Preview of WOW Raiding Documentary

A detailed preview of the almost finished documentary about raiding entitled "The Raid."
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/01/the-raid-movie-documentary-examines-wow-raiding/#continued

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WOW Head Adds Justice Point Calculator to Tooltip

WOW Head is constantly tinkering with their database.  This time they've added a justice point calculator to their tooltip that tells you how many justice points an item costs and how many boss kills earn that many justice points.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=172892

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The Raiding Benefits of Professions in Cataclysm

Blacksen takes a look at how the various professions will help the Cataclysm raider.
http://blacksen.com/archives/813

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Shot Priorities Addon for Hunters (DPSCheck)

The author of DPSCheck has updated it for Patch 4.0.1 and explains how it works here.
http://outdps.com/2010/10/29/dpscheck-4-0-1-shot-priorities/

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Pre-Cataclysm Events Start (Elemental Invasion)

Information about the Elemental Invasion in remote outposts and several larger cities and the Twilight Cultists quest line is now available.  Start here to get information but note WOW Head says not everything is available yet in the quest line.  All this will probably end when Patch 4.0.3 The Shattering hits.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=172873

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Day of the Dead Holiday

Welcome to November and the short Day of the Dead event.  There isn't much going on but it is something different for those bored by Patch 4.0.1.  If you are into pets, there's a small skeleton pet that wears a sombrero and carries maracas that vanishes after the holiday is over, and there is one achievement.  The WOW link has the basics with more information in the WOW Head one.
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/events/dayofthedead/index.html

http://www.wowhead.com/blog=172882

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Demon Dogs, Spirit Wolf and Crabby Ghostcrawlers (Cataclysm)

The Cataclysm beta is introducing more tamable pets.  You'll be able to tame more colors of demon dogs if you want a fanged Chinese Crested following you.  The first link is about the demon dogs; the second shows the Chinese Cresteds they seem to be modeled on.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/2010/10/30/demon-dog-heaven/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/image_galleries/chinese_dogs_gallery.shtml

A new spirit beast has been spotted in Cataclysm.  It's a semi-transparent blue crab called Ghostcrawler.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/2010/11/01/ghostcrawler-the-spirit-beast/

A second new spirit beast is a wolf.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/2010/11/04/karoma-the-wolf-spirit-beast/

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Pre-Loading Cataclysm (and Cinematics) Without Purchase

You still have to buy the Cataclysm expansion to play but you can download 700 mg early by following this procedure. http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/29/want-to-preload-cataclysm-without-pre-ordering-heres-how/

UPDATE:  Blizzard says the Cataclysm and other expansion pack cinematics will be downloaded to current customers with patches.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/02/blizzard-clarifies-cinematic-download-for-digital-customers/

UPDATE # 2:  When Cataclysm comes out, it will launch at midnight Pacific time for everyone.
http://kotaku.com/5679434/world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-goes-live-the-same-time-for-everybody

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Blizzard About to Sue Korean TV Companies

Blizzard and Korean cable companies are fighting over control of Starcraft match broadcasts and how much is to be paid to show them.
http://kotaku.com/5676092/starcraft-legal-tussle-over-tv-rights-brewing

UPDATE: The PR war starts as Blizzard prepares to sue the Korean e-sports league as well as its former television partners. (Dec. 2010)  Thanks for the tip, Kotaku.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/12/133_77381.html

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Rumors of a Bungie MMO

With Activision now publishing future Bungie titles, it should be no surprise that rumors of a Bungie Halo MMO should start circulating.  I did find Kotick's quote surprising, however, since I was unaware that Blizzard had any customer service.
http://www.massively.com/2010/10/25/blizzards-pardo-talks-bungie-mmo/

Bungie has announced that Halo Reach is their last Halo game and they want to go in other directions.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/100/1007095p1.html

I doubt that a Halo MMO is in the cards, although I imagine Activision would love to have one. I believe that Battle.net has been set up as the first step in a plan to capture the console game crowd.
http://kotaku.com/5676270/consider-the-possibility-of-activision-games-running-on-battlenet

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