Activision Blizzard, WotLK Beta, Hallow's End

Activision Blizzard Announcement

Quote from: Nethaera (Source)

We’re excited to announce ( http://www.blizzard.com/us/press/080710.html) that our planned team-up with Activision, first made public back in December 2007, is now a reality. All regulatory and shareholder approvals have been granted, meaning Blizzard Entertainment -- along with the other companies that made up Vivendi Games -- is now part of a new organization called Activision Blizzard.

While this transition doesn’t impact our games, websites, personnel, day-to-day operations, or development philosophies, the combined resources of Activision Blizzard will make it easier than ever for us to deliver the best games possible to our players around the world. For more information, please check out our Activision Blizzard FAQ.

WotLK Beta getting closer - Beta Scams sticky removed

Quote from: Nethaera (Source)

While the sticky currently still exists in the WotLK forum, it has been removed from the General forum (it was up earlier today). So, either somebody let the hamster run across their keyboard again (hamsters have a master plan to take over the world through this method, in conjunction with cats), or it could mean that something is about to happen.
If we see the sticky in the WotLK forum removed soon, either the hamsters are making their final move, or Blizzard is. We must all prepare for both scenarios, the fate of the entire World...of Warcraft...rests in our hands.

While Beta hasn't started yet, there is an opt-in now (which is in the stickies) for people to sign up to get a chance at a Beta invitation. We'll try to provide more information on when it starts so that people are aware of legitimate invitations.

New PTR Build - Hallow's End up for testing

The PTR was updated with a new build again (2 builds in 2 days), and this build is more noteworthy than the previous one since you can now test the Hallow's End event.

Quote from: Boxinabox (Source)

We will be taking down the PTR realms at 6:30PM Pacific time today July 10th 2008 to update to the latest build. We expect this process to take from five to seven hours.
Thank you for your patience!

Servers are now live.  

New Fan Art

The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with three new pieces of artwork.