Shimmermist Runner – Twelve Days of Mounts: Day 9

Best Ladder Builds for Diablo II: Resurrected Ladder Season 1

Now that we’ve had some time to explore and play with the content in Diablo II: Resurrected Patch 2.4, let’s take a look at some character builds that might be successful and fun to play in Ladder Season 1, which starts in just a few hours. If you like…

The Lich King Strikes At Midnight!

If you want your journey into Northrend to get a truly epic start, why not head to one of the many stores holding midnight openings to celebrate the launch of the latest expansion of World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King? Not only can you obtain a copy of the game on the stroke of midnight, you can also mix with other World of Warcraft fans and many stores are holding special events prior to the midnight release. This list of stores should provide you with the starting point for an extra dash of icy coolness, and we’ll be adding more locations as they become available.

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