UPDATED 16:37 EST / JANUARY 27 2015

The Selfie Comes To World of Warcraft NEWS

Virtual world selfies coming soon to World of Warcraft

The Selfie Comes To World of Warcraft

If you didn’t already think Instagram was overwhelmed by selfies from the real world, it’s time to expect them from the virtual world. Blizzard Entertainment is adding a special item to its cultural juggernaut massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game World of Warcraft (WoW) that allows players to turn the camera around and take a photograph of themselves.

The item, called the S.E.L.F.I.E. Camera, is available from a level 100 garrison mission called Field Photography. Garrisons in WoW are a recently added feature to the game that allows players to build their own housing in the newest expansion to the game.

According to the WoW database tracking site Wowhead.com, the item comes with an upgraded version: the S.E.L.F.I.E. Camera MkII. This upgraded version comes with several Instragram-like filters including a stretch filter, a black and white filter, and a death filter. The “death filter” produces an effect similar to what WoW players see when their character is dead and exists in a ghostly otherworld.

The upgrade reportedly comes from another pun-named mission called Lens Some Hands, which involves obtaining a camera lens for the S.E.L.F.I.E. camera.

“I foresee a plague of duck faces the likes of which Azeroth has never seen,” WoW player Grimslayer said on the Wowhead camera MkII item’s comment section. This refers to the discovery that players may emote at the camera while taking a selfie, up to and including making kissy-faces.

The item adds an in-game action that permits players to “take a selfie” with the camera. According to gaming news site Joystiq, the camera interface is enabled fully in game and upon activation turns the view towards the player and once a selfie is taken it adds the picture to the WoW screenshot folder.

It is speculated that this addition to the game is designed to be integrated with new Twitter capabilities being introduced in an upcoming patch.

Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft, screenshot by Kyt Dotson

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