Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, News items
Blizzplanet has uncovered that Blizzard has apparently filed a patent for something called “BattleChat,” which purports to supply “an interface for the electronic transmission of messages and documents including voice, text, and note transmission.” Along with the recent news that Blizzard is seeking mobile developers, Blizzplanet supposed [...]

Filed under: Realm News, Blizzard, News items

Blizzard has launched the first new realm since the release of The Burning Crusade. It’s a PvE realm called Ghostlands, and it’s part of the latest batch of free realm transfers. You ready for the list of available transfers? Okay, here we go!
If you’re from the PvE realms Aerie [...]

Filed under: Druid, Warrior, Analysis / Opinion, PvP, Classes, (Arena PvP) Blood Sport, Arena

Every Thursday, V’Ming – who thinks that gnome warlocks are travesties of nature and need to be KOSed – shares thoughts and ideas on becoming deadlier at the Arenas. He additionally dabbles in the dark arts in Blood Pact.
A quick look at [...]

Haven’t you ever wondered when a mob’s drops are determined in Blizzard’s World of Warcraft? Some players asked that very question on the official WoW forums, drawing the attention of Community Manager Drysc.
Drysc pointed out that the game generates mob loot as soon as the enemy is created. He added that a date stamp is [...]

Filed under: Interviews, Gamers on the Street

Gamers on the Street logs into U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what’s going on in and around the World of Warcraft.What’s the “right” class and spec to be playing right now? What’s going to build the biggest splash on the scoreboards? Why do players [...]

You’ve seen him do totally pointless things like flying his mounts in loops, killing trolls for absolutely no reason, and even jumping off a cliff. However, Shepiwot the paladin isn’t done overloading everyone’s brain cells with his latest adventures as machinima author Stoker is pleased to announce the latest in the highly amusing World of [...]

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Economy
A few days ago we tried to estimate how much Blizzard was making from those 10 million accounts, but now we know for sure: it’s actually around $1.2 billion (which is up 58% from 2006). Now, you can probably see that that’s only $500 million [...]

The Azerothian Super Villains series is one of those few World of Warcraft machinima videos that makes the jaded members of the QJ WoW team laugh. The creator of the series, Ian Beckman, has just released the fifth episode of the series called The Stockade Redemption and we can say that it is a riot.
The [...]

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, PvP

Last week, we went by the little things you can do to prepare yourself for battle. For that week, we’ll take a look at all the consumables you can take into PvP… from doing PvP. While I did mention that PvP entails some costs, PvP plus reaps benefits, granting virtually [...]

Filed under: Shaman, Analysis / Opinion, Tips, Instances, Classes, Talents, (Shaman) Totem Talk
Totem Talk is the column for Shamans. Matthew Rossi was up all night trying to get a new hat. Only in Azeroth does getting a new hat involve wading in the blood and viscera of dragons from outside the day stream. Seriously, they [...]

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Forums
Do you ever wish you could instantly regen by drinking a pot, just like you do in-game? A couple of WoW players and entrepreneurs have created a real life “potion” which has the effect of “+160 to mana” which is defined as “5 – 8 [...]

Filed under: Machinima, Humor, WoW Moviewatch
It’s been a few months since we’ve had our last Azerothian Super Villains fix. However, Episode 5 is finally out, and I must say, it rocks! The Stockade Redemption focuses on Illidan’s frustration with his team. When he is sent to prison for past crimes, will the gang save him [...]

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, How-tos, Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Alts, Fan art
If you’re like me, Greatfather Winter didn’t put a golden ticket or an uber laptop in your holiday stocking. And with my luck, I’ll probably never win the Figure Prints lotto, either. Sad, but that’s the reality of the situation.
Enter [...]

Filed under: Screenshots, Raiding, Around Azeroth

Reader Elyasa of Auchindoun (the European server, not the unpopular Outland instances) snapped that foreboding shot in the Black Temple. Her raiding guild, Shine, was heading for Supremus when she looked up and saw that omen in the sky. She didn’t mention how the boss fight went, but from [...]

Filed under: Well Fed Buff

Well Fed Buff serves up tasty snacks to boost your HP and stats, just in day for your weekend gaming.
“How does a Tauren hide in a cherry tree? He paints his hooves red!”
Three Very critical Notes[TM] about that week’s gaming snack:

Yeah, we know that’s not a cherry in the photo, and [...]

Blizzard Entertainment’s got way more to celebrate by than just World of Warcraft hitting the 10 million subscriber milestone.
The Vivendi Corporation recently sent out a press wire announcing that Vivendi Games, its branch handling Blizzard, has earned a staggering one billion Euro (US 1.5 billion) in revenues last 2007.
That’s a 26.6 percent boost [...]

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Guilds, Breakfast topics, Raiding

The question in the title comes straight from this very interesting post on Kinless’ blog. He and his wife are in different guilds. His guild has a raiding calendar and they adhere to it religiously. His wife’s guild has a raiding calendar which is completely ignored. Whoever [...]

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Guilds, Breakfast topics, Raiding

The question in the title comes straight from this very interesting post on Kinless’ blog. He and his wife are in different guilds. His guild has a raiding calendar and they adhere to it religiously. His wife’s guild has a raiding calendar which is completely ignored. Whoever [...]

Much noise was made in the World of Warcraft forums so that Blizzard would release information regarding the upcoming 2.4 patch. MVP poster Iriel was able to get hold on some of the nifty changes that will be taking place for the combat logging mechanism and the in-game interface options.
The combat logging mechanism is [...]

It’s difficult for citizens not to wonder about the things that the 2.4 patch can bring when it comes to World of Warcraft. As a matter of fact, Zertha from the Korgath realm posted what she had in mind in the forums.
Zertha claimed that the Sunwell won’t be visited by the players considering of the [...]