Thundgot visited the World of Warcraft forums earlier to announce the opening of a new realm under the name Blade's Edge. Further details on what sort of realm it is are available over in the full article.

Welcome aboard QJ.NET's first-ever World of Warcraft Weekend Warrior, an offshoot of the QuickJump QuickPeek that'll be covering just the latest on Blizzard's MMORPG. This week sees the launching of a couple of the game's festival, along with an interesting new security measure that's going to be introduced. Don't let us keep you though - the rest of the details are available in the full article.

Blizzard has announced that Europe's very own Nihilum guild will be displaying their raiding prowess at today's World Wide Invitational. Find out more about Nihilum's past exploits and their upcoming challenge by visiting the full article.

Titan Books has announced that it has obtained publishing rights to DC Comic' ongoing World of Warcraft comics. For the gamers in Europe, this move may have some positive implications. Read the rest of the details via the full article.

Why aren't all specs viable in Blizzard's World of Warcraft viable for PvP? Well, there are a number of reasons, but it all boils down to game balance. Community Manager Vaneras recently spoke about this on the game's official forums. To find out what he had to say, head on over to the full article.

World of Warcraft players anticipating the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King are already drawing up plans on how to play the new Death Knight hero class available in the expansion. However, some posters on the WoW Europe forums expressed their concerns on the availability of the class once WotLK goes live. You can read about the thread posted on the forums and Blizzard's response to it in our full article after the jump.

Big news coming in for Europe, as we announce that preparations are underway for this year's London Games Festival. Wondering exactly when 2008's celebrations begin? Visit the full article for the rest of the details!

Blizzard's Slorkuz over at the WoW Europe forums has recently clarified that Zul'Aman will be losing its Epic level Bear Mounts with the arrival World of Warcraft's Wrath of the Lich King expansion. More details on this matter are available in the full article.

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.

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.