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Mega Bloks have a whole new series of sets on the horizon after inking a World of Warcraft license agreement, including Deathwing’s Strongwind Assault (seen above), figures of Colton, Ironoak, Ragerock, and Valoren; mounts of Swift Gryphon, Swift Wyvern, Flying Machine, and a Goblin Trike; and larger sets of The Barren’s Chase, Goblin Zeppelin, Demolisher Attack, and Sindragosa & The Lich King. If that isn’t cool enough, some sets will include “secret loot” made up of accessories of random Warcraft weapons, gear and artifacts.
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Blizzard has officially announced a partnership with USAopoly that will make Warcraft Monopoly and StarCraft Risk a reality beginning this summer.
Check out the official descriptions after the break.
Mojang Forum user Rumsey is on a quest to recreate World of Warcraft in Minecraft… in its entirety. To accomplish his mission, Rumsey is using specialized software that helps transfer map data into the game, while circumventing Minecraft’s 128 block height limit. So far, he has conquered all of the Kalimdor region, and is preparing to tackle the rest of Azeroth.
After the project is completed Rumsey is hoping to make the project public so all can enjoy the fruits of his labor, and has already received a tentative offer from Cursecraft.
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In order to raise money for St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Blizzard Entertainment is auctioning off 2,000 recently retired World of Warcraft blade servers on eBay which have been fitted into transparent cases etched with the World of Warcraft logo. In addition, each server bears a plaque with the signatures of the development team and is marked with the realm it was used to host.
Mike Morhaime, CEO [of] Blizzard Entertainment, said: ‘World of Warcraft realms are like the virtual neighbourhoods of the game’s community. They contain the spaces where millions of players have made friendships, forged friendly rivalries, and created lasting memories. Each winner in this auction will own a small monument to those collective experiences. The best part is that this auction benefits a great charity doing tremendous work in helping children from the U.S. and around the world.’
The auctions will run until the end of January. Click here to check them out.
(via Telegraph)
“There are 10 million people in the World of Warcraft because Chuck Norris allows them to live”.
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When you run out of ale at The Prancing Pony, things can get rather serious. The hobbits slap on pink boxing gloves and take to the ring to duke it out. Well, at least the actors who play them do. Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan fight out their respective hate and love of World of Warcraft like respectable gentleman at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
Watch Merry and Frodo get down and dirty in the video after the break.
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In case you haven’t heard, Blizzard’s Rage of The Firelands WoW update brings with it the elimination of the 14-day trial in favor of a model that allows noobs to play up to level 20 before paying a subscription fee.
However, the World of Warcraft Starter Edition, as it is called, does have a few restrictions. As Gamespot notes:
…players will be able to amass just 10 gold, have their trade skills capped at 100, and will be unable to trade via the Auction House, mailbox, or player to player.
Further, Starter Edition players will not be able to access public chat channels, join a guild, invite players to a party, join parties with characters above level 20, use voice chat, transfer characters, or use Real ID features. Lastly, Blizzard will give preferential treatment to paying WoW subscribers when realms have queues.
On the plus side, if you decide to upgrade the core game plus The Burning Crusade expansion can now be had in a single package for a mere $20. Those who had previously purchased the original WoW will get a free copy.
(via Gamespot)
