world-of-warcraft-cataclysm posts

Report: World of Warcraft: Catalysm close to new alpha milestone

by John Callaham Jan 10th 2010 @ 4:00PM

While we wait to get into the StarCraft II beta a few folks are getting ready to play Blizzard's other major game due out in 2010. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the upcoming third major commercial expansion to the hit MMO game, is prepping to launch their "Friends and Family" alpha test.

The info, from our sister site WoW.com, indicates that the alpha will launch on Tuesday for those very few select friends and family members of Blizzard Entertainment employees. While not officially confirmed by Blizzard the schedule certainly fits for the expansion to have a release sometime later in 2010.

Gallery: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Screenshots

Filed under: Expansions, MMO, World of Warcraft

BlizzCon 2009: Day 2 pictures signal the end for BlizzCon this year

by John Callaham Aug 22nd 2009 @ 9:00PM

Well, BlizzCon 2009 is winding down for this year and Big Download has been very impressed with how Blizzard has handled the event. Having 26,000 Blizzard fans gather in one place but everything seemed to run like clockwork. All the panels and events started on time, the lines were full to play the new and upcoming games from the company and lots of unique stuff was sold at the Blizzard story, with lots of sell-outs of items

We have some pictures we took from today's events at BlizzCon to show you and that will in fact be our concluding port directly from the event. Make sure you check out WoW.com's continuing coverage of BlizzCon 2009 (including photos from Sharon Osbourne's husband's concert).

Gallery: BlizzCon 2009 Day 2 Gallery

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Filed under: Culture

BlizzCon 2009: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm trailer rocks Azeroth

by Steven Wong Aug 22nd 2009 @ 2:35PM

Yesterday, Blizzard officially announced World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, at BlizzCon 2009. The upcoming expansion to the MMO promises to change the game world forever. That's not just talk, since Cataclysm will literally reshape the landscape. Some of the new features the expansion will bring include two new races, a new profession (Archeology) and flying mounts in Azeroth. This trailer kicks it all off.

Download HD World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Announcement Trailer (101 MB)
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Gallery: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Screenshots

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Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, MMO, RPG, Trailers, World of Warcraft

BlizzCon 2009 - Other BlizzCon coverage

by John Callaham Aug 22nd 2009 @ 2:00PM

Big Download has been concentrating our BlizzCon 2009 coverage on StarCraft II and Diablo III, naturally, but our sister site WoW.com has a whole team working the show and covering all aspects of the just announced third expansion pack World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

The site has info on the plot of Cataclysm along with coverage of BlizzCon's first Cataclysm panel where more info on the new two playable races was revealed. They also have coverage of last night's BlizzCon costume contest where there were even a few Diablo III and StarCraft II entries. Another sister site Joystiq is over at BlizzCon as well and among other stories they have posted word that Blizzard just might bring the Diablo series to consoles. Of course you can still check out out site for continuing BlizzCon coverage today and tomorrow.

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Filed under: MMO, RPG, RTS, Meta BD, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Diablo III

Blizzcon 2009: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm video tours the new zones

by Steven Wong Aug 21st 2009 @ 5:35PM

This gameplay footage being shown at BlizzCon 2009 does a fly-through of some of the new zones that will be introduced in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. It's a pretty relaxing video, and would make great video wallpaper, so give it a download.

Download HD BlizzCon 2009 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Footage (128 MB)

Gallery: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Screenshots

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Filed under: Downloads, MMO, RPG, Video, World of Warcraft

BlizzCon 2009: World of Warcraft: Catalclysm officially announced

by John Callaham Aug 21st 2009 @ 3:20PM

Blizzard has now officially announced what many have already known; they are working on a third commercial expansion pack for their hit MMO World of Warcraft. The expansion is titled World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and as the title suggests the game's world has been torn apart by physical upheaval. Many of the lands have been changed including areas that have been devastated by volcanos and other activity.

As predicted the expansion will have two new playable races along with lots of other new features. No release date was announced. Make sure you check out our sister site WoW.com as they will have all the info from BlizzCon on the new expansion pack.

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Filed under: Expansions, MMO, World of Warcraft