Chinese WoW wraps up closed beta, to start charging soon

It looks like the long saga of World of Warcraft’s transfer of operatorship in China is almost finally over — NetEase has announced that the closed beta period is done with, and that they’re just about ready to open up normal registration and bring the game back to for-pay status. They’re still pending government approval [...]

Sunday Morning Funnies: Mohawked

Welcome to another Sunday Morning Funnies, er, Shortlist Edition. It may not be as long, but the love is still there. As always, post your tips and links in the comments section, and try not to cry. Your other favorite web comics will update soon!

Dark Legacy Comics: Imprisonment.
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Teh Gladiators: “Too [...]

Around Azeroth: Obligatory weekend glitch screenshot

It’s been a while since we had one of these, isn’t it? Right? Right. Anyway, Veldugar of Hydraxis writes, “So my in-game graphics completely geeked yesterday and I spent a couple of hours flying around taking pics of all of the misplaced textures and just plain weirdness that happened. There are three things in this [...]

Breakfast Topic: Awesome animations

There have been some truly spectacular visual moments in Azeroth; scenes that make you gasp and glee. I’m thinking of occasions like the Scourge Invasion of Stormwind and Orgrimar or Kael’thas blowing up his room in Tempest Keep. Who can deny Wrathgate was incredible. However, there are also some awesome little animations that really add [...]

One Boss Leaves: Telestra bats eyelashes to victory

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Two Bosses Enter … but only One Boss Leaves, in WoW Insider’s series of fantasy death matches. This season’s bosses come from the five-man instances of Wrath of the Lich King.
Grand Magus Telestra strolled out of the Thunderdome an easy victor this week — and as reader Kellhouse noted, [...]

2v2 team hits 3206 team rating, 3585 personal rating

A 2v2 team on US-Ruin has somehow achieved an unheard-of 3206 team rating. Paper Cut Your Eyelids‘ team leader is Cäke, a Blood Elf Priest in three-piece Deadly, one-piece Furious Gladiator gear. His Orc partner, Kwamo, a nearly full Furious Assassination Rogue, has somehow amassed a 3585 personal rating on the curiously successful team. [...]

FigurePrints price reduction, armor sets available

Our friends over at FigurePrints have a few pieces of news to share this weekend: first of all, they’ve dropped the price in the EU from €129.95 (which was about $166) to €99.95, which lines up with the US price of $129.95. The reason given for the original higher price was exchange rates, but [...]