WoW
Patch 6.1: New anti-aliasing and lighting options
Blizzard just posted a preview of some upcoming graphical improvements for patch 6.1. These include new anti-aliasing options, a new SSAO (screen space ambient occlusion) option, and a new point lighting option.For
Healer representation in the Proving Grounds
After writing yesterday's article on tank representation in the level 100 Proving Grounds, I got curious about whether the lopsided statistics there were similar to what you'd find in other roles, and started digging further.
Breakfast Topic: Will you Tweet from WoW?
It's official: Twitter is coming to the World of Warcraft in patch 6.1. But will we all be using it? After a decade of using World of Warcraft completely Twitter free... we've got to wonder if we really need social media seeping into our favored form of escapism.
Argi raises more than 1.9 million for Red Cross
I still haven't quite figured out what the battle pet Argi is, exactly -- I think, were anyone to use the words "space goat," they would best apply to the little guy.
Tank representation in the Proving Grounds
News broke recently of a brewmaster monk player named Big reaching a record 198 waves in the tank version of the Proving Grounds.
Officers’ Quarters: Raiding in Warlords
Officers' Quarters has returned! Thank you all for your overwhelming support of the new site. It has allowed me to bring this column back. Many of you have been asking about it on Twitter and Patreon, and I'm very happy to debut the new incarnation here on Blizzard Watch.
The Queue: Lightning round
Today is a rapid fire edition of The Queue.
WoW Hotfixes for February 10
More World of Warcraft hotfixes have been implemented this evening and released on the official blog.
Jibbi explains how she makes her Warcraft-themed dice bags
Like Warcraft? Like pen-and-paper roleplaying games (or any other dice-centric gaming activity)? Then chances are that you're already familiar with Dice Bags by Jibbi, where you can buy hand-made dice bags with geeky themes — including Warcraft-themed Horde and Alliance bags.
New Race/Class combinations under consideration
The first, and only time we saw new race and class combinations added to the game was all the way back in Cataclysm, when goblins and worgen were added to the game and bolstered with additional new combinations of familiar races, including tauren paladins and priests.



