With the imminent launch of Mists of Pandaria in 12 days, you'll be able to buy the Pandaren Monk pet in Blizzard's Online Store for half the price! The offer lasts for a week. This pet counts as a companion pet, for pet battles. The standard price is $10; now it's just for $5, so if you'd like a unique pet for them battles, now's the time to get it.

Hurry, because this offer expires September 17, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.

Click here, to enter the Blizzard Online Store.

I just recently read about challenge mode in World of Warcraft and it just reminded me of some stuff about Phantasy Star Universe

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/feature/challenge-modes

The first time I ever saw a challenge mode was in Phantasy Star Online many years ago. You start off with low levels and equipment and you have to complete certain stages with only what you can find. If you complete challenge mode, you can get a custom S-rank weapon that allows you to give it a name, add a special status effect, and upgrade it to very high levels if you can find enough items for it. Few games bother with this because of the difficulty of implementing such a system, but I think that having these challenge features makes the game a lot more interesting. Guild Wars 2 tries to do something like it by capping high level players when they visit low level areas, but it does not feel the same. Neither does the level capped bosses in Final Fantasy XI. It just isn't

Players whose accounts are inactive and want to try out the newest patch in order to get ready for Mists of Pandaria, can claim their free seven days of game time. This offer is limited and must be claimed before September, 19th.

It's recommended to directly log in to Battle.net to avoid any possible scams.

Most scammers will probably try to scam the account off you so be cautious.

If you haven't received an official email yet, try to visit this link.

My inactive account from August, 28th was not eligible to claim this offer, so you'll probably need to have an account frozen for at least a month.

DiabloFans have interviewed Alkaizer, the player who has hit Paragon level 100 as the first player in the world. In the interview he reveals that it was nothing special and that he's an ordinary player.

Alkaizer's Armory Link can be accessed by clicking here.

Question: Starting it off, how does it feel to hit Paragon level 100?

Answer: It feels pretty good. I don't think of this as a huge accomplishment, but it kept me interested in playing the game and it was more fun than I thought it would be.

Question: What were your initial reactions when Blizzard announced the system?

Answer: I was actually not looking forward to it, because I felt I was already getting an edge on other players by using a strong magic find gear setup and I felt this would do more harm than good for a player like me.

These two Mists of Pandaria TV spots, aired during the Packers-49ers NFL match at 4:25 p.m. EDT / 1:25 p.m. PDT.

Get ready for a bold new age of exploration and adventure. Crafted from Mists of Pandaria's opening cinematic, new TV spots for the expansion are invading the airwaves everywhere... so keep an eye out for Chen Stormstout amidst episodes of your favoirte shows. Pandaria opens September 25 -- pre-order now at Warcraft.com

TV Spot #1

TV Spot #2

After Li Li's Travel Journal Part one and two, here's its third continuation.

The next entry in Li Li’s travel journal, an ongoing chronicle of one intrepid pandaren’s journey across the Wandering Isle has been released. In this chapter, Li Li explores the lush lands surrounding the Dai-Lo Farmstead. All is not well in the Wandering Isle’s breadbasket, however: a band of hozen has been stealing food from the farmers! How will Li Li resolve this situation?

Entry Three: To Catch a Hozen

After my romp through the Dawning Valley, I continued on to the Dai-Lo Farmstead!

This beautiful place is the breadbasket of the Wandering Isle, and I read in the Great Library that the region's soil is some of the most fertile in the world. Dai-Lo itself is a small farming community near the Row

                                      

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                The MMO in question is [b]Black Desert, [/b]the firm's maiden offering that is apparently getting ready for public testing in either [b]Korea or Japan.[/b]







Fan site Steparu.com says that publisher GameOn re

The Battle of Theramore, the first of many Scenarios coming to World of Warcraft, is a story-changing event that will be available to level 85 characters for one week only - the week leading up to the launch of Mists of Pandaria on September 25.

For the duration of the week of September 18-24, level 85 characters will be able to queue up for and participate in the Alliance and Horde versions of this new Scenario with two friends. (Please note: if friends are not available to you at the time, two will be provided.)

After the lifting of the mists, the Battle of Theramore will join all other Scenarios as level-90-only content, and everyone -- including players who missed it at level 85 -- will be able to play through the event. Upon completing the Scenario for the first time, players will

Here we go with a brief Enchanting preview in Mists of Pandaria, props go to MMOChamp for creating the video. I'll be using it as a demonstration. You can see visual effects of every new weapon enchantment, one by one. 

In the table, you'll see the Skills tab, where it's indicated at what skill level you're going to get and/or stop getting skill points.

Name	Description	Skill
Enchant Weapon - Elemental Force	Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes inflict 3,000 additional Elemental damage when dealing damage with spells and melee attacks. Requires a level 372 or higher item.	525550575600
Enchant Weapon - Windsong	Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes increase your critical strike, haste, or mastery by 1,500 for 12 sec when dealing damage or healing with spells and melee attacks. Requires a level 372 or higher item.	550575590605
Enchant Weapon - Colossus	Permanently enchants a melee weapon to make your damaging melee strikes sometimes activate a Mogu protect

The highly-anticipated Mists of Pandaria expansion, will be released in under 20 days.

I've been playing the game since its beta, so I'll try to give it a quick, somewhat unbiased review:

Positive things about Mists of Pandaria

No flying mount in Pandaria at level 85 - finally leveling will be more challenging and time-consuming. I mean sure, if you'll get dismounted by a daze effect, you want to break the nearest object within your reach, but hey, this makes you at least enjoy the new content.

New quest mechanics - I personally love the new quest mechanics. If you compare it to quests in Wrath of the Lich King or the Burning Crusade, then, the quest mechanism has been vastly improved. It makes use of phasing, most of the quest givers across Pandaria are voiced and you'll see vid