Category: World of Warcraft News

Blizzard Entertainment is prepping youngsters for the imminent arrival of its World of Warcraft-themed novels. The first book is called “Traveler” and is penned by Greg Weisman. It will be ready for release on October 25th.

Hollywood blacksmith Tony Swatton, best known for forging weapons for some of the movie industry’s biggest blockbusters, has become part of the Azeroth Amory after being commissioned by Blizzard Entertainment to create one of World of Warcraft’s most iconic and legendary weapons, Doomhammer. Check out the video to watch metallic poetry in motion as Doomhammer comes to life.

According to a report at The Hollywood Reporter, the Warcraft movie will ultimately lose big money despite a strong showing in China. The US market for Warcraft is largely considered to have been a failure, generating only $46.6M as compared to China’s $220.8M. Overall the film will likely lost about $15M with losses shared by Legendary Pictures, Universal and a trio of Chinese investors.

Blizzard released Demon Hunters to the World of Warcraft live servers and Rob just couldn’t help himself. See what his lack of impulse control got him into this week.

Come August 9th World of Warcraft players will be treated to the first new Hero Class in years. We had the chance to go through a making of retrospective for the class with the Blizzard team. The guys dug deep to talk about the feel of the class and how it operates among the rest that everyone has played for over a decade now.

The World of Warcraft site has been updated with a pair of new articles detailing some of the new features and locations coming with the Legion expansion on August 30th. The first article deals with the leveling experience in the Broken Isles and the second one offers a brief preview of a couple of dungeons in Legion.

In response to community outcry over the reduction in max camera distance with the World of Warcraft: Legion pre-patch, Blizzard devs have gone on record to both better explain why the reduction was implemented in the first place and that there is a compromise in the works. While unwilling to reinstate the console command that allowed a massive camera distance, the patch will compromise between that distance and the one implemented in the 7.0 update.

The final in a series of videos preparing the way for the release of World of Warcraft: Legion has been released. The centerpiece of the expansion is Illidan who stars in today’s release of Harbingers: Illidan and is perhaps the best of the series. Let us know what you think in the comments.

With the arrival of the Legion on Azeroth next week, World of Warcraft players will get to experience a truly world-encompassing series of events that are unlike any other presented in the game’s twelve years. By utilizing new technology, these invasion “scenarios” take place in the larger outdoor world, a somewhat more complex group quest.

The fourth, and final, part of the World of Warcraft: Legion audio drama, The Tomb of Sargeras, is ready for your listening pleasure. The story continues after the tumultuous events from Part 3 when Khadgar and Gul’Dan went after one another in a battle of fel and arcane magics. The story was written by Robert Brooks and is narrated by Steven Pacey.