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This Week In Warcraft: Episode 11!
Welcome back to Aliena's This Week in Warcraft! This week she talks about the Cataclysm Intro Cinematic, new pet and mount info, and more!
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Talent Calculator "Use In-Game" Button
You can now use our
Talent Calculator
to apply your talents directly into the game!
All you have to do is click the
Use in-game!
button on the right side of the talent calc. A dialog box will pop up with a
/script
command in it. All you have to do is copy the script, switch to WoW, open up a chat box, paste it in and hit enter—the talent pane in game will automatically preview the talents you chose on our site!
Notes
Don't forget that you have to hit the "Learn" button in order to actually use the talents—our script just loads a preview!
This only works on characters who are currently untalented. If you have some of your talents spent already, the script gets confused.
Give it a try!
http://www.cuckhead.com/talent
Thanks to the team at
WoWTal
for the inspiration!
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Cataclysm Raid Videos!
Our buddies at
TankSpot
have posted a series of videos from the Cataclysm Raid tests over the weekend!
More videos after the break!
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Hallow's End (October 18 - October 31)
It's Hallow's End time once again!
That's right, Hallow's End is here, and that means it's time for one of Miyari's handy-dandy
Holiday Guides
! After all, surely you didn't think that in all the excitement about BlizzCon, we were going to forgot about Hallow's End?
We'll be updating the guide with any additional information as the event goes on, so check back as you go!
The guide is at:
http://www.cuckhead.com/guide=hallows-end
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Cataclysm Intro Cinematic Posted (and More!)
It looks like Blizzard has posted the official Cataclysm Intro Cinematic!
Cataclysm Cinematic Intro
More videos after the break!
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4.0.1 Database Live!
Our MASSIVE site update is complete!
You can now browse the database and see all the correct new
spells
,
items
,
achievements
and more—including planning your character in the new
Talent Calculator!
Since we're starting from scratch on a lot of this data, it's more important than ever to
upload your data!
If you haven't done so already, help us build out our database by heading over to the Wowhead Client page, downloading the Client, and uploading regularly!
http://www.cuckhead.com/client
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Wowhead Completion Tracker Temporarily Disabled
So with the addition of the new patch this evening, you may have realized—the
Wowhead Profiler
is going to need some serious tweaking!
The latest patch brings a bunch of radical changes to the
stat system
, and as such a bunch of changes to the way our Profiler does its calculations. The new Armory site isn't up yet, but when it goes up we're going to put together a massive Profiler update, not just to the way statistics are calculated but also to the way that quests, recipes, mounts and such are tracked.
Unfortunately, this means that
the Completion Tracker is temporarily under maintenance.
We'll keep you updated!
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This Week In Warcraft: Episode 10!
Welcome back to Aliena's
This Week in Warcraft!
This week, Aliena covers tomorrow's 4.0.1 patch, Cataclysm contests, and more!
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Official Blizzard Cataclysm Contests
If you're looking to upgrade your computer for Cataclysm, here's the way to do it!
Blizzard has a pair of new
Cataclysm contests
coming up, and don't you think it's appropriate that a Wowhead user should be the one to win? If you're looking to enter, you can enter to win the
Cataclysm YouTube Video Contest
(for a new 3D-equipped desktop PC, WoW-licensed wireless headset, and SteelSeries mouse), or you can enter the
Print Ad
contest (for the laptop version of the prize package).
Head on over and score some prizes! Do it for Wowhead!
Video Contest
Print Ad Contest
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Lore from TankSpot on the Puggernaut Podcast!
I did an interview for the guys over at
Puggernaut
a while back, as we noted in
this post
. Well the guys are back, and this time they're running an interview with our friend
Lore
from
TankSpot
!
If you're interested, hop on over and take a listen. Here's the link:
http://podcast.puggernaut.com/2010/10/onward-the-puggernaut-weekly-podcast-014
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WoW Reaches 12 Million Subscribers
You know, just when you think WoW has FINALLY plateaued, they hit another milestone.
I caught an article on CNET this morning referencing a
press release
from Activision-Blizzard, announcing that they have reached a monumental
12 million subscribers
. That's active subscribers, too—the press release defines subscribers as "...individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access."
The CNET article goes on to make some somewhat laughable claims about what this means for the future of WoW (for instance, that if we use Everquest as a guide, we can predict that WoW will release 480 expansions over its lifespan), but the core number is astounding. Even now, when everyone is kind of waiting for Cataclysm to start everything back up again, WoW's subscribers are still increasing.
CNET Article
[url=
http://www.businesswire.com/news/hom
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ZAM and Gamebreaker Live at Game Developer's Conference Online!
Interested in what's going on in the MMO world?
Check out our live stream of the Game Developer's Conference in Austin! Mike B aka Fony is live-streaming the latest updates from Texas.
http://www.zam.com/gdconline2010.html
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Blizzard Was Teasing Us With The Cata Release Date All Along
A commenter named Ron over at
WoWInsider
pointed out something we missed!
A little while ago in the
Azeroth Bulletin
which we reported
here
, this was posted:
Speaking to a small conglomerate of various Alliance representatives, Mekkatorque pointed out that the time to strike is now. After all, Thermaplugg has eluded death for years to keep his reign over Gnomeregan; and with the fall of the Lich King, the last great threat to the citizens of Azeroth, the chance of any cataclysmic event taking place in the foreseeable future is
"less than 12.7%,"
Mekkatorque's leading combat medical advisor Doc Cogspin purported.
12.7%? 12-7? CURSE YOU BLIZZARD FOR RUBBING IT IN OUR FACES!!!
Thanks to [url=
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/09/30/arena-season-9-to-begin-on-december-14-cataclys
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Likely Cataclysm Release Date: December 7th!
Edit: The release date was right there all along, and we didn't see it! See
this post
for the details!
While poking through the game files for the next patch, we found this little snippet of text!
"Arena battles and Rated Battlegrounds are only available during an active player versus player combat season. Season nine will begin on
December 14th
, so be prepared at that time to take your shot at glory!"
It's official: Season 9 starts on December 14th. Combine this with a blue post from Zarhym...
We are currently planning to end Arena Season 8 as early as October 12. At that point we will go through our normal process to determine who is eligible for the end-of-season rewards. This process should take approximately one week. It's very important for players who feel that they may be eligible for the Arena-specific titles and/or the Wrathful Gladiator’s Frostwyrm to refrain from transferring their characters to another realm or faction until after Arena Season 8 ends.
The next Aren
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Goblin Cinematic Posted on YouTube!
YouTube user
thisnameisuniq
has managed to dig up the level 6 cinematic from the goblin starting zone, and posted it on YouTube!
OBVIOUS SPOILER ALERT: This video contains spoilers.
Remember, this is the video that takes place at level 6—after your goblin is fleeing the rapidly disintegrating Isle of Kezan. Enjoy!
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This Week In Warcraft: Episode 8!
Aliena returns for another episode of
This Week In Warcraft
! This week we touch on the Tier 11 previews, New Tinkertown, the Account Recovery form on the Blizzard site, and some of Ghostcrawler's thoughts on talent trees.
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FFXIV ZAM Site Gets A New Look (From Us, Kind Of)
I know that roughly 80% of you have no interest in
Final Fantasy XIV
, but since we were involved in this a bit I thought we'd take a moment to mention it.
Our design guys have been working with the team over at
ZAM
to make some adjustments to the layout and design of their Final Fantasy XIV site! Between us we've tweaked the menu system, the display for advanced filters, the listviews, the news story display, and more!
If you're interested in poking around, here's the rundown:
http://ffxiv.zam.com/story.html?story=23463
Remember, if you want to search using the Wowhead-style homepage, just go to
FFXIVZAM.com
!
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Currency Calculator Online!
We've released a
Currency Calculator
for Cataclysm!
In our last few blogs (specifically
here
,
here
, and
here
), we've noted the upcoming changes to the currency systems in Cataclysm—old currencies (like Emblems) are being converted, either to gold or to a new currency called
Justice Points
. Likewise, old PVP tokens are being converted to honor points.
Sound confusing? Never fear! Just hop on over to our brand new
Currency Calculator
and work it out for yourself. We calculate conversions for Emblems, Badges, honor, arena points, and more! You can find it using the link below, or just select it from the
Tools
menu!
http://www.cuckhead.com/currencycalc
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Official News: New Tinkertown Preview, and Updated WoW Mobile Armory!
The blues have been busy today!
Not only has there been an official preview released of the new Gnomish starting zone—New Tinkertown—but there has also been a massive update to the
WoW Mobile Armory
!
You can find the Mobile Armory on the
App Store
, and we'll have a full review with all the new features (3D models!) up tomorrow once I get the chance to play with it. IN the meantime, though, go check out the New Tinkertown preview!
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/features/tinkertown.html
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This Week In Warcraft: Episode 7!
Aliena is back with another episode of This Week In Warcraft!
This week we cover the removal of PowerPC Mac support, the Battle for Gilneas, Brewfest, and more!
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