WoW News

We just added a to our World of Warcraft . These desktops feature some amazing artwork from Wildstorm’s monthly comic series. If you like what you see, you can visit for more information, , or .

We’ve updated our with 26 of the best player submissions. As always, if you’d like to contribute to our , please submit your screenshots. You can view all of our screenshot galleries .

Spoils of War, the follow-up set to the hit World of Warcraft Miniatures Game, is now is stores nationwide, and features 51 new figures to collect and battle, never-before-seen equipment cards to intensify gameplay, and new epics to chase like !

Head over to to find out more about the game. You can also sign up to receive updates, including sneak preview pictures of the minis, details about gameplay, and downloadable demos.

Tickets to this year’s BlizzCon gaming convention, being held on August 21 and 22 in Anaheim, California, will go on
sale worldwide on Saturday, May 16 for $125 each, with a second block of tickets going on sale Saturday, May 30. For
those unable to attend, DIRECTV will once again be televising BlizzCon in high definition as a Pay Per View event,
featuring coverage from the show floor, exclusive interviews, demos, and more. In addition, for the first time, players
around the world will be able to watch the DIRECTV BlizzCon event as a Pay Per View Internet stream. Check out the
for further details, and head over to
on May 16 or May 30 to buy your tickets.

Children’s Week is celebrated once a year in Orgrimmar, Stormwind, and Shattrath City. The week-long celebration is a time to give back to the innocents of war: the orphans! This year’s occurrence of the holiday is accompanied by new achievements, which can be found in the World Events tab of the Achievements menu. Learn more about this special in-game event on our
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We’ve created a new with 25 of the best player submissions. As always, if you’d like to contribute to our , please submit your screenshots. You can view all of our screenshot galleries
.

We have just updated our with a new calendar wallpaper for May, 2009.

The first Blizzard Entertainment global creative writing contest ended on April 12, but that’s not the end of these epic tales. After over fifteen-hundred entries and millions of carefully chosen words, it’s now in the hands of the judges.

One grand prize winner will be chosen to win a trip to Blizzard Entertainment’s headquarters in Southern California to meet and eat with the Blizzard Entertainment writing staff, and a .

Seven runners-up will be chosen to receive prize packages consisting of signed copies of the , , , and the
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Look for an announcement with our chosen grand prize winner and runners-up on Friday, May 22. Good luck to all of the entrants!