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Optimus Prime’s Greatest Moment Recreated In World Of Warcraft

Optimus Prime’s legendary scene from the 1986 Transformers movie gets a badass World of Warcraft remake, only here the Horde is playing the Autobots, and Mimiron’s Head shoots laser beams.


I Want China’s World Of WarCraft Mahjong Set

NetEase, World of WarCraft’s China operator, has just started pre-order sales for a limited edition WoW: Mists of Pandaria Mahjong set. The set looks like two of China’s biggest names in gaming have combined and spit out a baby.


This Real-Life World Of Warcraft Quest Changed Two People’s Lives Forever

World of Warcraft player Alex found a really creative way to present an engagement ring to her girlfriend Clara, who also plays the game: a quest chain, which includes some romantic real-life activities. All he needed was a papercraft template for a chest, a site where he could make custom WoW tooltips and the ring (a legendary one, probably).


Kid Spends All Of His Dad’s WoW Gold On Pets

One of the new phrases this year in China is that property is hard to protect. Well, it seems that goes for virtual property too. Last week, a gamer in China posted on the World of Warcraft forums about how he almost lost all of his hard-earned WoW gold in the blink of an eye.


Man Explains Why He Slept With WoW Guild Members

A chat log in which a Chinese gamer discussed his one-night stands has gone viral in China. In the chat log, the gamer dished on sleeping with several female guild members. The gamer was asked, “So you switched servers and came into our guild just to do our girls?” His reply was simply, “For the Alliance.”


A Moving Tribute To The Fallen Heroes Of World Of Warcraft

FlameofWesternesse has made this terrific short film, which catalogues some of the memorials placed throughout Azeroth in honour of World of Warcraft players who have passed away during the game’s tenure.


Dude, Your Wife Wants You To Go To Bed!

Recently, a forum post showed up on one of China’s most famous World of WarCraft forums and has been making the rounds online. A young female WoW player posted a rant about how she hates her husband’s WoW addiction. Not only did she post about how angry his addiction made her, she also asked gamers to help her “fix” her husband.


World Of Warcraft’s 8th Birthday Video Spectacluar

World of Warcraft turns eight this year, so Blizzard put this video together highlighting… well, lots of gameplay. You could joke that the reason there’s no “then and now” shots is because the game has barely changed in that time, but seeing as it still attracts millions of players a month that’s probably more of a compliment than a potshot.


After Twelve Days, WoW Player Hits Level 90 Without Killing Anything

Meet Irenic, a Tauren Druid. Irenic is a level 90, the new maximum a World of Warcraft character can reach. And Irenic did it without killing a single thing.


Chinese WoW Players Are Sick Of Lies

Think you have it rough? Try being a World of Warcraft player in China. You have to deal with Western gamers who think all Chinese gamers are gold farmers as well as unfair stereotypes at home. And that’s not all of it!


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