http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/world-of-warcraft-wrath-of-the-lich-king/g-20070803141059985087 en http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-173978.aspx A variety of Blizzard Entertainment products will be showcased at the San Diego Comic Con this Friday, July 25th. Among the companies that will participate in these World of Warcraft Panel are: Upper Deck Entertainment, Tokyopop, Pocket Star Books, DC Comics Wildstorm, and DC Unlimited. Blizzard Entertainment VP of Creative Design Chris Metzen will be there as well. Many prizes will be given away to attendees, including an exclusive variant cover of a World of Warcraft comic book. news Jul 23, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-173710.aspx With the NDA lifted from the WoW beta, lots of cool things are starting to surface for those of us not lucky enough to get a beta invite yet. One user posted three different videos of the Death Knight talent builds, and how they look in action. The class looks pretty fun to play, and in its current form, some are even suggesting it might be a bit overpowered. news Jul 22, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/f/the-dating-game/a-200807219442568025/g-20070803141059985087 Is a multiplayer game a stupid place to look for love? feature Jul 21, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-171872.aspx Word on the street is that Blizzard have begun the Wrath of the Lich King beta. The newly updated World Of Warcraft Expansion site has added details on how you can become a part of the latest installment. You can find more details at GamerChip, along with all the news on the newly added Achievements. news Jul 18, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-171584.aspx Blizzard have just announced they are adding a brand new feature for World of Warcraft: Achievements! This is something we've seen in other games, and perhaps Blizzard have borrowed from that a little, but no doubt, this will be hugely popular with the 10 million+ players of the world's biggest MMORPG. Achievements will go live in the highly anticipated upcoming expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. See full details of the new Achievement system below. news Jul 17, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-171487.aspx BBC Tech writes: It brought the case against MDY Industries claiming its WowGlider program infringed its copyright. An Arizona district court has ruled MDY does infringe Blizzard's copyright but not in the way the game maker claimed. WowGlider controls characters in Warcraft so they kill enemies and loot them automatically. news Jul 17, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-170332.aspx Blizzard Community Manager Eyonix has just posted on the Wrath of the Lich King Friends and Family forums that the Alpha testing has ended! Unfortunately, you can't see his post if you don't have an account that's been selected for the F&F alpha, and we won't post the message in case it infringes the NDA at all, but we all know what this means - the WotLK Beta can't be far off! news Jul 15, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-166642.aspx A company that specialises in 3D touch technology, Novint Technologies, have announced they are developing drivers for World of Warcarft. The drivers will be for use with the Falcon controller, which replaces the mouse or joystick in some games. This robot as Novint call it, will allow players to feel game actions, such as casting spells and combat. See the demo below: news Jul 8, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-166080.aspx Online gaming is becoming a paying business with Vietnamese nerds being paid up to $160 per month to play on behalf of other players to level up and make money. news Jul 7, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-165886.aspx IncGamers has word that Blizzard Worldwide Invitational attendees have received their promised invitation to beta test an upcoming Blizzard game, but that contrary to assumptions, this does not guarantee entrance into the beta test for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. They quote French community manager Thyvene as saying: Attendees of the Worldwide Invitational 2008 have received a Beta code to participate in a future phase of Beta testing for Blizzard. Unfortunately, we can not guarantee that the code gives you access to the Beta for Wrath of the Lich King in particular. Therefore, to increase your chances of being selected to participate in the WOTLK's Beta test, we advise you enter the draw held for this phase of Beta testing, via the account management: http://www.wow-europe.com/account news Jul 6, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-165851.aspx Tipster Nigel sent WOW Insider these curious-looking photos of what appears to be the packaging for the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. news Jul 6, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-164858.aspx Players of World of Warcraft can now register for a chance to be in the much-awaited Wrath of the Lich King Beta. Simply go to your account management page and click the Wrath of the Lich King Beta Opt-In link. It doesn't say when the beta will launch, but this surely means it can't be far off. news Jul 3, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-164125.aspx If you were lucky enough to go to Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational in Paris at the weekend, you would have gotten a scratch card in your goody bag which entitles you to a World of Warcraft in-game mini pet. Until now, we didn't know what the mini pet would be; unlike the token given away at BlizzCon last year, which clearly indicated the redeemer would receive a Murloc Costume, this one was a mystery. Blizzard Community Manager, Bornakk, has just announced what the mystery pet is, and I bet all Hell is going to break loose when the demand for these cards goes through the roof... news Jul 2, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-163095.aspx An Australian man was arrested recently after he convinced a 15-year-old girl he met while playing World of WarCraft to run away from home to be with him. He even paid for the trip. How sweet. The 31-year-old Anthony Taylor formed a relationship with the less-than-half-his-age girl, which eventually led to sexual messages and phone calls. The girl's father found out about the relationship and threatened to kill Anthony, so Anthony did what any self-respecting pedophile would do - he sent her a plane ticket and some money to cover the cab fare. news Jun 30, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-162760.aspx Representatives from Blizzard offered up a heaping helping of Wrath of the Lich King information, with some great info for just about every class. You're going to want to head to WoW Insider for the full monty, but here are a few highlights: * Fury Warriors will be dual-weilding 2H weapons. * Rogues will get a new AoE. * Priests will get a new crowd control spell. * Shaman totems will now affect an entire raid. * Hunters (as if they weren't cool enough) are going to see pets having talent trees of their own. A complete revamp of the pet system. news Jun 28, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-162481.aspx GamingShogun writes, Blizzard is offering internet users the opportunity to stream the Worldwide Invitational live! The Blizzard Worldwide Invitational takes place on June 28th and 29th in Paris, France. Over the course of the two day event, there will be a slew of casual and professional gaming tournaments as well as sneak peaks at Starcraft II and the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft... news Jun 28, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-160698.aspx With speculation about a new Blizzard game announcement at the WWI this week, Blizzard artist Peter Lee has updated his website and added a gallery called Project Hydra, the title of Blizzard's unannounced game. The site is also under construction and is set to go live again on the 28th, the day of the WWI event in Paris. Looks like we'll see a new game announced this week and it could well be the much talked about Diablo 3. news Jun 23, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-160042.aspx Among the many changes the upcoming World of WarCraft patch 2.4.3 will bring, the most significant is probably the ability to get a mount at level 30. Paladins and Warlocks will get their first summon at this level, while other classes can purchase Apprentice level riding for a mere 35 gold. This will make leveling up an alt slightly more bearable, and hopefully you all read this prior to dinging 40 and plunking down too much cash for your soon-to-be-overpriced level 40 mount. Read on for the full Test Realm patch notes, including ridable dragonhawks and a huge nerf to twinks. news Jun 21, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-159262.aspx The latest Public Test Realm was opened yesterday for people try out upcoming changes in World of Warcraft. However, upon viewing the patch notes, most WoW payers probably jumped out of their seats. Blizzard have managed to keep these secrets under wraps, but it was revealed yesterday that after patch 2.4.3 goes live, probably within a month or so, players will now be able to purchase and ride a mount at level 30. This is huge news for people with low leveled characters; since the game launched over three years ago, characters have had to get around on foot until level 40. Time management utilities have been added; players can now set an in-game alarm clock, and also make use of a stopwatch. For the first time, there will also be an option to display the local time ingame, as opposed to the server time. Many class changes have also taken place, including a much-needed nerf to the Rogue ability Cheat Death. Here are the full patch notes: news Jun 19, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-158164.aspx Blizzard Entertainment and Wildstorm Comics have announced a comic book limited series titled World of Warcraft: Ashbringer # 1 of 4. The comic book will bring to life the follow up to the Ashbringer storyline depicted in the Caverns of Time: Old Hillsbrad dungeon from the World of Warcraft MMORPG. 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