The best of WoW.com: August 18-26, 2009
What a week it has been in the World of Warcraft. Last weekend in Anaheim, Blizzard held BlizzCon, a convention of over 20,000 people, and announced the third expansion of the world's biggest MMO: Cataclysm. New races, new levels, new systems and instances, and oh yeah: the entire world will explode thanks to the return of a very evil and very angry dragon.
Here's our most popular posts from the past seven days to catch you up.
News
BlizzCon 2009: Opening Ceremony liveblog
Straight from the convention floor, here's the announcement in all of its live glory.World of Warcraft: Cataclysm announced
After all of the leaks and speculation, it's official. The game is getting another expansion.BlizzCon 2009: Archaeology and Path of the Titans
A new secondary profession, and a brand new way for characters to grow even beyond the new level cap of 85.Patch 3.2.0a being deployed today
Right in the midst of BlizzCon madness, Blizzard dropped a bugfix patch on the live servers.BlizzCon 2009: Guild leveling and talents
Guilds will earn points for ingame success, and be able to spend those points on all kinds of fun rewards.
Features
BlizzCon 2009: The costumes
What is a convention without fans crazy enough to dress up (or dress down) as their favorite characters? Feast your eyes on these.BlizzCon 2009: Worgen animation
Here's what the change everyone wants to see looks like.Know Your Lore: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Worgen
A special KYL for the new Alliance race.BlizzCon 2009: Cataclysm, the story so far
What we know about the story behind the new expansion.BlizzCon 2009: Stats vastly simplified
It's all back to core stats when Deathwing takes over.
