Recent Headlines for World of Warcraft

• The Nexus

  Blizzard has added new information to their Wrath of the Lich-King website in the form of a new dungeon: The Nexus.

  Reported on May 13, 2008

• BlizzCon 2008

  Blizzard has announced details of BlizzCon 2008, which will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on October 10th and 11th.

  Reported on May 12, 2008

• Frostmourne Art Contest

  Blizzard has announced a new art contest where players are asked to create original artwork depicting Frostmourne being wielded by the Lich King Arthas. The creator of the winning entry will receive a 47" replica of the blade.

  Reported on May 08, 2008

• Blizzard Store Redesigned

  Blizzard has announced that they have revamped the Blizzard Store, where players can purchase Blizzard merchandise and more.

  Reported on May 06, 2008

• Children's Week

  Blizzard has announced the return of Children's week, the annual holiday where adventurers take wee ones under their wing and show them how to adventure in Azeroth.

  Reported on May 02, 2008

• New Stories

  Blizzard has updated their stories page with two new stories of friendship from inside World of Warcraft.

  Reported on Apr 28, 2008

• The Sunwell and the Lich King

  An article from WoW Insider has been posted on the World of Warcraft official site, which takes a look at the Fury of Sunwell content update as well as the development of Wrath of the Lich King.

  Reported on Apr 24, 2008

• Video Contest: Rogues Do It From Behind

  Blizzard is running a contest where players are asked to create a video using World of Warcraft game footage for the band Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain and their song, "Rogues Do It From Behind."

  Reported on Apr 18, 2008

• Latin American-Spanish Beta Begins

  Blizzard has invited players to help test the beta version of World of Warcraft's Latin American-Spanish language pack in preparation for the upcoming Latin American-Spanish version of WoW.

  Reported on Apr 17, 2008

• Lich King to Unleash Wrath on China

  Blizzard has announced that they have updated their agreements with The9 and Soft-World to support World of Warcraft's Wrath of the Lich King expansion in China, and the regions of the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

  Reported on Apr 15, 2008

• Servants of the Betrayer Now Available

  Blizzard has announced that Servants of the Betrayer, the latest expansion for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, is now on sale.

  Reported on Apr 09, 2008

• Comic Contest

  The World of Warcraft Comic Contest has entered its third year, and Blizzard in once again giving talented players the opportunity to win prizes and recognition for their work.

  Reported on Apr 02, 2008

• WoW Heads for Consoles

  Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft will be hitting a console near you with World of Warcraft: The Molten Core, based on the popular raid dungeon of the same name. The game will feature a multiplayer and a single player mode, nine different shapes, and possibly even different colors.

  Reported on Apr 01, 2008

• Bards Announced as New Class in WotLK

  Blizzard has unveiled the Bard, a new hero class that will be introduced to World Of Warcraft with the Wrath of the Lich King. The new class will feature a range of music based abilities, and the Tauren bard will have the only prescription for a certain type of fever.

  Reported on Apr 01, 2008

• Taunka Bestiary Update

  Blizzard has updated the Bestiary page for the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion. This time, it's the addition of the Taunka, a yack-esque creature from Northrend.

  Reported on Mar 28, 2008

• Blizzard Sues Bot Creator

  BBC News is reporting that Blizzard is suing the creator of MMO Glider, a bot program which automates a number of actions in World of Warcraft.

  Reported on Mar 27, 2008

• Athene Breaks Leveling Records... Again

  Athene, the World of Warcraft player who recently broke a bunch of WoW records for powerleveling has announced with humility and grace that he has again broken WoW's leveling records after his previous records were broken by a German Druid named Tosog.

  Reported on Mar 26, 2008

• Arena Tournament Registration Open

  Blizzard has announced that registration for the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament is now open. Registration cost $20, which buys a player access to the tournament realms, and grants eligibility to win a piece of a prize pool totaling $120,000.

  Reported on Mar 26, 2008

• Fury of the Sunwell Released

  Blizzard has announced the launch of Fury of the Sunwell, the content update for World of Warcraft which adds a 5 player and a 25 player instance, UI improvements, a new quest hub, and more.

  Reported on Mar 25, 2008

• Servants of the Betrayer Sneak Peek

  Blizzard has provided a sneak peek at the upcoming Servants of the Betrayer expansion for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.

  Reported on Mar 25, 2008

• Worldwide Invitational Tickets on Sale

  Blizzard has announced that tickets are now available for the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, which will take place in Paris on the 18th and 29th of June.

  Reported on Mar 21, 2008

• New Patch Announced: Fury of the Sunwell

  Blizzard has announced the Fury of the Sunwell, the next major patch for World of Warcraft. The patch will include a new five person dungeon, a new raid on the Sunwell Plateau, new areas, UI improvements and more.

  Reported on Mar 19, 2008

• Frostmourne Replicas Available

  Blizzard has announced that they have partnered with EPIC Weapons to create replicas of Frostmourne, the weapon which helped corrupt Prince Arthas on the road to becoming the Lich King.

  Reported on Mar 17, 2008

• Environments Update

  The team at Blizzard has released an update to the environments section of the website for The Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft's second expansion.

  Reported on Mar 14, 2008

• Stories Update

  Blizzard has posted two new stories of World of Warcraft players who have had touching moments while playing WoW.

  Reported on Mar 13, 2008

• Blizzard Art Show for Child's Play

  Blizzard has announced they will be sponsoring an art show which will display World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and StarCraft II concept art, with all proceeds from the show going to Child's Play.

  Reported on Mar 07, 2008

• WoW Arena Tournament Test

  Blizzard will be testing the WoW Arena Tournament on the Tournament Test Realm on Sunday between the hours of 12PM to 3PM PST, and everyone is invited. Players from all regions are invited to play, and also to witness developers and community staff go head to head.

  Reported on Mar 07, 2008

• Arena Tournament Item Page & Test Realm

  Blizzard has announced that the Arena Tournament realm for World of Warcraft is now up on the Public Test Realm. They have also posted the Arena Tournament item list page, a complete list of all the items that will be available to players participating in the 2008 Arena Tournament.

  Reported on Mar 03, 2008

• The Spectral Safari

  Blizzard has announced the Spectral Safari, where players of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game can win a Spectral Tiger Mount loot card by participating in tournaments across the globe.

  Reported on Feb 27, 2008

• Free Character Moves

  Blizzard has announced that they are offering free character moves to selected servers.

  Reported on Feb 26, 2008

• Name Change, Transfer Cooldown Reduced

  Blizzard has announced that they have reduced Paid Character Transfer and Paid Name Change cooldown time.

  Reported on Feb 25, 2008

• Blizzard Discourages Gold Buying

  Blizzard has posted a statement reminding players of the negative consequences of buying gold and using power-leveling services.

  Reported on Feb 25, 2008

• Tons of Tuskarr

  Blizzard has posted a faction overview of the Tuskar, the walrus like people who call the southern coasts of Northrend their home.

  Reported on Feb 22, 2008

• Arena Tournament Information Page

  Blizzard has launched the Arena Tournament Information page. As the name implies, the page features information on the upcoming 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament, including registration details, character creation, tournament structure, and more.

  Reported on Feb 19, 2008