The holidays are here and the citizens of the Blizzard worlds are celebrating the occasion with festive decorations and winter-time activities. As Christmas wouldn't be the same without presents, we invite you to click below to get our specials gifts.

• Deck the halls, or at least your monitor, with a stunning new Diablo wallpaper and World of Warcraft wallpaper
• And be sure to head over to the Blizzard Fan Art section to see the great works of holiday art submitted by our fans.

All of us here at Blizzard Entertainment would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season.

Dual box covers announced for World of Warcraft launch When World of Warcraft launches in Europe later this winter, the standard edition of World of Warcraft will be available in two unique box covers representing the major factions of the world – Alliance & Horde. However whatever your box preference, you’ll still be able to choose to play on the side of either faction in the game. After the initial shipment, only one of these two covers will survive on the packaging of World of Warcraft.

December 17, 2004
Blizzard Fan Art Update
The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with five new pieces of artwork.

New World of Warcraft Wallpaper
We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring Ironforge at Night.

New World of Warcraft Wallpaper
We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring a Massive Infernal. December 10, 2004
Diablo II: 23 New Rune Words for Ladder Players
There are twenty-three new Rune Words available only to Ladder players on the Battle.net Realms. You can find the formulae on the Rune Words page.

December 3, 2004
New World of Warcraft Wallpaper
We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring the Night Elf from the World of Warcraft Intro Cinematic.

December 2, 2004
Blizzard Fan Art Update
The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with five new pieces of artwork.

December 1, 2004
World of Warcraft Shatters Records
Within its first day of release, World of Warcraft sold more than 240,000 copies -- the highest day-one total in PC game history. See the full press release to learn more about World of Warcraft's launch-day achievements.