An Assault on Two Fronts High Tinker Mekkatorque, betrayed by Mekgineer Thermaplugg and forced to flee the irradiated city of Gnomeregan with the few of his fellow gnomes who managed to survive, is preparing to reclaim his once glorious city. Meanwhile, in distant Durotar, Vol'jin of the Darkspear trolls is determined to exact revenge upon the witch doctor Zalazane for dividing the Darkspears and seizing the land bestowed to them by Thrall: the Echo Isles. Read more about the ongoing struggles of the gnomes and the trolls... and their plans to seek redemption.
Community Interviews: The Arena Master We've added yet another in-depth interview with one of World of Warcraft's millions of players for our five-year anniversary site. Luek from U.S. realm The Underbog shares his views on his last five years of dynamic and fluctuating gameplay focuses, particularly with regard to PvP, and provides some insight on where he sees himself once Cataclysm arrives. Check out the
anniversary page for our full discussion.
Rise to Power Contest Winners Four worthy individuals heard the Rise to Power contest's call and provided us with the tales of ascension we requested. Their cinematic mastery, backed by storytelling expertise, has earned them the recognition they so richly deserve. We congratulate Greyfoo, Malamenz, Phoenixmgn, and Shunahe as our Grand Prize winners. Each will receive $2,400 credit towards an All Powerful Alienware desktop or laptop. To watch the four winning submissions, click here.
WoW Comic Contest: Honorable Mentions Here is the next honorable mention from the World of Warcraft Comic Contest submitted by Corvine.
Remember, the contest will go on all year long. Each month's winner will receive three volumes of Blizzard Entertainment manga, and will be considered by TOKYOPOP for contributions to upcoming volumes of both Warcraft: Legends and StarCraft: Frontline.
Have a comic to submit? It's not too late to enter the comic contest. Read the official rules, and submit your comics today!
Screenshot Gallery Update: Love is in the Air We've updated our Love is in the Air screenshot gallery with 8 of the best player submissions. As always, if you'd like to contribute to our galleries, please submit your screenshots. You can view all of our screenshot galleries
here.
New Fan Art The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with 3 new artwork from Warcraft.
There's a Mouse on Your Face! Printwarcraft.com now offers the opportunity to create your own customized World of Warcraft mouse pad featuring the character you play. Much like custom character posters, these custom mousepads use specially designed rendering technology and access to character information, allowing you to select and pose your character while adding a variety of backgrounds, logos, borders, and fonts. Custom character mouse pads start at $19.99, and are available now at Printwarcraft.com
Community Interviews: Enigma We've updated World of Warcraft's five-year anniversary site to include a frank interview with Fraya, the leader of the Enigma guild on the Deathwing realm. In the interview, we speak with Fraya about his most memorable moments over five years of playing, Enigma’s experience in high-end raiding, and where the guild expects to find itself in Cataclysm and beyond. Check out the anniversary page for our full discussion.
Mastery Sneak Peek Cataclysm will alter the face of Azeroth forever, but the landscape isn't the only thing that's changing. As part of our ongoing look at how stats and other game systems are evolving in the expansion, we've posted an in-depth preview of the Mastery system, a set of new game mechanics that will allow players to become better at what makes their chosen talent tree cool or unique. Learn more about Mastery in our new forum post, or check out our previous article on stat changes to find out how the new system fits into the big picture.
Printwarcraft.com Custom Poster Contest Week Four The Printwarcraft.com Custom Poster Contest has come to a close. We've seen thousands of amazing poster creations, and have chosen one among them all as our week-four winner, and also our grand prize winner as the top poster creation across all four weeks. Congratulations go to Ainyan from Durotan.
We've chosen the second-place winner Dansuroxen from Fenris and third-place winner Daxriggs from Anub'arak, both of whom put together very creative and attractive designs. Be sure to check out these and many more great posters in our gallery.
The contest may be over, but you can still create your own custom poster at Printwarcraft.com.