Preparing for BlizzCon: Contest roundup

BlizzCon approaches! Preparing for BlizzCon is your regular source for tips on how best to prepare for Blizzard’s gaming extravaganza. These helpful hints are particularly suited for convention rookies. But if you are a con veteran, we’d love to hear your advice and wisdom in the comments as well.
Time is running short on the contests [...]

It takes two to duo content

Spinksville has a great post up about the great benefits and joy of duoing in MMOs, or playing alongside one other person as you level your way up. I haven’t been able to duo in a while, but I have done one character with a good friend — he played a Priest and I tanked [...]

TurpsterVision: Multiboxing Unmasked

We can’t believe it either – Turpster has been let loose on WoW.com to bring you videos from in and around the World of Warcraft! You’ve heard him on the WoW Insider Show, and now see him on TurpsterVision right here on WoW.com.
Last week we had a look into the benefits of Blizzard’s Recruit a [...]

Rampage battlegroup experiencing outages this afternoon

We’re starting to get reports aplenty of the (North American) Rampage battlegroup having server outages at the moment, but the exact nature is… fuzzy, to say the least! The login server doesn’t seem to be the usual culprit, since the problem is exclusive to Rampage thus far. Looking at the Tech Support forum, it doesn’t [...]

Guildwatch: That little extra something

It’s been a while since we’ve seen a fun screenshot like this, so here you go: Lawlessness of Norgannon-H saw fit to add a little text to their kill picture of the first boss in Ulduar. If you want to send us an exceptionally cool screenshot your guild has done, feel free to send it [...]

Patch 3.2: Trial of the Crusader HD videos

Fresh from our first run of Patch 3.2’s new 5-man dungeon, the Trial of the Crusader, come these videos of our exploits inside Tirion’s Big Top. Sneep of <Goon Squad> was kind enough to Fraps each encounter (in HD, no less!) as we progressed through the instance. The videos show the Champion encounters — both [...]

WoW Moviewatch: Steak Sandwiches

Over the weekend, America celebrated its Independence Day on July 4th. And while Azeroth may not have exactly the same holiday, certainly most folks are aware of the fireworks that happen to take place on the same day.
Maestro of Comedy Oxhorn released the new video over the weekend, celebrating America’s Independence Day. The video, called [...]

Enter to win some loot cards from WoW.com and WoWTCG.com

Is it just me, or have we had lots of EU-only contests lately? First, Lesley gives away some loot cards for the EU, and then Turpster gives away some more. This is July 4th, and it’s about time we served the North American side of the globe! (Canada, we missed Canada Day, so we’ll throw [...]

WoW Rookie: You’re doing it wrong

New around here? WoW Rookie points WoW’s newest players to the resources they need to get acclimated. Send us a note to suggest a WoW Rookie topic.
It takes all kinds (of players) to make a (game) world – but now that Blizzard is shaping game content specifically to slingshot players into endgame raiding content, it’s [...]