World of Warcraft: Hortus clarifies on Arena Tournament realm login issues

Having trouble trying to access World of Warcraft’s Tournament Realm recently? You might not be the only one, based on a report made by player Sobou over at the WoW Test Realm forums.
In Sobou’s case, the WoW client was repeatedly getting stuck at “Retrieving Character List” after he had logged out of the PTRs, and [...]

Blizzard introduces Blizzard Authenticator for enhanced WoW security

Here’s something special for our World of Warcraft readers out in Europe. Blizzard is introducing what you could call an optional layer of security for your World of Warcraft account through a new product they’ve come out with, called the Blizzard Authenticator.
Think of it as a key with ever-changing teeth that fit into an ever-changing [...]

World of Warcraft: Clarification on Bonfire's Blessing "bug"

 
Well, it looks like explanations are in order for some of the new stuff that arrived with World of Warcraft’s Midsummer Fire Festival. In this case, the Bonfire’s Blessing buff which player Esfand reports wasn’t dealing the damage indicated on its tooltip.
Esfand explained that Bonfire’s Blessing was supposed to deal 440 damage on a proc, [...]

World of Warcraft: The Death Knight is not just a caster tank

When Blizzard divulged the details on how the Death Knight would work, those who rolled warriors were particularly worried of the news. After all, DKs would be sharing their role as World of Warcraft’s designated tank, albeit with a wide selection of rune spells and the ability to summon the undead.
This time around however, [...]

Turned Myself Into A Snowman!

As part of the Winter Veil activities, players are given many gifts by Great-father Winter. Many of these gifts arrive by mail (which means, I guess, that trial account players miss out until they register).
One such gift is that of the Winter Veil Disguise Kit which I believe came to me as a result [...]

WoW 2.4.3 Patch update: mage and warlock armor spells no longer dispellable

There’s a new update for the World of Warcraft 2.4.3 PTR patch notes that should be of interest for Mages and Warlocks. Apparently, mage and warlock armor spells will no longer be dispellable.
That’s the information we’ve gleaned anyway from a recent update notice posted on the European World of Warcraft forums. You’ll note that the [...]

World of Warcraft PTR: Brewfest testing underway for new tweaks

While World of Warcraft’s realms are celebrating the Midsummer Festival, it looks like the Public Test Realms will be stepping up the festivities with a very early Brewfest. This being the test realms, however, means that its denizens will be treated to some new (and highly experimental) tweaks that were not present in last year’s [...]

Titan Books obtains rights to DC's World of Warcraft comics

Here’s a bit of good news for our Europe-based World of Warcraft readers. Titan Books has received rights to publish DC Comic’ World of Warcraft graphic novels for the territories of the U.K. and Ireland. For the residents of those regions, it means you won’t have to import this book when it releases.
WoW volume [...]

QJ.NET's new 5-Star review scoring system

Yup, you read that right: we’re introducing a brand new scoring system that we hope will make it easier for you to get a clear idea of where we stand on the games we review. From now on we’re going to be rating our games according to a five-star scoring system, with a single star [...]

WoW's Midsummer Fire Festival to begin tomorrow, bring new enemies and quests

 
Over on Blizzard’s World of Warcraft forums, there’s an official announcement ushering in the beginning of the Midsummer Fire Festival. What’s more, they’ve actually added some stuff to the festival to make it even better than last year.
The festival brings with it the usual bit of fire dancing and blossom collecting for special festival-specific [...]