Those looking forward to getting Wrath of the Lich King when it comes out should pay attention to this one. Blizzard has released the minimum and recommended system requirements for the World of Warcraft expansion. Better make sure your PC packs the punch before grabbing the game. Check out the list in the full article.

To play Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, you will need skill, determination, finesse...but more importantly, a system that can run the game. The developers from Mythic Entertainment have finally released the minimum PC specs needed to run the game and list of the video cards the game supports. To find out more, check out the full article.

Looking to make World of Warcraft run much smoother? Then you might want to try picking up a motherboard that supports SLI (Scalable Link Interfaces). According to Community Manager Drysc, this feature is supported by the game and might provide a decent boost to the game's frame rate. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

If you've been yearning for more information on Funcom's upcoming MMORPG, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures for the PC and Xbox 360, well the new FAQ has just been released, including the game's specs, both required and recommended. Find out more of the things included in the FAQ in the full article.

With the Gaming Developer's Conference still running, developers are busy showcasing their latest products. Over at Flagship Studios side is the new MMORPG Mythos, which the company will demonstrate to GDC attendees starting tomorrow until Friday.

That's not the only thing that Flagship Studios will offer folks at the conference, though. Take a look at the full article after the jump for more details.

While consoles are hard at work in vying for market share, PC gaming is only occasionally getting love, and AAA titles don't often come by. According to Dean Takahashi, top industry players are teaming up to counter this problem and keep the PC on top as the leading gaming platform. More details await at the full article.

The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar now prides itself as being the first MMORPG that supports DirectX 10 and NVIDIA GeForce graphics processors. The upgrade is to allow players to experience the new improvements to Middle-earth. Details in the full article.

Here's something for the Christmas list of World of Warcraft fans: in a joint project, Dell and Blizzard brings you the Dell XPS M1730, World of Warcraft Edition, the bigger badder brother of their WoW XPS M1710. The WoW Notebook PC is emblazoned with custom World of Warcraft artwork and comes with a ton of extras. Find out more in the full article.

 

For the fortunate fans that managed to get their very own tickets to the BlizzCon event this August (we won't ask how...), there's much more than just Starcraft II goodies, souvenirs, and other delectable freebies that await you. Blizzard has just sent word of three competitions that are expected to take place at the event: the costume, character sound-alike, and dance contests. And in case you're wondering what's in it for the competitors, the site posted some rather tempting prizes for each event's first-prize winners:

• For the Dance Contest: One Dell XPS laptop with an approximate retail value of US$ 4,000.00, and a two-year subscription to Sponsor's World of Warcraft game service with an approximate retail value of US$ 300.00.
• For the Character Sound-Alike Contest: One Nvidia graphics card, one Logitech keyboard, one Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card, and one gift certificate with approximate retail value of the prize package to be no less than US$ 1,500.00.
• For the Costume Contest: One Dell XPS laptop with an approximate retail value of US$ 4,000.00, and a two-year subscription to Sponsor's World of Warcraft game service with an approximate retail value of US$ 300.00.
  

Full application rules and details should be available at the BlizzCon site (read link). Just check back in case we pick up an update for these upcoming competitions.

 

It can be argued that the entries on the Ataris/World of Warcraft Machinima Contest are some of the best ever done in the genre. If you enjoy Machinima videos, you should have seen the entries by now. If you haven't yet head on over here, you won't be disappointed.

Blizzard Poster/Forum Moderator Nethaera has called for players to cast their votes before the end of this weekend when they close the event. The winners for this contest will be announced on June 30, 2007, with the winners walking away with some really cool prizes such as an NVIDIA GeForce series graphic card.

After watching every one of the ten finalists videos, I can honestly say that these guys put a lot of hard work into their entries and really deserve some recognition for their work. Given that we can't vote for every video, just vote for the one you like best, they'll appreciate it. So before we go here's a big good luck to all those in the finals, you guys rock!