Battle Pet

Guys, I am so happy right now.

You'd have to have a heart of pure granite to not find this at least somewhat heartwarming.

It's the holidays and let's face it -- for a lot of players, World of Warcraft takes a back seat to travel, seeing the relatives, and other festivities during the last week in December.

Mischief the fel kitten might just be a teensy bit evil.

Even if you don't like to spend real cash on pixels, it's hard not to see the appeal of Blizzard's charity pets, which have raised millions for Make-A-Wish and the American Red Cross.

The Day of the Dead is a very short holiday in World of Warcraft.

One thing I've noticed while leveling through Legion is that there are a lot of Battle Pets out there available through questing, by killing rares, or simply by stumbling into the right place at the right time.

The Legion alpha is full of plenty of new quests, zones, class halls and more -- including a wide variety of new Battle Pets to fight, capture, purchase and discover.

In between the two Dalarans promised by Celestalon is a small floating island.

Announced at BlizzCon last month, this year's charitable donation pet, Brightpaw the Mana Kitty, is now available for purchase through the Battle.net shop.