Blizzard Games News Archive

Arena Season 8 is ending in upcoming days and that means players got to hurry up to get their gear and spend those Arena points before they get wiped. Bashiok offers a few hints on what not to do before the season ends. You’d really want to get ahold of the Wrathful Gladiator’s Frostwyrm don’t ya? Listen up! Arena Season 9 will begin approximately a week after Cataclysm goes live. — Source [BLUE]We are currently...

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Bashiok posted a new update the developers have decided for the Justice Points conversion to be applied to Emblems of Triumph and Emblems of Frost in the upcoming patch 4.0.1. The Justice points have drastically increased to benefit players. The gold per emblem in excess of the soft cap will be lowered down too. – Source [BLUE]We’ve revised the Justice Points conversion rate for Emblems of Triumph and Emblems of Frost. When the upcoming 4.0.1...

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The recent Cataclysm Patch removed all portals from Dalaran except for Caverns of Time and PvP Battleground/Arena; and all portals from Shattrath except Isle of Quel’danas. Instead, you will find class trainers where the portals used to be. This is a painful tradeoff in exchange of flying in Azeroth, but one we will have to get used to. With the absence of a new major city hub like Shattrath was for Outland, and Dalaran was...

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SteelSeries, J!NX, BradyGames, and Cryptozoic Entertainment have joined once more to launch the third annual Win a Trip to BlizzCon Sweepstakes! One lucky Grand Prize winner will receive two tickets to BlizzCon, including airfare, hotel, and $300 in spending money! In addition, following winners get twenty prize packs worth over $2,500 in total. Personal Note: This is your chance to go to BlizzCon. It’s gonna be by far the best Diablo III reveal with the...

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Future US, the special-interest media company, is offering new subscribers of World of Warcraft: Official Magazine the chance to win a trip for two people to attend BlizzCon, hosted by Blizzard Entertainment. Taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center on October 22-23, 2010, BlizzCon is an annual celebration of the Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo franchises and the communities that surround them. HOW TO ENTER Today through September 30, 2010, new subscribers can submit an essay...

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The Dragonmaw Clan barely survived after the second war, and took refuge deep into the lands of Grim Batol now known as the Twilight Highlands. In the present, the Dragonmaw has to deal with three enemies in all its flanks: the black dragonflight, the Wildhammer dwarves and the Twilight’s Hammer clan. Warchief Garrosh Hellscream led a zeppelin fleet toward the Twilight Highlands to destroy Cho’gal and his forces, but the fleet is intercepted by the...

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The Earthen Ring arrives to the sunken lands of Vashj’ir after the Horde fleet is sunken by the naga. Players quickly help the survivors settle in underwater caverns to group up and explore the depths. L’ghorek and Nespirah, two ancient trilobites, reveal the naga has allied with the faceless ones to assault Neptulon the Tidehunter. It’s the Earthen Ring’s mission to prevent the fall of Neptulon. Adventurers may join their cause and don the Earthen...

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Lead Content Designer Mumper calls PvP fans to queue to Tol Barad to help test the battleground. The developers will fight along with players. It’s a good way to get a feeling of the event to provide your feedback and suggestions to the developers. A forum thread will be open after this test ends. [BLUE]We are planning to do a focused playtest on Tol Barad on Monday the 27th at 4pm PST. We would like...

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Players who adventure into the elemental plane of earth, Deepholm, will face several dangers to help the Earthen Ring restore balance between Azeroth and Deepholm in order to save both realms. Deathwing had been hidden in Deepholm since the second war, and with the assistance of the Twilight’s Hammer he emerged into Azeroth causing a rift between both realms that sundered the Maelstrom. Deathwing’s plan with this was to disable Uldum’s defenses. Not all is...

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This week I will be posting most of the Cataclysm Quartermaster factions, tabards, reputation loot and heirlooms. I will add each loot as images instead of links so that you can compare and check out all the loot comfortably. You can find the Cataclysm Quartermasters in the right menu under Cataclysm for future reference. The Ramkahen faction is a spinoff of the Tol’vir race. Their sworn enemies are the Tol’vir from Neferset. These allied with...

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