Amid the turmoil of the Cataclysm, a shadowy figure known as Wrathion sought to cleanse his fellow black dragons of corruption . . . by wiping them from the face of Azeroth. Crucial to his quest was a world-renowned rogue — a hero of unparalleled courage, who helped vanquish Deathwing himself.

Meet the diminutive Soul of the Aspects – a pint-sized version of the Heart of the Aspects flying mount. As your newest faithful companion pet, this radiant whelpling flies by your side through the skies of Azeroth, celebrating your adventures together with aerial summersaults and twisting corkscrews. Visit the Pet Store today and fly home with the Soul of the Aspects.

Many of the best updates found on our website each week were created by you! Fan Art, Screenshots, Wallpapers, and Comics all come from player submissions, and we want to thank you for your wonderful contributions. Pieces that we post to our websites are often featured for several years . . . sometimes permanently! We’ve even displayed your artwork at BlizzCon and in museum exhibits alongside our own creations. Whether you’re a longtime contributor or a first time hopeful, please...

We’ve just released a new wallpaper just in time for Noblegarden. It couldn’t be cuter! The World of Warcraft Fan Art Section has been updated with four new pieces of fan artwork. We’ve also updated our Trading Card Game art gallery to feature ten new pieces. Each image is taken directly from the official World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. Be sure to give a shout-out to your favorite pieces in the comments. Last but not least, we’ve added a...

The Warcraft universe is filled with heroic tales that span Azeroth’s ancient past to its recent history. Now, you can immerse yourself in this massive library of lore on the newly updated Expanded Universe page. In addition to free short stories and other fiction, you can now find publication dates and vendor links for Warcraft’s entire collection of novels, comics, and manga. Head over to the revamped Expanded Universe page to dive into this wealth of new material.

We’re pleased to announce that the 2012 World of Warcraft Arena Pass is nearly here. Starting April 10, players will be able to sign up to compete against like-minded individuals in a dedicated Arena sandbox. The Arena Pass service will feature access to the special tournament realms with level-85 character templates and epic gear from Cataclysm. As an added bonus, we have included an exclusive reward that players can earn by purchasing their Arena Pass and participating in the competition...

That’s right — we’re in the process of sending 250,000 additional beta-test invites to Annual Pass holders. Keep an eye on your email and Battle.net account for an invitation to come test Mists of Pandaria with us. As with previous waves, it’s going to take a while for the invites to process, so we recommend checking your games list in Battle.net Account Management to see whether yours has arrived yet. Once it does, you’ll see the Mists of Pandaria beta...

Our updated Scroll of Resurrection campaign is well underway, and many players are taking advantage of this opportunity to bring friends and former guildmates back to the game. We’ve noticed that many of you have questions about how the program works. We’re here to provide answers, and one of the ways that we’re doing so is with this pair of quick tutorial videos. The first is for those of you who are sending Scrolls of Resurrection, and the second is...

Bashiok(Community Manager): “We appreciate that everyone who signed up for the Annual Pass is genuinely excited about seeing the new content and helping us test it for release. We definitely want to get all Annual Pass holders into the beta test as soon as humanly (and technologically) possible. To do so, we need to make sure that our new systems remain stable as we add players. If we let everyone in at the exact same time, we risk damaging the...

We’ve recently converted our Facebook pages for Blizzard, Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo to the new timeline format, and we hope that you’ll join us in making the most of our community connections there. Since we launched our Facebook pages, we’ve had the pleasure of sharing a plethora of stories, BlizzCasts, artwork, and videos with a thriving Facebook community, but we’re not done yet. We encourage you to browse through our company and franchise histories, “like” our pages so that you’ll...