WoW logo gets completely frozen

Posted Dec 18th 2007 6:00PM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Expansions, Lore, Wrath of the Lich King

If you haven't visited the forums or the official site in a while, you'll probably not have noticed that the ice we'd seen before on the logo has now overtaken it. Not too surprising-- the background on the forums and the homepage has changed as well, and considering that Winter's Veil is here, odds are that Blizzard is just getting a little seasonal with their graphics.

Or are they? The original ice showed up more than a month ago-- way back, according to our readers, when Wrath of the Lich King was announced in August. And so, despite the candy canes, it's hard not to wonder if this signals a turning point in the WoW universe. We've still got the Sunwell coming before the expansion, but is there a chance that this icy winter could be here to stay? Northrend ahoy?

Thanks, Joene!

Tags: blizzard, expansion, graphics, ice, logo, lore, northrend, winters-veil, wrath-of-the-lich-king

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

12-18-2007 @ 6:11PM

Xchupa said...

I hope it's here soon... I'm planning a surgery around it so that I get a full week of paid time off from work to level up to 80 so I need to know when it's coming!

12-18-2007 @ 6:32PM

Randy said...

Um, what? I hope you're joking, in which case, lol.

12-18-2007 @ 6:45PM

daniel said...

as always an awesome in depth article from wowinsider written as an attempt to keep this site updated while the real action is on massively. just die already.

12-18-2007 @ 7:44PM

jon b. said...

qft. go back to the wow general forums.

12-19-2007 @ 2:05AM

vlad said...

he has a point. wowinsider will be phased out in a few more months so we all have to go to massivly. you can see all the clues unless your as bright as a bar of soap :)

12-18-2007 @ 7:49PM

GamerCrusader said...

Considering how long they kept SC2 under wraps this could be a sign... maybe a dlc version of the expansion before the box shows up in stores?

12-18-2007 @ 8:20PM

Rasnarok said...

I think it's quite obvious that this new theme on the forum isn't for Winter's Veil considering the 'wintry' banner across the top features Icecrown Citadel as seen in Warcraft 3.

And seriously, it took you guys forever to report this, this change happened a while ago.

12-19-2007 @ 9:49AM

aerosaucer said...

This is the saddest excuse I've ever seen to just get any post up so you can keep your count high and get paid.

12-19-2007 @ 1:21PM

Ktok said...

Well there is a very high requirement for the minimum posts a week. Excessively high I think, but that’s just me.

12-19-2007 @ 9:38PM

kwaz said...

The Final 2c?
If you look at the URL of the current logo it's in the "xmas" directory. Not to mention the BC to Wrath transfer logo looks quite different.

12-20-2007 @ 4:04PM

T said...

Im not sure if this is what u meant Kwaz, but the placement of the icecicles on each of the logos ( the wrath site one, and the BC one) are exactly the same, or appear to be at least.

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