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Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, and as you’d expect, Wizards of the Coast is marking the anniversary with big announcements—some of which look to the tabletop roleplaying giant’s rich past. Announced today: six book releases, upcoming gaming events, and brand collaborations that run the gamut from “makes sense” to “huh?”—with more to come.Gillian Jacobs Reacting to Her D&D Character Sheet From Community | io9 InterviewThe celebration, which kicks off in earnest in March, will bring an official Lego Ideas…

One of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic's most powerful weapons has been more powerful than intended for 14 years, all thanks to a simple typo that went unnoticed by both Blizzard and players back when the weapon first debuted back in 2009.The weapon in question is the Legendary healing mace Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings, which can be acquired by gathering fragments from the expansion's iconic Ulduar raid and completing subsequent quests. What makes the weapon so powerful is its…

Blizzard is taking bigger steps to combat World of Warcraft Classic's botting problem, including banning nearly 120,000 accounts and bringing back restrictions around who can create and play as the game's popular Death Knight class.In a post on the Wrath of the Lich King Classic forums, Blizzard announced it had banned close to 120,000 "malicious accounts" from the game's Wrath Classic and Classic Era servers. Blizzard notes that the most recent ban is in addition to its usual ban waves, which it said…

Image: Paramount PicturesToday in extra-nerdy information about the new Dungeons & Dragons film, co-director and co-writer Jonathan Goldstein shared a behind-the-scenes picture of Dragon Cultists waiting in line for the porta potty. Not the most flattering image, sure, but the costumes do look appropriately Cult of the Dragon-y, and we can use this information, along with what we’ve seen in the film’s trailers, to suss out some information here... or at least speculate a bit.First, we’re dealing with the Forgotten…

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic players will soon be able to tackle an all-new dungeon difficulty created just for Blizzard's re-release of the game's most popular expansion.As outlined in a new blog by Blizzard, starting January 17, Titan Rune dungeon difficulty will be coming to Wrath Classic alongside a new Arena season, gearing changes, and the introduction of the Argent Tournament daily quest hub. Later in the week, on January 19, one of the game's most iconic raids, Ulduar, will…

Blizzard has announced new content will be arriving in Hearthstone as a part of the Season 3 update. The upcoming season is scheduled to drop on January 17, and players can use new minion/dual minion types, apply new cosmetics, and more.The upcoming Season 3 will be based on The Battle For Silver Moon. This is where the Blood Elves defend themselves from the Lich King's Scourge. With the Season 3 pass, players can use new boards and emotes. They'll also be able to dress up their heroes with new cosmetics…

World of Warcraft's Wrath of the Lich King expansion is often regarded as the high point in the history of Blizzard's long-running MMORPG, and all the changes, both big and small, Blizzard made to the expansion for its 2022 re-release make the beloved expansion even better.The 2008 release of Wrath of the Lich King is viewed as peak WoW for good reason. It introduced the game's first new class, the iconic Death Knight, and starred the franchise's most well-known villain, Arthas. 2010, at the height of the…

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic players will soon benefit from a 50% XP boost starting on December 13.The event, called Joyous Journeys, increases all XP gains, whether it's from killing monsters or turning in quests, up to the expansion's max level of 80. A similar event ran prior to Wrath of the Lich King Classic's September 26 release, allowing players to speed-level new characters or level-up the expansion's new Death Knight class prior to the expansion's launch.…

Hearthstone fans are counting down to the release of Blizzard's next major DLC expansion. Hearthstone's March of the Lich King DLC has a December 6 release date and a 6pm GMT UK launch time. The MotLK expansion launches alongside a brand new Death Knight character class, not to mention a whopping 145 new cards and even some brand new Minion types, including Undead and Dual-Type.A permanent addition to the world of Hearthstone, the Death Knight is said to command the Undead with its Ghoul Charge hero power.Described as a…

Hearthstone's new expansion, March of the Lich King, is introducing a whole new class with the long-awaited appearance of the Death Knight. But as always it's giving the existing classes some new tools, including a set of cards that synergize around Shaman having big big beefy minions to dominate the battlefield into the late game. GameSpot can reveal not one or two but four of those cards, which all look to work together nicely.In the current meta, the Shaman typically focuses on smaller minions like…