Blizzard just announced that digital and retail versions of World of Warcraft will be released in Brazil later this year. The game will be localized in Brazilian Portuguese, and existing players on the North American realms will be able to download a free language pack. Blizzard plans to open Brazilian Portuguese realms and launch an official community website for the region.

Brazilian Portuguese will be the ninth officially supported language for World of Warcraft worldwide, and the third supported language in Latin America. Check out the press release for more details on prices and subscription fees.

This week's episode of Legendary is now available on GameBreaker.TV for your viewing pleasure. Watch as ZAM's Mike B. aka Fony, Gary Gannon and Tankspot's Josh "Lore" Allen talk about Swifty's ban, Valor Points, Heroic Ragnaros going down and more. Check it out below!

We've known for a few weeks that Blizzard lifted the time limit on the World of Warcraft free trial, but they've just released the official details regarding the new Starter Edition. With the launch of Patch 4.2: Rage of the Firelands, anyone can play for free up to level 20 without the time restrictions placed on trial accounts. Some new features are also available:

• Players with the WoW Starter Edition can create draenei and blood elf characters, which were previously unavailable with trial accounts.
• The two starting zones associated with these races are also available to people wishing to try out the game.
• The gold limit has been raised to 10 gold, allowing Starter Edition players to purchase mounts when they reach the appropriate level.

You'll stop gaining experience once you hit level 20, but you're free to keep exploring Azeroth and roll new characters. You can upgrade to a full, paid account at any time and continue your adventures with the characters you created.

With the launch of the Starter Edition, all existing trial accounts, including expired ones, have been reactivated. If you ever had a trial account, you can once again access your characters.

In Blizzard's latest Ask the Devs segment, they answer questions from players about healing. You can read the entire Q&A after the jump.

What are your thoughts on Blizzard's answers? Join in on the discussion in this thread in our World of Warcraft general forum!

Blizzard just announced that the new Real ID party feature is now available for testing. This new feature will allow World of Warcraft players to invite their real-life Real ID friends of the same faction to a party regardless of the realm they play on, and then queue up for a 5-player regular or Heroic dungeon.

To invite a Real ID friend to a party, just open up your friends list and click on the “Plus” button to send an invitation to a Real ID friend. A party leader can invite any combination of Real ID friends from any realm, guildmates from the same realm, or other characters from the same realm to the same party. If the party leader isn’t able to fill up the entire party, the Dungeon Finder can fill in the missing roles.

When Blizzard announced this feature back in May, they said certain elements will be premium-based. According to today's post, Blizzard will "have information on the premium-based aspects of the Real ID Party system toward the end of the testing period." They haven't yet determined how long the testing period will last.

For more details, check out the FAQ below. You can discuss the topic in this thread in our WoW general forum.

Happy Fourth of July! This is just a friendly reminder that the Midsummer Fire Festival ends tonight with a fireworks display. Here are the details:

"Players are invited to their faction’s capital cities to enjoy a fireworks display and toast the end of the Midsummer Fire Festival. Revelers in the city streets are looking for a /dance or /kiss, rewarding those who reciprocate with a limited-duration buff. Celebrations are taking place in all capital cities as well as in Booty Bay, with fireworks displays commencing at 6:00 p.m. PDT and taking place hourly until the end of the event."

If you need any help completing your last-minute quests and achievements, be sure to check out Wowhead's Midsummer Fire Festival guide.

It looks like Blizzard is adamant about getting some fresh blood into Azeroth. The company has kicked off a series of promotions, including an endless free trial and a new digital Battle Chest. Here's the rundown of all of the ways you can get your friends playing World of Warcraft.

• Endless Free Trial: The time limit on free trials has been lifted, but the restrictions are still in place. The level cap for the trial is set at 20.
• Digital Battle Chest: You can now pick up the original World of Warcraft and The Burning Crusade expansion for $19.99. If you've ever owned the original WoW, then you'll automatically get The Burning Crusade for free.
• Free WoW for Friends: Veteran players who have opted in to receive news and special offers from Blizzard have received an e-mail with a code for a free copy of WoW and 30 days of access. This means you can give a friend the original game and The Burning Crusade for free!
• Recruit-A-Friend Extended to 80: The Recruit-A-Friend benefits have been extended from level 60 to 80, including the triple exp bonus.

With the launch of the endless free trial, many gamers have tossed the term "free-to-play" around. What are your thoughts on all of these promotions? What do you think the future holds for World of Warcraft?

Today marks the launch of World of Warcraft Patch 4.2: Rage of the Firelands! This major update adds a ton of new content to the game, including the Firelands raid, new daily quests, the Dungeon Journal, Tier 12 armor sets, a legendary staff and more! If you're a fan of patch notes, Blizzard has them ready for your perusal.

Mike B. aka Fony covered some of patch 4.2's new questlines and PvP changes in BFF Report episode 70, so be sure to check that out. Our friends over at Wowhead have rounded up most of the 4.2 coverage in a handy patch day guide, and their extensive patch 4.2 guide contains everything you could ever want to know about the update.

We know there's a lot to talk about with this patch, so head over to our revamped WoW forums and join in on the discussion! And just to make sure you're in the mood for patch 4.2, watch the official trailer below.

Over the past several months, we've been working on revamping our forum interface to make posting on ZAM a more streamlined and enjoyable experience. We are proud to announce that our upgraded forums are now live! We've stripped away the clutter and added a variety of new features, from updated contact information options to the ability to embed YouTube videos in your posts.

The main focus of this revamp is to make our forums easy to use. Posting buttons are more prominent, you can quickly reply to a thread directly from the thread view page, and you can now search within a thread. We've also expanded the options for our non-premium members. They can now select from a variety of pre-made avatars, use emoticons, enjoy mouse-over previews and post images and polls after reaching a specific post count.

We have forums for multiple games and topics, and we've made it easier to move from forum to forum. In the top right corner of the main forum page, you can quickly jump to any category. Whether you want to talk about games like Rift and World of Warcraft or more general topics like computer hardware or TV and movies, we've got you covered. We even have a new Star Wars: The Old Republic forum, so be one of the first users to share your thoughts on this highly anticipated MMO!

For more details on all of these changes, check out our design update notes after the jump. We hope you enjoy our forum upgrade! If you have any feedback or comments, please feel free to post them in this thread or send a private message to Kaolian, our senior forum administrator, or Darqflame, our customer relations manager.

Legendary! Blizz Blues! GameBreaker.TV have released their latest batch of World of Warcraft shows, and here they are for your viewing pleasure. On Legendary, the hosts focus on the patch 4.2 trailer, Ghostcrawler's class changes update and the death of the dev Q&A series. On Blizz Blues, Darnell earns a lot of achievements. Seriously, a lot.

Starting the week of July 4, GameBreaker.TV is going live Monday through Thursday, with other content on Friday and Saturday. The schedule is completely changing, so keep an eye on it for new days and times.