Learn This or Wipe

During the scheduled server maintenance on the week of February 28, the “Power of the Aspects” spell will grow more powerful, reducing the health and damage dealt of all enemies in the Dragon Soul raid by 10%. This spell will grow progressively stronger over time to reduce the difficulty and make the encounters more accessible. The spell will affect both normal and Heroic difficulties, but it will not affect the Raid Finder difficulty.

Don’t need the help of the Dragon Aspects? The spell can be disabled by talking to Lord Afrasastrasz at the beginning of Dragon Soul.

We hope you continue to enjoy Dragon Soul, and that these changes encourage you to attempt a higher difficulty, or just keep pushing to down that next boss.

ComiXology will be holding a half-price sale on select World of Warcraft and StarCraft Manga From Tuesday, February 21 to Thursday, February 23.

Don’t miss your chance to pick up these titles, regularly priced at $5.99, now on sale for three days only at $2.99! Each volume is approximately 150 pages.

World of Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy Volumes 1 through 3

From the minds of Kim Jae-Hwan, artist of the best-selling King of Hell series, and Richard A. Knaak, the New York Times best-selling author, here is the Warcraft universe like you have never seen it before -- The Dragon Hunt Is On!

Download a free sample of World of Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy Vol. 1 here.

Warcraft Legends: Volumes 1 through 4

Right on the heels of the bestselling Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy comes this collection of stories from the Warcraft universe. Includes the first part of a three-part story written by Richard Knaak and illustrated by Jae-Hwan Kim, the creators of the original Warcraft manga series, as well as stories from Mike Wellman (Star Trek, Gone South), Dan Jolley (Alex Unlimited, Warriors), Carlos Olivares, and Troy Lewter (Mac Afro, Adomant).

Download a free sample of Warcraft Legends here.

StarCraft Frontline: Volumes 1 through 4

The world of StarCraft comes alive in these stories based in Blizzard's StarCraft universe. Includes stories from Josh Elder (Mail Order Ninja, Batman Strikes) and Daniel Cross; Richard Knaak (Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy) and Naohiro Washio; Paul Benjamin (Pantheon High, Marvel Adventures Hulk) Dave Shramek; and Simon Furman (Transformers) and Jesse Elliot.

Download a free sample of StarCraft Frontline here.

The World of Warcraft Fan Art Section has been updated with five new pieces of fan artwork.

Would you like to share your artistic talents with the community? Submit your fan art today!

Our Core Hound Pup adoption campaign is well underway. Have you posed for a picture with your fire-breathing Fido? We picked the most memorable images submitted to us through January 2012, and rewarded the winners with an iPad. Check out the most recent winning entries.
 

If you have yet to adopt a Core Hound Pup of your very own, then don't wait a moment longer, or we just might have to give you the big puppy-dog eyes. Visit our account security site to learn how to get a Battle.net Authenticator or download the Battle.net Mobile Authenticator, available through our mobile apps page or as a free download from the Apple App Store or the Android Market.

Adopt a puppy! Protect your loots!

The battlefields of World of Warcraft are littered with the bones of those who have become casualties in the ongoing conflict between the Horde and the Alliance. You do not need to become one of them. One of the keys to victory is knowledge, and that is where the World of Warcraft War College enters the picture. In these discussions between players, you can learn and share strategies with other players to improve your tactics and improve your odds of emerging victorious from the field of battle.

Are you a veteran Gladiator with countless victories tallied? Are you new to World of Warcraft and striving to improve your PvP skills? In this weekly feature, we invite players of all skill levels to ask questions, share tips and tactics, and join a conversation dedicated to surviving and thriving in World of Warcraft PvP.

Don’t forget to up-vote forum posts that are on-topic and helpful!

This week, the topic of discussion is:

Warsong Gulch – Which tactics have you found most effective in Warsong Gulch? Which winning team compositions and strategies do you use when playing Rated? What tips or tricks have you discovered? What common mistakes have you witnessed?

Join the War College forum thread here.

We hope by now you’re sipping on 32 ounces of refreshing liquid contained within the only World of Warcraft® drinking cups from ampm anyone is talking about these days. But the epicness doesn’t even stop there.

We put our most trusted Blizzard marketing wizards in a room with top ampm physicists and trans-dimensional engineers. And what they’ve come up with is so genius it can only be explained in the following terms: “NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.”

That’s right. We heard you like promotions, so we put a promotion in your promotion so you can loot while you loot.

Read the official rules and visit the sweepstakes page to enter for a chance to win epic World of Warcraft and ampm loot between now and April 2.

Thank me later. Or now. You can thank me now.

Creative Development once again opens the floodgates for questions pertaining to the lore of the Warcraft universe!

Our last two "Ask CDev" projects generated thousands of unique questions across all the different regions, but ultimately the Creative Development team was able to sift through the sea of inquiries to focus on the questions with the juiciest answers. You can see the results of the last two "Ask CDev" endeavors here:

Ask CDev #1:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1008430853

Ask CDev #2:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2721372142

The rules of engagement this year are as follows:

• No restriction on the subject of your post, but keep in mind that questions that may be answered by the release of Mists of Pandaria will likely be overlooked; we don't want to spoil surprises!
• Please only ask one question in each post. If your post has more than one question (or if your question contains multiple parts), it will be overlooked. Also, it is recommended that you check the thread to see if your question has already been asked; duplicate questions will not have a greater chance of being answered.
• Questions will only be accepted for the first seven days, and the thread will be locked at 11:59 p.m. PDT on February 22.
• While the thread is open for questions, forum members are encouraged to go through the thread and "Like" or "Dislike" posts; voting on a post will increase or decrease (respectively) the probability of that question being answered.

To get involved, check out the "Ask CDev" post on the Story Forum:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/4062877850

Take to the skies with the luminous dragon known as the Heart of the Aspects.  Born of the radiant energies of the Dragon Soul artifact, this mount flies as fast as your riding skill will take you and, once purchased, applies to all present and future characters on a single World of Warcraft license.

Visit the Pet Store today and fly home with the Heart of the Aspects.

We understand that picking out the appropriate desktop wallpaper to fit your tastes and complement your décor can be an arduous task. To that end, we’ll be offering you help every Tuesday (...roughly) by featuring a new downloadable Diablo III, StarCraft II or World of Warcraft wallpaper image on our community sites.

Here’s what we have for you this week. Enjoy!

If you're a fan of white-haired villains, funny hats, and some good, old fashioned zealotry, then you'll love the latest transmogrification guide from WoW Insider. Featuring everyone's favorite High Inquisitor, this fun little codex will teach you how to create your very own replica of Sally Whitemane's infamous ensemble, right down to the very last thigh-high.

Here's just a small teaser:

Our chapeaus are off to you, Dawn! Be sure to head on over to WoW Insider to check out "How to Transmogrify Your Clothie Into High Inquisitor Whitemane"  in full.

Singer, songwriter, and parody artist extraordinaire, Sharm has been entertaining World of Warcraft fans with her clever lyrics and angelic voice for almost five years now. She delights us again with her latest song, "Break the Trees," a witty compilation of verses comprised solely of the names of class talents set to the beat of Britney Spear's hit, "Break the Ice."

Whether you're a tank, a healer, or a damage dealer, "Break the Trees" is sure to be a treat. Check it out below or visit Sharm's official page on YouTube.