• We've updated World of Warcraft's five-year anniversary site to include a frank interview with Fraya, the leader of the Enigma guild on the Deathwing realm. In the interview, we speak with Fraya about his most memorable moments over five years of playing, Enigma’s experience in high-end raiding, and where the guild expects to find itself in Cataclysm and beyond. Check out the anniversary page for our full discussion.

• Here is the next honorable mention from the World of Warcraft Comic Contest submitted by Thundersnow.
  
  

  

  Remember, the contest will go on all year long. Each month's winner will receive three volumes of Blizzard Entertainment manga, and will be considered by TOKYOPOP for contributions to upcoming volumes of both Warcraft: Legends and StarCraft: Frontline.
  
  Have a comic to submit? It's not too late to enter the comic contest. Read the official rules, and submit your comics today!

• Cataclysm will alter the face of Azeroth forever, but the landscape isn't the only thing that's changing. As part of our ongoing look at how stats and other game systems are evolving in the expansion, we've posted an in-depth preview of the Mastery system, a set of new game mechanics that will allow players to become better at what makes their chosen talent tree cool or unique.
  
  Learn more about Mastery in our new forum post, or check out our previous article on stat changes to find out how the new system fits into the big picture.

• The Printwarcraft.com Custom Poster Contest has come to a close. We've seen thousands of amazing poster creations, and have chosen one among them all as our week-four winner, and also our grand prize winner as the top poster creation across all four weeks. Congratulations go to Ainyan from Durotan.
  
  We've chosen the second-place winner Dansuroxen from Fenris and third-place winner Daxriggs from Anub'arak, both of whom put together very creative and attractive designs. Be sure to check out these and many more great posters in our gallery.
  
  The contest may be over, but you can still create your own custom poster at Printwarcraft.com.

• Our partners at FigurePrints, Printwarcraft.com, and SwagDog are currently offering a 10% discount on select custom World of Warcraft products until April 30. Whether you visit FigurePrints.com to create your own unique character statue, stop by Printwarcraft.com to exercise your artistic talents and make your own character poster, or swing by SwagDog.com to grab some personalized Horde and Alliance apparel, all you need to do is enter the promotion code Blizzard at checkout and you'll instantly receive 10% off of your purchase of select merchandise. This opportunity lasts until April 30 -- check out the FigurePrints, Printwarcraft.com, and SwagDog websites for more details.

• Week three of the Printwarcraft.com custom poster contest has come to an end, and after thousands of entries, we've chosen our third winner, Severedsoul of Spinebreaker. Be sure to check out the week three winner's entry, as well as some other great entries here in the gallery.
  
  Week four has just concluded, and we will announce the next round of winners out soon. This week we'll be choosing one entry each as our grand prize, second place, and third place winners for even more prizes. Find out more on our contest page.

• Due to technical issues that prevented us from properly receiving Holiday Fan Art Calendar Contest submissions from Europe and Korea, we have extended the deadline for all entries until 11:59 PM PST, March 15. Players in every participating region will now have until this date to submit their original holiday-inspired, Warcraft-themed artwork for a chance to see their piece appear in the 2011 Official World of Warcraft Calendar! Check out the official rules or visit the contest website for more information.
  
  Important note for all European and Korean participants: If you have already submitted artwork for this contest please make sure to visit the contest site and resubmit your artwork.

• Here is the next honorable mention from the World of Warcraft Comic Contest submitted by Meltharos.
  
  

  

  Remember, the contest will go on all year long. Each month's winner will receive three volumes of Blizzard Entertainment manga, and will be considered by TOKYOPOP for contributions to upcoming volumes of both Warcraft: Legends and StarCraft: Frontline.
  
  Have a comic to submit? It's not too late to enter the comic contest. Read the official rules, and submit your comics today!

• The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with 3 new artwork from Warcraft.
  
  

  

• Thanks to the combined effort of Warcraft players from around the world, we have reached twenty thousand submissions, and the final piece of the World of Warcraft BattleCry Mosaic has been revealed. Head over to the World of Warcraft anniversary site now and check out the complete mosaic, which can only be described by one word: epic.
  
  You can now look at the complete mosaic using the site's mosaic viewer, download the original artwork wallpaper, and of course view the legendary-sized mosaic wallpaper. And while you’re there, make sure to also check out all the previously unlocked content.
  
  Thank you to everyone who sent in their pictures to help us create a little piece of Warcraft history, and thank you to all our players around the world for your continued support. Lok'tar!
  
  Check out the BattleCry page now, as well as our our updated special Battlecry Gallery (11 new).
  
  

  

• In this interview, World of Warcraft Game Director Tom Chilton talks about the hectic final months leading up to the game’s launch, crafting an MMORPG for a wide range of play styles, and the ongoing effort to improve the game through expansions and content updates.

• Continuing our player interviews for the World of Warcraft five-year anniversary page, we next speak candidly with Palehoof, a forum MVP who has been around since the program's inception in 2005. Read what Palehoof has to say about his gameplay and community experiences and the World of Warcraft five-year phenomenon on our anniversary page.

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

• The World Championship of the fourth Intel Extreme Masters (Electronic Sports League) in World of Warcraft 3v3 Arena will be held on March 2-4 at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany.
  
  Twelve international teams will show lots of thrilling action while competing for an overall prize pool of $50,000. You can see all the matches live with English commentary on ESL TV -- a free non-stop video stream. For more details, including team profiles, interviews with participants, and the video stream, see the official coverage page.

• We're always on the lookout for eye-catching screenshots of World of Warcraft. Do you have a screenshot that would make other people go "Wow!"? Send it in. We've been really happy with our screenshots of the day and would like to thank you for your great submissions (over 1,800 and counting). We particularly enjoy screenshots featuring humor, creativity, or large gatherings.