Looking at the lighter side of the World of Warcraft MMORPG, Blizzard has revealed the winner to this month's Comic Contest. The winner of the April series of comic submissions goes to Tygwa, who depicted a rather amusing strip based on the travesty of buying insurance off Taurens. You can read the comic strip in our full article after the jump.

Blizzard is sending word that it has begun the third year of the World of Warcraft Comic Book Contest. This year's event will give ample opportunity for the aspiring artists out to make a name for themselves within the community. Details are in the full article.

Remember what Blizzard said about BlizzCast Episode 2 being double the fun? Well, Blizzard wasn't kidding, that's for sure. Company Vice President of Development Chris Metzen and WoW designer Geoff Goodman had a lot to say about the Diablo and StarCraft series, and World of Warcraft, respectively, in the latest Blizzard BlizzCast. Read all about it in the full article, located right after the jump.

Walter Simonson, head writer for the World of Warcraft comic book was able to reveal some interesting factoids about the 12-issue limited series as fans bombarded him with questions. He talks about the many characters and some tidbits on what to expect in the coming issues.

Read more about the Q&A session in the full article!

Some of you might remember the videos we hosted before featuring a panel of Blizzard designers for World of Warcraft at BlizzCon 07. Aside from talking about the different tweaks the races will get, the designers also promised to make the behemoth MMO as immersive as possible.

Having heard that, some of the players are now asking Blizzard for the status of these improvements. The questions are explicitly directed to Creative Development VP Chris Metzen (aka Thundergod) and Quest Designer Alex Afrasiabi (aka Furor).

The two were not able to answer the questions but blue poster Kisirani picked up the thread and provided some explanations. According to the forum moderator, while they have already began improving this particular aspect since The Burning Crusade (examples given include the Skyguard and Ogri'la factions), this is still not top priority. Kisirani further discussed:

You have to understand, naturally, that this sort of content, while fantastic and something I adore, is something that ranks lower in priority than, say, ensuring the game mechanics are in place and functional. This is icing on the cake - we have to bake the cake first.

Kisirani also said that currently, Blizzard doesn't have the manpower and time to go back to past content and improve on them. However, a more immersive gameplay experience can be expected in upcoming World of Warcraft content.