With impending release of Blizzard’s (NASDAQ:ATVI) new expansion for World of Warcraft, Warlords of Draenor, what better way to celebrate than with a custom case mod?  Mnpctech’s pro case modder Bill Owen takes an Antec Eleven Hundred case and builds a case worthy of the Iron Horde.

The new expansion for World of Warcraft is Warlords of Draenor, and it comes out on November 13th.  There is no doubt that tonight will be a sleepless night for millions of World of Warcraft players.  In fact crowds are forming in-game at the Dark Portal waiting for the expansion to go live.  What has been a good way for players to channel their anxiety of the upcoming release?  Well tributes to the game are a good place to start, and there are few tributes to PC games better than case mods.

Antec Eleven Hundred pre-mod

Nothing says dedication in the PC enthusiast arena more than well thought out custom case mods.  This is something the average person can do to their case to make it unique and stand apart from others.  The best time to really take in case mods is at an event such as a lanparty where many people bring their custom works to display and play on.  There is a big industry catering to those who chose to create unique PCs, and one of those companies is Mnpctech.  It sells supplies, tools, and other parts to mod PCs with, and they also have a staff that are expert PC modders.  Their work has been featured in many magazines and websites around the world.

Bill Owen, the founder of Mnpctech and pro modder created a case to celebrate the new expansion.  He did so with an Antec Eleven Hundered, parts from his company, and a lot of hard work and paint.  The build log is a fun one to look at and see how the build came together.  The end result looks amazing and the case ends up looking like it was built from a blacksmith out of iron.

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Improved Siberia Elite World of Warcraft Edition

SteelSeries introduced a new and improved Siberia Elite headset, the World of Warcraft Edition for Warlords of Draenor. The WoW edition headset includes improvements such as a new microphone, boosted speaker drivers, and increased comfort.

According to SteelSeries CTO Tino Soelberg:

Our partnership with Blizzard Entertainment to create unique gear for the World of Warcraft community has culminated in this bold new version of our premium and award-winning headset—a perfect complement to Blizzard’s upcoming Warlords of Draenor expansion. Players deserve the best quality audio to experience the music and sounds of Draenor; this exclusive edition of the Siberia Elite headset delivers epic audio quality in a beautiful World of Warcraft-themed design.

The styling of the headset has also been modified to include World of Warcraft branding on the top of the headband and sides of each earcup, as well as illuminated runes on the earcups.

In addition to the improvements mentioned above, the Siberia Elite World of Warcraft Edition will have the same great features, excellent audio quality, and the superb SteelSeries Engine 3 software as the regular edition Siberia Elite headset. We’ll be taking a look at the Siberia Elite headset in an upcoming review, but so far our experience with it has been very positive. The same can be expected of the new WoW edition headset.

The SteelSeries Siberia Elite World of Warcraft Edition Headset is now available for pre-order from SteelSeries at an MSRP of $209.99.

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Blizzard just announced the dates for their much awaited Blizzcon conference that occurs every year in Anaheim, California at the Anaheim Convention Center. Based on the announcement, the dates for Blizzcon 2014 will be November 7th and November 8th, later this year, with ticket sales opening up on May 7th, exactly 6 months before the event. In past years, ticket sales for Blizzcon have gone by so quickly that the players hoping to attend Blizzcon are usually disappointed by their inability to get tickets. There are simply too few to get ahold of and they go far too quickly, much like Comic-Con does these days. However, Blizzcon is hoping to smooth the process out a bit by selling Blizzcon 2014 tickets on Eventbrite this year, rather than what they’ve done in previous years.

Blizzcon fans at Blizzcon 2013 (Image Credit: Blizzard)

Prices for admission are $199 for general admission, and $750 for the benefit dinner + admission. For general admission, there will be two sale dates, May 7th and 7am and May 10th at 10am. The benefit dinner tickets will also go on sale on May 14th, possibly as a way to enable people that couldn’t get ahold of either general admission ticket sets to spend a little more and do it for charity as well. While I don’t know how many people will pay the $750 for the benefit dinner, I have a feeling that it will be well worth it to real fans of Blizzard’s creations and will go towards a great cause. The benefit dinner itself will be for donating money to the CHOC (Children’s Hospital of Orange County) and will likely result in hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars going towards the Children’s Hospital. However, we can’t estimate the amount accurately because the amount of tickets being made available for both general admission and the benefit dinner are both listed on Eventbrite as “N/A” so we simply have no idea what to expect.

There will also be a third and final option, called Blizzcon Virtual Ticket, which will allow users to follow the events of Blizzcon from the comfort of their own homes if they can’t attend or couldn’t get tickets to attend. However, the details for this Blizzcon Virtual Ticket are very sparse and don’t talk about exactly what they’ll cost or what you’ll get beyond a short description. They state that you can, “Watch BlizzCon 2014 at home via the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, offering comprehensive live coverage of the event to viewers around the world via a multi-channel Internet stream. Further details on Virtual Ticket pricing and availability are coming soon.” So, there you have it. Blizzcon is official for 2014 and we will probably be getting more details relatively soon about the Virtual Ticket and how many tickets will go on sale for both the general admission and benefit dinner.

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However, mainstream media didn’t exactly show in droves to see more several thousand people that waited in Zagreb and hundreds of people in several other cities in Croatia – these people waited for World of Warcraft: The Wrath of Lich King add-on. The price was set at $60 for the regular and $120 for the Collector’s Edition – and yes, there were many happy faces walking off with the Collector’s Edition.

The line went on and on and on...

However, during the great wait, it was funny hearing people discussing how much fun you can get from WoW and how much fun you can get fron an iPhone… luckily, political topics were a big no-no, and that shows growing up of this burdened country. Organization of the event was impeccable as always, since guys’n’girls in Algoritam have a lot of experience with midnight sales (Harry Potter, WoW). What really surprised me wasseeing more people gathered for this add-on than for the previos add-on, The Burning Crusade. But contrary to typical geekhood that usually stand in lines, it wasn’t a rare sight to see the whole family… or a particularly attractive females… next time you’re talking to a Tauren, be warned, he might be a (hot) she.

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