World of Warcraft

We have news of two new tricks hackers are currently using to steal WoW accounts. First, from Curse, comes news of a Google sponsored link that claims to lead to the popular addon manager Curse Client, but instead leads to a malware download. To be absolutely safe, you should always only download the client from [...]

Thursday’s keynote at the Austin Game Developers Conference was given by Frank Pearce and J. Allen Brack. Pearce is the Executive Vice President of Blizzard, and Brack is the Production Director. Both are heavily involved in WoW and are part of the team responsible for its success.
Unlike the keynote/opening ceremony delivered at BlizzCon, the Austin [...]

One of the more confusing and misunderstood aspects of the Heirloom XP bonus and leveling system that has been going around lately has been their application in PvP Battlegrounds. Some people say that the 20% combined XP increase from the chest and shoulders applies, some say it doesn’t. Lots of smart folks provide answers, but [...]

We’ve been getting a steady stream of tips and tweets in about the stability issues plaguing nearly every server tonight, and Blizzard has finally confirmed that something isn’t working right.
Most people are experiencing extreme lag both in instances and out in regular zones. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to it all, [...]

Each new patch seems to bring about its own unique bugs, and Patch 3.2.2 is no different. As of Tuesday evening there are significant lag and server stability issues plaguing Azeroth worse than that night Jaina spent with Arthas plagues her, but that should hopefully be resolved with the rolling restarts tomorrow (5:00 a.m. PDT [...]

Blood Sport investigates the entirety of all-things arena for gladiators and challengers alike. C. Christian Moore, multiple Rank 1 gladiator, examines the latest arena strategy, trends, compositions and more in WoW.com’s arena column.
Okay, I’m a bit of a music buff. I love Bob Dylan, one of the most influential American singer/songwriters of our time. Here’s [...]

Before you ask:
No, it still doesn’t work going into or out of the flag rooms in Warsong Gulch.
Places it does work:
Going into and out of most other doorways. Up stairs. Through a great many smaller objects. Over unusual terrain, far more frequently than it used to. Overall: it works a lot more often than it [...]

Well it’s finally happened — as of next month, you’ll be required to have a Battle.net login to get into the game, so you might as well head over and merge your account up right now. It’s not like we have a choice in the matter any more, but that doesn’t mean lots of [...]

Many users have been reporting tonight problems at the auction houses across Azeroth. Those people experiencing the issue are finding that nothing is listed in the AH, or all of their items are gone without a trace. This problem has been going on for about six hours, and only appears to be affecting US realms.

Zorayn [...]

Feeling a little disconnected with Day of the Dead? Is your head not fitting on your neck exactly right? No, it’s not because of my lame attempts at two puns right there, but it is because of a series of known issues being acknowledged by Blizzard today. The major ones are as follows:

Macab re Marionette [...]