Well kids, another year has passed and we are close to a new World of Warcraft expansion. First though, let’s take a look back at the Cataclysm. As a guild, Geeks Of Doom had a pretty big expansion. We saw the return of a lot of old faces, the departure of some, but overall we added a ton of new members. We made further progression in raiding than we ever had before as a guild. While we stalled a little in Firelands due to healer issues and leadership changes, we came back strong in Dragon Soul (DS), and killed Deathwing before the nerfs really hit hard.

With the widespread down-time we’re experiencing at the end of this expansion (what’s the deal with that Blizzard? At least Wrath of the Lich King [WotLK] gave us Ruby Sanctum to make you feel like there was something different to do toward the end), I figured I would give a quick idea of where GoD is heading in the next expansion, and some of the things we’re looking forward to in Mist of Pandaria.

With Oz: The Great and Powerful set for a March 2013 release, World of Warcraft fans hoped that director Sam Raimi would be moving on to direct an adaptation of the massively popular MMORPG. But in the two years since it was announced that Raimi would be directing the film, there has been no solid developments, and things weren’t looking good for the adaptation.

Now a new interview confirms every World of Warcraft player’s worst fears: Raimi is not directing the big screen adaptation, a film that has been stuck in development hell for a very long time.

The Diablo game franchise has some of the most passionate fans out there, and those passionate fans have been waiting over a DECADE for the newest installment in the series, Diablo III, which finally reached their hands this week.

But where you would expect pure elation from said passionate Diablo fanbase, there’s an unexpected amount of anger mixed in with some of the praise.

In the game’s first days out, servers have crashed in an apocalyptical fashion only Roland Emmerich would appreciate. Most think it’s just because the game is brand new and that things will be fine in time, while others, knowing the reason it’s happening in the first place, aren’t happy. Not at all.

So we the Geeks of Doom ask thee, Diablo players, which side are you on? Speak your thoughts below!

The video game deal of the day over at Amazon today is Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty for only $39.99 (that’s 33% off the list price of $59.99).

Note, this sale is only for today, Sunday, January 29, 2012, until 11:59pm PST.

All those rumors you’ve heard about Activision thinking about charging players a monthly fee to play their hit Call of Duty game franchise online with others? It turns out they were true, even though it was crystal clear that it would be the worst idea ever and that no self-respecting gamer would pay to play something they’ve been doing freely since online multiplayer has become so popular, the company is going to try their luck anyway.

The new service will be called Call of Duty Elite, and it will launch this fall along with the much-anticipated third installment in their ultra-popular Modern Warfare series, Modern Warfare 3.