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Wowhead's Artist's Corner and Giveaway - Kyle Punk Art
For this month's Artist's Corner on Wowhead, we're highlighting the art of Kyle Punk Art, as well as a giveaway by this month's artist.
In an effort to share what our wonderful community does, we are trying out what we like to call the "Wowhead's Artist's Corner"! About once a month, we will feature an artist and their craft. This article will feature a small description of themselves so that you can get to know them just a bit, show off their art, and learn more about what they do. And of course, there will be a special giveaway for one of their items.
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BlizzConline 2021 World of Warcraft Patch 9.1 What's Next Panel Recap
The World of Warcraft: What's Next Panel for Shadowlands has begun. We'll be liveblogging the event and recapping notable new features that are coming in the upcoming patches!
Blizzard
Warcraft III Receives A New Installer
After last week's
rumors about some Warcraft RTS content
planned for the future,
Reddit
user
r_ez
has noticed that Warcraft III received
an updated installer
, similar to those used by last generation Blizzard games.
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Warcraft's 2017 Year in Review
It's been a busy year for World of Warcraft with the announcement of Battle for Azeroth and Blizzard's new approach to patches and continuous content. With everything quieting down for the holidays, we can finally catch our breath and look back at the past year in WoW.
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This week in WoW History: Patch 7.1, Stood in the Fire, Burning Crusade Release Date
Hey, and welcome to another WoW History! Every week, we reminisce about important events that happened in the past.
Patch 7.1 was released as the first major patch of Legion, Deathwing is guilty of being too hot for his own good, and we had the first glimpse at The Burning Crusade!
Wowhead
Game of Thrones References in Warcraft
With the Season 7 finale of
Game of Thrones
today, we thought it would be fun to review some of the popular items and NPCs in Warcraft that were inspired by this series.
Spoilers from Season 7 are marked under tags, but there are general spoilers in the post if you are unfamiliar with the books and show.
Blizzard
Blizzard Roundup: Rise of the Necromancer, Hearthstone Duplicates, Overwatch Highlights
This week's Blizzard Roundup includes the release date for Rise of the Necromancer, updates to Hearthstone Duplicates and Overwatch Highlights and more!
For recent WoW news, check out the
latest updated raid guides from FatbossTV
and the
organized responses to the Class Design AMA
.
Blizzard
Blizzard Weekly Roundup: Destiny 2, Horizon Lunar Colony, Heroes Malthael's Bargain
Here is your weekly Blizzard Roundup containing your usual Warcraft News, plus news about other Blizzard titles.
This week contains news about Destiny 2 on Battle.net, Overwatch Horizon Lunar Colony and the Malthael's Bargain promotion in Heroes.
Guide to the Diablo 20th Anniversary Celebration in Warcraft
Stay a while and listen! The
Celebration is now live on both US and EU realms with new seasonal items to acquire! This event runs through January 11th, 2017.
Want even more Diablo in WoW? Check out our
list of all the Diablo references in Warcraft
.
Get the special achievement
Diablo's 20th Anniversary
by learning the
Twelve-String Guitar
toy dropped by the
The Cow King
in the Secret Cow Realm.
Make the
Tome of Town Portal
Hearthstone toy by combining 10
Scroll of Town Portal
with
Blank Diabolic Tome
. You can farm the items by repeatedly killing
Treasure Goblin
.
Treasure Goblin
spawn throughout Broken Isles, dungeons, and the Dalaran Sewers. Killing them is needed to step through their portal to the Secret Cow Level.
Warlock Wild Imps now resemble Diablo!
Want even more Diablo in WoW? Check out our
list of all the Diablo references in Warcraft
.
All the Diablo References in Warcraft
With Diablo celebrating its 20th anniversary this week, we wanted to highlight all of the Diablo references in World of Warcraft! We initially published this article several years ago when Diablo III launched, and we've updated it with references from Warlords and Legion. Click on the database links in the article below to learn more about the items and their references in the user comments!
Want to learn more about the Diablo event coming very soon to Warcraft?
Click here
for the datamined items, music, and achievement.
Mean Streets of Gadgetzan: Comparing Gadgetzan in Warcraft and Hearthstone
Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
, Hearthstone's latest expansion, launched on Thursday, December 1st! As Gadgetzan was originally a city in WoW, we thought it would be interesting to compare both versions of the city.
Gadgetzan in Hearthstone is much more of a cosmopolitan city than in WoW; it would be fun to see some of the Hearthstone factions make their way to WoW. Perhaps the leaders of each faction could each be a boss!
For info about Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, check out our guides on
Hearthhead
.
Hearthstone
Get Medivh Hero Skin Free When You Buy WARCRAFT™ on Blu-Ray or DVD
With WARCRAFT available in stores on September 27, Blizzard wants to make sure you check out their film if you haven't already. The publisher has announced a trio of digital content goodies that will be included inside specially marked packages including the Medivh hero skin for Hearthstone!
Hearthstone
Warcraft Chronicle Cosmology Map Told Via Hearthstone Cards
You may recall this map of the Warcraft universe and elements as part of the launch of Warcraft Chronicles. And while it's helpful to get a sense as to how each of these areas is linked, it doesn't help those who are unfamiliar with the lore of Warcraft. So we've put a Hearthstone spin on the map, populating it with some of the more prominent members from each element.
BlizzCon Opening Week: eSports Quickguide; Battleground Bonus Event
BlizzCon is the culmination of the worldwide tournaments held in order to crown champions of various Blizzard Games. Below, we've collected all the Schedules, Groups, Prizes, and Info you need about Blizzard eSports happening around BlizzCon!
New to 2015, preliminary games are taking place the week before BlizzCon, in the brand-new "BlizzCon Opening Week."
Reminder: You can watch the pre-BlizzCon eSports listed below on Blizzard's Twitch.tv channels:
twitch.tv/starcraft
twitch.tv/warcraft
twitch.tv/playhearthstone
twitch.tv/blizzheroes
The
BlizzCon 2015 eSports Hub
also features brackets, a schedule, and links to livestreams and VoDs.
If all this talk of eSports has whet your appetite for PvP, you're in luck! The Battleground Bonus Event runs between
October 28th and November 2nd.
During this time, you will get the
Sign of Battle
buff which increases the amount of Honor earned from completing random Battlegrounds by 200%. In addition, you can complete
A Call to Battle
(Winning 4 Battlegrounds) to earn 0
. The Conquest earned from this bonus quest does not count towards your weekly cap.
A Call to Battle
can be picked up in your Garrison from
Seer Kazal
.
World of Warcraft: Legion Expansion Announcement
The sixth World of Warcraft announcement was revealed today:
Legion
. We liveblogged the reveal before and are updating this post throughout the day with tons of information, so keep checking back!
Post-Announcement Show
Perc and Panser analyze all of the new information in a special edition of Wowhead Weekly! They'll also be doing their usual show on Friday 6pm EST, as well as a special show on Sunday after the Legion gamescom panel. Catch the show at
http://www.twitch.tv/wowhead
.
Blizzard at gamescom 2015 Guide: Press Releases, Previews, Schedule, and More
gamescom 2015 is shaping up to be the largest for Blizzard Entertainment, with the 6th WoW Expansion being revealed on August 6th, 9 am PDT. We've put together this guide to everything you need to know about Blizzard at gamescom, and will be updating it throughout the event with links to our panel coverage.
In addition, Perc and Panser will be streaming their reactions and post-announcement analysis over on
http://www.twitch.tv/wowhead
right after the WoW event is finished! Tweet your expansion thoughts with the hashtag #WowheadXpacHype and we may read it on the show!
So far we've gotten major Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and Overwatch news from the press conference--as well as Overwatch suddenly showing up in the Battle.net launcher. There was apparently no Warcraft news revealed, but
Mamytwink reports
that Tom Chilton said there will be a trailer and some videos at Thursday's announcement.
New World of Warcraft Expansion Revealed on August 6th, Complete Blizzard gamescom 2015 Schedule
Blizzard has announced that the new World of Warcraft expansion will be revealed on August 6th, on the gamescom live stream! There will be a followup World of Warcraft developer chat on the expansion on Sunday, August 9th. What do you think will be revealed?
If you're taking a break from WoW and are thinking about returning with this announcement, check out our
Patch 6.2 Survival Guide
and our
Boosted Level 90 Player Essentials
.
Blizzard
Join us Thursday, August 6 at 9 a.m. PDT for a special World of Warcraft event streamed live from gamescom 2015 in Cologne, Germany—where we’ll be unveiling the next chapter of the World of Warcraft saga. . . .
Tune in again Sunday, August 9 at 8:00 a.m. PDT for a World of Warcraft developer chat before the show ends, and find out more about what’s in store.
Stay tuned to our dedicated
gamescom
page for further details on the live stream. Those who are able to join us in person at gamescom can visit us at the Blizzard booth in hall 7.1. We hope to see you there!
First Look at Orgrim from Warcraft Film, Blizzard's Selfie Scavenger Hunt
Wired
has an exclusive first look at Orgrim, played by Robert Kazinsky, from the upcoming Warcraft film!
Some insights into how the character was created:
Orgrim’s likeness comes from the masterminds at Industrial Light and Magic, who took concept art from Blizzard Entertainment—creators of the massive World of Warcraft videogame franchise on which Jones’ film is based—and merged it with photographs and scans of Kazinsky to create the orc.
Is this what you'd expect Orgrim to look like? Warcraft is live in theaters June 10, 2016.
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Warlords of Draenor: Wowhead interviews Blizzard developers
Wowhead's
Perculia
interviewed Lead Class Designer Kris Zierhut and Game Designer Steve Burke on Warlords of Draenor.
Topics discussed include:
Void Storage
Bad Luck Protection and the prevention of looting duplicate items
Engineering tinkers as sellable items and the impact on raidint
Garrisons and how they're tied to overall gameplay - your Garrison can be attacked by NPCs, and you get rewards for defending it
Followers—interesting ways to recruit them, specialize in different types of rewards.
Raid cooldowns
Incentivizing Proving Grounds
Challenge Modes Strengths and weaknesses of Timeless Isle
You can listen to the audio below. Obviously, as it's a convention, there is some background noise for which we apologise.
Edit: transcript is now up too! We have tried to be as exact as possible, but due to the poor audio quality at points, there are a few summarized bits.
Hit the break for the Transcript!
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Introducing Wowhead Class Guides
Class information is a crucial resource for boosted 90 players and alts. Here at Wowhead we try to build tools and present data in the best possible way to help players, and since class gameplay lends itself well to guides, we've launched a new Class Guide section!
Click here to check out our new class guides!
These guides are in the style of our popular guides written by Wowhead staff, such as our holiday and patch guides. We've asked a number of raiders and bloggers, many of which were familiar faces at WoW Insider, to write guides aimed towards beginners. We've aimed for brevity, to give you just the core facts you need to get started, without bogging you down with hugely detailed strategies.
The guides include everything you need to get started:
Spells: core abilities, rotations and priority systems, self buffs, utility, CC and more
Talents: basic builds and optimal choices for different situations
Glyphs: the most popular choices and options for different contexts
Stats/Reforging: you
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