According to several sources working from BlizzCon transcripts, during one of the development panels for Starcraft II one of the panelists made mention of Warcraft IV.

While discussing the unorthodox Starcraft II release plans, executive vice-president of game design for Blizzard, Rob Pardo let slip that the Warcraft IV campaigns would be released in the same episodic manner.

It's not much to go on, but this could be construed as a confirmation on Warcraft IV by Blizzard.

Own your own Frostmourne!

With Wrath of the Lich King looming in the distance, Blizzard has partnered with with Epic Weapons to create a replica of Frostmourne. For any true fan of Prince Arthas or anyone who just likes to collect sweet (yet evil) swords then this is something to look into. Though with the steep $379 dollar price tag and limited availability it may be tough to get one of these so if you're a collector I'd suggest pre-ordering now.

The legendary rune blade Frostmourne was immortalized in Warcraft III, in which it was taken up by Prince Arthas Menethil, corrupting him and leading to his transformation into the Lich King. We've partnered with EPIC Weapons to create a limited edition replica of the blade in all its horrific glory. This artifact of ancient evil is over 47" long and 12.5" wide, weighing a massive 16 lbs., and is now available for pre-order.

Click here if you're interested in pre-ordering or would like to see some pictures of it.

As posted on TenTonHammer.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade has established a new sales record for PC games, with approximately 3.5 million copies sold within its first month. Keeping pace with the expansion's sales, World of Warcraft's worldwide subscriber base now exceeds 8.5 million. You can read more about these achievements in our latest press release. We send our sincere thanks out to the players across the globe who have continued to help us bring Azeroth, and now Outland, to life, and we look forward to adding more great content to explore -- and seeing how the arena tournament plays out -- in the months ahead.

Check out the links below for the latest information about World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. These new previews offer details on the upcoming PvP Arena System, information on new raid instances, descriptions of outdoor PvP objectives in Outland, and much more.

• GameSpot
• IGN
• San Jose Mercury News
• Joystiq
• GameSpy
• Computer and Video Games
• GamesRadar

German site WorldofWar.de managed to hookup with Blizzard's Frank Pierce earlier this week to get the low-down on the Burning Crusade in a new interview which covers numerous topics including talents, the recent class announcements, new content in the BC?and much more. Their sister site, WorldofWar.net have transcribed the audio interview for your reading pleasure?right here?and an MP3 download is also available on that page.

There is also an article in German from the WorldofWar.de guys which they have translated into bulleted points in English to highlight some of the cool new features you can expect.

There is also a stack of new BC shots available and you can vew all the new additions in their BC gallery, they span a few pages so click the next button at the bottom the page.

Mage and Shaman talents, Naxxramas, tier 3 armor sets, and keyrings are on the horizon!

We missed this the other day, but Blizzard has announced in conjunction with Legendary Pictures, the people who brought us Batman Begins and shortly Superman Returns, are working together to bring a live-action film set in the WarCraft universe.

Exciting news, we'll see just how they are able to adapt the world/storyline to the silver screen. More information can be found in this press release.