cataclysm

Second Twitter Developer Chat Log

Friday, January 15th, 2010 - 8 Comments

The second official twitter developer chat has just ended. It has been reposted below for your convenience, but just in case you doubt the veracity of our reproduction, here’s a link to the forum as well. It’s quite lengthy, so I’m going to refrain from ... More

Blizzard Says No New Sanctuary Cities

Thursday, January 14th, 2010 - 25 Comments

I guess Cataclysm proves you can go home again. A rather curt response today from Community Manager Zarhym confirmed that there will be no Shattrath or Dalaran-esque city for players to congregrate in when the expansion comes out: We don’t have plans for a sanctuary city ... More

False Start, Cataclysm Alpha. Five Yard Penalty Results In A Bad Football Joke.

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 - 5 Comments

According to WoW.com, the Cataclysm Friends and Family Alpha was supposed to kick off this past Tuesday.  The website even had a fancy picture of the disc that would be used to install Cataclysm, in lieu of a digital package.  Not being ones to simply ... More

Looking Back: Your 2009 In Warcraft

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 - 4 Comments

As we look forward towards the new year, we must also look back. The firey, frothy rage of Deathwing seems almost inviting after spending a year in the chilly wastes of Northrend. No longer will we be relegated to a single climate in 2010 (well, ... More

Blizzard Responds To Earthquake Mobs

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 - 6 Comments

Earlier this week, we reported that numerous players have experienced seemingly random screen shakes during their daily tasks around Azeroth.  After some investigation it was determined that these earthquakes were likely caused by now-invisible mobs known as Shakers.  Seeing as these mobs were added to ... More

Looking Forward: A Year Of Rebirth

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 - 12 Comments

As I sit here, deep in the Central Time Zone of the United States, I know that some parts of the world have already crossed over the invisible threshold into the waiting arms of a brand new year. It’s still kind of depressing on this ... More

Invisible Monsters Leave Azeroth Shaken, Players Stirred

Monday, December 28th, 2009 - 8 Comments

Wait! Stop! Did you feel that?! Players all over Azeroth are asking each other this same question as minor tremors begin to rock their screens all over the world. But what’s causing them? Reports have cited earthquakes where they don’t normally occur and with no ... More

One More Content Patch In The Works?

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 - 20 Comments

With Patch 3.3 out, all most of us can think of going forward is the release of Cataclysm, but according to a new interview with the folks over at WorldofWar.de, Tom Chilton has more or less confirmed that we will see just one more round ... More

Pre-Cataclysm: Roll What You’ve Never Rolled Before

Monday, December 14th, 2009 - 22 Comments

WoW Cataclysm is probably still a long way off. But I know the very first thing that many of us will do upon picking up that glorious next expansion already is decided: we’ll roll either a Goblin or Worgen, depending on our faction of ... More

Pre-Cataclysm: For the Horde! (or the Alliance)

Friday, December 4th, 2009 - 19 Comments

Among  all the changes coming to the World of Warcraft when Cataclysm is released, one that it seems players are really looking forward to is the ability to use flying mounts in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. Not only will that capability allow us all to ... More