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Azeroth’s Away Team: Familiar Horde Faces in Draenor

Posted by Ian Bates | May 2, 2014 | BlizzPlanet Articles, Lore, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor |

A few weeks ago we looked at some of the characters who would be traveling through the Dark Portal...

NPC Facelift in Warlords of Draenor

Posted by Ian Bates | Apr 17, 2014 | BlizzPlanet Articles, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor |

One of the most exciting, yet overlooked, aspects of Warlords of Draenor is that the new character models will also be applied to npcs. This will give Azeroth a facelift even Cataclysm could not offer. Unfortunately, with the...

Azeroth’s Away Team: Familiar Alliance Faces in Draenor

Posted by Ian Bates | Apr 11, 2014 | BlizzPlanet Articles, World of Warcraft News, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor |

The recent datamining of the Warlords of Draenor alpha by MMO-Champion has revealed much about the upcoming expansion’s story. We’ve known from its announcement that, similar to MoP, our characters will journey into...

New World of Warcraft Novel, “Yrel: Heart of Draenor” to be Written by Tara Gilesbie

Posted by Ian Bates | Apr 1, 2014 | Activision Blizzard, Blizzard Developers, Blizzard Licensed Products Line Up, Blizzard Products News, Uncategorized, World of Warcraft Pocket Book Excerpts, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor |

Update: April Fools’ Day – April 1, 2014 However, a real Yrel short-story may be in the works @Blizzplanetcom @TheRedShirtGuy @Loreology We do have a great idea for one.— Micky Neilson (@MickyNeilson) April 2,...

New Pandaria Story: “The Untamed Valley”

Posted by Ian Bates | Mar 28, 2014 | Lore, Uncategorized, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria |

A new Pandaria faction story has been uploaded the official World of Warcraft site, this time...

Remaking a World: Continuity in Warlords of Draenor

Posted by Ian Bates | Feb 28, 2014 | Novels, Story-Forum, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor |

Recently, Community Manager Bashiok made a post on the official story forums, a place normally...

When Will We Get to Draenor? Warlords of Draenor Release Date Speculation

Posted by Ian Bates | Nov 29, 2013 | BlizzCon 2013, BlizzPlanet Articles, Ghostcrawler, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor |

Hello Blizzplanet readers, unfortunately some technical difficulties have gotten in the way of my...

Red Shirt Guy Explores Draenor, Part 1: Frostfire Ridge

Posted by Ian Bates | Nov 13, 2013 | BlizzCon, BlizzCon 2013, BlizzPlanet Articles, Blizzplanet Reviews, Event Coverage, Lore, World of Warcraft News, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor |

Hello everybody, I know this is a few days post BlizzCon, but its the thought that counts, right?...

Siege of Orgrimmar Ending Cinematics Revealed

Posted by Ian Bates | Sep 12, 2013 | Dungeon & Raids, Dungeons & Regions Lore, Lore, Patch 5.4 - Siege of Orgrimmar, World of Warcraft News, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, Wrathion Legendary Questline |

THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS HEAVY SPOILERS AND ME LORE-NERD-ING ABOUT THEM. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. First of all, I must give credit to Availed on Anvilmar-US for the world first Garrosh defeat, Apophasis for the first horde...

Pride, a Short Story by the Red Shirt Guy

Posted by Ian Bates | Aug 19, 2013 | World of Warcraft News |

THE FOLLOWING IS A WORK OF FAN FICTION AND IS NOT ENDORSED BY BLIZZARD NOR TO BE CONSIDERED CANON IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. I mention this because this is primarily a news site and I don’t want anyone getting confused....

HORDE BIAS! A Red Shirt Guy Editorial on the “Faction Bias” Arguments

Posted by Ian Bates | Aug 16, 2013 | Activision Blizzard, Blizzard Developers, Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Product Reviews, Cataclysm, Lore, Novels, Uncategorized, World of Warcraft - Races, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria |

Hi readers and welcome to my first editorial type article. With the release of Patch 5.4’s trailer (see it here if you haven’t already), the debate on whether or not Blizzard is biased towards the Horde in content...