GDC 2010 roundup, day one

The tenth annual Game Developers Conference is in full swing in San Francisco, CA, and our sister sites Joystiq and Massively are on the scene! No matter what kind of games you’re into, there’s a ton of news on its way out of the convention, and we’re compiling some of the stuff that might matter [...]

Will WoW ever have a ‘DPS to heal’ model?

We were just talking about it on today’s podcast (thrill to the sound of three people barely awake trying to coherently discuss World of Warcraft) and hey, look, Ghostcrawler reads my mind from across the interwebs. Well, okay, no, he responded to a forum thread, but it’s still interesting. Yes, interesting enough that I’m going [...]

Patch 3.3.3 PTR: Updated patch notes

It’s that time again, ladies and gentlemen! The Patch 3.3.3 PTR has been given a brand new build, and with it comes a few changes to the patch notes. There aren’t many changes, but the few that are there are rather significant to the classes they impact. The changes are as follows:

Hunters

Heart of the Phoenix: [...]

PvP with Blizzard QA tomorrow

Hey North American players, want to PvP with Blizzard’s QA staff? They sure seem to have been doing a lot of these lately. Your next chance is tomorrow, Thursday the 11th, on the PTRs, so get your strategies ready. The details:

Anasterian realm (but players on Broxigar can participate too by queueing for randoms)
3-11-2010, 4:00 PM [...]

The Daily Quest: Dungeon finder tips and tricks

Here at WoW.com we’re on a Daily Quest (which we try to do every day, honest) to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment and you may see [...]

The Daily Blues

Each day WoW.com will take you through all the blue posts and other Blizzard news from around the internet. From Ghostcrawler’s latest posts to the lowdown on StarCraft II and Diablo III, we’ll keep you informed.
In today’s edition Ghostcrawler says “U mad bro” and let’s us all know that there is a pony.
Table of Contents

Ghostcrawler
Other
StarCraft [...]

Blizzard: "How would we bring WoW to the console?"

Sadly, the ultimate answer appears to be “very reluctantly” but it’s an interesting read anyway. J. Allen Brack talks to G4 about WoW, consoles, and the barriers to entry for an MMO. The usual suspects apply, of course. WoW was designed for keyboards, consoles tend to have a short lifespan compared to the development time [...]

Spiritual Guidance: Survivability versus DPS

Every Wednesday (you know, ideally Wednesday, when he’s not slacking off), Fox Van Allen grabs hold of Spiritual Guidance from her holiness Dawn Moore and makes everything just a little darker than usual. Don’t worry, he usually remembers to unlock the closet and let her out when he’s done. Usually.
I wanted to take a brief [...]

Two Bosses Enter: Garfrost gets Devoured, Krick and Ick face Tyrannus

Two Bosses Enter … but only One Boss Leaves, in WoW.com’s series of fantasy death matches. It’s a brand new season and a brand new format, introducing judges from WoW.com and the WoW community at large — and of course, your votes. Grab a seat, and let’s get ready to rumble!
Despite heaving all the [...]

Breakfast Topic: The Icecrown raid buff and you

The Icecrown Citadel raid buff has been out for a week now. For the time being, it’s only a 5% buff to healing, health, and damage (and let’s not forget that it will affect damage absorption spells soon). It’ll continue to slowly ramp up as time goes by. I know the question I’ve asked myself [...]