Tag Archives: Cataclysm

Blizzard has announced it’s cut the price of World of Warcraft expansions in Europe at both retail and through the Blizzard Store. Those who have yet to purchase expansions for the MMO, or who are just new to the fray, can now pick up Wrath of the Lich King for €19.99 and Cataclysm for €29.99. At present, there hasn’t been a price cut announcement for the US, as both expansions are listed on the store for $39.99; however, some retailers sell it for less than the suggested retail price, so it might be in your best interest to shop around.

Blizzard has released a 10-minute video for Hour of Twilight, patch 4.3 for Cataclysm, which contains three new five-person dungeons and the Deathwing raid, Dragon Soul.

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Time for a second batch of shorts to get your gamescom afternoon rolled up.

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The evening edition of shorts for Wednesday is rather dense, so we will skip failing at wit and just get to it.

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Cory Stockton, lead content designer for World of Warcraft, has described the origins of pets in the game, be it a combative pet or just a rare vanity pet you can tame for bragging purposes.

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Cataclysm’s chief project manager, J. Allen Brack has said Blizzard is trying to make World of Warcraft the “best it can be” and is not focusing on subscription numbers.

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Blizzard is having a Black Friday sale of its own, so to speak, and has put its World of Warcraft offerings on sale.

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The funnest part of building a sandcastle? Knocking it down.

With World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion, Blizzard appears to be taking that philosophy to a whole new level. After letting players frolic about in its multi-million dollar sandcastle for nearly six years, the developer’s decided to shatter Azeroth into tiny little pieces and then put it back together again. The result? Suddenly, old is new, up is down, and Stranglethorn Vale doesn’t royally suck anymore. Needless to say, it’s an exciting time to be a WoW player.

Perhaps even more exciting, however, is being a WoW developer. To see years-upon-years’ worth of blood, sweat, and tears finally manifest into a complete experience has to be immensely satisfying, and speaking with lead world designer Alex Afrasiabi during BlizzCon, that was more than evident. It was kind of amazing, if we’re being honest, to see a developer so fired up over his own game – a game that’s been around for more than half a decade, no less.

Click past the break to hear Afrasiabi’s thoughts on the future of WoW expansions, why Cataclysm doesn’t have its own Hero Class, why MMOs and consoles don’t mix, why Cryptic’s wrong to call MMO content “mediocre,” moving the MMO genre forward, and tons more.

[Interview by Nathan Grayson]

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Blizzard has sent over word of a digital pre-sale for Cataclysm going on via Battle.net.

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World of Warcraft lead designer Greg Street has said not only was the pre-Cataclysm patch designed to recruit new players, but it was also deigned to provide fewer tech and points for players to manage once the expansion goes live.

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Blizzard will be releasing the Cataclysm expansion to World of Warcraft on December 7, and while the latest patch released for the MMO will get you prepped, you may wish to go ahead and log in now before the “world is sundered”.

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Kid? You rule.

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Blizzard has announcement on its forums patch 4.0.1 for World of Warcraft today.

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Blizzard has released its schedule of event for BlizzCon 2010, giving times for the panels along with the subject covered in each.

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Blizzard hasn’t dated its World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm yet, but retailer Amazon seems to think it will be released in January.

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Blizzard has thrown a bit of Plants vs Zombies into its World of Warcraft expansion, Cataclysm.

Proof is in the pudding below.

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According to a post over on the Blizzard forums, World of Warcraft will no longer support older PowerPC Macs once Cataclysm is released.

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Blizzard has just confirmed that plans to implement Real ID on its forums won’t go ahead, following a community backlash to the scheme.

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World of Warcraft’s lead designer Tom Chilton has said that it may not “make sense” in the future for the game to have a subscription fee.

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Blizzard has released the first images of the Worgen, this one being a female, that will appear in WoW: Cataclysm.

Also, it has been announced that the Remote Auction house for the MMO has gone into Beta.

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