Following the numerous third-party World of Warcraft apps already available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Blizzard recently took the plunge with the release of an official World of Warcraft app that lets users access the Armory database from practically anywhere.

After seeing the last videos on Gears of War 2's multiplayer mode, you have to give it to Epic Games for what's looking like a job well done. Craving for more details? We have some and it's on the new Horde mode, some new locales, cool new toys, and more. Click on the jump and be enlightened.

Proudmoore has finally completed the fourth phase of the Shattered Sun Offensive, giving players a look at the actual price of the epic gems that were rumored to be dropped in price to 10 Badges of Justice each. Long story short, the rumor apparently proved false. Details and a screenshot of the gems in the full article.

Do you think 15 badges for Epic gems in Blizzard's World of Warcraft is still too much to pay? Well, this rumor might catch your attention. It seems that the armory has listed the gem costs at 10 badges each. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

There are people who prefer to be updated continually regarding things they consider important. World of Warcraft player Starshooter appears to be one such person. The player wanted to know how quickly the WoW armory updates itself, as it seemingly hasn't been happening.

As you might have guessed, the Blizzard forum members had a variety of replies for Starshooter. Bornakk even joined in. You can find out what they said in the full article, right after the jump.

The race was close, but now a single US realm in World of Warcraft has persevered to secure an impressive lead against the rest. And Proudmoore, the realm in question, was visited by none other than Blizzard's Drysc for a pre-emptive congratulations on a continued job well done. Why? Well, they're the first realm to complete Phase 2 of the multipart Shattered Sun Offensive quests. More at the full story.

Blizzard CM Eyonix recently dropped by the forums to announce some fixes made to the World of Warcraft Armory. According to the post, the Armory search issues have been resolved, and players should expect a thorough maintenance of the Armory system (and perhaps a possible downtime of the Armory) sometime next week.

More information on the fix and the maintenance after the jump!

If you're based in Europe and transferred one of the characters to Blizzard's World of Warcraft Molten Core server, you might have noticed that the realm hasn't been added to the Armory yet.

Thankfully, Blizzard English Web Editor Liasanai made an announcement regarding this on the WoW Forums. Want to find out what the blue poster had to say? Head on over to the full article via the "read more" link below.

The folks at Blizzard have updated the World of Warcraft Armory, making it up-to-date for Arena Season 3. Most notable of the changes happens to be the new Personal Arena Ratings that appear in Character and Team Profiles. These ratings happen to be the new basis for eligibility for certain Arena awards, so Arena players will definitely want to keep an eye on these.

More on the updated Armory after the jump!

Attention World of Warcraft players! The Armory has been updated to reflect the new features that WoW patch 2.3 brought to us last week. Hold on to your hats, this is a pretty big update.

Basically, it all revolves around the use and security of the Guild Banks. Check out the full article for more info.