Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.8.4 patch is for UK/German/French editions of the game and prepares the game for the v1.9 visual upgrade as well as adding Battleground changes, tweaks, bug fixes and new quests for Feast of Winter Veil. Read more for details and download links ...

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.8.4 patch is for US/Australian editions of the game and prepares the game for the v1.9 visual upgrade as well as adding Battleground changes, tweaks, bug fixes and new quests for Feast of Winter Veil. Read more for details and download links ...

As part of Blizzard's continuing commitment to keep World of Warcraft free from abuse, it has permanently banned more than 2500 accounts during the last several weeks which were involved in the use of cheats and/or hacks using third-party software or were otherwise violating our Terms of Use. Blizzard will continue to take an aggressive stance to ensure that the gaming environment remains an enjoyable place for its customers by actively pursuing those who would seek to violate the principle of fair-play, as well as breach the Terms of Use and policies in this way.

Blizzard announced that the WoW v1.9 public test realms are now live, and that players can transfer characters over to the test realms and try out all the changes and additions coming in the next content patch, The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj. The highlights of this patch include new 20- and 40- player raid dungeons, linked Auction Houses in major cities, improved Battleground queues, Paladin class improvements, etc. Read more for a full list of features currently being tested ...

Blizzard is hard at work on the v1.9 patch for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. One of the main features of this content patch will be the unveiling of Ahn'Qiraj, an instance in Silithus that will feature a 40 man raid group and a "more casual" 20 man raid group. Read more for details and screens ...

To better cope with the World of Warcraft's population growth Blizzard has just opened six brand new realms for the game in North America. These realms give players eager for a fresh start a chance to create new characters and begin adventuring in a new copy of the game world, and also gives first time players an opportunity to do so on equal footing with other players.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.

Blizzard today announced that its subscription based MMORPG World of Warcraft has officially launched in the region of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Players in these territories can now purchase the game at retail or download it, create their accounts, and then log on to experience the epic adventure of the Warcraft(R) series in an immersive and continually evolving online environment.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more. Read more for details, features and screens ...

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.8.0 patch is for UK and German editions of the game and addresses a slew of balancing changes, updates the UI and game world, adds druidic talent, extends Silithus zone, as well as the usual bug and crash fixes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ..

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.8.0 patch is for US/Australian editions of the game and addresses a slew of balancing changes, updates the UI and game world, adds druidic talent, extends Silithus zone, as well as the usual bug and crash fixes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.7.0 update is for UK & German editions of the game, adds the Zul'Gurub high-level raid, Arathi Basin battleground, Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza event, and yet another massive slew of gameplay adjustments, balance tweaks, bug/crash fixes, etc. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.7.0 update is currently only for North American and Australian editions of the game, adds the Zul'Gurub high-level raid, Arathi Basin battleground, Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza event, and yet another massive slew of gameplay adjustments, balance tweaks, bug/crash fixes, etc. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

World of Warcraft has been a worldwide success and enabled Vivendi Universal Games to return to profitability. VUG's earnings operations were EUR 13 million, compared to a loss of EUR 168 million in the first half of 2004, mainly due to the increase in net sales and reduced operating expenses as a result of the recovery plan introduced in 2004, but also benefited from the worldwide success of World of Warcraft (4 million players at the end of August) and a strong increase of subscriptions with higher margins.

World of Warcraft Lead Producer Shane Dabiri has put up an updated battleplan looking ahead to what WoW players can expect in the coming months leading up to BlizzCon and the expansion announcement. Shane talks about adding mid-sized raid content, expanding current, and adding new, world events, PvP content and making it easier for lower level characters to advance in the PvP Honor System, improving underused talents for all classes, implementing is fee-based character transfers on the website, and closes off with a promise about soon coming details on the Hero class, and the WoW expansion at BlizzCon.

Blizzard announced today that its subscription-based MMORPG World of Warcraft has reached more than 1 million paying customers in North America. This brings the total population for Blizzard's to more than 4 million paying customers.

Fansite Blizzplanet let us know that Blizzard is currently test running a new point release for World of Warcraft. "The Public Test Realms are live! Players can now experience, and help us test, all the changes and additions coming in patch 1.7, including a new raid dungeon, a new battleground, and many other exciting features." Get more details here, or check out the massive fix list here.

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This update is currently only for European editions of the game, and makes some minor adjustments to the Blackwing Lair and Maruadon raids/dungeons, as well as a few other small tweaks & fixes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This update is currently only for North American and Australian editions of the game, and makes some minor adjustments to the Blackwing Lair and Maruadon raids/dungeons, as well as a few other small tweaks & fixes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft has surpassed 1.5 million paying customers in China – just a month following the game's commercial launch on June 7, 2005. World of Warcraft has now achieved another significant milestone as the largest MMORPG in the world, with more than 3.5 million global customers.

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This update is currently only for French, German and UK editions of the game, adds a new high-level Blackwing Lair dungeon, new Darkmoon Faire, Battlemasters feature, and a slew of gameplay adjustments, bug fixes and other goodies. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This update is currently only for North American and Australian editions of the game, adds a new high-level Blackwing Lair dungeon, new Darkmoon Faire, Battlemasters feature, and a slew of gameplay adjustments, bug fixes and other goodies. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

In a statement on the official World of Warcraft website outlaying what the future holds for WoW, Lead Producer Shane Dabiri confirmed the long rumored fact that a World of Warcraft expansion pack is indeed in the works (thanks Blizzplanet). No details were revealed, but Shane simply stated : "Some have asked about an expansion and what it might hold. I wanted to let players know that it is in the works, and we’ll release details as soon as we can."

Blizzard today announced that its MMO World of Warcraft has surpassed two million paying subscribers worldwide. As the game's worldwide population continues to grow, so does the game itself: Blizzard recently introduced the highly anticipated player-vs.-player (PvP) Honor System and the game's first two Battlegrounds, Alterac Valley and Warsong Gulch. These new PvP battlefields offer a variety of fast-paced combat and some of the most valuable rewards yet seen in the game.

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This update adds two PvP battlegrounds, Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley, as well as a long list of gameplay tweaks, bug fixes, balancing and so forth. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...