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In this week's examination of Clausewitz "On Gaming," Jonathan Steinhauer looks at what victory and defeat mean ... to NPC monsters.

This week in RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at ways for roleplayers to deal with the Fairer Tongue of Elvish.

Adventures abound in Northrend as Jayne(z) (and Tieria the Druid) attempt to give the dungeon-crawling bloodbaths some context by questing in the Howling Fjord.

The official World of Warcraft site has produced five new screenshots from the beta test of Wrath of the Lich King, the upcoming expansion to WoW. See them after the jump.

Our Ransom Note Contest deadline has passed, and no further entries will be accepted. Thanks to everyone who entered or tried - hope you had as much fun figuring it out as we did making it! The 20 lucky winners will be announced shortly... in the meantime, check out the answers to the puzzle below the cut!

In this week's "RoleCraft," Jim Moreno continues his look at character alignment in MMORPGs - this time focusing on how in-game factions make characters "evil" (or not).

Just over an hour left to solve our ransom note puzzle and get your entry in for a shot at one of 20 WWI '08 Paris cards - featuring the mini-Tyrael pet and entering you for the WotLK closed beta! The deadline is 12:00 noon EDT, so hurry hurry hurry!

Tokyopop is producing a series of manga comics entitled "Warcraft: Legends". The first volume is now available. Check out the cover art and grab some more info...

Articles and screenshots are great and all ... but this time around, we at WarCry want to do something extra for everyone checking out our coverage of the Wrath of the Lich King beta.

So! Let's get animated, with a narrated video introduction to the new world of World of WarCraft (courtesy of the Mage They Call Jayne(z))! Check the video out below the cut!

Articles and screenshots are great and all ... but this time around, we at WarCry want to do something extra for everyone checking out our coverage of the Wrath of the Lich King beta.

So! Let's get animated, with a narrated video introduction to the new world of World of WarCraft (courtesy of the Mage They Call Jayne(z))! Check the video out below the cut!

Despite a great group of submissions, there could only be one. Er, five. Hard though the decision was, we've chosen the five lucky contestants to join the WarCry crew up in Northrend in the Wrath of the Lich King closed beta test: are you one of them?

An introduction to the Wrath of the Lich King by The Mage they call Jayne(z), part of the continuing adventures of The Awesome Brigade.

It's time for our second Wrath of the Lich King Beta Contest - this time, we have 20 Paris Worldwide Invitational '08 cards to give out, for both an eventual WotLK beta key plus the rare mini-Tyrael in-game pet! This contest will end at 12:00 PM EDT on Monday, August 18th.

The deadline has passed for our Beta Key Giveaway! Any entries not presently in will be disqualified. Thanks to everyone who participated: there are some awesome submissions - this is going to be hard to judge! Winners will be announced by 5:00 PM EDT on Friday. But stay tuned, since this isn't over yet: look for our second contest for the 20 WWI cards tomorrow, Thursday the 14th, at 12:00 noon EDT.

Time is running out to get your Olympian screenshots in for a shot at one of five WotLK Beta Keys! Less than 24 hours remain until the deadline of noon EDT on Wednesday the 13th... so get your entry in before it's too late!

World of Warcraft tournament players will have a couple of chances for bragging rights, loot and fun in the next month or so. Starting with the TCG battles at Gen Con this month, next month will see the North American region finals champion crowned in Boston. Check the details...

The latest edition of Blizzcast, the official podcast from Blizzard Entertainment, is out and ready to download. Grab the links and read the program description by clicking below.

World of Warcraft fans will rejoice that "Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth" comic series is being reissued by Gamespy in preparation for a new WoW-based comic. Check out the details after th jump.

With friends (and some other people) at his side, Jayne(z) continues his adventures in the Wrath of the Lich King closed beta - this time, venturing into both Azjol-Nerub and the stronghold of the Blue Dragonflight, The Nexus.

World of Warcraft players! Are you sick of spamming LFG/LFM? If so, the launch of the new player/team matching service will thrill you to the roots of your hair. Check it out after the jump.

From the "I've GOT to Have One of Those" files, World of Warcraft fans can now purchase game-related steins for toasting one another. Check them out by clicking below.

World of Warcraft players will have a cool chance to participate in the Spirit of Competition event beginning today, August 8th and continuing through August 24th. Check out the details and grab the link by clicking below.

The Wrath of the Lich King beta is under way, and while we here at the WarCry Network are having a good ol' time tooling around Northrend ... well, it can get a bit lonely. So - thanks to the fine folks at Blizzard - we'd like to extend an invitation to all of you to try for a chance to come join The Mage They Call Jayne(z), the Awesome Brigade, and the <Evil League of Evil> for your own Lich King beta adventure!

Details below the cut!

Blizzard has finally launched the 2008 Blizzcon website. Packed with information about various panels, contests, and more, you can grab the link by clicking below.

Blizzard has initiated a new recruitment campaign for World of Warcraft with a nifty zhevra in-game mount if trial accounts sign on for a two month stint. Get all the details by clicking below.

In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the standard D&D concept of alignment, how it works in roleplaying, and how it's applied to MMORPGs.

World of Warcraft players already have an inkling about achievements and the cat's been let out of the bag about the same type of system coming to Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2....

WoW Radio and Blizzard have plans to celebrate a new year of the broadcast which, just incidentally, occurs on opening day of the Olympic in Beijing. World of Warcraft fans will delight in the prizes...

Jayne(z)'s adventures in Northrend continue with our first look at one of the new Wrath of the Lich King dungeons: the Catacombs of Utgarde Keep! Also, check out our continually-updated "Adventures in Northrend" Closed Beta image gallery for items, quests, and general awesomeness.

Blizzard has revealed some of the swag attendees at the 2008 Blizzcon in Anaheim, California will receive. See what you'll find inside...

Blizzard has released several videos from the World of Warcraft Worldwide Invitational held recently. Grab the links after the jump.