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Today we received calls from players who were encountering difficulty in reactivating their accounts or changing their account information after previously having closed their accounts. This issue has been resolved. If you were experiencing the issue, please try again to reactivate your account using our account-management pages. Should you encounter any further difficulty, please contact our billing department at the phone number or email address listed in the account-management section.

Separately, some players received an error message when attempting to enter a valid game-card number while setting up their billing options. This issue has also been resolved. The accounts for these players have been activated with the entered game card, and these players should be able to log in and play World of Warcraft. If you experienced the error when entering your game-card number and still can't access the game, please contact our billing department at the phone number or email address listed in the account-management section for further assistance.

We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring the Dwarf from the World of Warcraft Cinematic Trailer.

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

The Feast of Winter Veil is well underway, and Greatfather Winter is giving treats to all the lucky adventurers in Azeroth. To insure that players unable to visit him in-game could still experience some of the joys of Winter Veil, he struck a deal with the Jinglepocket Goblins, who were more than happy to supply us (for a small fee, of course) with a few items to share with you all. Just click on the links below to receive your gifts!

• New World of Warcraft Wallpaper
• New World of Warcraft MP3
• Holiday Artwork Submitted by Our Fans

The entire World of Warcraft team would like to thank you all for spending your holidays with us, and we wish you all a safe and happy holiday season!

As a special surprise, a couple of sites around the web posted some World of Warcraft-themed holiday goodies for everyone to enjoy. If you have a spare moment, check out the new comic at GUComics.com, which shows why Santa might get added to his own "naughty list" this year. Also, GameSpy posted an entertaining take on Dickens' A Christmas Carol, putting a whole new World of Warcraft spin on the classic holiday story. Enjoy!

During the holiday season, World of Warcraft has experienced unprecedented popularity. We're continuing to ramp up server capacity, but in the meantime, we've seen some issues in regard to the game servers as a direct result of the extremely high traffic. Specifically, on December 22, many players were unable to access the game for approximately seven hours.

In our efforts to provide the best game experience possible, we will address this issue by automatically extending the trial period of all players who created an account on or before December 22 (11:59 PM PST) for an additional day. This will be in addition to the extension awarded previously.

We recognize that the holidays are an opportune time for gaming, and we're grateful that so many players have made World of Warcraft their game of choice this holiday season. As always, we appreciate your patience and support, and we wish you good luck in your adventures in Azeroth!

Follow the continuing adventures of Flintlocke the Dwarven Hunter, chronicled in GameSpy's humorous serial web comic entitled "Flintlocke's Guide to Maiming Meat that Walks."

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Flintlocke, Iron Dwarf, a pillar of strength so hard it is as though he himself were hewn from living rock. Flintlocke the mighty, a level 17 Warrior who -- you know, hang on a second. I have to ask about the getup. What's with the gear? Turquoise and green? With a purple cape? Are you a Dwarf or some sort of Japanese hard candy?

Click here to read more from Flintlocke's Guide.

The Royal Photographic Society of Azeroth is happy to announce the World of Warcraft Extreme Stunts screenshot competition. We're looking for a few daredevils to perform extreme stunts in-game and to capture them for all to see! Click here for more information.

'Twas the feast of Great-Winter
And all through the land
All the races were running
With snowballs in hand.

The cooks were all frantic
And for those "in the know"
Swoops and owls were crashing
Like new-fallen snow.

Cookies and eggnog
Were consumed by all
As the snowballs flew freely
And drunks smashed into walls.

May your feast of Great-Winter
Be one merry and bright
And from all here at Blizzard
We wish you a fun night!

The Feast of Winter Veil is upon us, and Greatfather Winter is busy spreading holiday cheer in major cites across the land! Here are a few holiday treats players can now experience in-game:

• The Jinglepocket Goblins have set up their seasonal fare shops in major cities. Adventurers can purchase many holiday favorites - including Greatfather's Winter ale, candy canes, gingerbread cookie recipes, and mistletoe.
• All the cheer-spreading is making Greatfather Winter hungry, and he is looking for adventurers to get him his daily fix of milk and cookies.
• Smokeywood Pastures needs a few brave adventurers to investigate the disappearance of a shipment of holiday goods traveling though Alterac.
• Unconfirmed reports say that consuming eggnog during a snowball fight can have some chilling results.

We'd like to thank our players for celebrating in Azeroth with us, and we wish you all safe and happy holidays!

      

One of the core tenets of the Warcraft universe is the raging conflict between the Horde and the Alliance. Old hatreds die hard, as they say, and the hate shared between these two ancient foes is deep and primal. That's why the player-versus-player gameplay has always been a staple of the design for World of Warcraft; the war between the Horde and the Alliance simply isn't over. It might not look this way now, because our full player-versus-player system isn't in the game yet, but the introduction of Battlegrounds, and the full PvP reward system, will change that perception. We've been testing Battlegrounds and our reward system for weeks internally now, and we're ready to bring you a full-blown, multi-part preview of what we have in store for you in the months ahead. Click here to read more about the upcoming PvP Battlegrounds.

We are happy to announce the winners of the World of Warcraft Scenes from a Movie Screenshot Competition, sponsored by the Royal Photographic Society of Azeroth. We were truly amazed by the superb art direction, acting, directing, and camera work that went into these pieces. Click here to see the winners. There were so many great submissions, we also created an honorable mentions section to show off more of the pictures!

    

The new World of Warcraft game-client update is now available and ready for download! Here are some of the changes in the patch:

• Holiday Events: Some cool decorations and events have been included around the game world to celebrate the holidays
• Maraudon: A new dungeon for levels 40-49 in Desolace
• Cloak & Helm Graphics: You can now turn on or off cloak and helm graphics

Just log in to World of Warcraft to get the patch; the download process will start automatically. To see all the changes, read the complete patch notes! Thanks for your patience during the patch process...we'll see you in Azeroth!

If you experience any difficulty with your patch download, please visit our downloader troubleshooting page. Located there are a helpful FAQ and a number of tips addressing issues related to firewalls, slow download speeds, staying connecting during the download, and more.

PS: For those of you who are interested in seeing some of things we have planned for future patches, take a look at our recently posted Under Development page.

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

Holiday Fan Art Update
We recently experienced some down time with our fan art submission process and unfortunately did not receive entries sent after Monday the 13th. If you submitted a holiday-themed art piece between then and 1:30 am on Thursday, please re-send your submission to have your work recognized for the art contest update. Thanks for your understanding, and sorry for the inconvenience.

To submit your artwork, please visit this link: Holiday Fan Art Contest.

The world of Azeroth is continually growing, with new challenges and new rewards always on the horizon. To give you a glimpse of the upcoming features and improvements coming to World of Warcraft, we are debuting a new "Under Development" Page. We will continue to update and improve it regularly. Our next update will include some screenshots of upcoming features. A permanent link to this page will soon be found as "Coming Soon" under the Game Info menu on the left side.

We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring Ironforge at Night.

New recruits are needed for the Horde and Alliance as the battle for Azeroth rages on. Join your friends and vanquish your foes by purchasing your copy of World of Warcraft today. World of Warcraft is nearly sold out in stores across the country, but it's now available in the Blizzard Online Store. So if you missed your chance to buy World of Warcraft, then despair no more! Head to our online store and get your copy now.

Show your allegiance to the Horde or Alliance with two new shirts now available in our Blizzard Online Store. We have also restocked our mouse pads and Blizzard shirts.

The World of Warcraft development team met with the Blizzard fansites last night to reveal a host of new information about the game and to take some questions from the community. You can read the chat transcript here.

The Blizzard Fan Art Program is pleased to announce its first themed art contest, just in time for the holidays. What we're looking for is some holiday-themed artwork portraying a holiday scene set in either the Warcraft, StarCraft, or Diablo universe. To be considered for the contest, your artwork must be submitted by 12:00 noon PST on Monday, December 20 using the link below. Winning submissions will be selected by a team of judges, and we will then post the winners on our websites for a massive holiday update. Thanks for your support in making the fan art program a wonderful success, and happy holidays!

To submit your artwork, please visit this link: Holiday Fan Art Contest.

Tune in to MacRadio's The Gamesome Mac program at 6:00 PM PST tonight (Monday, December 13) to hear a live interview with World of Warcraft's lead designer, Rob Pardo! For those who miss the interview, it will be available on demand from MacRadio's website thereafter.

Are you a motivated, proactive individual with a professional, customer-service attitude and previous experience participating on community forums? Do you know massively multiplayer online games inside and out, and are you able to effectively communicate with other players about them at length? If so, you might be interested to know that Blizzard Entertainment is seeking to fill two positions on our community management team. Please see the new online community representative job description to learn more.

It has come to our attention that certain individuals are selling Blizzard's in-game property for cash on auction sites such as eBay and on personal websites. The World of Warcraft Terms of Use clearly state that all of the content in World of Warcraft is the property of Blizzard, and Blizzard does not allow "in game" items to be sold for real money. Accordingly, Blizzard Entertainment will take any and all actions necessary to stop this behavior. Not only do we believe that it is illegal, but it also has the potential to damage the game economy and overall experience for the many thousands of others who play World of Warcraft for fun. In order to promote a fun and fair environment for all our customers, we are actively investigating those individuals who engage in this inappropriate activity and reserve the right to take legal action against these individuals to protect World of Warcraft for all those who "play by the rules." If you are found to be selling in-game property (such as coins, items, or characters), for real money, you will lose your characters and accounts, and Blizzard Entertainment reserves its right to pursue legal action against you as well.

We also want to remind potential buyers in the game to please refrain from buying in-game property with real money. We understand the temptation to purchase better items, but Blizzard, and not the seller, does own all in-game property. In addition, we feel that characters can find ample equipment and money within the game through their own adventuring and questing. Please understand that if you do purchase in-game property from sellers on eBay and personal sites, we may temporarily suspend your account, and at the very least, delete the offending items.

Thank you for understanding our position. Blizzard Entertainment is committed to maintaining the atmosphere of fair play and fun in World of Warcraft.

We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring a Massive Infernal.

The historic launch of World of Warcraft was a wonderful and joyous occasion for everyone at Blizzard Entertainment. To celebrate the launch, the entire staff at Irvine gathered outside the offices today to join in a champagne toast of the event. It was a time to congratulate the team, read aloud some of the generous reviews we've received, and have some fun. We'd like to share some pictures of this afternoon's celebration -- and the raucous aftermath that followed -- and say thanks as well to all the players who have helped make the game's launch in North America, Australia, and New Zealand so successful. Enjoy!

          

          

The World of Warcraft User Interface Customization tool allows users to tweak and customize the game's user interface. We welcome our advanced users to download this free tool and explore the possibilities. For more information on this tool, visit our support tools page.

The community has taken World of Warcraft to the airwaves*! Check out these two World of Warcraft radio sites:

• Gryphon Productions Broadcast Archives
• WoWRadio's Broadcast of World of Warcraft's Midnight Signing Party

Great job!

Have you made or seen something that you think deserves to be on the World of Warcraft Community Watch? Send us a link at: [email protected].

*Or landlines, depending on your internet connection.
**Links on this news post may expire over time.

We released a small patch today that removed the time zone tabs (Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern) in order to streamline the realm-selection process for players. Additional changes to further streamline the realm-selection process will be implemented in the future.

The patch will be automatically downloaded and installed the next time you exit World of Warcraft completely and then restart the game. Prior to installing the patch, some players may see issues with the realm-selection screen. Installing the patch will resolve these issues.

We have recently verified that certain individuals were using third party "bot" programs to automate their characters in World of Warcraft. A bot is used to play an account non-stop, allowing its user to accumulate money, items, and experience without actually requiring the user to be physically present to play the game. The use of bots is a violation of the World of Warcraft Terms of Use and is absolutely prohibited. Therefore, the accounts identified as having used bots have been banned.

Blizzard Entertainment is committed to maintaining an environment of fair play in World of Warcraft. As stated previously, the company has a zero-tolerance policy for cheating or hacking of any kind. Players caught using a bot program to automate any of their characters' actions will have their characters removed and their account banned. They will not receive a warning. Over 300 accounts have already been banned for offenses of this nature.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter. If you suspect someone of using a bot, or wish to report other instances of cheating, please email us at [email protected] or submit a GM ticket in-game. Thank you again for your continued support.

If you've been wanting a way to see the status of your realm at just a glance, we've provided the answer! Our latest addition to the World of Warcraft website is the Realm Status page. This page gives up-to-date information on all live realms -- now you can plan out your evening without having to log in. You can view the page here.

The Royal Photographic Society of Azeroth is happy to announce World of Warcraft's first official screenshot competition. We're looking for aspiring actors to recreate their favorite movie scenes using their in-game characters. Click here for more information.

one of the most comprehensive strategy guides ever created, Brady Games gives you all of the hints, tables, maps and tips you need to embark on the quest of a lifetime. This key reference to the World of Warcraft is available in retail stores throughout North America at a listed price of $24.99. To find out more information about this exciting offer, please visit www.bradygames.com/wow. Brady Games is a premier publisher of strategy guides, and can always be counted on to provide hardcore strategies and top secret tips. All of us at Blizzard are especially impressed with the detail, accuracy, helpfulness, and humor in the World of Warcraft guide.

We wanted to take this time to make an announcement about a serious hacking violation in World of Warcraft, one for which we have zero tolerance. Certain individuals have been identified as using speed hacks to accelerate their characters. This goes against the theme of fair play that we have instituted for the game, and is in clear violation of the World of Warcraft Terms of Use.

Those individuals who were caught using the speed hack have been banned from the game and have had their accounts closed. We must stress once again that we are opposed to hacking and cheating of any kind and are dedicated to maintaining a fair environment in our games. This will serve as a final warning to others who are considering using the speed hack. If you are caught using it, you will be banned without question from World of Warcraft and your account will be revoked.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter. If you suspect someone of using the speed hack, or wish to report other instances of cheating, please email us at [email protected]. Thank you again for your continued support.

We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring the Night Elf from the World of Warcraft Intro Cinematic.

The critical acclaim and recognition for World of Warcraft continues to grow across the Internet, with such sites as Apple.com, GameSpy, WarCry, and ActionTrip posting their latest coverage of the game. Apple.com is featuring a "character's eye view" of Azeroth on its games page. Meanwhile, GameSpy writers show the depths of their addiction in a blog dedicated to the game on their site. WarCry awards World of Warcraft a 9.6 rating - one of the highest scores they've ever given a game, and ActionTrip lavishes the game with an Editors' Choice Award.

• Apple.com World of Warcraft Coverage
  
• GameSpy WoW-A-Minute Blog
  
• WarCry Review - 9.6/10
  
• ActionTrip Review - Editors' Choice Award

Gamers are now able to pre-order World of Warcraft from participating retail outlets across Europe. Purchasing a Pre-Order box will secure you a copy of the game on the day of launch. Additionally, the Pre-Order box contains an authentication key that grants you access to the European Final Beta Test, and an Audio CD with a selection of tracks from the official soundtrack from the game. The European Final Beta Test is currently scheduled to begin in December, so check back regularly - we will be announcing the start date on the website.

Both the Standard and Collector's Edition can be pre-ordered at participating retail stores throughout Europe now. Your pre-order payment will be applied against the cost of the game at launch, so be sure to save your receipt! To claim your copy of the game, simply return to the store after the launch and present your pre-order receipt.

Please visit our European Pre-Order information page to read more about the Pre-Order box and to find a list of the participating retailers for each country.

On November 23, nearly 7000 dedicated fans came out to Fry's Electronics in Fountain Valley, California, for a chance to meet the Blizzard development team and be among the first to pick up a copy of World of Warcraft. Due to the impressive turnout, the event stretched into the wee hours of the morning until every last person in line had the opportunity to meet the team and get signatures. We'd like to thank everyone who took the time to attend for making this a special night. Click here and then use the "next" and "previous" buttons to cycle through all 43 pictures from the event.

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

Within its first day of release, World of Warcraft sold more than 240,000 copies -- the highest day-one total in PC game history. See the full press release to learn more about World of Warcraft's launch-day achievements.

While we feel fortunate that World of Warcraft has proven to be popular in retail stores nationwide, we're especially proud of the positive reviews the game has received thus far. To date, the critics have been unanimous in awarding World of Warcraft with top scores, including an Editors' Choice Award from GameSpot. Click on the links below to view some of World of Warcraft's first reviews. We'll add links to more as they come in.

• Gamespot: 9.5/10
  
• Yahoo! Games: 9/10
  
• Telefragged: 92%
  
• Game Arena: 10/10
  
• My Gamer: 9/10

The holidays came early this year! Check out these great gifts from the World of Warcraft community:

• "Work Complete" An Orc Peon's Vocal Solo by Brutusford
• Journal Entry: Against the Scourge by Salaris
• Shut Up and Dance - movie by Daywalker

Nice job all!

Have you made or seen something that you think deserves to be on the World of Warcraft Community Watch? Send us a link at: [email protected].

*Links on this news post may expire over time.

All World of Warcraft Realms will come down for maintenance today starting at 10:30 AM PST. This maintenance includes a fix for the Instance issues some players have been experiencing, and will take a little over an hour to complete. Thank you for your patience in the meantime!

Blizzard Entertainment is proud to announce that renowned fantasy novelist Richard A. Knaak, author of the War of the Ancients trilogy and a number of other Blizzard novels, will be visiting a string of stores this holiday season to promote his latest War of the Ancients novel, The Demon Soul. If you would like to meet Mr. Knaak in person, please be sure to visit one of the following stores during the times listed:

• December 4, 2004
  Harrison, AR - Treasure Books, from 10:00A.M. - 1:00P.M.
• December 9, 2004
  Denton, TX - Barnes & Noble, from 5:00P.M. - 8:00P.M.
• December 10, 2004
  Round Rock, TX - Barnes & Noble, from 5:00P.M. - 9:00P.M.

World of Warcraft's record-setting first week brought hundreds of thousands of players together to adventure in Azeroth. The extremely high concurrency numbers that we've seen since the game's launch have required us to double our total number of servers over a four-day period, which is much faster than we had initially planned. This caused some issues with a few servers, and some players had difficulty logging in to the game during this period.

We are determined to provide our players with the best experience possible. It is for that reason that we are extending the one-month trial-period for players who created accounts before or during the downtime. The length of the trial-period extension will be based on when the player's account was created:

• Accounts created on November 23 will receive a 4-day extension
  
• Accounts created on November 24 will receive a 3-day extension
  
• Accounts created on November 25 will receive a 2-day extension
  
• Accounts created on November 26 will receive a 1-day extension

Our sincere apologies go out to all who experienced service disruptions. As always, we appreciate your patience and support, and we wish you good luck in your adventures in Azeroth!

In just one day, World of Warcraft sold through an estimated 250,000 copies to players. Over 200,000 accounts have already been created, and peak concurrency across all active game servers has been above 100,000. See the full media alert here to read more about Blizzard's epic first day of World of Warcraft! The alert also contains details about Blizzard's plans to steadily increase server capacity and make more copies of the game available to stores in the coming weeks.

With the release of World of Warcraft in North America, Australia, and New Zealand yesterday, we have already seen an incredible level of demand for the game. We launched with 41 servers in the U.S. yesterday, and we are bringing up an additional 34 servers today to accommodate the influx of players. Over 200,000 accounts were created in just a single day! Based on this, we can clearly tell that players are very excited about getting into the game, and as a result, we expect to see high concurrency on the servers for the first days that the game is available. As the rush to get onto the servers evens out and additional hardware is made available, the necessity for waiting queues will decrease.

We have staff working around the clock to ensure we can smooth out this initial rush, and we will be working through Thanksgiving to address the latency issues that players are experiencing.

In regard to waiting queues for joining servers, here are some important tips to keep in mind when deciding which server to play on:

• When choosing your server for the first time, the server wizard will suggest a server with low load to improve your game-play experience. However, if you decide to pick your own server to play on, we suggest picking a server where the population is not high during peak hours (peak hours are 6pm through midnight in your local time zone). This will help you avoid server queues.

• Also, feel free to play in any time zone. The server wizard automatically chooses a server based on your indicated time zone, but this is only intended as a suggestion for playing with people in your region, not a requirement for better latency. Our datacenters are equally capable of supporting users from any region in North America.

We understand that players want to play with their friends and guild mates, but during these initial days as we bring up more servers to accommodate the load, we ask that you please consider the options discussed above. Please also note that we have determined that the latency issues that have cropped up are unrelated to individual server populations. For the time being, latency while fighting and looting monsters can be expected on all servers, regardless of population. We are continuing to focus on resolving this issue as quickly as possible.

We want to thank everyone for their patience and understanding as we work diligently to iron out all issues resulting from the overwhelming enthusiasm for playing World of Warcraft.

Due to some unforeseen systems issues, PayPal is not currently able to accept World of Warcraft payments. However, they are working diligently with us to bring this online as soon as possible.

We are also experiencing a brief supply delay with the retail pre-paid game cards. The game cards will be ready to ship this coming Monday, November 29 and should begin appearing in stores where World of Warcraft is sold shortly thereafter. We apologize for any inconvenience and will provide additional information as soon as it is available.

Blizzard Entertainment proudly welcomes you to World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the award-winning Warcraft universe. The events in World of Warcraft take place three years after the conclusion of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, as the forces of the Alliance and the Horde brace themselves for a new struggle for dominance. Great challenges face the denizens of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, but great rewards abound. Azeroth is now open to receive its first heroes; we hope you enjoy your time here.

Be sure to check back often, as we'll be updating the news regularly moving forward. In the meantime, we've posted some tips below to help you get started on your adventures.

To register your account, find your World of Warcraft authentication key, which is located either on the slip cover that holds your four game discs (Standard Edition) or on the front cover of your game manual (Collector's Edition), and go to our Account Creation page.

To start playing World of Warcraft, you must first create your character. To help you learn more about the various races and classes in the game, please visit the following links:

Races of World of Warcraft
Classes of World of Warcraft

To find out more about how to play World of Warcraft, please visit our Getting Started page.

Thank you for your interest in World of Warcraft; we look forward to seeing you online!

-Blizzard Entertainment

To help celebrate the launch of World of Warcraft, we've just posted six new wallpapers and a collection of the latest fan art submissions, which you can view by clicking on the links below:

To help celebrate the launch of World of Warcraft, we've also just posted a collection of the latest fan art submissions, which you can view by clicking on the links below:

Azeroth trembled before the might of the Burning Legion. Human and Orc alike fled before the massive infernals summoned from the chaos to wreak havoc upon the hapless populace. Countless adventurers, driven to protect their homeland, fell before Dreadlord and Doomguard, Giant and Dragonkin. Though the defenders achieved small victories in the defense of their cities, there was no end to the monstrous army that bore down upon them. The damage was devastating. Strangest of all, witnesses swore they could smell roast chicken...

World of Warcraft's Open Beta ended with a bang (or cluck) last Thursday! The Burning Legion launched an attack on the major cities and locations of Azeroth. Fearless adventurers banded together to in a vein attempt to repel the invasion. There were also unconfirmed reports of characters and monsters suddenly and inexplicably turning into chickens! Click here to check out screenshots from the event.

The World of Warcraft open beta test has now come to a close. During the beta test, over 500,000 players adventured through the lands of Azeroth and helped World of Warcraft on its way to becoming one of the largest massively multiplayer online games in the U.S.! The beta test community has been a tremendous source of information and feedback for the development teams, and we wish to thank our beta testers for participating in the beta test process. When the final version of World of Warcraft hits stores on November 23rd, you'll see the culmination of your hard work. The entire World of Warcraft team is now focusing on a smooth launch, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts about the game. Thank you again for your continued support with this project; we look forward to seeing you on in Azeroth.

Once again we'd like to thank all of the testers who participated in World of Warcraft's beta test. Your contributions helped create a fun and exciting game that will entertain players for years to come!

The Blizzard Crew lined up to sign boxes at last year's launch of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

Come meet the developers of World of Warcraft at the Fry's Electronics store in Fountain Valley, CA on Tuesday, November 23. Starting on Tuesday morning at 12:00 AM PST, Fry's Electronics will open its doors to local gamers and give them the chance to be among the first to purchase a copy of the game and meet the developers in person.

The festivities will begin at 10:30 PM on Monday night, and the line to enter the store will be cut off at 1:00 AM, so be sure to get there early. We will be raffling away Blizzard recommended NVIDIA BFG GeForce 6800 video cards and backpacks, lift tickets to Bear Mountain ski resort, as well as a complete Alienware Area 51 computer. Local radio station, KROQ, will also be there to play music at the event, and food and beverages will be available.

If you'd like to attend, please be sure to visit:

Fry's Electronics
10800 Kalama River Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
714-378-4400