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Blizzard Authenticator keeps your WoW account secure

Chris Scott Barr, Jun 27th 2008 Discuss [1]

Anyone who frequents the world of Azeroth is likely familiar with the danger of your account being hacked. Those that would do harm against your account have a variety of methods, most of which cannot be completely defended against. Common sense about passwords and not downloading unfamiliar add-ons helps a lot, however, if you're still worried about your account being accessed by someone else, then you might want to get your hands on the Blizzard Authenticator. Read The Full Story

Free WoW Track available for Guitar Hero III today

Chris Scott Barr, Jun 26th 2008 Discuss [0]

It seems that the merger between Activision and Blizzard is already beginning to bear fruit. So how does one combine two of the largest titles from each company into something cool for the masses? You release a World of Warcraft song for Guitar Hero. Read The Full Story

WoW originally was to be ad-supported

Chris Scott Barr, Jun 25th 2008 Discuss [0]

If you had a chance to play an ad-supported version of World of Warcraft, rather than shelling out $15 per month, would you go for it? Well apparently that's the way Blizzard had originally intended to make the game. Read The Full Story

WoW players to get mounts at level 30

Chris Scott Barr, Jun 19th 2008 Discuss [1]

I still haven't kicked my WoW habit, and with the looming Wrath of the Lich King expansion coming later this year, it doesn't look like I'll be kicking it any time soon. Blizzard is still releasing new patches fairly often, and the latest one that has been announced brings about a major change to mounts that should make leveling new characters go even faster. Read The Full Story

Rumor – World of Warcraft to get achievements

Chris Scott Barr, Jun 10th 2008 Discuss [0]

There are plenty of reasons for WoW addicts to keep coming back for more. There are always new raids to run and better loots to acquire. However rumor has it that Blizzard may be implementing something else to help distract you from the real world. Achievements. Read The Full Story

Preview – iArmory

Chris Scott Barr, Jun 9th 2008 Discuss [0]

I'm sure that there are plenty of you out there that have been sucked into World of Warcraft just as I have. One of the more useful tools released by Blizzard for the game is the WoW Armory. There you can look up characters, guilds and item info, which can come in handy. I don't know if you've ever tried to browse the Armory on your iPhone or iPod Touch, but it's really not that fun. Thankfully, someone has been hard at work making this tool more iPhone-friendly. Read The Full Story

Mondolithic Studios creates oil paintings of WoW characters

Abby McVay, May 27th 2008 Discuss [0]

Many have heard about the Figureprints that you can enter a chance to win the opportunity to buy a figurine of your favorite WoW character. However, the odds of getting one seem so slim that it might be best to look for an alternative way to turn your character into art. Read The Full Story

Vivendi releases statement on WoTLK release date

Abby McVay, May 15th 2008 Discuss [1]

Vivendi Games, has finally come out and said at least a slight time period as to when the new expansion for WoW will be released. Thus far, it has just been all of us guessing when it would finally be out. Read The Full Story

BlizzCon officially announced for 2008

Abby McVay, May 13th 2008 Discuss [0]

BlizzCon has officially been announced, now all of us can sit and wait to see what goodies will be presented there. I believe last year is when the murloc suits were released for your character on WoW. Read The Full Story

Wrath of the Lich King to bring multiple-rider mounts

Chris Scott Barr, May 13th 2008 Discuss [0]

Last week we brought you some info on the upcoming WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. In my rambling I mentioned my desire for mounts that could carry a passenger. Apparently I was receiving some sort of psychic feed from Blizzard, because it looks like we'll be getting just that. Read The Full Story

All WotLK instances will have option for 10 or 15-main raids

Chris Scott Barr, May 9th 2008 Discuss [0]

We're all waiting to hear more news concerning the latest expansion for World of Warcraft. There hasn't exactly been a plethora of information surrounding Wrath of the Lich King, however, the guys over at GameSpy invaded Blizzard and demanded the scoop. Apparently their demands were met. Read The Full Story

Fake Lich King Beta invites going around

Chris Scott Barr, May 2nd 2008 Discuss [0]

Not too long ago I informed you that Blizzard Wrath of the Lich King was coming along nicely, and that Blizzard had begun the Alpha process. Unfortunately some people have taken this knowledge and tried to use it for evil. Namely setting up fake websites and sending out emails informing people that they have been accepted into the beta program for the upcoming expansion. Read The Full Story