Blizzard spills the beans on how the Cataclysm will change one of Azeroth's most iconic zones - the Barrens. Can Chuck Norris and Mankrik's wife save it from the apocalypse?

This just in from the folks over at KingsIsle:

Extended Wizard101 Maintenance

As part of our ongoing effort to improve Wizard101, we will be performing extended maintenance on the game several times over the next few weeks.

Starting Wednesday July 28th, Wizard101 will be offline for 1 hour; from 3am to 4am Central US Time.
Once the game is back online, Paying Players* will be able to log in immediately and Free to Play players will have intermittent access. Throughout the day, all players may experience delays logging their characters in to the worlds.

Thank you for your patience while we continue to improve Wizard101 for all our players.
_{*paying players include those who are currently subscribed, or have purchased $10 in Crowns or more in the last 30 days.}

With Cataclysm, Blizzard has done the unthinkable: It has created an underwater level in a game that not only isn't awful, but is actually pretty fun.

The Wizard101 team has sent out the next image in their series of "mystery" wallpapers agonizingly revealing the creatures in the upcoming expansion, Celestia. Check it out!

How do you RP as yourself?

Last week Wizard101 had a bit of service interruption. They have been working hard to resolve the cause of the issue and the effects of the interruption.

Thank you for your patience. We have researched last weekend's operational issues and gone to great lengths to resolve them.

We have identified all characters that were affected and will soon be initiating a reimbursement process for all lost items.

Read on for the full message from J. Todd Coleman, Director of KingIsle Entertainment, Inc.

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