WoW News

gamescom has opened its doors to the public, and Blizzard Entertainment is right in the middle of all the action! Today was the first fully public day of the event, and excitement is already mounting at the Blizzard booth. The highlight of the day was definitely the world premiere of the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria opening cinematic.

You definitely won’t want to miss the exciting eSports activities that await you at the Blizzard booth at gamescom 2012. You’ll be able to watch StarCraft II show matches every public day of the event, as well as live World of Warcraft raids with top international guilds, and the 2012 European World of Warcraft Invitational!

As a precaution following our recent security update, players on North American servers please take a moment to visit Battle.net account management, where you will be prompted to change your security question as well as update your Mobile Authenticator. 

The following instructions are intended for players on North American servers only. As a precaution following our recent security update, players on North American servers please take a moment to visit Battle.net account management, where you will be prompted to change your security question as well as update your Mobile Authenticator.

Arena and Rated Battleground Season 11 is scheduled to end on Wednesday, August 29. At that point, we will determine who is eligible for the end-of-season rewards, a process that should take approximately one week. It's very important for players who feel that they may be eligible for Arena titles and/or the Cataclysmic Gladiator’s Twilight Drake to refrain from transferring their characters to another realm or faction until after Season 11 ends. The awarding of Season 11 titles and mounts will occur approximately 1 week after the season ends.

We’ve just released two new previews to get you primed for Mists of Pandaria!

The Battle.net World Championship event — the culmination of over 30 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) tournaments and home to the upcoming World of Warcraft Arena global finals — will take place November 17 and 18 in Shanghai, China. With so many talented players competing to be crowned 2012’s world champion, we want to see faces from all over the world in the crowd, cheering on their hometown heroes.

At Blizzard, we believe that “Every Voice Matters.” To that end, we’d like to extend an invitation to our community to join us at gamescom 2012 for round table meetings with members of the Blizzard Community team, where we’ll sit down and talk about our games.