• The new World of Warcraft community site is live! Months in the making, this site will soon become the prime gathering spot for the community. We're very excited to finally open the doors and invite you into our new home. You can read more about the transition from our existing website to the new one in our original announcement. 
  
  As we're considering this a live preview, we want your feedback about the look and feel of the new digs. Head to the community site, check out thenew forum categories, and follow the Website Feedback links to let your voice be heard. Go ahead. Check it out!

• We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with two new calendar wallpapers for August, 2010. 
  
  

   

• We have some tasty leftovers from our community comic contest to share.This comic was submitted by Baltarouzz. Check out the full gallery here.
  
  

  

   

• The Cataclysm looms near, and you can be ready to play the minute the servers go live by pre-purchasing the expansion digitally on Battle.net now. Simply complete the digital pre-sale process on Battle.net, and your account will be flagged for automatic access to Cataclysm when it launches at 12:01 a.m. PST on December 7. 
  
  Once you’ve completed the digital upgrade, be sure to log in to World of Warcraft at least once prior to December 7 to begin the background-downloading process and prepare for Deathwing’s return. Until then, keep watching the skies....

• The Blizzard Art gallery has been updated with 6 pieces representing the Warcraft universe. These pieces offer an inside look at the creative process behind building this virtual world.
  
  

   
  

• Issue 3 of the Official World of Warcraft magazine is on its way to mailboxes everywhere, featuring interviews with Blizzard Entertainment's creative guru Chris Metzen and the item design team. Don't have your issue yet? Go to the Official World of Warcraft Magazine website for a sneak preview of the latest issue and to learn how to subscribe.

• We're featuring 5 new pieces of artwork in our Blizzard Fan Art Sectiontoday. Have a look at the many different interpretations of the Warcraft universe forged by some very talented artists. 
  
  Do you have a unique artistic approach to characters or environments in the Diablo, StarCraft, or Warcraft universes? Submit your fan art now!
  
  

      

• We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring Cataclysm. 
  
  

• For the Day of the Dead festivities, the people of Azeroth and Outland gather in the graveyards of every major city to cook, eat, drink, don costumes, and more in celebration of those they've lost. During the Day of the Dead festivities, which take place each year on November 1 and 2, the denizens of Azeroth and Outland gather in the graveyards of every major city to honor fellow heroes and loved ones lost in battle, ravaged by plague, or otherwise dispatched on a one-way journey into the spirit world. Visit our Day of the Dead page to learn more about this holiday and the grim bounty it brings.