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Creation story of WoW

Gravity — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:57:11 +0000

Eurogamer have a really good article, part one published so far, which talks about how WoW was designed. They’ve interviewed Tom Chilton, Jeff Kaglan and other senior staff to storyline how the game went from a concept to sketch to model to release, and the turns along the way. Gnolls were an original art inspiration, for example, and no PvP at launch was a decision in order to get the game on the shelves.

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Creation story of WoW

Blizzard To Legitimize Gold Selling

Kenzi — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:32:10 +0000

Oh snap, how’s that for a catchy title! Okay, Blizzard isn’t really legitimizing in-game gold selling, however they are going to start selling real life WoW currency. The collector items will come in 24k gold, silver and of course copper.

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Blizzard To Legitimize Gold Selling

Official WoW Armory App for iPhone

Kenzi — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:11:05 +0000

Being a Blackberry user myself I can’t actually tell you how much this new app rocks, but I can tell you that it looks really nice! Nethaera Ever wanted to check your raid schedule, look up a piece of PvP gear, or concoct a new talent spec while on the go? The new World of Warcraft Mobile Armory app for iPhone and iPod touch lets you access the official Armory database from anywhere you have a mobile connection, and features much of the same functionality as the Armory website ( http://www.wowarmory.com ), including: Search for and view any character, item, guild, or Arena team in World of Warcraft. Seamlessly import your own character, guild, and Arena team profiles

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Official WoW Armory App for iPhone

More Tom Chilton on DK Nerfs and Other 3.2 Info

Kenzi — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:45:38 +0000

Tom Chilton is making his rounds on the interview circuit selling 3.2, this time he answers questions for VideoGamer.com .

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More Tom Chilton on DK Nerfs and Other 3.2 Info

TweetCraft: Azeroth and Twitter Collide

Kenzi — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:55:22 +0000

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past year or live a very sheltered life, you will certainly know what Twitter is, and the fact that you are on this website is a good clue that you know that World of Warcraft is.

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TweetCraft: Azeroth and Twitter Collide

PvPer Inside the Isle of Conquest PTR (part 2)

Dahnek — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:00:49 +0000

This week we take a look at another objective in the Ilse of Conquest. This one is often overlooked in favor of the Workshop and the Hangar

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PvPer Inside the Isle of Conquest PTR (part 2)

GameStar.de Interview with Tom Chilton

Kenzi — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:51:44 +0000

GameStar.de snagged an interview with Game Director Tom Chilton at the Warcraft Regional Finals in Cologne. Unless you can speak German it would be a good idea to skip to the 3 minute mark to see the interview (in English)

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GameStar.de Interview with Tom Chilton

PvPer Inside the Isle of Conquest PTR

Dahnek — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:20:24 +0000

For those of you who weren’t around when I blogged about my PvP experiences in the Beta testing of Wrath, allow me to recap my initial feelings of Wintergrasp. I need to address Wintergrasp. Upon first hearing of the area I fantasized about toons drop podding from escort flyers, Keeps ablaze and all sorts of PvP goodness

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PvPer Inside the Isle of Conquest PTR

Death Knight QA with Ghostcrawler

Kenzi — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:02:57 +0000

There has been an ongoing Q&A session in the forums in regards to class questions. Today the DK session was released, its’s long so get ready for a wall of text. Ghostcrawler Today we continue our class QandA series with Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street and the development team, in which we’re taking a look at each class and answering some of the top questions brought forward by their communities.

Under Developement: The Crusaders’ Coliseum

Kenzi Runetotem — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:32:20 +0000

The under developement page was updated today to give a glimpse at The Crusaders’ Coliseum and (some) of the bosses.

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Under Developement: The Crusaders’ Coliseum