Category: World of Warcraft News

With today’s announcement of Tokens coming to World of Warcraft (think EVE’s PLEX or WildStar’s CREDD), we’re asking: will you be getting in on the action? Do you think the addition of Tokens will do anything to stave off gold sellers in Azeroth?

Big news today for World of Warcraft players. Blizzard has announced plans to allow players to purchase game time with gold! Similar to the PLEX system in EVE or C.R.E.D.D. in Wildstar, you’ll soon be able to purchase a WoW Token from the auction house using gold that can be consumed for 30 days of game time. This is huge.

The World of Warcraft Recruit-a-Friend program has introduced a new perk for those whose buddies sign on for at least a month: The Cindermane Charger. You can check it out in the video below and let us know what you think in the comments below.

The World of Warcraft site has been updated with a new blog post called "The Adventure Continues" that is a nice little write up of some of the additional features coming in tomorrow’s v6.1 update. The post is designed to introduce players to some of the new content for their followers and themselves.

World of Warcraft will be updated with the much-anticipated v6.1 patch on Tuesday, February 24th. The patch brings some major features into the game including support for the color blind, Twitter integration, an heirlooms collection tab, the updated Blood Elf models, improvements to existing character models, and anti-aliasing / lighting improvements.

Blizzard announced today that the sale of its charity pet, "Argi" the Space Goat, has earned $1.9M for ebola relief in Africa through the Red Cross. The charity pets were sold in the World of Warcraft item shop, with 100% of the price going to support the Red Cross efforts in Africa.

When the World of Warcraft v6.1 patch goes live later this spring, players will be able to use Twitter from within the game. The in-game app allows for text-only Tweets but also gives the ability to take, crop and send out image-based Tweets as well. The app will be available in the ‘social’ tab of the main interface and will require players to authenticate their Twitter account to allow integration with WoW.

Blizzard has posted a new blog update that gives World of Warcraft players a look ahead at what they can expect to find in game during February.

Blizzard has posted the World of Warcraft public test realm patch notes for v6.1. The PTR will be playing host to several new updates including the overhauled Blood Elf models, the new heirlooms tab in collections, big updates to garrisons, Twitter integration and much more.

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