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Warning, NFSW... As In Need For Speed: World!
Edit: The beta key giveaway has been opened to everyone! If you're interested, now is the time to sign up!
If you guys are interested in trying out EA's new Massively Multiplayer Online Racing Game,
ZAM
is giving away beta keys to all ZAM Premium members. That includes subscribers on ZAM, Allakhazam, WowInterface, TankSpot, and, of course,
Wowhead!
If you want to give it a shot, head on over to the
beta key giveaway
page. You will need to log into your ZAM Premium account to claim it (Tip: If you registered through Wowhead, your ZAM username will be
<username>|WH
).
Give it a try, and leave your opinions in the comments!
http://www.zam.com/giveaways/nfsw.html
Other Links
ZAM announcement
Wowhead Premium sign-up
ZAM Premium sign-up
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http://www.zam.com/wiki/Freq
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Wowhead's 4th Anniversary
That's right, Wowhead is
four years old
today!
We wanted to take a few minutes to say thank you for all your support. Wowhead wouldn't be here today if it weren't for your bug reports, your feedback, your comments, your forum posts, and (of course) your data. Everything we are today, we owe to you guys.
So have a slice of cake with us, and celebrate!
It's so delicious and moist...
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Finally: A CAPTCHA Update!
Some of you may have already noticed a change to our site's
CAPTCHA
authentication (a.k.a those annoying codes you enter to post stuff). We tossed out our homebrewed solution and started using
reCAPTCHA
, which allows users of Wowhead to help digitize books. You can read the site for more information.
Before anyone complains that you now have to OMG TYPE TWO WORDS INSTEAD OF ONE AND ITS THE END OF THE WORLD, we also throttled back our CAPTCHA challenges. You should now only be prompted
once every five minutes or after five posts
, whichever comes first. That should help our more-avid users avoid
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
for a bit longer. Enjoy!
You hear that, pelf?
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The 2010 Blizzard Global Writing Contest
Some of you may remember a
contest
that Blizzard had back in 2009 where you were all called to write your best fan-fiction and submit it. Well, it's back once more, and waiting for you!
Official contest page
Submission page
, including contest rules
I'm not going to list everything here for y'all to read, just the important stuff.
Prizes
Grand Prize:
The grand prize winner will receive a trip to Blizzard's headquarters in southern California, where you'll meet and eat with the Blizzard writing staff. You'll also receive your choice of a Diablo III "OVERTHROWN" barbarian diorama or a Frostmourne sword.
Runners-up:
Seven runners-up will each receive a prize package of the Diablo Archive, the Warcraft Archive, the StarCraft Archive, and the Warcraft: War of the Ancients Archive, all signed by Chris Metzen, the cover artists, and Blizzard's writing staff.
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BFF Report - All Points O'Brien
I went to E3 last week to pretty much just hit on booth babes, but I partied a little too hard and now I have this "Malgayne pwnz" tribal henna tattoo on my left rump-cheek (near the crease). I vaguely remember getting the chance to
interview tons of developers
making games that somehow will all be the next "WoW killer," and even went toe-to-toe with EJ "
lolhandlebarmustache
" Moreland, lead designer for APB! Speaking of...
This week's BFF Report is all about gameplay in All Points Bulletin... and man what a controversial subject that is amirite!?? Seriously, talk about panties->bunched when they announced that they embargoed reviews until after release (now down to July 2nd, UK release date). Then there are all the lone-wolf types who try and play this massive MULTIPLAYER game all by their lonesome and then QQ about how boring it is (they are right, btw). Truth be told, the game has it's flaws, but the good news is that the
developers are aware
of the community's concern... now let's see if they actually do anything about it.
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Icecrown Citadel Raid Buff Up to 25%
Coincidentally with today's patch the
Icecrown Citadel
raid buff has been increased to a hefty
25%
damage, healing, health bonus (see
Hellscream's Warsong
and
Strength of Wrynn
).
As with every increase previously done this will make the instance slightly easier for those still struggling with the many encounters in Icecrown Citadel.
Remember there's still the
30%
increase left for this buff, which should hit live realms on
July 20th
!
As always, you can turn this buff off at anytime if you feel like trying the encounter in its most difficult form.
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Patch 3.3.5 Released In North America
Patch 3.3.5
has finally been released in North America! It is important to note other regions will not be receiving this patch this week but will get it next week.
Included in this new patch is the much awaited
RealID
feature and the release of the brand new raid instance
The Ruby Sanctum
.
Unfortunately the Ruby Sanctum will not be available for another week in North America as to not give them an unfair advantage with the new content. Beyond those huge new features Blizzard has revamped the entire chat system.
You can read all the changes on our Patch Notes page:
http://www.wowhead.com/patchnotes=3.3.5
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Anniversary Interview: J. Allen Brack
Blizzard has released a new interview on their Anniversary mini-site, this time with
J. Allen Brack
who currently is Production Director at Blizzard.
In this interview Brack speaks about many subjects, such as originally things were worked on one thing at a time now the teams are capable of balancing out several different projects at once. They then go on to touch on some of his fondest memories of early-World of Warcraft subjects being revisited with Cataclysm.
It's a great read, so head on over to the official Anniversary mini-site and check it out.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/interview/jallenbrack.xml
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Midsummer Fire Festival Guide! (June 21 - July 5)
The
Midsummer Fire Festival
is fast approaching, which means it's time once again for one of
Miyari
's guides!
The Festival starts in the night between Sunday and Monday this weekend, so you know where to go for all of your daily quest and achievement needs! We have all the quests, achievements, and bonfire locations laid out in our guide.
http://www.wowhead.com/guide=midsummer-fire-festival
If you have any questions, comments, or other info, just leave it in the comments on this post and we'll address them as we go. :)
Please note: As far as we know at this time, there have been no significant changes in the event from the previous year (other than the updates to Lord Ahune). But
if there are
, we'll be on top of them as soon as the event goes live, and the guide will be updated. Keep checking back over the weekend for any additional info!
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Cataclysm Preview: Grim Batol
Blizzard has just posted an official preview of one of Cataclysm's new 5 player dungeons...
Grim Batol
.
Grim Batol was once home to the Wildhammer clan of dwarves. Eventually, the Dark Irons led an attack on Grim Batol, and in the process tainted the fortress forever. Now occupied by the Twilight's Hammer, brave players will venture forth into the fortress to stop the nefarious plots of the fortress' new master...
You can view the full preview on Blizzard's website.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/features/grimbatol.html
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E3 Coverage on ZAM!
If you're interested in following the latest developments in the MMO world—and in games in general—there's no better place to get your E3 coverage than
ZAM
!
Our own
Mike B aka Fony
has hit the show floor to get coverage and interviews on a ton of new games, including Star Wars: The Old Republic, TERA, LEGO Universe, Final Fantasy XIV, League of Legends, Jumpgate Evolution, LOTRO, and more.
Come check out all the info on the ZAM site!
http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=22531
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The Weekly Marmot - Cataclysm Press Event
So much to talk about! This week I narrowly squeak by inside Youtube's 11-minute limit to bring you my thoughts and speculations on the massive amount of information Blizzard released at the recent Press Event. I hope you're ready for a lot of talkingreallyfastsoicanbesuretogeteverythingin!
If you haven't seen the info I'm talking about in this video yet, it's available
right here on Wowhead
!
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Downtime!
Our apologies!
Obviously we've had some server issues today. This is a Bad Thing™, and our team is busting their butts to make sure it doesn't continue. There may be some intermittent downtime on the site over the next few days while we make changes and tweaks to our server structure.
Please bear with us—we'll get it all sorted out shortly. :)
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Thoughts on Battle.net 2.0
ZAM.com
has posted a very interesting story about the new improvements to
Battle.net
!
There are some very interesting improvements to the Battle.net system coming up with Battle.net 2.0, but there are also some strange—and some would say glaring—omissions. Got some opinions on the subject? Let us know!
The full story is here:
http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=22533
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New Job Posting: Web Designer
Are you interested in working for Wowhead?
If you have more style than a fashion designer who knows CSS, then we've got a job for you!
We're looking for a web designer who knows his way around HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Photoshop to come and work for us! We've got lots of work to get done around here, and we need someone with style to help us do it!
Come check out our jobs page:
http://www.wowhead.com/jobs
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Naxxramas' Thaddius Encounter Remade in Starcraft II
Move over Cataclysm (at least, for now) -
Starcraft II
is on its way! While not all Warcraft fans are Starcraft fans, I think more than a few of you may find this interesting:
Naxxramas
'
Thaddius
encounter remade as a single-player scenario in Starcraft II! Created with the Starcraft II Galaxy Map Editor released a few months ago, this campaign brings a group of noble Terran in to face one of World of Warcraft's least "noob-friendly" encounters, complete with intense
Polarity Shift
action! Blizzard showed off an incredibly impressive demonstration of the Galaxy Map Editor's power back at last year's BlizzCon, and so far beta participants have created some pretty interesting Starcraft II custom scenarios (like
Supply Depot Tetris
). Check out the video after the break!
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Cataclysm Press Event Updates: Start Here!
Wow! Look at all that new information about
Cataclysm
we just released. Confused? I would be too! Let's simplify it for you.
Here's a rundown of what we've got to show you:
A huge list of
new information
about Cataclysm from last week's press event!
Malgayne's
exclusive interview
with Ghostcrawler!
A new
video flyover
showcasing a bunch of the new zones and zone changes in Cataclysm!
A
photo gallery
from our tour of the Blizzard office in Irvine!
Whew! Now that's a lot to take in!
Go browsing for a while and tell us what you think!
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Blizzard Office Tour Gallery
Along with the rest of the fansites, I was afforded the opportunity to take a tour of the Blizzard offices. Obviously I wasn't allowed to take any pictures of sensitive documents (despite my best efforts), but I did get a few fun shots of what sets the Blizzard offices apart from most other companies.
There are a lot of shots I didn't include here—most of them pictures of hallways or offices, things that every company would have—but I did try and take special care to get pictures of the things that make the Blizzard offices special. I included explanatory captions wherever possible.
I apologize, as usual, for my lack of a decent camera. All these pictures were taken on a very old iPhone. =/
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New Cataclysm Zone Changes Video
On top of all the other fancy releases we've got tonight, we also have a brand new video for you!
We've got flyover footage of a bunch of different zones in Cataclysm, all laid out for you to see. Check it out:
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Brand New Cataclysm Info! (Some Major Stuff)
Ladies and Gentlemen! This past week I was afforded the opportunity to attend a
Press Event
at the Blizzard offices in Irvine. At that event we got access to a
lot
of new information about Cataclysm...information which we are now delighted to share with you!
Hang on to your hats, because there are some
big
changes waiting after the break—including a
new raid "downshifting system
, changes to the
Guild Advancement
system, and (bombshell) the complete
removal of the Path of the Titans
system!
All the info is after the break!
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