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Warlords of Draenor Cinematic and Launch Date Revealed at gamescom on August 14

Prepare to face the fury of the Iron Horde at gamescom! For the build-up to the cinematic reveal, be at the Blizzard booth at gamescom (Hall 7.1 B051) on Thursday, August 14 from 18:00. You’ll be among the first to see the incredible cinematic trailer for World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Warlords of Draenor. At […]

Save the Date! You’re Invited to a Warlords World Premiere

A storm of iron is headed Azeroth’s way—be among the first to witness its fury at the world premiere of the Warlords of Draenor cinematic! Join Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime, Chris Metzen, and World of Warcraft designers Ion Hazzikostas and Brian Holinka for the grand unveiling, streamed live from the Ace Theatre in Los Angeles. But […]

Warlords of Draenor™ Beta Patch Notes: August 1

Table of Contents New Content Level-100 Talents and Draenor Perks Garrisons Game System Changes Stat Squish Primary Character Stats and Attack Power Itemization Changes Hit and Expertise Removal Secondary Stat Attunements Player Health and Resilience Retuning Healing Spells Racial Traits Ability Pruning Crowd Control and Diminishing Returns (Updated) Movement Speed Buffs and Debuffs Raid Utility […]

The Alliance Chopper Is Riding into Azeroth!

Due to popular demand (and a few shady back-alley deals in Stormwind’s Old Town), the Alliance bike built for Azeroth Choppers will be rumbling its way to a vendor in Azeroth sometime after the launch of Warlords of Draenor. This mount will cost a pretty hefty sum of gold, however, so you might want to […]

Artcraft—Updated Facial Customization

Hello, and welcome to Artcraft! I’m your host Chris Robinson, art director of World of Warcraft, and today we’re going to tackle something I know a lot of you have been looking forward to: facial customization options. When we began working on the updated character models, we knew it would be a huge project, and […]

Warlords of Draenor™ Beta Patch Notes: July 29

Table of Contents New Content Level-100 Talents and Draenor Perks Garrisons Game System Changes Stat Squish Primary Character Stats and Attack Power Itemization Changes Hit and Expertise Removal Secondary Stat Attunements Player Health and Resilience Retuning Healing Spells Racial Traits Ability Pruning Crowd Control and Diminishing Returns (Updated) Movement Speed Buffs and Debuffs Raid Utility […]

Blizzard at gamescom: Website and Live Stream

The world’s biggest game convention is almost upon us! Blizzard will be in Cologne from August 13 to 17, showcasing our latest games, presenting awesome activities on stage, and broadcasting live from our booth. Our dedicated website will give you the schedule and details on all the activities you can enjoy at the Blizzard booth, […]

Brawler’s Guild: What’s Your Rank?

Hidden away in the bowels of the Deeprun Tram and the dusty backstreets of Orgrimmar is the Brawler’s Guild, housed within the aptly named Bizmo’s Brawlpub on the Alliance and Brawl’gar Arena on the Horde. Being a member of this secret society can yield great rewards, underground fame, and even a burly mount with a […]

Character Viewer Updated: Undead Male!

The character viewer on our our Warlords of Draenor website has been updated once more, this time the undead male model has been added. Our art team and character artists worked themselves to the bone to bring new (un)life to this scion of the Forsaken while retaining the creepy qualities of the classic model. We […]

gamescom 2014 – activities

If you’re planning to visit the Blizzard booth at gamescom this August, you’d better be ready for an avalanche of entertainment. Throughout all four public days of the world’s biggest games convention, we’ll have all sorts of fun stuff kicking off on our massive stage, at the heart of our biggest ever booth. You’ll also […]