So, it comes…

To help you get prepared for the upcoming Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 release, we’ve uploaded the patch data to the background downloader. By downloading the patch in advance, you’ll be ready to get in-game and start playing as soon as the expansion goes live!

 

If you have issues during this process, you can find help to resolve them on the support site here.

 

You can adjust your download settings within the Battle.net desktop app by clicking on the Battle.net symbol and selecting “Settings” from the menu. Under Game Install/Update you’ll be able to adjust your download options for each of your games and enable or disable the background download, adjust the rate for your download, or pause it if you have a restriction on daily downloads.

Now I need to get my Paladins arse in gear huh?

The Oculus Rift’s second version is proving to be pretty popular, enough so that the company has had to cut off a supply flow of their development kit 2s to people who were selling on the hardware for a marked up price. A consumer release has yet to be officially announced, but some sources are suggesting that it could be as soon as mid-spring of next year.

Several places claim to have gotten hold of leaked copies of the VR company’s plan, which will manifest as a limited rollout in April 2015 so that Oculus can gauge the interest for the second version of their headset first before they release it to a wider audience. However that date isn’t a definite and the release could well be pushed back for a summer release instead.

Last week it was revealed that they wish to keep the price within the $200-$400 price range; that’s about £123-£245 for those of us in the UK. As of writing the dev kits are still available to purchase for around £215 or $350.

Before Twitter implemented features that allow images linked in a Tweet to be shown directly on Twitter as part of that Tweet, the role of attaching pictures to Tweets was one mainly followed by the third party service, Twitpic. Though largely redundant since, Twitpic still retained a following with its own subset of loyal users; and some would argue there was a small feeling of comfort in knowing that despite all, the service was still around.

Sadly, that’s all about to change.

Due to a legal demand from Twitter, Twitpic has found itself forced to close its service on September 25th. The exact reason, according to founder Noah Everett, falls over a dispute regarding the company’s five-year old trademark:

A few weeks ago Twitter contacted our legal demanding that we abandon our trademark application or risk losing access to their API. This came as a shock to us since Twitpic has been around since early 2008, and our trademark application has been in the USPTO since 2009.

So why not take up the battle, you may ask? Surely if they’ve owned and use the trademark for five years, Twitpic should have a case regarding their legal right to use “Twitpic” as a name? Unfortunately, Mr. Everett believes the legal costs for such a defence are such that the company can’t afford to pay, so closing is the only option.

Twitpic will be building a photo/video exporting feature to help users past and present reclaim their pictures and videos for a short while before the service shuts up shop for good, though it was not ready at the time of writing.

After the success of many other ‘donation’ set-ups for video makers, it seems Google are finally following suit. Today they have released their new ‘tip jar’ function so that you can donate to Youtubers you particularly enjoy.

The tip box can be access through clicking a small box on the top left hand corner of the video screen on those Youtubers who have activated theirs. The viewer then chooses how much to donate and sends it off. Obviously Youtube/Google take a cut of the donation, and how much varies by country. For the US it’s 5% plus 21 cents, which seems to mean that a decent amount of the donation money will go to the video maker rather than Google.

The new feature was teased first at Vidcon in July and has now been rolled out in the US, Mexico, Australia and Japan with Youtube aiming to get the feature working in other countries soon. It remains to be seen if those video makers who previously used sites such as Patreon to help fund their video making will be swayed over to using Google’s new system or not.