• Jeremiah

    Upcoming Blizzard MoP Press Event! 

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    Jeremiah
    Published on 03-12-2012 03:17 PM



    If you haven't heard yet, Blizzard is inviting the press to tour Mists of Pandaria and it's features on March 13th. This means we could see a large number of leaks bouncing through the IRC channels, and you can be sure that the Ownedcore News Team will be on top of the latest developments, bringing you leaks and content before the NDA is lifted! Stay tuned the next couple of days here on Ownedcore for frequent updates on the Blizzard press tour, and let's hope that those who have received the press pass won't keep their lips completely sealed.

    For years, Ownedcore has brought you leaks and secret information on upcoming Blizzard expansions. The official NDA is lifted nearly a week later after the press tour begins, so even if we don't happen to get a lot of NDA-breaching content, you still won't have to wait long for new expansion information.

    Stay tuned! If you'd like to submit anything you suspect to be leaked content, send me a private message on the site.
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    Chris Metzen for a Day 

    by
    Jeremiah
    Published on 02-15-2012 01:23 PM


    Let's say hypothetically that you take over Blizzard's creative development for a day, which means you essentially become Chris Metzen. You have complete and total control over the story and overall feel of the next expansion. Now, I know people are incredibly and passionately divided over whether or not Mists of Pandaria is a good or bad idea, so I'm just wondering what you would all do instead.

    Would you bring back the Scourge for yet another expansion, create an entirely new enemy, focus on the Alliance versus Horde conflict, or something entirely different and "Outlandish"? For those of you who really don't care about the story or lore, it still determines what your gear will look like, what continent you're going to be leveling on, and what sort of races and classes you'll have access to.

    Personally, I'd love to see a spacefaring expansion or an expansion that focuses entirely on the present conflict between the Alliance and Horde. Mists of Pandaria claims to focus on this conflict, as there seems to be no "Big Bads" or supervillains present, and I think that's a step in the right direction. Still, Pandaria serves as a distraction from what could have been an amazing story of war between the Alliance and Horde. I think Blizzard gives too many shining moments to the good guys and has a difficult time creating believable villains. Most importantly, I think Blizz has a difficult time creating villains you can easily sympathize with. Their story department can't seem to create a villain that I would say, "Wow, he's actually right," to. I like villains when I can agree with their ends but have a few problems with their means, and so far, Blizzard has really only developed a caste of villains who want to "DESTROY EVERYTHING!!!" I can't get behind that kind of idea for obvious reasons.

    I have a feeling that the "Sha", or the "Elemental Hate" is going to give this expansion a reason to end on a happy-go-lucky "We're the heroes of Azeroth" note; I don't want to be a hero, I want to be a player in a global conflict. This upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion will end with the Pandaren tying the Alliance and Horde together with their lessons of kindness and peace, and the Horde and Alliance will eradicate the Sha, or the Elemental Hate, and learn to love each other. I hate to say it's going to end that way, but it is. I'll put 50 bucks on it right now. The story will start off with the Alliance and Horde plunged into absolute and total war with the destruction of Theramore, and for a moment we'll finally get to see these two great civilizations and their member states unleashing their most terrifying weapons. That will end soon when Blizzard's wise, Monk-like race exerts their international influence through their new Monk cadre and the fact that there are great number of Pandaren amongst the Alliance and Horde, when they will then stop the conflict with the power of love. Tell me I'm wrong, because I don't want to be let down.

    We want to hear from you. What would you like to see from a future World of Warcraft expansion?
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    Brand New Mists of Pandaria Footage 

    by
    Jeremiah
    Published on 02-15-2012 12:56 PM



    Blizzard just released the above amazing new footage of Mists of Pandaria and it's features. Perhaps this gives us some hope that Mists of Pandaria will finally include the forgotten Dance Studio feature promised in the Wrath of the Lich King trailer released at Blizzcon some years ago. In all seriousness, I'm actually pretty excited for Mists of Pandaria, and I don't think the Pandaren are a childish race whatsoever. I'll be doing a lore/story speculation post as a revival post for the dead Global Supremacy column I started ages here ago on Ownedcore. Stay tuned!

    New Blizzard Mount Revealed! 

    by
    Jeremiah
    Published on 02-14-2012 07:49 PM


    New mount. This is the best mount in the entire game. You can order it for a bit of extra cash if you want to ride on this sick beast. In all seriousness, I was absolutely shocked when I saw this one idling in Trade District. I thought it was the Heroic Deathwing mount, but it turns out it's just another mount you can buy off of the Blizzard store for money. Note that the picture above is inaccurate, and the mount is not nearly as awesome. Sorry guys.
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