Scheduled maintenance for Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Topping tonight’s list of things over which to get your knickers in a twist, Blizzard announced its weekly scheduled Tuesday maintenance window for US realms tonight. Some realms, under the cut, will have an extended maintenance period, ostensibly to complete the new server hardware additions that alleviate or resolve instance-launching errors. Good news for everyone [...]

Raid Rx: Raid bosses that brought healers to their knees - Part 3 & 4

Every week, Raid Rx will help you quarterback your healers to victory! Your host is Matt Low, the grand poobah of World of Matticus and a founder of No Stock UI, a new WoW blog for all things UI, macro, and addon related. Ever wondered what were the hardest fights to heal in the game? [...]

Cataclysm: No plans to extend current heirlooms to 85

There’s been quite a burst of blue posts on the official forums post-BlizzCon; some by World Event Designer Kisirani talking about lore and the post-Cataclysm world, some by Lead Systems Designer Ghostcrawler talking about new game systems coming with 4.0, and some by the Community Managers, providing slightly less meaty morsels of information. It’s not [...]

Activision-Blizzard and their financial future

Barron’s has a long article up about Blizzard’s corporate overlords at Activision-Blizzard, and as is usual with most pieces of Activision news, people will probably see in it what they want to see. Those who think Bobby Kotick is just a money-grubbing exploiter will find more fuel for their firey fanboy rage: apparently he’s [...]

How WoW might be played on the Apple Tablet

The mythical Apple Tablet is one of those lovely shiny objects that we’d all love to have but has yet to officially be announced by Apple. Still, that doesn’t stop folk dreaming now does it? Well Cult of Mac recently posted an article on on how the Tablet will change gaming. The essential gist [...]

WoW Insider Show Episode 105: All medicated up

Our podcast took to the airwaves yet again last Saturday, and it was what you might call a rollicking good time. Turpster and I were on, and we welcomed both Alex Ziebart and Michael Sacco back to the show, to talk about BlizzCon last weekend, our experiences with the expansion’s new starter zones, and [...]

The Queue: A message from the past

Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com’s daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday afternoon. I know I am! Well, actually, I don’t know that. I’m writing this Sunday night, and I don’t have [...]

Officers’ Quarters: Cataclysm’s guild revamp — leveling and talents

Last week I talked about the massive guild overhaul unveiled at BlizzCon, and the impact these changes would have on guilds, for better or worse. This week I’d like to delve into the leveling system and guild talents. (I’ll cover achievements and guild currency in a separate column later.)
Currently we know that guilds will level [...]

Cataclysm Worgen and Goblin starter zone maps

The great thing about playable demos are the tidbits of info and sneaky souls with cameras snapping things they shouldn’t be snapping. Such was the case in the press room at BlizzCon this year, where cameras were prohibited from pointing their lenses towards computer screnes. However, it appears that Spanish fansite WoW Todo got around [...]

WoW Moviewatch: In Memory: Retribution

We covered the In Memory: Retribution final trailer back in May. At the time, we were impressed by the hints we could see in the trailer about the epic content of the final movie. But, as with many trailers, we were unconvinced that the final product would ever materialize. Thus, I’m incredibly happy to feature [...]