World of Warcraft

Addons 101 is a four-part series for beginners dedicated to the education and understanding of what an addon is, how addons enhance the gameplay experience of World of Warcraft, some popular addons in certain categories, and popular venues in which to research, download and find addons.
For the past couple of months I have [...]

With the Light as his strength, Gregg Reece of The Light and How to Swing It faces down the demons of the Burning Legion, the undead of the Scourge, and soon, an entire flight of black dragons.
With the ease of gearing up an 80 tanking paladin, you go from being poorly geared with wonderful healers [...]

Lore nerds, rejoice! Weeks back, Blizzard asked official forum-goers to submit questions for the CDev (Creative Development) team in this thread. Questions have been answered, and there is information-a-plenty. We learn about the ethereals’ home planet, pieces of lore about the tol’vir and the oft-reviled Obsidian Destroyer unit from Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne [...]

Every Wednesday, Chase Christian of Encrypted Text invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the rogue class. This week, we discuss the new loot dropping in the Ruby Sanctum.
In one of the worst Patch Tuesdays in recent memory, Blizzard took down a large number of their [...]

PC Gamer posted an interview with Tom Chilton where he discussed the possibility of World of Warcraft eventually going free-to-play. He clarified that there are no active plans for this now, but he can imagine a future where it would be possible.
As massively multiplayer games become more mainstream, a common tactic to compete with WoW [...]

The Classifieds brings you weekly updates on news from around the WoW community. Have guild news or a Random Act of Uberness to share? Send it to TheClassifieds@wow.com.
MMOs aren’t MMOs unless you’re doing plenty of the MMing part — and <The Incredibles> of Boulderfist (US-A) are doing an incredible job at an incredible amount of [...]

I’m going to take a moment here, before I start, and talk about Warcraft: Death Knight. Death Knight was the precursor to the book pictured above, part of the “class” series of manga that TOYKYOPOP is releasing for Warcraft fans. Death Knight made a really, really good first impression of the series, outlining the lore [...]

Although several realms are still under extended maintenance in preparation for Cataclysm, Patch 3.3.5’s Ruby Sanctum is currently open for business. Players can enter the instance at this time and kill the trash and minibosses, and Halion is able to be engaged. We’ve not yet received word on whether or not he’s killable, or whether [...]

Welcome to The Lawbringer, WoW.com’s weekly examination of the intersection of law and the World of Warcraft. Amy is being attacked by the Bar Monster, so there’s a new, temporary sheriff in town.
Greetings, Lawbringer readers! As you’ll soon notice, I am not Amy. Amy is currently studying for the bar and I’ve been asked to [...]

Although several realms are still under extended maintenance in preparation for Cataclysm, Patch 3.3.5’s Ruby Sanctum is currently open for business. Players can enter the instance at this time and kill the trash and minibosses, and Halion is able to be engaged. We’ve not yet received word on whether or not he’s killable, or whether [...]