It's an established tradition that whenever a new World of Warcraft expansion comes out, some classic dungeons get a redesign. After Scholomance and The Scarlet Monastery it's time for a new Upper Blackrock Spire (UBRS), an awesome old dungeon that—among other things—became famous for Leeeeeeeroy Jenkins. » 7/09/14 9:20am Wednesday 9:20am

Still no news on when we can finally name our mounts in World of Warcraft, but that doesn't mean there can be no cool additions to the UI. One of these are some pretty cool brief descriptions of all the mounts in the game. » 7/03/14 9:40am 7/03/14 9:40am

The first wave of beta invites for Warlords of Draenor, World of Warcraft's next expansion are going out today and according to an official e-mail from Blizzard, the closed beta begins today as well, at 2PM PDT. Time to go back to the orcs' homeworld and establish those garrisons! » 6/27/14 7:00am 6/27/14 7:00am

Blizzard is continuing the process of sprucing up the visuals of the ageing World of Warcraft, and the next race to have their facelift shown off are the humans. Who now look like Homo sapiens, rather than Homo neanderthalensis. » 6/25/14 9:40pm 6/25/14 9:40pm

Not everyone sells epic mounts and top-tier PvP gear in Azeroth. Some NPCs just stand in the middle of busy cities, and besides getting one or two pointless items from them, their presence is absolutely pointless. Wowcrendor collected ten of the most useless ones in his latest video. » 6/02/14 7:40am 6/02/14 7:40am

Sometimes in our workaday life, we get dragged down by the little things in life — the humdrum of it all. We often forget that there's a sublime universe of limitless icons out there. » 5/28/14 5:30pm 5/28/14 5:30pm

Digital cities can be abandoned and deserted, just like real-world ones—and World of Warcraft is a prime example of this phenomenon, thanks to its many expansions. » 4/25/14 7:30pm 4/25/14 7:30pm

While we're waiting for the beta of the next World of Warcraft expansion, Warlords of Draenor, Blizzard devs shared an in-depth video about upcoming changes, including PvP, class skills and, more importantly, a new world PvP zone, Ashran. » 4/23/14 12:00pm 4/23/14 12:00pm

Courtesy of Blizzard, here's a look at what the Tauren will look, move and act like in World of Warcraft's new expansion-slash-graphical-update, Warlords of Draenor. » 4/08/14 4:30am 4/08/14 4:30am

Sponsored by the game Watch Dogs, the folks at RatedRR explain how you can hack into anything in real life—from cameras to AC units to smart power outlets to wireless LED lights—to use those home devices as remote bomb detonators. And of course, their demonstration includes actual bombs and explosions for your… » 4/01/14 2:55pm 4/01/14 2:55pm

Remember that one seasonal quest in World of Warcraft, where you have to find someone playing with a dwarven female character? It took ages. Blizzard's new render of the character model looks really good (though it would be even better with beards). It'll hopefully spawn more of them. » 3/21/14 9:30am 3/21/14 9:30am

What would Thrall, Jaina and the average NPCs of World of Warcraft do on their imaginary YouTube channels? SlightlyImpressive shows us—with some amazing voice acting—that they would handle it pretty well. » 2/24/14 9:40am 2/24/14 9:40am

Who said World of Warcraft was dying? For the first time in a long time, the game's playerbase has stopped the rot, going from 7.6 million user last year to 7.8 today. » 2/06/14 6:06pm 2/06/14 6:06pm

The numbers may be shrinking a bit in recent years but, when you look at it, the sheer aggregate of people who've made a toon, joined a raid or bought a pet in World of Warcraft is still mind-boggling. » 1/28/14 4:00pm 1/28/14 4:00pm

During today's Sony keynote at CES, Sony's Kazuo Hirai went through a very detailed speech about what he thinks is unique about Sony, emphasizing a certain sense of "wow" as he put it. He spent a lot of time discussing the successes of their past as well as the creativity in their present, bringing up great examples… » 1/07/14 3:30pm 1/07/14 3:30pm

Blizzard has identified a fake version of World of Warcraft's Curse Client add-on manager that secretly installs "trojan" malware onto users' computers, stealing account information and passwords. » 1/03/14 2:45pm 1/03/14 2:45pm

Late last week, in Zhejiang province's Songyang county court, ten men were sentenced to prison terms of up to two years. These men didn't commit super heinous crimes, but they did commit a terrible one: they were found guilty of hacking and defrauding over 10,000 World of WarCraft accounts. » 12/23/13 7:00am 12/23/13 7:00am

Last night's episode of The Daily Show tackled the hilariously unsettling news that the American and British governments are spying on games like World of Warcraft and Second Life. » 12/10/13 11:30am 12/10/13 11:30am