WOTLK had made its big debut yesterday. In less than a day there has been reported players of hitting 80 already. That’s quite unbelievable timing. WOTLK includes some of the newest featured in MMOs, including world events, the new death knight class, inscription tradeskill, and much more. The price of this expansion was fairly priced at $34.99 USD. We hope to see more fans prowling through the next 10 level. Good luck.

The Lich King invades stores on November 13th, 2008! Retailers throughout the world are accepting reservations now for the next epic chapter in the World of Warcraft experience – Wrath of the Lich King.

Looks like Warhammer has really put a dent into World of Warcraft subscriber base. EA Mythic has already sold over 1.5 million copies to retailers in North America, Europe and Oceania. That is even before the official release of the game. This has been by far the largest amount of copies sold pre release. Not to mention WAR will be going to more than just those 3 regions listed, don’t forget Russue, Japan, Taiwan, and China are joining the WAR in early 2009. We are looking for a population not too far from World of Warcrafts current 10 million population. We believe Warhammer will have a very good chance to take down WoW.

The blogosphere is abuzz with recent revelation that the United States Federal Government is spending our tax dollars to develop software that will detect violent extremists infiltrating World of Warcraft and other massive multiplayer games. That’s right, that undead priest that just healed you could be a Fed.

A blog on Wired by Ryan Singel broke the story on February 22, 2008, (U.S. Spies Want to Find Terrorists in World of Warcraft) and it has been repeated around the blogosphere ever since. I first saw it on TechRepublic’s sister Web site, Gamespot. It is called the Reynard Project.

Now, heaven knows, the U.S. Federal Government is no slouch when it comes to wasting tax dollars, but when I first saw this I took it to be a hoax. But it is not a hoax — although the government should quickly claim it is to save face.

Here is the pertinent excerpt from the data-mining report from the Director of National Intelligence:

• The cultural and behavioral norms of virtual worlds and gaming are generally unstudied. Therefore, Reynard will seek to identify the emerging social, behavioral and cultural norms in virtual worlds and gaming environments. The project would then apply the lessons learned to determine the feasibility of automatically detecting suspicious behavior and actions in the virtual world.
• If it shows early promise, this small seedling effort may increase its scope to a full project.

Now, come on — this can’t be real can it?

ON Networks is a provider of online TV. It is one of the largest networks available today and it now features World of Warcraft on one of their many fine programs. On Warcraft is hosted by Arwen Lietz and Marc Majcher who will bring you some of best tips you can find on the net. What makes it so perfect is that their content is in video format. They explain things in full details and will go through many instances and dungeons to help you trash out the mobs and bring you some of the best loot you can get in the game. Explore many new strategies and techniques and become a World of Warcraft pro. They provide standard videos and high quality for viewers with fast connections.

Blizzard has just announced the winners of the Blizzcon 2008 ticket drawing. 1,500 random fans has been chosen. Congratulations to those who participated and best of luck on the next contest. For the drawing FAQ and informaton click here.