World of Warcraft (WoW)News and insider information about the most successful and popular Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft and the much anticipated expansion "The Burning Crusade". This Fwicki contains feeds from the TotalVideoGames.Com, WoW Insider and WoW Vault.Guildwatch: It's not me, it must be you- September 17, 2008 Filed under: Analysis Opinion, Virtual selves, Guilds, Humor, Raiding, Guildwatch, Bosses I don't think I've ever seen the fall of a guild as documented as Underscore is in Guildwatch this week -- someone has been taking screenshots aplenty of all the whispers going back and forth, and surprisingly, most of them have actually come from the guildleader of the guild in question. If you've ever wanted to see how a guild can fall apart from tell to tell, here's your chance.That and lots more...http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/16/guildwatch-its-not-me-it-must-be-you/ Onyxia attunement to be lifted- September 17, 2008 Filed under: News items, Quests, Raiding, Wrath of the Lich King Valnoth announced today that with the return of King Wrynn in Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard will be removing the attunement necessary for Onyxia. In vanilla WoW, Ony was an achievement and many peoples first introduction to raiding in Warcraft. In Burning Crusade it was often ran as a quick way to make a buck or get a nice helmet for an alt.Ony was one of the last, great old school attunements required in the game. With it...http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/16/onyxia-attunement-to-be-lifted/ Activision doing well, Blizzard has spent $200M in upkeep on WoW- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Analysis Opinion, Blizzard, Expansions, Making money, HardwareActivision Blizzard (the parent company of Blizzard Entertainment) held an Analyst's Day earlier this week (in which a bunch of stock analysts sit down to crunch numbers and predict the future), and they came out of it really well -- according to those in the know, Activision Blizzard is set to do very well in the future. Buoyed by Blizzard and their other big franchises (do we have to name them by now Call of Duty,...http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/16/activision-doing-well-blizzard-has-spent-200m-in-upke... 15 Minutes of Fame: Lean and mean with WoW- September 16, 2008 Filed under: How-tos, Features, Reader WoWspace of the week, Interviews, 15 Minutes of Fame, Hardware15 Minutes of Fame is our look at World of Warcraft players of all shapes and sizes - from the renowned to the relatively anonymous, the remarkable to the player next door. Tip us off to players you'd like to hear more about.Just a few weeks ago, we published a post about two guys who connected their treadmills to their computers to find out just what it would be like to really take a little jog.http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/16/15-minutes-of-fame-lean-and-mean-with-wow/ Authenticator back in stock in September- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Analysis Opinion, Blizzard, News items, Hardware There's always enough interest in the Blizzard Authenticator that we wanted to make sure our readership (who is clearly smarter than the average bear) is aware that it's back in stock. There's been a little rockiness, as Daniel put it, and there's sometimes a little question whether it's actually available. This time looks to be for real, and with an added benefit -- the Authenticator is now available in New Zealand, Canada,...http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/16/authenticator-back-in-stock-in-september/ WoW Insider Show Episode 55: The PvE to PvP transfer- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Analysis Opinion, Odds and ends, Blizzard, PvP, Humor, Making money, Wrath of the Lich King, WoW Insider ShowThe latest episode of the WoW Insider Show is now up for your listening enjoyment over on WoW Radio. Unfortunately, Totalbiscuit (who runs things over there) tells us that they're having more issues with a Google false positive of malware, so this week will be the perfect week to jump on into iTunes and both subscribe to and review our show from there if you haven't yet. ..http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/16/wow-insider-show-episode-55-the-pve-to-pvp-transfer/ Cast of The Guild to be at BlizzCon- September 16, 2008 Filed under: BlizzCon Both by way of the World of Warcraft official website and Felicia Day herself, the news is out that the cast of The Guild will be at BlizzCon. The cast of the web-based sitcom will be sitting on on a discussion panel and giving a preview of the upcoming second season of The Guild.If you have absolutely no idea what The Guild is, you're really missing out and I recommend giving it a watch. The first episode is embedded above to get you started. If you want to know a little..http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/16/cast-of-the-guild-to-be-at-blizzcon/ Wrath's Obsidian Sanctum brings new mounts and new challenges- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Expansions, Raiding, Wrath of the Lich King The other night I was able to test out another of the new raid dungeons in Wrath of the Lich King: The Obsidian Sanctum. To give a little background on the zone, the Obsidian Sanctum is the Black Dragonflight's wing of the Chamber of the Aspects, beneath Wyrmrest Keep. There's a portal for each of the Dragonflights, but only the Black one is active right now. The portals take you to a dimensionchamber tailored to the aspects of the...http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/16/wrath-raid-brings-new-mounts-and-new-challenges/ Demonology 101: the Infernal- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Warlock, Analysis Opinion, Talents, Wrath of the Lich KingAlright, we've covered all the basic pets on Demonology 101, including the Felguard talent from the Demonology tree. Today we'll take a look at one of two gimmick pets that hardly see any actual play -- the Infernal. The Infernal is a pet summoned through the Inferno spell and isn't technically a Warlock pet in the traditional sense. With a 20-minute cooldown to the spell, think of it as an emergency pet like a Shaman's...http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/16/demonology-101-the-infernal/ WoW Vault Games Are Over- September 15, 2008 Week Three of our WoW Vault games is now over and we would like to thank everyone who participated.We will be announcing the winners for Weeks II and...http://wowvault.ign.com/fullstory.php?id=45354 |