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World of Warcraft: More Than an MMORPG [World of Warcraft]
Allakhazam.com News (full) — World of Warcraft has become much more than just an MMORPG. There's a board game, an upcoming miniatures game (as previewed by our editor-in-chief), a trading card game, comic books, and so on. There's an upcoming orchestral album coming out and ringtones/wallpapers available for your cell phone (only in the United States, however). And the passing of a young WoW player, Ezra Chatterton, has touched the whole community. Keep reading after the jump for updates on some of these numerous WoW items, including Drums of War, ...

WoW: The Azeroth Stimulus Package
West Karana — ... Would MMO journalism even be a viable profession if not for WoW? The market for WoW-related merchandise is huge. FigurePrints will turn your character into an action figure. Azeroth Advisor is a newsletter that tells you where you need to go in your adventures. Jinx has *nine pages* of WoW-related shirts, pins, patches and other merch (and check out their Fall line!). Fantasy Flight sells Warcraft: the Board Game. Upper Deck sells the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. There are dozens of small businesses just like these that ...

WoW TCG: Arena Grand Melee expansion released
WoW.com — ... The World of Warcraft Trading Card game has released its latest expansion, but it's a little bit different than what's come before. It's called Arena Grand Melee, and it actually changes the gameplay of the TCG just a little bit, including some very different mechanics than those players have seen before. For instance, there's a card called "For the Fallen" that will grant additional cards to players when they act out their melee strikes in real-life. Another card called "Steamwheedle Casino" has players playing a quick game of Blackjack with their WoW TCG cards ...

World of Warcraft TCG Arena Grand Melee Set
WoW Vault - The Ultimate Resource — ... deck that keeps everyone on their toes. With Alliance and Horde versions of the set, players can collect all 114 new Grand Melee cards and combine them for an even more unpredictable battle. Also featured in the set is an exciting collection of nine new cards featuring the Preparation keyword, giving each class a card that can be played for free when the game begins. On top of all that content, each faction’s set comes with an exclusive new hero and companion pet card. Head over to WoWTCG.com for more information, and look for Arena Grand Melee in a store near you. -- ...

Death Knight class arrives in the TCG
WoW.com — ... Upper Deck has announced that the Death Knight class is coming to the WoW trading card game. Just like in the MMO, the class plays differently than any other -- their website has a series of previews posted that show just how ...

The Light and How to Swing It: Five things every Paladin must do. Period.
WoW.com — ... After a unintended long hiatus, The Light and How to Swing It is back with a message from the Light. Inspired by a recent post by our very funny Christian Belt who writes the Mage column, we'll go and pick up his great idea and twist it a ...

Trading card mounts no longer BoP
WoW.com — ... In what appears to be an attempt to put an end to scams capitalizing on the vanity mounts found in Upper Deck's popular World of Warcraft trading card game, the latest Patch 3.2 PTR build seems to have removed the Bind-on-Pickup restriction on the loot mounts. Originally unearthed by Boubouille on MMO Champion, the removal seems to be intended, and includes new methods for obtaining the loot items from Landro Longshot in Booty Bay (with the exception of the Riding Turtle, which reportedly remains BoP). This means it ...

World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Paladin Guide
WoW.com — ... WoW.com has covered patch 3.2 extensively. Everything from the surprising changes to flying mounts, to the latest and greatest loot, and all the changes in between. In our patch 3.2 class, raiding, and PvP guides we take a look at ...

WoW.com TCG Loot Giveaway: Papa Hummel's Pet Biscuits and Slashdance
WoW.com — Since we're in the middle of a pretty lazy Sunday here at the Wow.com secret world headquarters, we decided it might be cool to reach into the old prize box and pull out a few goodies for all you evening browsers of WoW news and information. In particular, we're going to be handing out a few TCG loot codes courtesy of our good friends at Upper Deck. For starters, let's throw out two codes for some Slashdance grenades, which will make everyone in the blast radius break out into dance. Pretending you are the Music Meister ...

Rumors of WoW TCG's demise greatly exaggerated
WoW.com — ... Rumors have been swirling around the Internet this weekend, reporting that the WoW Trading Card Game was ending this year after the release of the upcoming Scourgewar expansion set due to mishandling of marketing by the Upper Deck team. The rumor apparently started at ...

WoW 5th Anniversary Giveaway: 2 Tuskarr Kite loot codes
WoW.com — Missed your chance at a beloved Spectral Kitten? No need to despair. WoW.com continues it's celebration of World of Warcraft's 5th anniversary with even more Scourgewar TCG loot codes to give away. This time we have two codes for the uncommon loot card, the Tuskarr Kite. This new kite is a non-combat companion and can count towards pet collection Achievements. To enter for a chance to win, leave a comment in this post by Wednesday, November 25th, 12pm ET (noon). That's it. Limit one entry per person and make sure you're registered with a valid email address. We'll be choosing two winners randomly from ...