The new Misery

Filed under: Priest, Talents, Wrath of the Lich King
Many Shadow Priests are not feeling very good about the state of the class in LK right now. Yes, buffs to DPS are promised. But a lot of our utility has tanked, from Shadow Weaving not affecting other players, to Vampiric Touch being dialed down and given [...]

Vaneras announces closure of four European servers

Filed under: Realm News, Realm Status, Blizzard, News items
European CM Vaneras made an interesting announcement just the other day: Four EU realms will be closing entirely with Patch 3.0. The EU realms Molten Core, Shadowmoon, Stonemaul, and Warsong will be closing up shop, and free character transfers will be offered to other, currently unannounced EU [...]

WoW Moviewatch: Divided Soul

Filed under: Machinima, Contests, WoW Moviewatch
WeGame’s epic machinima contest, that we announced at the beginning of the month, ends today. As of August 29th, they mentioned a whopping 78 entries have been submitted so far. However, since then, there have been a few very talented machinimators that came out of the woodwork to participate.
Martin Falch [...]

Ask a Beta Tester: Glyphs and gorlocs

Filed under: Wrath of the Lich King, Inscription

Isn’t this fella cute? Sooo cute? Adorable!? No? He isn’t? Yeah, i don’t think so either. We’ll get back to these horrible abominations a little later, because Meethan asked…
Is Hunger For Blood, the 51 point Assassination talent, at all useful for solo leveling?
I asked a friend of mine [...]

Around Azeroth: The replacement

Filed under: Screenshots, Around Azeroth, Galleries

Hello, sir. I’m afraid that Kil’jaeden is not available to take your summon right now. I’m Nidhogg, his official assistant, and I’m filling in for him today. What do you need? A raid slaughtered? A world devoured? The slow corruption of a government? Wait! Please, don’t go! I really need [...]

Sunday Morning Funnies: Your lack of faith is disturbing

It might be a long weekend, but that’s no excuse not to read your funnies! We have some new faces, the return of a beloved comic, a comic/craft hybrid, and more.
New additions

The Emissary - Act 1. This is the beginning of a new project from Barry T. Smith, a departure from his usual style [...]

WoW Crossword 08/31/08

Filed under: Fan stuff, PvP, Battlegrounds, Arena, WoW Crossword

Do you like puzzles, of course you do! This week’s puzzle focuses on the PvP areas of game — both Battlegrounds and Arena. You can find the clues for this crossword after the break. Answers to this week’s puzzle will appear next Sunday.

Gallery: WoW Crosswords

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Breakfast Topic: Your Four Horsemen

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Breakfast topics, Wrath of the Lich King
On this fine Sunday morning, we’re going to play a game of ‘what if.’ As you may or may not know, The Four Horsemen is an encounter in the Naxxramas raid dungeon, loosely based on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In the Scourge, [...]

The Creamy GUI Center Hardware Edition: Ideazon Fang Gamepad

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, AddOns, Features, The Creamy GUI Center, Hardware

Each week Matthew Porter contributes The Creamy GUI Center, a column aimed at helping you enhance your WoW experience by offering an in depth guide to addons, macros and other tools we use to play WoW, along with commentary on issues that affect how [...]

Rogues in 8885: Tricks of the Trade

Filed under: Rogue, Wrath of the Lich King

Most of the shiny gifts that were given to Rogues in the latest beta build were previewed last night in an unusually large post by Blizzard, but there is one that they were coy about, and it’s the new level 75 skill: Tricks of the Trade. Fortunately, MMO-Champion [...]