Novint Technologies Inc. announced that it will be releasing drivers for the Falcon game controller which will allow users to experience "realistic game actions and force feedback" while playing Blizzard's World of Warcraft. More in the full article.

Finally here: World of Warcraft's Patch 2.4.2 is now available for download. It will also go live for the European realms tomorrow. Check out the patch notes and more details in the full article.

It's easy to get overwhelmed with the number of changes that will be making its way to the latest patch 2.4 of Blizzard's World of Warcraft. Fortunately, green poster Iriel was able to compile all the changes discussed about the game's UI features and put a thread up on the WoW forums discussing the upcoming changes. You can take a look at the consolidated changelog posted by Iriel in the full article.

Encountering script errors every time you run World of Warcraft on your PC? Player Pariahdark noted the same woes during a recent play-through, along some sporadic icon errors that may be driver-related. And while the script issue may be fixed soon, you may want to see its details over in the full article.

If you're tired of creating your own World of Warcraft AddOns on Notepad, then you'll be glad of this new application released by Microsoft to help budding developers design their ideal addons with more ease.

Based on Microsoft's Visual Studio, the AddOn Studio is a GUI-based editor that allows you to create your own custom AddOns compatible with the latest patch of WoW that you can use in the game. Check out AddOn Studio's features in the full article!

As Wdude initially reports over at the World of Warcraft forums, the Auctioneer add-on has apparently been experiencing a bug wherein it forces his (Wdude) game to crash abruptly. Blue-texter Slouken has already picked up on the thread with a possible fix. Further details are available in the full article.

As you guys will recall, World of Warcraft's test realms have just updated to the MMORPG's patch 2.3.2. And as you've come to expect, reports are already streaming in about the patch's known bugs and problems. Blue-texter Hortus has compiled an initial list, which can be read over at the full article.

While using mods or addons for World of Warcraft is always a welcome way to make gameplay easier, there will always be risk that some of these mods violate Blizzard's Terms and Conditions (as was the case with WoWGlider). This was the topic of an inquiry made by Orinakarr over at the WoW Europe Forums, regarding the Gatherer mod.

For the guys haven't heard of it, Gatherer is a tracking tool for herbalists, miners and treasure hunters. Quoting the wowui site, here's a full explanation of what it does:

The Addon does not track like a tracking ability does, rather it 'remembers' where you have found various items in the past. It does this whenever you gather (perform herbalism, mining or opening) on an item, and records the specific map location in it's history. From then on, whenever the item comes into range of being one of the closest 1-25 (configurable) items to your present location, it will pop up on you minimap.

Getting back to the subject matter, Orinakarr wasn't sure of this mod would give players an unfair advantage during the game - as this counts for a clear violation of Blizz's conditions. Spokesman Aeus dropped by a little later to explain that the addon was clean:

Gatherer just sees where you are when a skill is triggered and adds an icon to the map. As far as I know it consists only of the "standard" Addon files like .lua, .toc and .xml. No executable files are involved. So knock yourself out.

So there you have it. We hope guys also using this addon will breathe a little easier, knowing they don't risk getting banned for using it in gathering resources.

Another patch was released on the World of Warcraft Public Test Realm (PTR) yesterday. The title of the patch on the official pages has been changed from PTR Patch 2.1.0 to "World of Warcraft Client Patch 2.1.0". Some people take the change to signal that the patch will go live this Tuesday, though there's no word as of yet from Blizzard (they're probably busy with something else).

The changes are quite lengthy, and it's a good thing Curse Gaming got all the changes from the last PTR patch. Here's the rundown:

General

• Taunts: The taunt system has been adjusted so that Warrior Taunt, Druid Growl, and Paladin Righteous Defense will now grant the player the correct amount of threat even when the creature or its target is crowd controlled.
• Dodge Rating: Low level players now calculate dodge from dodge rating at the same rate as level 34 players.
• The negative effect of the orc racial ability Blood Fury no longer stacks with other effects that reduce healing (Mortal Strike, Wounding Poison, etc.)
• Characters can now speak with Orphan Matron Mercy in Shattrath City during Children’s Week to mentor a draenei (Alliance) or blood elf (Horde) orphan. Shattrath orphans have a whole new line of sight-seeing requests across both Outland and Azeroth and three new pets to offer to their mentors.

Druids

• Force of Nature: The Treants summoned by this spell will now correctly attack your target even if it is neutral or non-aggressive.
• Swiftmend: The button for this ability will now be greyed out when your current target does not have Rejuvenation or Regrowth.

The rest of the changes after the jump!

  

As much as we like World of Warcraft's Addons, there's that recurring problem of having to hunt down all the individual mods we fancy. And while it's an adventure all to its own, it still kills time better spent questing to level 70. With that in mind, we introduce you to GrimStonemaul's latest update to his GrimPack AddOn.

This bundle should answer the needs of any of the game's character classes, being something of a one-stop shop for your modding needs. Just make sure to double check the AddOn descriptions in case some of the included mods conflict with your character's specs. The bundle is over at WoW UI (behind the "Via" link below), and features the works of some their more famous authors - make sure to check out whatever they've got brewing aside from the mods in this bundle.

The second AddOn is probably something hunters and other standoff fighters may want to check out. It's Drool's ImprovedCamera 2.0.1 mod, which allows you to set your game to its maximum distance setting of 50. For those who remember seeing this mod before, Drool mentions this is actually a continuation of Rewad's ImprovedCamera mod for WoW patch v1.12. ImprovedCamera 2.0.1 is set as a post-2.0 patch and thus will also work with Burning Crusade. Enjoy the downloads.

Improved Camera 2 Patch Notes
v2.0.1
Updated TOC version number
Fix for lua 5.1 code changes

Download:[ImprovedCamera 2]