World of Warcraft

Hot off the presses and fast on the heels of the recently announced 2012 Battle.net World Championship event set for later this year, Team Liquid took the time to interview Ilja Rotelli, director of global community and eSports at Blizzard Entertainment. The interview looks deeper into the new structure of the Battle.net World Championship and the future of Blizzard eSports.

We received so many amazing entries to the 2011 Blizzard Holiday Card Contest that it’s taken us a ridiculous amount of time to finally be able to present the winners. Congratulations to our three creative card contest conquerers!

The World of Warcraft Fan Art Section has been updated with six new pieces of fan artwork.

No less than four malevolent entities will adorn a special set of collectable drinking cups, available soon at ampm convenience stores. Beginning February 7, raiders of the Horde and Alliance can recount their victories over Azeroth’s most infamous villains as they sip their favorite fountain beverage from new new limited edition cups featuring Kil’jaeden, Illidan, the Lich King, and Deathwing.

Get a first look at the designs here.

We understand that picking out the appropriate desktop wallpaper to fit your tastes and complement your décor can be an arduous task. To that end, we’ll be offering you help every Tuesday (...roughly) by featuring a new downloadable Diablo III, StarCraft II or World of Warcraft wallpaper image on our community sites.

Blizzard Entertainment is proud to announce the 2012 Battle.net World Championship, a major global eSports event featuring some of the best pro-gaming competition in the world. Slated to take place in Asia toward the end of 2012, the Battle.net World Championship will host this year’s StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship tournaments. Blizzard gamers and eSports fans from around the world will be invited to attend and witness some of the most skilled pro players on the planet battle it out for cash and glory.

We’ve updated our Trading Card Game art gallery to feature ten new pieces. Each image is taken directly from the official World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. Be sure to give a shout-out to your favorite pieces in the comments.

This is it! We’ve released the final batch of EU retired server blades and they’re now available for bidding. Don’t miss your final opportunity to take part in this charity auction and own a piece of Blizzard Entertainment history. Net proceeds will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

We've added five more pieces to our World of Warcraft: Classes and Cataclysm Art galleries. These pieces offer an inside look at the creative process behind building the Warcraft universe.