Community Council Forum Invites Going Out Over the Next Several Days

Summer Challenge: Magtheridon, Hyjal, and Gruul

Every week this summer, we’re challenging you to get together with a few friends to explore a part of Azeroth that you may not have seen in a while, or perform a feat that you may have never done. They're World of Warcraft Summer Challenges, and we’re going to be playing along with you as we hunt down rare achievements, get screenshots of amazing bosses, and try to find some awesome gear for our transmogrification sets.

BlizzCon 2009 Coverage Roundup

We’ve been collecting coverage of this past weekend’s BlizzCon 2009 from around the Web, and have compiled a small fraction of it here for you to catch up on anything you may have missed, or just read more about your favorites. Whether you’re interested in hands-on write-ups of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, detailed information about Diablo III’s monk class, news from StarCraft II’s panels, a peek into the future of Battle.net, scads of pictures from the costume contest, or anything else that emerged from BlizzCon, take a look at the links below.

BlizzCon General Coverage

• GameSetWatch
• Game Videos
• IGN PC: BlizzCon 2009 Coverage
• Kotaku: The Show So Far
• Joystiq: Ozzy Osbourne Closes Show Down
• GameSpy
• Joystiq: Day One Round-up
• IGN PC: Ozzy Osbourne Interview
• Slashdot
• GameSpot
• Kotaku: Stuff You Can Buy at BlizzCon
• 1UP
• IGN PC: BlizzCon Keynote Full of Surprises

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

• IGN PC: Cataclysm Hands-on
• Kotaku: The Lands Beyond the Cataclysm
• Kotaku: Hands-on With Cataclysm’s Goblins and Worgen
• Wired
• Eurogamer
• Joystiq
• GameSpot: Cataclysm Hands-on
  
• GameSpot: World of Warcraft Panel Sees Cataclysmic Changes
• GameSpy: Cataclysm Preview Panel Report
• GameSpy: Dungeons and Raids Galore
• GameSpy: Hands-on with World of Warcraft’s Worgen Race
• WarCry: Cataclysm Part 1: Old Villains, New Races
• WarCry: Cataclysm Part 2: The World Reshaped
• WarCry: Cataclysm Part 3: Dungeons With Dragons

Diablo III

• GameSpy: Details on Diablo III’s Monk
• GameSpot: Video: BlizzCon 09 Interview
• WarCry: Hands on with Diablo III’s Monk
• GameSpy
• Voodoo Extreme
• IGN PC: Diablo III Monk Hands-on
• IGN PC: Diablo III Q&A
• Kotaku
• GameTrailers: Video Interview
• Destructoid

StarCraft II

• IGN PC
• Gamasutra
• Joystiq: BSG’s Tricia Helfer to voice StarCraft II’s Kerrigan
• Kotaku: Tricia Helfer is StarCraft II’s Kerrigan
• Kotaku: Keeping Things Fresh in the StarCraft II Expansions
• Joystiq: StarCraft II Map Editor Flexibility
• Gamasutra: StarCraft II will Allow Modders to Sell Custom Maps
• Shacknews

Battle.net

• IGN PC
• WarCry
• Kotaku
• GameSpy
• Shacknews
• Joystiq
• Voodoo Extreme

Patch 10.1.5 Megadungeon is HARD – 5 Man Progression Raid Content

After the latest tuning buffs, the Patch 10.1.5 Megadungeon is pretty hard and has raid-like mechanics. If you liked 10 man raid content, you will probably like the current tuning of this dungeon which feels like 5 man progression raid content. Here’s …