US

WoW is now dirt cheap at the US Blizzard Store!

• $5 WoW Battle Chest (Classic World of Warcraft + Burning Crusade expansion)
• $10 Wrath of the Lich King expansion
• $20 Cataclysm expansion

That's basically $35 for everything through Cataclysm!

EU

...and now also on sale (but sadly not as good a deal) at the EU Blizzard store!

• €9.99 WoW Battle Chest (Classic World of Warcraft + Burning Crusade expansion)
• €24.99 Wrath of the Lich King expansion
• €24.99 Cataclysm expansion

Basically €60 for the lot. …

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Blizzard recently unveiled the highly-anticipated talent calculator for their upcoming expansion, Mists of Pandaria. Below you will find direct links to each of the classes. On the site you will find both talents and abilities for all classes ( coming soon). This includes the new Guardian/Feral split for s.

• Death Knight
• Druid
• Hunter
• Mage
• Paladin
• Priest
• Rogue
• Shaman
• Warlock
• Warrior

Keep in mind the caveat offered on the site, however:

All specs, spells and talents are not final and may change during the de…

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Earlier today the Blizzard class designers, along with Community Managers Zarhym and Bashiok, sat down with Warcraft players to reveal some interesting tidbits about upcoming class changes with Mists of Pandaria. In a nutshell, here are some of the highlights. The full transcript can be found here.

• 1 Death Knights
• 2 Druids
• 3 Hunters
• 4 Monks
• 5 Paladins
• 6 Priests
• 7 Shamans
• 8 Warlocks
• 9 Warriors
• 10 Glyphss
• 11 Mana
• 12 Ranged weapons
• 13 Talents
• 14 Tanking

• Changes are on the horizon for Runeforging, but nothing shared as of yet. …

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The idea isn't necessarily new, but a recent article on O'Reilly Radar by Marie Bjerede is one of the better ones that seeks to first understand how games like Warcraft and Minecraft are engaging and attractive, and second how to bring those elements into the classroom.

As it pertains to Warcraft, Ms. Bjerede leaves almost no area uncovered. Goals = grades, the game = school, and leveling up is the vehicle to success. Early on in her critique she mentions using a type of "unlocking" of new conte…

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It's no doubt that Blizzard loves to take your money. After all, that's why we keep playing World of Warcraft. Blizzard recently announced that users who sign up for the Annual Pass (NA) (EU) will be given a free copy of Diablo III when it releases early next year. The copies of Diablo III will be the complete version of the game and not some rip-off trial version.

If this wasn't enough swag to get you Wow-boys and Wow-girls excited, Blizzard has also announced more things that they are includin…

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