All available tickets for the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational are now sold out! Taking place over Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of June at the Porte de Versailles Convention Centre in Paris, France, the 2008 Worldwide Invitational looks set to be another exciting Blizzard Entertainment gaming event. Be sure to check the 2008 Worldwide Invitational website often for updates on the panels, showcased content, and other news on what to expect, as well as live coverage during the event!

At the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational, all attendees will have the opportunity to witness some of the world’s top StarCraft, Warcraft III and World of Warcraft Arena players compete in exciting matches. In addition to these professional gaming matches, community player tournaments will allow you to show your skills for fun and glory – and some amazing tournament prizes. Read more on how to compete with other members of the community in Blizzard's upcoming World of Warcraft tournaments and use your skills to come out on top! Check out the Community tournaments page for more information.

Leveling in WotLK
As you know we made changes for the 20-60 experience, and more changes could happen, but until we see how things play out a bit more with the addition of the expansion, there isn't anything specific I can tell you in regard to more changes just yet. (Source)

Death Knight Creation
As long as you have a level 55 character on a server, you will be able to unlock the death knight (create one). There will be a questline associated with the death knight, however, so that you may learn how to play it and get into the storyline associated with them. (Source)

Revisiting and improving old regions from Kalimdor / Eastern Kingdoms
We would like to revisit some of these older areas in the future, but it's going to be contingent on when we have the time to put into it. (Source)

MLG PC Circuit 3v3 Arena Competition
In the Major League Gaming (MLG) 2008 PC Circuit, 32 teams will compete in World of Warcraft Arena battles for over $20,000 in prizes at each event. The first event will be in San Diego during the weekend of June 13-15, 2008 and will be streamed live on GotFrag TV: http://www.gotfrag.com/. Registration for the San Diego stop opens May 15 at 7 p.m. EST and is on a first-come, first-served basis. To learn more about the PC Circuit, please visit its information page at: http://www.mlgpro.com/2008pccircuit/index

Here's the skinny, the lowdown, the 411 etc on the death knight choice.

First off, it fits in with Northrend extremely well for obvious reasons.

Second off, many people tend to have this strange belief that adding a new class is simple, easy as pie, and a cakewalk all on a Sunday afternoon, but it's not. There is a lot of work that goes into it and many considerations for how it will work, how it will work with other classes, how the lore ties in, how quests and npcs also can tie in to this new class, itemization, and a whole lot more. It takes a lot of forethought, testing, and care to add something this major to the game and for each new class that is added to the game, come the concerns about not maintaining the uniqueness of each class that already exists.

I'm not saying that the possibility of more classes being added in the future isn't a possibility. We had many ideas of what class we'd add in for Wrath of the Lich King prior to settling on the death knight. There are many more possibilities for classes we'd consider in the future as well, but we aren't going to rush to add them in and risk creating a situation where other classes lose their uniqueness and their value within the game.

On May 21st and May 28th technical issues caused a total of 10 hours additional maintenance on the following realms:
Aerie Peak, Boulderfist, Eonar, Frostmane, Grim Batol, Jaedenar, Kazzak, Kilrogg, Outland, Ravenholdt, Stonemaul, Tarren Mill, Vek'nilash, Wildhammer

As a result we will credit all players with an active character on the affected realms with 1 day of game time credit and rested bonus.. This will be credited to the eligible accounts in the next few weeks. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience this has caused.