It's not surprising to see players trying new character classes from time to time, especially when they comes with the blessing of the MMORPG developer. But what if an intended boon turns out to be a bane due to  overwhelming numbers of players? That's precisely why Blizzard spoke up regarding the possible massive influx of Death Knights in World of Warcraft. Find out what Blizzard's take on the topic is after the jump.

What exactly characterizes video game addiction? Writer and researcher Neils Clark recently tackled this and other related questions at the 2008 Games for Health Conference. In his talk, Clark elaborated on the problem, its elements, real world relationships and possible solutions. More on those in the full article after the jump.

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.

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.

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.

With all the screenshot galleries that World of Warcraft now has, you'd think that there'd be a quick and easy way to access them, right? Fortunately, there is. Blizzard has organized them on the game's official content index page. More new of this "sort" in the full article after the jump.

Has a particular World of Warcaft NPC been getting on your nerves lately? Then why not have that NPC taken out? That's right. Blizzard forum member Zefiris (aka Kre) is an assassin who accepts player requests for WoW NPC assassinations. Interested? Find out more about this killing business after the jump.

For someone to be able to post anything on any forum, it follows that one must be able to stay logged in long enough to post, right? Unfortunately, World of Warcraft forum members recently experienced trouble lately when they discovered that they were constantly being logged out of their Blizzard forum account.

Fortunately, Nethaera responded to the issue. Find out what the Blizzard blue poster said after the jump.

Everybody who's played World of Warcraft knows that Blizzard's MMORPG belongs to the fantasy genre. And yet, there are some who beg to differ. WoW player Abrint, for instance, admitted to not liking The Burning Crusade because it had science fiction elements such as space and visible planets in it.

Drysc had an interesting response to this, though. Find out what it was in the full article after the jump.