World of Warcraft News Blog

ON Networks which is an original content provider (online videos) has debut its World of Warcraft centered Pseudo-series which is called ON Warcraft. This mini show is compared to as the ESPN’s Sportscenter for Warcraft. Hosted by Marc Majcher and Arwen Lietz who gives great advices and guides the players to the world of Azeroth, informing players of some tips and even play-by-play commentaries. They even provide visual aids to help you see how its really done as they talk. Initials segments of the program cover the bosses Omor the Unscarred and Watchkeeper Gargolmar. These episodes are available in iTunes and the ON Networks official site. The show was described to be part of the “collection of smart, short-form entertainment that can be watched anytime, anywhere and on any device.” Producer Cliff Wildman said: “The show is for any of these players–from casual gamers to serious raiders–who want to enhance their gameplay and maximize their efficiency in the game, The debut of ON Warcraft is sure to appeal to the legions of WoW players.”

When China and the World of Warcraft comes into the picture, one cannot stop to think about angry Chinese gamers and the idea of Blizzard getting sued. But to set all of this aside The( has finally announced that the First Expansion will finally be released in China, The Burning Crusade was officially released in China last September 10. Blizzard and The9 was worried about the decreasing number of concurrent user for their two straight quarters. The expansion pack was supposed to be launched in China by the third quarter of 2007. After China’s General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP) had come up with a system in July to keep an eye on as well as limit time spent on games by minors, many analysts had predicted that the pack would be delayed and was certainly correct and affected the new Expansion release. A few days after the release China is Certainly reveling on the New Expansion!

South Park has won an Emmy for outstanding animated program for a WOW themed episode entitled: “Make Love, Not Warcraft. The episode is about the South Park kids trying to stop a “griefer” named Jenkins (after the infamous Leeroy Jenkins), and save the World of Warcraft from its ultimate destruction. Blizzard entertainment and South Park studios worked on the project together and crafted the Machinima used in the episode. Blizzard supplied the animators of the South par studios with full character models and assets. Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, said this before the shows’ premier: “We were excited to hear that the creators of ‘South Park’ were interested in featuring World of Warcraft in the opening of their new season, and we really enjoyed collaborating with them to make this happen,”  the episode has earn so much popularity that prompted South Park Studios to release a 10-day free trial of the World of warcraft with the season 10 DVD package which includes the episode.

The World of Warcraft is now offering a month of free playing time for those who can convince former players to come back again to the game. The system works by sending a “Scroll of Resurrection” to friends who have stopped playing, if they would decide to return then the person who sent the invitation will get 1 month worth of game time for free. The ones that would be invited to comeback would also be receiving an incentive upon their return, they can play the Burning Crusade for free up to 10 days but would require them to be re-subscribed as a paying gamer for the person who invited them to receive the 1 month’s worth of free game time. This is very similar to the WoW’s recruit-a-friend program but this promotion is actually targeted for players who have played the game but has already stopped.