ticket sales lottery.
We recently announced that we will be offering 3,000 more BlizzCon 2008 tickets for sale via a drawing. Soon, eligible Blizzard Account holders who [...]

It does make me feel a little better knowing that the decision makers at Blizzard are still the same great gamers they were in the past. That’s the one thing I really like about Blizzard, it’s always beena company that takes their sweet time releasing content but for the most part the finished product is [...]

Yesterday Blizzcast Episode 4 aired (still hasn’t popped up on iTunes come on Blizzard how many times you dropping the ball this week?). The first part is a pretty interesting interview with a guy I admire a lot (Russel Brower) and about the music of Warcraft. The rest of the show is pretty centered around [...]

The title says it all. I placed my order already for my Blood of the Horde beer stein. I’ve recently become kind of infatuated with tasting different kinds of beers and this little baby is going to be MUCH appreciated in the coming months.

The total cost after shipping and tax comes out roughly to $102.00 [...]

The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with new pieces of artwork.

Remember how a while ago I posted images of this mysterious Zebra mount and in game spells (in the files) that allowed you to summon another player or grant an extra level? Yeah it’s here hurray!
With the new Recruit-A-Friend program you can earn an exclusive Zhevra mount, receive a FREE month of game time, and [...]

Shacknews reported that according to Mike Morhaime (Blizzard Entertainment’s CEO), Wrath of the Lich King will be released between October and December 2008.
“We have said that it will be coming out this year,” Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime revealed in a conference call today. “I can tell you it’s not coming in the July to September [...]

The developers and community managers have been very busy lately answering questions and giving out pretty solid details on feedback in the official WotLK Beta Forums. Here’s a bunch of the more general posts that aren’t about class changes and such. I’ll be going into detail on anything vague in orange text after the quote.
Azjol-Nerub [...]

Fantasy Flight Games has just released World of Warcraft: The Adventure Game, a fast-paced board game of danger, conflict, and heroes. Two to four players engage in a struggle for glory and valor as they travel the Eastern Kingdoms of Azeroth completing quests and battling monsters - and each other - in a [...]

It might not even be worth mentioning but I figure what the hell. There was a mild Earthquake in Irvine CA that forced the employees over at Blizzard HQ to evactuate. Everybody and everything is fine but still, pretty harrowing little event on a typical Tuesday.

This is the new tab players will be able to see in WotLK on their character screen. As you can see the tokens you get from Battlegrounds as well as Heoirc Badges and any specific Holiday items and such will be held here as currency. It’s very streamlined (and currently bugged like everything else in [...]

Well, Blizzard has finally given us a date when the tickets will go on sale and so as a man of my word I am officially announcing my giveaway of 1 Blizzcon ticket. If we have learned anything from the past it’s that these babies sell out rather quickly.
Here are as many details as I [...]

IRVINE, Calif. – July 29, 2008 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that tickets for its third BlizzCon™ gaming convention will go on sale August 11 and that live coverage of the event will be available as an exclusive DIRECTV pay per view event. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard [...]

Howdy everybody. It’s the end of a Monday for the most part and here is your daily dose of blue posts that you may have missed over the weekend. Sorry it’s taken me so long to get this up today but I’ve been pretty swamped.
First up we have more Death Knight comments. Expect this to [...]

Tigole hit the Beta forums with this little nugget of information. The game is getting some serious rebuilds obviously with WotLK which is a good thing. By the sounds of this it looks like there will be a specific way to have tons of your BG marks, Badges of Honor, non-com pets, and mounts (maybe [...]

I know Gelleth is going to flip over this. I’ve met maybe two or three people in my years playing this game that have upwards of 20 different pets/mounts and that’s a lot of bag space or bank space. It’s just been announced on the European Forums (time difference should be announced on the US [...]

Blizzard’s released their official talent calculators now for the world to see. It isn’t something we haven’t already seen before from the Alpha and the database sites respectively but at least with these coming from Blizzard directly I put more trust in them to be updated and accurate.
You can check them out right here.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/talent-index/wrath.html

Here’s a quickie update as Blizzard added more screenshots to the original website ones we got earlier today.

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Blizzard hirde up 2 more community managers to keep things under control. Makes sense now that the WotLK Beta has begun.
Please give your warmest welcome to Aratil and Crygil, the latest additions to the World of Warcraft community team. As community managers, they are committed to reading your feedback and relaying your thoughts to the [...]

Something we knew about from the Alpha a while back but here it is making the official page! Awesome news!

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We’ve just released a preview of the achievement system, one of the many new features that World of Warcraft: Wrath of the [...]

I’ll flat out say it, Neutral towns bother the hell out of me. The Horde and the Alliance should NOT be working together other than precious few situations and instances where there is no other choice. Warring factions or nations don’t band together until something catastrophic occurs. Like in real life, all religions and countries [...]

1. Lack of new content and summer weather are leaving raids short handed.
2. Stagnation of new content is causing some members to jump to “more hardcore” guilds in the hopes of seeing more of Sunwell.
3. Lack of new content and lack of community goals is dragging down morale and general interest in the game.
4. PVP [...]

All this is coming straight from Kotaku to read more check out their break.
Activision has officially received shareholder approval for its merger with Vivendi. The company said over 92 percent of its shareholders greenlighted the merger, and the transaction is expected to officially close tomorrow.
The merger was first announced in December of 2007, but has [...]

Q: Who is eligible for the Wrath of the Lich King Beta opt-in?
A: Any player who has both an active World of Warcraft subscription and World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is eligible to opt in to the beta at (https://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/beta-opt-in.html). The account must be active when the beta starts in order to be eligible [...]

I snagged these images from MMOC since they have the best resolution out there. Watermark won’t be there when I get the chance in October to take my own images from Blizzcon 08′ but for right now here’s just some visual validation of all the news that we’ve been reporting in regards to Raids & [...]

I still have my Tabard of the Argent Dawn on my Orc Shaman from when Naxxramas was first being released. There was a scourge invasion world event where all over the game in different zones these huge necropolis’ were hovering about and tons of scourge would spawn all over. Very good times.
Something similar happened when [...]

US accounts are now able to access the beta registration from https://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/beta-opt-in.html and opt-in for the Wrath of the Lich King beta.
Woot! Alright folks here’s your chance to get some official WotLK Beta action!. Selected players are chosen at random. It will be random. (src) There are no emails yet for people who are already [...]