MMORPG.com World of Warcraft Correspondent Siji Ibikunle writes this look at effectively speccing your Shadow Priest for raiding in Blizzard's hit MMO.
Reported on Nov 19, 2009Kicking off the World of Warcraft fifth anniversary celebrations is a new World of Warcraft commercial featuring Mr. T which advertises a new item now available to North American players called "Mohawk Grenades". When thrown, these "Mohawk Grenades" will turn other players into "Night Elf Mohawks" giving them a temporary "t-rrific" new haircut.
Reported on Nov 16, 2009We look at the top five things players should be drooling about in Patch 3.3 to Blizzard's World of Warcraft.
Reported on Nov 10, 2009New footage of the Goblin and Worgen races set to debut with the launch of World of Warcraft's next expansion, Cataclysm, has appeared on YouTube. The videos, which were recorded at Russian game convention "IgroMir", show off the starting areas for the two new races, as well as the Human-to-Worgen transformation sequence. There are three videos in total.
Reported on Nov 10, 2009Tier 10 armor will be introduced to World of Warcraft as part of the upcoming 3.3 patch, and Blizzard is offering fans a sneak peek of the new sets in the Under Development section of the game's official website. Blizzard has been slowly updating this section in recent weeks and the listing is now complete with images of the Tier 10 sets for all of the game's classes.
Reported on Nov 09, 2009MMORPG.com's Jon Wood uses his column this week to look at the recent announcement that Blizzard will be offering in-game pets for real life money and the fan reaction, or over-reaction to the news.
Reported on Nov 05, 2009You heard that right, World of Warcraft just got an in-game (pet) store. The new store is selling two new pets: the Pandaren Monk Charity Pet, and the Lil' K.T., mini-Lich pet. Both pets will sell for $10 a pop, with 50% of the Pandaren Monk's proceeds (for Pandaren Monks sold between now and the end of the year) going to the Make-a-Wish foundation.
Reported on Nov 04, 2009To give thanks to the most dedicated members of the World of Warcraft community, Blizzard will be giving out prizes every week to groups of players based on how long they've been playing the game. These giveaways will take place between now and the fast-approaching five year anniversary of the launch of World of Warcraft on November 23rd, with the first week's winners to receive a World of Warcraft Charge of the Great Dragonflights stein.
Reported on Nov 04, 2009MMORPG.com World of Warcraft Correspondent Krsiti Studts writes this look at the way that World of Warcraft guilds are starting to evolve beyond just the raiding guilds that have become dominant over the last few years.
Reported on Oct 29, 2009Feel like a Blood Elf trapped in a Troll's body? No problem! The race change service for World of Warcraft is now live! For $25 players can switch their characters race, though this cannot be done across faction lines. So you cannot use it to go from say a Blood Elf to a Night Elf, for example. Of course, if you wish to do this, you can simply use the already available Faction Change service.
Reported on Oct 29, 2009MMORPG.com World of Warcraft Correspondent Sean Cooper writes these tips for quick leveling from a Horde perspective in Blizzard's massively popular MMO.
Reported on Oct 23, 2009MMORPG.com World of Warcraft Correspondent Siji Ibikunle wrties this look at the evolution of the raiding system in Blizzard's hit game.
Reported on Oct 22, 2009In this third guide, James Wood runs through with a guide to The Twin Val'kyr, and Anub'arak.
Reported on Oct 16, 2009A new service by Vivox called Puggable has now entered Open Beta. The service is being tested with World of Warcraft, and allows players to put together optimal pick up groups (PUGs) to tackle the game's group content such as raids and instances. The Puggable website does this by assembling character and instance data directly from the game so that players can set up an optimal team. Puggable also allows players to use Vivox voice right from the browser so they can communicate with their team.
Reported on Oct 16, 2009Blizzard Entertainment's Frank Pearce and J. Allen Brack put together a huge keynote presentation for GDC. If you ever wondered how Blizzard works from a development standpoint check out this presentation. With almost five thousand employees Blizzard has a lot of folks working together. Here is the structure they use to keep everyone working together on the right projects. So sit back and take a look at Blizzard's system, it is massive.
Reported on Oct 14, 2009MMORPG.com World of Warcraft Correspondent Anna Dietz writes this look at how a few simple herb gathering tricks can earn you big gold in-game.
Reported on Oct 14, 2009According to a report over at MTV News, Sam Raimi has tapped "Saving Private Ryan" screenwriter Robert Rodat to pen the upcoming Warcraft live-action movie. The article also features an audio interview with Raimi where he speaks briefly about the film.
Reported on Oct 13, 2009MMORPG.com World of Warcraft Correspondent James Thommes writes this guide to Warlock point distribution in Blizzard's hit MMO.
Reported on Oct 09, 2009MMORPG.com World of Warcraft Correspondent Sean Cooper writes this article discussing the difference between ganking and griefing and tells us why even he ganks every now and then.
Reported on Oct 08, 2009This week, Garrett looks at the idea of scaling raid instances in World of Warcraft and how it would help his experience.
Reported on Oct 07, 2009