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Community Update 27/082008

Zyuu — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:47:21 GMT

The World of Warcraft Community Team sent us their Community Update today. Including recent news and forum posts that serves as a great recap of what's been going on the last couple of days.

EU Forums:

Here are some of the most recent blue-posts made on the EU forums:

EU main

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· World of Warcraft Downloads for your Phone

· BlizzCat Episode 5: Special WWI Edition

· New Fan Art: Study in Blue

· Re: Patch 3.0.2 and Naxx

· Re: Most Beautiful City

· 27/08 PTR forum cleaned

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· 26/08 Wrath of the Lich King : Wendigo

· 26/08 Beta Key & Beta Test Information

· Content Patch before Wrath of the Lich King

· Wrath of the Lich King Arenas

· 21/08 WotLK Opening Cinematic Unveiled!

· 22/08 Games Convention

· BlizzCon Ticket Drawing Opt-In Period Ends

· The Friday Thread

EU Beta

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· Flying Mounts in Dalaran

· Realm Firsts achievements

· 27/08 Scheduled Maintenance

· Re: Server Shutdown

· Re: Storm Peaks Open

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· Wrath of the Lich King: Beta Patch Notes

· New Content in 8820

· Raid buff review

· Re: [Protection Is mana a real issue?]

· Re: Feral tanking

· Storm Peaks Closed

· The Nexus (71-73)

· CoT: Stratholme (80)

· Halls of Lightning (80)

· Utgarde Pinnacle (80)

· The Oculus (80)

· Halls of Stone (77-79)

· Azjol-Nerub (72-74)

· Drak'Tharon Keep (74-76)

· Utgarde Keep (70-72)

· The Nexus - Heroic (80)

Other noteworthy threads:

· Pimp My UI - Episode 70

· The Northrend Times - Episode 8

US Forums (main and beta)

· Inscription trainers will be in Azeroth also

· Blizzcon Opt-In has ended

· Recovering pets

· Storm Peaks Closed- 8/22/08

· Raid stacking in Wrath of the Lich King

· How will Lich King be defeated?

· Wrath of the Lich King Opening Cinematic!

· New Beta build

· Beta premades

· World PvP

· Tanking in Wrath of the Lich King

Website:

World of Warcraft Downloads for Your Phone

27/08/08

Carry a little piece of Azeroth wherever your real-world travels take you with our new World of Warcraft-themed wallpapers and ringtones for your phone. They’re part of a new service that lets you download content related to your favorite Blizzard Entertainment games to supported mobile phones. Over 50 pieces of content are currently available, including ringtones of World of Warcraft’s capital city themes and the distinctive murloc gurgle, as well as wallpapers featuring character artwork, class and faction emblems, and more. Visit the new Mobile Ringtones and Wallpapers page for more information -- and while you’re there, be sure to check out our StarCraft and Diablo mobile content, too.

BlizzCast Episode 5: Special WWI Edition Now Available

27/08/08

This special Worldwide Invitational wrap-up edition of BlizzCast begins with a brief chat between RTS Community Manager Karune, World of Warcraft Community Manager Nethaera, and Diablo III Community Manager Bashiok about their WWI experiences. Bashiok then takes you into the mind of Diablo III Lead Designer Jay Wilson, and the two discuss some recent hot issues surrounding the game. Listen to the show now or check out the transcript to see all the featured artwork.

New Fan Art: Study in Blue

27/08/08

We've added Dênakê's portrait "Lena" to the Blizzard Fan Art gallery to share this moody piece with you.

We're always looking for new fan art and if you're an artist, you can submit your work to us here. We update the Gallery regularly and encourage you to check regularly to see what new and talented submissions are on display.

Wrath of the Lich King : Wendigo

26/08/08

We have just updated the Wrath of the Lich King official website with a new creature: the Wendigo.

Though rarely seen, the wendigo's existence is evidenced by the fierce, primal roars that echo across Northrend's mist-shrouded peaks. Many believe these reclusive, cannibalistic creatures are the primordial cousins of the wendigo that populate the mountains of Dun Morogh...

Check out the Bestiary to learn more!

BlizzCon Ticket Drawing Opt-In Period Ends

25/08/08

The opt-in period for the BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Drawing is now over. We will be randomly selecting winners within the next few days and will announce when selections have been made on our websites. If you are chosen, you will receive an email from Blizzard containing information about how to purchase up to two tickets to BlizzCon 2008. If you haven’t done so already, please go to Blizzard Account Management and update your contact information. For more details, see the FAQ.

Games Convention – Day One

22/08/08

We’ve updated our Games Convention site with coverage and photos from the first day of this year’s event, held once again in Leipzig, Germany. To find out what’s happening at the Blizzard booth, read all about it here.

Wrath of the Lich King Opening Cinematic Unveiled!

21/08/08

Five years have passed since Arthas released Ner’zhul from his icy prison and merged with him, claiming the Frozen Throne of Icecrown. Now the heir of Lordaeron has risen again, and soon the world will learn what it means to incur the wrath of its one true king.... The opening cinematic for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is now available for download or streaming from the official Wrath of the Lich King website. Check it out now!

Games Convention Update

20/08/08

We have even more for you at this year’s Games Convention. As well as playable demos of StarCraft II and Wrath of the Lich King, SK-Gaming will be conducting a Live Raid on the Sunwell Plateau, and we’ll be showing a brand new cinematic trailer for Wrath of the Lich King.

To find out more, you can check out the Games Convention site for more information.

BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Drawing Information

20/08/08

The BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Drawing opt-in is now live. People with eligible Blizzard Accounts who wish to enter the drawing can now do so by logging in to Blizzard Account Management. The opt-in period will last until 08:59 a.m. CET on Monday, August 25. After it ends, we will select 1,500 people from the opt-in pool and offer them a chance to purchase up to two tickets to BlizzCon 2008. This is a random drawing -- everyone with an eligible Blizzard Account who opts in any time during the opt-in period will have the same chance to win. Please make sure your Blizzard Account contact information (email and phone number) is up to date. For more information, read our FAQ.

New Fan Art: Looking for Group!

20/08/08

This week's addition to the Blizzard Europe Fan Art Gallery is a humorous piece from our talented artist Kness. This submission displays the trials and tribulations of a young gnome seeking out the perfect group for her adventures.

We're always interested in new fan art and if you're an artist, you can submit your work to us here. We update the Gallery regularly and encourage you to check regularly to see what new and talented submissions are on display.

BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Drawing Information

19/08/08

As discussed last week, we’re preparing a drawing to offer 3,000 more BlizzCon 2008 tickets for sale. We’re finalizing the process now, and you’ll be able to enter the drawing soon -- in the meantime, please check the BlizzCon site for more information on how the drawing will work. Please note that a Blizzard Account is an account created for the Blizzard Online Store -- as opposed to an account created for a Blizzard game, such as World of Warcraft. If you have any questions regarding Blizzard Accounts, please read our Blizzard Account FAQ. We will announce when the drawing opt-in period begins on our website soon. For more information, please refer to our BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Drawing FAQ.

WoW Community Update 02/07/2008

Zyuu — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:30:25 GMT

Blizzard Europe sent us their Community Update today. Including recent news and forum posts that serves as a great recap of what's been going on the last couple of days.

Here at Curse we have a Worldwide Invitational Coverage Wrapup. Check it out if you missed it!

EU Forums:

Here are some of the most recent blue-posts made on the forums:

- Diablo III - Unveiled!

- Worldwide Invitational In-Game Pet Redemption

- [PTR] Premade character status

- 01/07 Russian forums launched

Other noteworthy threads:

- Pimp My UI Episodes 62

- How the Blizzard Authenticator works

US Forums:

- WWI Loot Card Codes

- Thank You Attendees, Fansites, and EU Team

- Items in WotLK

- Brewfest Testing!

Website:

New Fan Art: Zergling!
This week's addition to the Blizzard Europe Fan Art Gallery is a very photogenic image of the zergling from StarCraft! This week's submission comes from our talented artist Shader. This submission is so realistic, it will make you look around wondering if you're about to suffer an infestation!

We're always interested in new fan art and if you're an artist, you can submit your work to us here. We update the Gallery regularly and encourage you to check regularly to see what new and talented submissions are on display.

Russian Forums Launched
We are delighted to open the Russian forums, an important stage of our localization of World of Warcraft into Russian. On these new forums, fully localized into Russian, players will be able to provide feedback about the Russian Technical Alpha, and discuss issues with other Russian-speaking players.

The forums can be found here, and contain additional information about the Technical Alpha, including how to obtain the localized Russian client for World of Warcraft.

To all our Russian-speaking players, we'd like to wish you a warm welcome to the Russian forums.

The Worldwide Invitational Is Over – For Now
The weekend of June 28th and 29th saw the 2008 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational come to Paris, France – the first major Blizzard event to be held in Europe. Visitors from all over the world attended to participate in the developer panel discussions and various community contests, to meet and chat with the developers and to be treated to the announcement of Diablo III. The atmosphere at the event was filled with energy and enthusiasm as visitors had the chance to play the newest versions of StarCraft II, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, and to sample the activities and events hosted by our partners.

Throughout the event, attendees could watch the Worldwide Invitational tournaments and see the strategies and tactics favored by some of the world's best RTS players. Visitors could also watch the top-ranking World of Warcraft Arena teams from all over the world duke it out for the first place position. Nihilum held a live raid on-stage where those not quite ready to take on Kil'jaeden could watch as one of the world's top raiding guilds tried to put an end to the general of the Burning Legion.

The event closed on Sunday night with a concert featuring themes from Blizzard games performed by Video Games Live. The concert opened with Blizzard's own Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain who, leveling up throughout their performance, managed to ding 80! Grats, guys! When the lights finally went down on the event, the crowds seemed to be glad to have come to Paris and to be looking forward to BlizzCon in Anaheim this October.

If you want to know more about the event, check out our coverage page and have a look at the picture gallery!

New Wallpaper: Illidan Stormrage!

We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a wallpaper featuring the brooding lord of Outland and his naga allies, Illidian Stormrage, the Betrayer. Take a moment to check it out!

Diablo III Unveiled!
Twenty years have passed since the cataclysmic events of Diablo II. Mephisto, Diablo, and Baal have been defeated, but the Worldstone, which once shielded the world of Sanctuary from the forces of both the High Heavens and the Burning Hells, has been destroyed, and evil once again stirs in Tristram....

Following the unveiling of Diablo III today at the Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational, we've launched the game's official website, with information about the places, characters, monsters, and adventures awaiting you upon your return to the world of Sanctuary. Some of the site's highlights include:

The cinematic teaser trailer shown at the 2008 Worldwide Invitational
A 20-minute gameplay demo video
More than 60 screenshots and pieces of concept art
Deckard Cain's journal, narrated by Deckard Cain himself -- stay a while and listen!
And much, much more

Visit the new Diablo III website now to learn more about the game, and make sure to check out the official FAQ and the announcement press release.

Wrath of the Lich King Bestiary: Flesh Giant
We have just updated the Wrath of the Lich King Bestiary with a new creature: the Flesh Giant.

The same dark sorcery used to command the Scourge's powerful abominations is utilized to even greater effect in the harsh and distant realm of Northrend. Here the Lich King has focused his malefic powers on flesh giants...

Check out the Bestiary to learn more!