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Blizzard Cleaning Up Battle.net, Preparing For Centralized Accounts

Blizzard Cleaning Up Battle.net, Preparing For Centralized Accounts

Looks like Blizzard is starting to take steps to prepare you and Battle.net for the upcoming centralized accounts.
First, Wowinsider posted yesterday about the new WotLK account upgrade process that requires you to accept that you will eventually be required to open a Battle.net account. (will be used for tracking Blizzard wide achievements)

Another sign of the [...]

An Expansion a Year May Be a Pipe Dream

Most of you may know that Blizzard has publicly stated that they wanted to produce WoW expansion at a 12 month pace, or once a year. So far, with WotLK, we’ve seen that this hasn’t happened. GamesIndustry.biz recently interviewed Blizzard’s Senior Vice President Frank Pearce and asked him directly if an expansion a year was [...]

Blizzard Temperary Account Setup Page Cripples New Beta Testers [UPDATED]

Blizzard Temperary Account Setup Page Cripples New Beta Testers [UPDATED]

Hoping for a beta key? Well, if you haven’t gotten lucky yet, I can tell you first hand that now is NOT the time to start. For two days now, the process of creating a Blizzard Temporary Account has been down and is showing no signs of coming back up.

 
 
For those that don’t know, once [...]

Leipzig Update

Leipzig Update

DKinfo member Bouregard has spent two days in Leipzig at the Games Convention and has posted some pictures of his experience. It appears that Blizzard shot its ”big news” wad with the WotLK cinematic release. But, what is left to announce? The release date? I’m sure they are saving that announcement for Blizzcon. Here are some of his [...]

WotLK Cinematic Released at Leipzig!

WotLK Cinematic Released at Leipzig!

Today Blizzard released the opening Cinematic for the Wrath of the Lich King at the Leipzig Gaming Convention.

For those that may have trouble viewing here is the YouTube version: