World of Warcraft news:

The Cenarion Circle's victory in the Firelands offers Azeroth a brief reprieve. With the elemental armies of Deathwing the Destroyer broken and the Twilight's Hammer still reeling from its loss in the Bastion of Twilight, the tide has finally turned in favor of Azeroth's defenders.

On December 7, we will open a new Portuguese realm in Europe. On that day, we will welcome many new and returning players and invite them to experience the game in Portuguese (Brazilian). To allow the Portuguese community to gather on one dedicated realm, we will be providing Free Character Migration from realms that have a high population of Portuguese players. If you are on one of the source realms listed below you will be able to move your character to the designated destination realm.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft: Cataclysm patch 4.3: Hour of Twilight. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below will go live the moment they are implemented, while others may require your realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. We will continue to update this thread in the days ahead as additional hotfixes are applied.

Against my better judgment, we’ve just published “A Day in the Life… Micah Whipple” on our 20th Anniversary website, chronicling a single day in the life of our most-senior community manager. In this unauthorized autobiography, Micah gives you an inside look at what it’s like to be Bashiok, what it’s like to not be Bashiok, and what it’s like to write an essay that is almost entirely devoid of facts.

Welcome to the Community News! There is always some interesting news, fan fiction, comic, artwork, guide or machinima that is worth sharing. In this blog we will provide you with a recap of this week's latest news and community highlights!

In addition to all the new armor that players can acquire from Valor Point vendors, the Hour of Twilight dungeons, and Deathwing and his minions in the Dragon Soul raid, patch 4.3 also boasts a variety of cool items for collectors and completionists alike.

To keep your desktop décor current, we regularly feature a new downloadable Diablo III, StarCraft II, or World of Warcraft wallpaper image on our community sites.

Happy holidays, young and old!  Gather ‘round, so you can  feast your eyes and treat your torsos to the new J!NX/World of Warcraft 2011 holiday line! All ten Legendary Class hoodies are now available for your warming pleasure. Also, check out the new t-shirt offerings -- perfect gifts for all the Warcraft players in your life.

Several of our fan sites have been hard at work cataloguing all the latest raid, dungeon, holiday, guild, and PvP achievements introduced with this week’s patch, check them out now.

Welcome to the new Portuguese World of Warcraft community site! You can consider it to be the new home for the European Portuguese community; you will be able to find all of the latest happenings in and around Azeroth, a media section, contests, and community forums. You’ll want to check out the news feed regularly; we’ll use it to share community highlights, game information, Arena coverage and much more

The new Raid Finder system will soon make its live debut with patch 4.3. While we’ve shared some details already, we wanted to provide you with this primer on what players can expect from the new system before taking on one of the most epic bosses Azeroth has ever seen.

In the wake of the Cataclysm, Azeroth's champions rose up to thwart the forces of the maddened black Dragon Aspect, Deathwing. Thus far the world's defenders have shattered the power base of the Twilight's Hammer cult and defeated the raging elemental lords Al'Akir and Ragnaros. Yet despite these victories, as long as Deathwing is free to pursue his twisted goals, Azeroth will remain under threat.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm patch 4.3! We are pleased to present you with the official trailer to our newest content patch!

Patch 4.3 is bringing many gameplay features that have vastly changed the policies our support staff follow when answering your tickets. We wanted to give you a heads-up on what the new features are and how they may affect your characters.

Welcome to the Community News! There is always some interesting news, fan fiction, comic, artwork, guide or machinima that is worth sharing. In this blog we will provide you with a recap of this week's latest news and community highlights!

One of our earliest design goals with World of Warcraft was to ensure a healthy rivalry between the Alliance and the Horde. Cross-faction communication was banned outright, even where it made little or no sense in the lore. Entire realms are dedicated to PvP. Battlegrounds and quest hubs feature prominent Alliance and Horde iconography. We want to foster a sense of factional pride, a real identity with your brothers and sisters in arms.

We’ve just released updates for the iOS and Android™ versions of the free World of Warcraft Mobile Armory app.

As previously announced at BlizzCon 2011, class talents are undergoing some significant changes in the next World of Warcraft expansion. Learn more about these changes and test out different builds for all your favorite classes with our new Mists of Pandaria Talent Calculator, available here!

World of Warcraft Patch 4.3: Hour of Twilight nears, and with it, Deathwing’s reign of terror will finally come to an end. Featuring a new raid, unexplored dungeons, a legendary rogue quest line, the latest raid tier armor sets, major story developments, the Transmogrification and Void Storage features, and much more, Hour of Twilight has something for everyone..

Even in hard times, the Pilgrim’s Bounty celebration comes to the lands of Azeroth, bringing with it the opportunity to reflect and give thanks for the nourishment the land has provided.

This is your last chance to support a great cause and own a piece of Blizzard Entertainment history! Waves 3 and 4 of the auctions, the last two waves, will start today. Net proceeds from each auction will be donated to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Chuck Norris didn’t break a sweat filming the newest World of Warcraft television spot. Instead, he made the director cry and then cooled himself with the tears. 

World of Warcraft turns seven on November 23, 2011! It’s been a truly incredible seven years, and we’d like to thank you all for joining us for yet another fantastic year. 

Welcome to the Community News! There is always some interesting news, fan fiction, comic, artwork, guide or machinima that is worth sharing. In this blog we will provide you with a recap of this week's latest news and community highlights!