Floating above the Plaguelands, the necropolis known as Naxxramas serves as the seat of one of the Lich King's most powerful officers, the dreaded lich Kel'Thuzad. Horrors of the past and new terrors yet to be unleashed are gathering inside the necropolis as the Lich King's servants prepare their assault. The Scourge marches again...
Of the Burning Crusade, that is. I just reserved my copy of “The Burning Crusade” yesterday at my local Game Stop. They said that they were running out of their reserved copies, so go get yours now.
On a side note, the sales person said that they will call me in October, when it came out. A quick check of EBGames Online comes up with a ship date of July. I guess only time will tell. Let’s hope it doesn’t turn out to be another Diablo…
That is the sound that strikes fear, or at least revulsion, in most WOW players. Whether you killed too many of those nasty creatures while leveling or you get aggro just trying to run through a lowbie zone; everyone knows that Murlocs are pervasive in the world of Azeroth. However, there seems to be more to these creatures than we originally thought. Find out more here about the creatures that seem to be the harbingers of more to come…
Rumors have been flying around the many WOW sites about the update to the Priest Talent trees. Well, Blizzard has made the new Priest Talents available to check out on their Talent Calculator. Go here for a look at the new talents.
Although the release date of Patch 1.10 is uncertain, it will also contain the ever-promised weather effects and some new high level armor sets. You can go here to check out some movies of the new weather effects as well as see some of the new armor.
Blizzard Entertainment wanted to host their first fan convention. As I found out later from Rob Pardo, Vice President of Game Design (who says he reads The Safehouse all the time so, “Hi Rob!”) they at first thought of only having a convention focused only on World of Warcraft but he said if they were going to do it, “Let’s do it big”.
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- World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12)
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Blackwing Lair Released!
Nefarian's sanctum, Blackwing Lair, can be found at the very height
of Blackrock Spire. It is there in the dark recesses of the
mountain's peak that Nefarian has begun to unfold the final stages of
his plan to destroy Ragnaros once and for all and lead his army to
undisputed supremacy over all the races of Azeroth. Blackwing Lair
is a max-level, 40-player raid dungeon,....
Great write-up of World of Warcraft over at Anandtech!
In PC gaming, first person shooters get all of the attention. The releases of Doom 3 and Half Life 2 were accompanied by a swarm of hardware upgrade guides all over the net, including those published on AnandTech. If you were waiting for Doom 3 or Half Life 2 before upgrading your machine, you had every ounce of information at your disposal upon their release.
The news is almost getting trite as the battle heats up between game developers and the opportunistic parasites of the secondary market. Those that care are making a stand. Blizzard, the first live game to speak and act against the cash for pixel market, has banned upwards of a thousand accounts affiliated with the blackmarket. Let's hope future games follow suit.
World of Warcraft players banned for selling gold Blizzard continues to uphold its aggressive policy on exploits.
Tom Bramwell 10:51 14/03/2005
Blizzard Entertainment has permanently banned more than one thousand users from its massively multiplayer World of Warcraft title after an investigation into "gold farming".
Battlegrounds Preview Part II - Sun on 1/18/05 A few weeks ago, we gave you a hint of what a Battlegrounds experience would be like, and also introduced you to some new concepts for player-versus-player combat, such as a slightly tweaked death system and capture-able graveyards. Now let's explore in greater detail how the battle for Alterac Valley can truly be won.
Click here to read more about the upcoming PvP Battlegrounds
