A video that came out not long ago and has been popular ever since — in its own roundabout way it speaks for players everywhere, and the last part is deeply moving.

According to the information available, the World of Warcraft movie is co-produced by Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures, and distributed by Warner Bros. The director has been confirmed as Sam Raimi, the director of Spider-Man. Earlier reports had it that the Warcraft movie would be titled The Rise of the Lich King and open in 2011, and that David Wenham might play Arthas.

Just saw a friend share this — it’s episode one. A high-def version will be available for download soon, and the author keeps updating it. These cute characters look familiar… heh, now I remember — the official site once ran a series of “When We Were Young” comics. I really like all of them, and the 3D treatment looks great. This animation takes us right back to when WOW was young~

I put together a World of Warcraft arts expo blog, dedicated to collecting material about Warcraft culture http://www.flashj.cn/wow/ It mainly covers character biographies, books, diaries, letters...

Yesterday I heard from Fenix that Blizzard had registered a new trademark. At the time I figured it was a new game. And I thought to myself, pfft — with Diablo 3 and StarCraft 2 delayed this long, any new game has to be at least 10 years out.

There’s word on IMDB.com that David Wenham may play Arthas in Sam Raimi’s World of Warcraft movie. Wenham is from New South Wales, Australia, played Faramir in The Lord of the Rings, and has appeared in Frank Miller’s 300 and in Van Helsing. The origin and accuracy of the rumor have yet to be confirmed.

On August 4, 2009, the Sailian Scanlation Group released the World of Warcraft (WOW) official comic: Ashbringer — collected edition, epilogue http://www.transfans.com.cn/thread-2086-1-1.html

The client is still downloading right now, so I can’t get in and play — all I can do is watch videos. I’m really looking forward to the comic updates; Jaina and Varian Wrynn have probably fought t...

The game soundtrack Echoes of War: 战争的回响, produced entirely by Australia’s Eminence Symphony Orchestra, collects the full orchestral renditions of music from Blizzard’s blockbusters Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, and Diablo III, and is now available for online order. The idea came from the World of Warcraft tracks previously sold on iTunes, which unexpectedly won the support and purchases of many players. Players said that music is an important form of leisure in many people’s lives, and that being able to buy it openly let them listen to World of Warcraft music on their commute to and from work — until they got home and couldn’t wait to turn on the computer, log into World of Warcraft, and set off on their own epic journey.

In the early hours of this morning, Chinese Battle.net went live, and you can now bind World of Warcraft accounts. See the WOW transition official guide for details.