In the video game industry, it's important not to rest on one's laurels. Activision probably knows this. In spite of the fact that its Q4 and fiscal year 2008 financial reports have shown encouraging results, the company is already planning its next ventures in the near future. This was evident in the company's recent conference call. More lucrative news follows after the jump.

It's been months since BlizzCast Episode 2 was released, and some players of Blizzard's World of Warcraft are beginning to doubt there'd be another one. No need to fret though, because blue poster Nethaera reassured we'd get enough doses of developer talk soon enough. See the full article for more details.

While multiplexing and "boxing" has always been an accepted practice in Blizzard's World of Warcraft, some players have found it rather abusive when exercised in a PvP or Battlegrounds setting. This is why some forum posters on WoW Europe opened a proposal to try and ban this practice from the main servers. You can find out Blizzard's response to this in our full article after the jump.

Have you ever had one of those days when you felt like you were just going around in circles? World of Warcraft player Soraneaptide seems to be experiencing something similar with the Blizzard Store.

According to the player, the store has too many redirects and seems to bounce shoppers back to itself. The news goes full circle in the full article after the jump.

When their not busy playing World of Warcraft, the resident artist-players of the game take some time off to express their ideas on canvas.  That seems to be the case with WoW player Opex, whose artwork was featured on Blizzard's official forums. Check it out in the full article after the jump.

Remember the Blizzard v MYD Industries lawsuit case concerning the WoWGlider bot program for World of Warcraft? The last time we reported about it, the two sides are at a standstill. Now, here comes a new... well, not necessarily a challenger, but a new voice. Head over the full article to read about the stand of the interest group Public Knowledge on the issue.

Here's a guild recruitment video that can easily touch your heart. Perhaps being amazed is the more appropriate reaction, but we appreciated the effort put into it nonetheless. The World of Warcraft guild Resistance is Futile apparently wants to grow bigger, and did something about it in a very cool way. Hit that jump to see for yourself.

Nobody loves playing on any MMO game when it feels like your connection is going through a bullet time action scene from The Matrix. That's why Blizzard is asking you to submit your reports regarding any latency issues you might have encountered lately in World of Warcraft. Explicit details on how to submit these reports can be found by reading our full article.

Blizzard has revealed that a new World of Warcraft fan art competition in Europe has just been opened.The Frostmourne Fan Art contest asks players to submit original artwork depicting Arthas and his legendary sword. The winners will be getting some pretty sweet prizes, so you might want to check out the full article if you're interested.

Mounts serve as more than just practical forms of transportation in World of Warcraft; they're good for racing, too. In fact, that's what one player by the name of Sheildheart has in mind. On Blizzard's European forums, the player sent out an invitation to all interested role-players to participate in the Venom Mount Racing Championship...sort of.

Why "sort of"? Mount up and head to the full article after the jump for more details.