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World of Warcraft
Released Nov 23, 2004
Rating 85/100
Developer Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher Blizzard Entertainment
World of Warcraft remains Blizzard's flagship MMO, now in its twenty-year tenure across PC and macOS. The long-running fantasy MMORPG continues to evolve with expansions and seasonal content, most recently the Midnight expansion which introduces significant changes to the game's UI and addon ecosystem.
The expansion's overhaul of combat addons and modding features has proven divisive within the community, with Blizzard's leadership maintaining the changes are here to stay despite controversy. According to the game's director, the new UI approach aims to make the MMO more approachable, though he acknowledges the system remains a work in progress. Beyond mechanical updates, the game has expanded player housing features and leaned heavily into transmog customization across seasonal content. The community has also grappled with darker issues, including a popular addon creator stepping away from development following online harassment and a developer facing investigation for in-game cheating. Meanwhile, competitor RuneScape has publicly signaled ambitions to surpass WoW's position in the MMO landscape.
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World of Warcraft: Forever has a new race you can't get without paying $30, and it's not the first impression fans were hoping for: "They are just blue elves"
They say Blizzard "dropped the ball" with the Skyborne
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World of Warcraft 2 isn't happening because Blizzard isn't sure what a sequel to the MMO would "give you that World of Warcraft: Forever isn't already giving you"
"Why would you throw that away and start over?"
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WoW Factor: BlizzCon 2026 paints a bright future for retail World of Warcraft
While everyone is all abuzz with the announcement of World of Warcraft Forever, mainline WoW was by no means left out of the BlizzCon announcements. We got a lot of info about Midnight‘s upcoming patches, and even a small tease of the next expansion. The meatiest news is around M…
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It’s another quick maintenance Tuesday for World of Warcraft
This week’s World of Warcraft maintenance is an exact match to last week’s maintenance: all WoW Classic servers are scheduled to be offline for one hour, while Midnight servers are scheduled to be offline for two hours. That’s not a bad maintenance day (as long as it sticks to sc…
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World of Warcraft: Forever May Have a Secret New Class Role
World of Warcraft: Forever was just announced at BlizzCon for a November 4 release, and it may be hiding a new class role in plain sight.
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World of Warcraft: Forever Is Solving the Problem With Keeping a Classic Frozen in Time
World of Warcraft: Forever is preserving what made classic WoW special without letting the experience stay frozen in the past.
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Who are the raid bosses of World of Warcraft: Forever?
World of Warcraft: Forever is launching on November 4 with a 40-player Onyxia’s Lair raid as well as two brand new raids: Hyjal Summit (20-player) and the Barrow Deeps (10-player). While we know a little about the circumstances of these new instances, we did not hear much at Bliz…
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How to join the World of Warcraft: Forever beta, which starts on September 17
World of Warcraft: Forever is bringing new and expanded content and gameplay to Classic Azeroth when it launches worldwide on November 4, 2026 as part of your regular World of Warcraft subscription, no additional purchase necessary! If you just can’t wait for November, there’s an…
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World of Warcraft Forever Will be the Easiest Way into WoW in 20 Years
Blizzard's 'Classic Plus' concept could be more approachable for new, returning, and casual players than modern WoW
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BlizzCon 2026: World of Warcraft Forever encouraged Blizzard to ‘go again!’ with its hardcore mode
One of the many surprises of World of Warcraft Forever’s announcement at BlizzCon this past weekend is that the new version of the MMO is, in fact, getting its own hardcore mode. During the final Forever panel at BlizzCon, the studio devoted time to laying out all of the specific…
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Casually Classic: Basking in the glow of World of Warcraft Forever
I like to think that it’s good form and basic graciousness to be excited about game reveals that aren’t for you but bring a lot of joy to a certain group. FFXIV announces Evercold? Not my MMO, but I’m genuinely happy for y’all. EverQuest Legends is revealed and then launches? I d…
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World of Warcraft Forever aims to combat dungeon boosting, says ‘no plans’ for WoW Tokens
Even with multiple panels at BlizzCon this past weekend, Blizzard still hasn’t revealed all of the important information about its upcoming World of Warcraft Forever. Case in point, during an interview with a YouTuber the devs said that there are “no plans” to include the WoW Tok…
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World of Warcraft: Forever devs have "no plans" to implement Tokens or level boosts, confirms Blizzard, as "the journey is so important"
"The journey really is what the game is"
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World of Warcraft: Forever is coming this November, with beta test launching this week
A new way of experiencing Azeroth is on its way! Here's how to be all set for WoW Forever Beta and the release this Fall.
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After 20 Years, World of Warcraft: Forever Finally Lets Vanilla Players Explore Mount Hyjal
Blizzard Entertainment officially revealed World of Warcraft: Forever during the BlizzCon 2026 keynote, answering years of community requests for a dedicated Classic Plus experience. The post After 20 Years, World of Warcraft: Forever Finally Lets Vanilla Players Explore Mount Hy…
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World of Warcraft: Forever gives you transmog options, including turning it off
Transmog is coming to World of Warcraft: Forever, or not, depending on how you want to play. Some players love to be able to customize the look of their character, but other players like their progression to be reflected in how they look. This may seem like an impossible conflict…
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BlizzCon 2026 Liveblog: StarCraft’s open-world shooter, Diablo V’s reveal, and World of Warcraft’s version of Classic Plus
Today’s the day when we all answer the most important question: What sort of impressive outfit will Holly Longdale be wearing? Oh, and there’s all of the reveals to come out of Blizzard’s slate of games, too. That’s also important to know. Yes, it’s BlizzCon time once again and w…
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World of Warcraft Forever Officially Brings Gamepad Controls Blizzard's MMO
World of Warcraft is usually played with a keyboard and mouse, but the new "Classic Plus" WoW release can be fully played with a gamepad.
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Blizzard Announces World Of Warcraft: Forever, Expanding Vanilla WoW With New Zones, Raids, 1,000 New Quests Set
Blizzard is rewinding the clock to 2004 and halting it there with World of Warcraft: Forever, a new game edition expanding the vanilla WoW experience with new and overhauled zones, 1,000 new quests spread across the entire 1–60 level bracket, 9 additional dungeons and 10-20 playe…
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How does World of Warcraft: Forever fit into current Warcraft lore?
There’s been a lot of buzz around the announcement of World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard’s take on the long-rumored Classic+ that expands on the Season of Discovery model. But one question keeps getting asked about this new game mode: How does it fit into the current World of W…
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10 big World of Warcraft Forever details from BlizzCon: No separate realms, optional transmog, and massively improved items
The classic-ish MMO has a ton of changes to make the original experience much smoother.
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World of Warcraft Forever is the MMORPG's "Classic Plus," and its beta is imminent
Blizzard has lifted the lid on World of Warcraft Midnight Eclipse at Blizzcon 2026, including fresh WoW Classic news for the MMORPG.
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World of Warcraft: Forever lets players choose last names
As part of World of Warcraft: Forever’s move to a realmless world, Blizzard is introducing an interesting solution to an age-old problem: what happens when two people want the same character name? The answer is a long-requested feature — last names. A feature that has traditional…
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World of Warcraft: Forever will be realmless
While discussing server systems infrastructure during the World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive panel, Blizzard casually dropped a bombshell: there won’t be any realms. Instead, players will be able to choose one of four gameplay styles: Normal, PVP, Roleplay, or Hardcore (coming…
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World of Warcraft patch 12.2 Housing updates include multiselect and copy/paste functions
Towards the end of the World of Warcraft What’s Next panel Jake Miller squeezed in a couple of housing system updates slated for Eclipse, patch 12.2, that had been been on the Housing player’s wishlists since the launch of the feature. We also got a bit of a better look at some o…
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World of Warcraft: Forever Devs Explain Why the Game Makes WoW 2 Unlikely
World of Warcraft: Forever developers Kris Zierhut and Mike Nuthals detail the game's new features and explain why a WoW 2 sequel is unnecessary.
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BlizzCon 2026: World of Warcraft Forever’s deep-dive panel talks group play, progression, and item updates
The big reveal of World of Warcraft Forever has definitely been a seismic impact, and it seems inevitable that folks are going to have a lot of questions about this extending beyond this weekend. But it’s also clear that the developers are aware of that, with a second panel today…
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World of Warcraft Forever is already scaring lapsed MMORPG players
The announcement of World of Warcraft Forever has split the room, but the throwback MMORPG is most terrifying to those that left it behind.
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How much does World of Warcraft: Forever cost?
How do you put a price on forever? Well, in the case of World of Warcraft: Forever, we’ve been given a few tiers of entry depending on just how much you want to get out of your eternal adventure. Starting with the easiest option: World of Warcraft: Forever is included with your e…
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Fans raise a ruckus over the paywalling of World of Warcraft Forever’s Skyborne ‘cash elves’
As World of Warcraft Forever continues to dominate the conversation among fans after its BlizzCon reveal, another round of chatter is quickly gaining momentum: the matter of the Skyborne race, or as one fan put called them the “cash elves,” which is locked behind a paywall and no…
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World Of Warcraft Might Be Coming To Console As New Xbox 'Controller Support' Revealed
Surely it's just a matter of time? Ever since Xbox acquired Blizzard a few years ago, we've constantly questioned why they haven't decided to bring World of Warcraft to consoles, but it looks like that might actually be about to change in the not too distant future. Following yes…
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BlizzCon 2026: World of Warcraft Forever is a ‘permanent home’ for Classic players
It’s time to stop calling it “Classic Plus” — we now know that World of Warcraft’s next MMO is World of Warcraft Forever, an expanded version of Classic with a lot more content and a new expanding version of the vanilla world. And it’s coming November 4th with a beta starting thi…
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A first look at World of Warcraft: Forever’s Legacy system from BlizzCon
Legacy is a new system introduced in the upcoming World of Warcraft: Forever title which is kind of a mash up of Achievements, a skill tree, and a seasonal journey. I was able to get some hands on with the WoW: Forever demo at the con and got to see the barebones structure of Leg…
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World of Warcraft: Forever’s roadmap gives us an idea of what to expect for the rest of 2026 and through summer 2027
World of Warcraft: Forever is the newest WoW Classic variant, and it’s launching on November 4, 2026. Forever is described as a permanent home alongside the other iterations of WoW Classic, giving us an alternate universe version of the original World of Warcraft. As part of its…
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World of Warcraft Reveals Big Changes For One of Midnight's Most Popular Classes
Blizzard reveals that more players will soon be able to play as one of Midnight's most popular classes in the expansion's climactic content update.
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First impressions of the World of Warcraft: Forever demo from the BlizzCon floor
After the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, I charged over to the World of Warcraft: Forever demo stations. With rumors of Classic+ swirling for what felt like eons, it was a strange feeling to actually be standing in front of a whole bank of computers with the next Azerothian adve…
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World of Warcraft: Forever, the long speculated Classic Plus, has been unveiled and will launch worldwide on November 4, 2026
At BlizzCon‘s main stage, Blizzard unveiled and announced World of Warcraft: Forever, the newest evolution of World of Warcraft Classic. WoW: Forever, referred to memetically for the longest time as Classic Plus, will launch worldwide on November 4, 2026 at 3 pm pacific time. Lik…
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BlizzCon 2026: World of Warcraft shows off what’s next for Midnight
It’s gotta be weird to think that to a certain degree, World of Warcraft upstaged itself at this year’s BlizzCon. The current expansion, Midnight, isn’t nearly as exciting as the upcoming World of Warcraft: Forever. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t new stuff coming up for M…
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BlizzCon 2026: Retail World of Warcraft teases the Last Titan expansion and Eclipse update
Yeah, World of Warcraft Forever is getting all the hype right now, but Retail WoW also got its fair share of announcements at the BlizzCon opening ceremonies this afternoon.
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BlizzCon 2026: World of Warcraft Forever deep dive promises ‘adventures worth telling in the original world of Azeroth’
Just minutes after the surprising/not surprising announcement of World of Warcraft Forever at BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard took the stage once again to go into a deep dive on this brand-new (but not completely) version of the classic MMO that we’ve known and loved for many years. Ian…
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World of Warcraft: Forever is a whole new WoW game launching in November that'll live alongside Classic and Vanilla
With a beta starting in just a few days
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Blizzard Reveals First Look at World of Warcraft's Next Major Expansion
World of Warcraft: The Last Titan will complete WoW's Worldsoul Saga. A first look at the expansion was revealed at BlizzCon 2026's opening ceremony.
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The WoW 'Classic+' rumors were true: World of Warcraft: Forever promises to be another timeline's bizzarro version of the MMO
It's out soon, too, with a beta starting this week.
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Blizzard's Big BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony Mic Drop Is World of Warcraft Forever
Blizzard ended its BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony with the announcement of World of Warcraft Forever.
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World of Warcraft: The Last Titan launches 2027 and Blizzard says it's the "culmination of over two decades" of MMO storytelling
The Worldsoul Saga comes to an end next year
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World of Warcraft is Getting its Most Requested Game Mode
Classic Plus is real! It's finally coming!
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The Game Archaeologist: World of Warcraft is unfairly portrayed as the villain of MMO history
In the years that I’ve covered MMO history and news, there’s been this accepted narrative that’s gone unchallenged in this space. And that narrative goes something like this: Up until 2004, the MMORPG genre was diverse, vibrant, and thriving with tons of potential. Then mean ol’…
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WoW Factor: The well intentioned errors of World of Warcraft’s Ula’tek storyline
I’m offering up my thoughts on World of Warcraft‘s latest major patch, 12.1: Curse of Ula’tek. In my previous piece, I covered the new content and updated game systems, but today we’ll be discussing my favourite topic: the story. It’s a bit of a similar situation to the patch’s s…
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When will World of Warcraft: Midnight patch 12.1.5 launch?
Like a snake, or maybe like a raid full of snakes, time slithes ever-forward — and with the march of time, comes a new patch for World of Warcraft. No sooner had Midnight patch 12.1 and its treasure trove of scaly goodies dropped into our lap like a bundle of joy horror than it w…
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WoW Factor: Exploring the content and systems of World of Warcraft’s Curse of Ula’tek
I’m back in World of Warcraft after a short break, and while I was initially overwhelmed by the amount to catch up on, I have now had time to properly play through the new content from the 12.1 patch, otherwise known as Curse of Ula’tek. I’ll be dividing my thoughts into two piec…
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It’s an almost ordinary World of Warcraft maintenance day
It’s a fairly short WoW maintenance today, with one hour of maintenance for all Classic realms and a slightly extended two hours for Midnight realms. If today’s maintenance goes as scheduled we should be back in game in relatively short order. Here’s the WoW maintenance schedule…
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Start pinching your coppers now to save up for World of Warcraft’s newest gold sink, the Sporebearer Fungal Strider
Blizzard has announced that Midnight’s upcoming patch 12.1.5 will include a new mount obtainable for a mountain of gold, the Sporebearer Fungal Strider. Interested players should begin budgeting now, as it will only be available for purchase until the end of the expansion. It loo…
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World of Warcraft's Venomous Abyss raid is "what we'd hoped for" from the war on add-ons, Ion Hazzikostas explains
With the Venomous Abyss raid a success in World of Warcraft 12.1, I asked Blizzard how it feels about add-ons and progression in the MMORPG.
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Super Expensive, Time-Limited World of Warcraft 12.1.5 Release Officially Revealed
World of Warcraft's upcoming 12.1.5 patch includes a new release that's going to be extremely expensive and only available for a short time.
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The MOP Up: World of Warcraft’s doggo raises $1.3M for Habitat for Humanity
Look at what a little scamp of a dog can do — and a whole lot of player purchases, too. World of Warcraft wrapped up a promotion where it sold enough copies of a pet named Roofus that it was able to donate $1.3 million to charity. “During the promotion, Blizzard donated 100% of t…
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World of Warcraft makes "different mistakes" each patch, but "that's to some extent inevitable, and a little bit our goal"
Ahead of Blizzcon, I asked Ion Hazzikostas and Paul Kubit how World of Warcraft Midnight patch 12.1 is going, and what’s next for the MMO.
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World of Warcraft Previews the Next Story Chapter, New Features (Labyrinths!) and More Coming in Midnight 12.1.5
If you've been tackling challenges on the Coiled Isle, and are almost ready for new stuff, World of Warcraft is previewing the next story chapter, new Labyrinth feature, next single-boss raid, and more coming in 12.1.5.
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World of Warcraft previews its new adventures coming in the 12.1.5 mid-point patch
One of the great things about World of Warcraft’s story is that you never have to watch a cutscene that explains how the raid fights you were just told you absolutely had to finish up were vital to the safety of the world were actually keeping a lid on something even worse that i…
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New World of Warcraft mount will cost you 5 to 7 million gold, and you've only got a limited time to buy it
Blizzard has announced the new Sporebearer Fungal Strider mount for World of Warcraft Midnight, which includes customizable NPCs at a price.
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World of Warcraft patch 12.1.5 is coming to the PTR soon; here’s what we know so far
World of Warcraft patch 12.1.5 is already on the horizon, and will be launching on the PTR soon. Minor x.5 and x.7 patches used to be relatively lightweight, but recently they’ve had a surprising amount of content: patch 12.1.5 will add a new story chapter, a single-boss raid, La…
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D&D’s World Of Warcraft Crossover May Not Be A One-Way Street
Dungeons & Dragons fans will soon be exploring the dangerous lands of Azeroth, as World of Warcraft is coming to the tabletop game . Wizards of the Coast (WotC) and Blizzard have gone all-out with this crossover, as not only does it feature multiple World of Warcraft classes and…
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Raid Finder Wing 3 Opens in World of Warcraft's The Venomous Abyss
Raid Finder Wing 3 has opened up, letting us into the depths of the Venomous Abyss. The Serpent Warren opens for some surprises and World of Warcraft's slate of bosses to challenge.
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World of Warcraft fans so eager to find confirmation of "Classic Plus", they've dug "wow 2" evidence out of Blizzards' backend
World of Warcraft fans are currently obsessing over colours, as dataminers pull hues from Blizzard's website that are labelled under a curious "wow 2" tag. This, some believe, could be an indication of a major reveal at next week's BlizzCon event.
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5 top tips from World of Warcraft housing creators for making amazing masterworks
Improve your housing game with advice from some of WoW's best home designers.
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World of Warcraft Officially Brings Back Must-Have Item, and It's Completely Free
World of Warcraft just brough back one of the rarest and most popular rewards in the game completely for free.
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How to move the entrance to your home in World of Warcraft Player Housing
Player Housing enthusiasts were particularly excited for WoW patch 12.1, which would add the ability to move your home’s entrance, allowing you to build basements or simply change your layout without starting over. However when the patch launched, the feature was disabled due to…
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World of Warcraft promises to find players who boosted their way to the top of Mythic Plus rankings
What would you do for a new bird mount? If you’re a certain type of World of Warcraft player, you may have bought your way to the tippy-top of Mythic Plus rankings, but it looks as if Blizzard has resolved to make sure players who got did so legitimately. The most recent Mythic P…
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It’s a quick one-hour maintenance for all World of Warcraft realms
Today’s maintenance is an easy one for everybody, with just an hour of downtime scheduled for all World of Warcraft realms. It’s short and sweet, so Midnight players can make a quick run to check their weekly vault. Here’s the WoW maintenance schedule for Tuesday, September 1: Mi…
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Blizzard doing 'a thorough scrub' of illegitimate World of Warcraft Mythic-Plus dungeon rankings, with more changes to come
Paid boosting was particularly controversial in this instance, because it pushed legitimate records out of the top-1% reward category.
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World of Warcraft emulator pivots to new MMO called Ascension
It happened with The Heroes Journey. It happened with Turtle WoW. And now, it looks like it’s going to be attempted by Project Ascension, the World of Warcraft rogue server that’s shutting its doors this week: The volunteer devs of the project are going to make their own MMORPG.…
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Rumor: Xbox is considering TV adaptations of World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls, and more
The history of video games and MMORPGs is no stranger to the odd pitch to take a popular franchise and make it into a TV show or movie — does anyone remember Johnny Depp’s Secret World series? And while not all of them come to fruition, some do, which can be a boon to the
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Fresh World of Warcraft Midnight patch notes mean even more buffs in Blizzard's continued class tuning
The new World of Warcraft Midnight patch notes aid underperforming specs, with DK, DH, Druid, Hunger, Mage, Monk, Paladin, and Priest buffs.
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Project Ascension World of Warcraft emulator is shutting down following apparent Blizzard lawsuit settlement
Back in June, we learned that Blizzard was pursuing yet another World of Warcraft emulator in court, this time Project Ascension. The lawsuit accused Project Ascension of infringing on the WoW IP under the DMCA, pirating the game, and raking in “millions of dollars” from selling…
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World of Warcraft private server Project Ascension confirms shutdown in "mutual agreement" with Blizzard
The Project Ascension team confirms its World of Warcraft realms will be shut down in early September, following an agreement with Blizzard.
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World of Warcraft fans celebrate the life of Peter Cullen, the voice actor for the MMORPG’s 2001 trailer
It’s been a pretty tough week for fans of beloved celebrities, with the passing of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. Amid the news was another impactful loss, that of Peter Cullen. Cullen passed away at the age of 85 in California after a long and fruitful career as a voice actor. He w…
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WoW Factor: Yes, there really is too much to do in World of Warcraft Midnight
I’ve just returned to World of Warcraft after letting my sub lapse for about two months. I had done everything I wanted to do in season one, but now that the Curse of Ula’tek patch and season two are here, it’s back to Azeroth’s voidy shores. I have to say it has been an incredib…
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World of Warcraft Unlocks Curse of Ula'tek's Venomous Abyss Story Mode and Raid Finder Wing 2
World of Warcraft continues rolling out content in Curse of Ula'tek. Now, you can take on new challenges now that the Venomous Abyss Story Mode and Raid Finder Wing 2 have unlocked.
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A modest maintenance day for World of Warcraft
Today’s World of Warcraft maintenance isn’t too bad: Midnight realms have two hours of downtime scheduled, while all Classic realms only have the standard hour of downtime scheduled. So it’s an itty bitty extended maintenance, but it shouldn’t be too bad. Here’s the WoW maintenan…
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A modest maintenance day for World of Warcraft — all servers back online!
Today’s World of Warcraft maintenance isn’t too bad: Midnight realms have two hours of downtime scheduled, while all Classic realms only have the standard hour of downtime scheduled. So it’s an itty bitty extended maintenance, but it shouldn’t be too bad. Here’s the WoW maintenan…
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World of Warcraft's September Trading Post Celebrates Friendship and BlizzCon
The World of Warcraft Trading Post will be celebrating friendship just in time for the return of BlizzCon. Today, Blizzard revealed the goodies that we'll have a chance to make our own
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New World of Warcraft Midnight patch notes bring buffs aplenty as Blizzard's "broad" class updates continue
Blizzard delivers on its class tuning promise for Curse of Ula’tek, with wide-ranging buffs in its latest World of Warcraft patch notes.
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Gamers in Ireland and the UK can get their hands on free items in World of Warcraft from McDonald’s
It might sound like the most American thing on the planet, going to McDonald’s to get some in-game goodies, but no, this promotion being run by Xbox and the fast food mega-giant is specifically for our friends in the UK and Ireland: Side Missions are back once again. For those wh…
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Halo, Forza and World of Warcraft In-Game Rewards Coming to McDonald's, Celebrating Xbox 25th Anniversary
McDonald's is partnering with Xbox to offer in-game rewards for the console brand's six most recognizable gaming franchises, including Halo, Fallout, Forza and World of Warcraft.
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Brand-New World of Warcraft Release is One of a Kind, But There's a Catch
Datamines indicate that World of Warcraft is soon getting a new unique release, but there's a major catch players should be aware of.
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How to use Blueprints in World of Warcraft Player Housing
World of Warcraft patch 12.1 adds one of the most requested features for the Player Housing system: Blueprints. This is Blizzard’s system for saving, storing, importing, and sharing housing designs within World of Warcraft, letting players easily share their designs (and other pl…
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Get a green cape and wizard hat transmog for World of Warcraft by watching your favorite Twitch streamers this month
The latest World of Warcraft Twitch Drop is Sorcerer’s Grassy Garb, a green color variant of the wizard hat and cloak transmog we’ve seen on World of Warcraft’s monthly Trading Post a few times now. It features a stitched-together green cloak, and a hat with a rounded point that…
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World of Warcraft brings a new zone, new housing updates, and a new prey season with Curse of Ula’tek
It’s patch day for World of Warcraft: Midnight as the Curse of Ula’tek content update has come online just as promised, with all of the zone content, housing updates, and other goodies for players to dig in to for (ideally) a good little while. The central attraction for the upda…
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August 11 is Officially The End of An Era For World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is soon releasing a new massive update, marking the end of an era for some players and their builds.
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World of Warcraft Reveals Patch 12.1 Notes
Blizzard reveals the features and changes World of Warcraft players will notice once Patch 12.1, Curse of Ula'tek, goes live on August 11.
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Blizzard Loses the Maestro Behind World of Warcraft and Overwatch
Adam Burgess' departure from the company leaves a huge voice in Blizzard's sonic profile.
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Lore Watch Podcast: Dwelling on the Shadowlands in World of Warcraft
Lore Watch Podcast starts off with a dive into the lore of the Midsummer Fire Festival, particularly since so much was added over the past few years. How has this little event about a melting ice stone grown to reflect the culture of fire and summer in the different races? Then,…
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Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft Crossover Is Up for Preorder
World of Warcraft is making its way into Dungeons & Dragons this November, and preorders are live.
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World of Warcraft Previews the New Cooldown Manager Coming in Curse of Ula'tek
The World of Warcraft team has a new preview of one of the upcoming new UI updates and player tools coming in Curse of Ula'tek: The Cooldown Manager.
A Blizzard employee was fired for using an instakill cheat in World of Warcraft
In World of Warcraft, Blizzard employees are given the title of Game Master. Some have access to cheats they can use in the world, and can monitor servers, guilds, and more to make sure they're all playing fair and having a good time. Great power comes with great responsibility,…
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Dungeons & Dragons Officially Crossing Over With World of Warcraft in 2026
Azeroth will soon be home to new kinds of adventuring parties, as Dungeons & Dragons is officially crossing over with World of Warcraft in 2026.
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World Of Warcraft Is Coming To D&D, And Will Let You Grind Renown Just Like The MMO
World of Warcraft is getting the Dungeons & Dragons treatment, with the iconic tabletop roleplaying game set to translate developer Blizzard's popular MMORPG into a proper pencil-and paper-experience this November. D&D: World of Warcraft is bringing a lot to the table, with every…
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D&D World of Warcraft is the first MTG-style Universes Beyond crossover for the RPG
A new D&D World of Warcraft crossover has been revealed, and it's due to launch this November
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Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft Revealed, Includes Every Playable WOW Species and Class
Dungeons & Dragons maker Wizards of the Coast has fully unveiled its big crossover with World of Warcraft.
Blizzard fired an employee for cheating with a developer-only instakill move in World of Warcraft
The employee gave a group an "unfair advantage" by killing all their enemies instantly
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Dungeons & Dragons World of Warcraft Crossover May Have Been Leaked
A recent leaked post may have hinted at an upcoming Dungeons & Dragons World of Warcraft crossover potentially being announced at Gen Con 2026. Read this article on TechRaptor
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Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft, and AQ3D confirm that Jimothy pets are incoming
Earlier we reported on how MMORPG developers and fans had collectively caught Jimothy fever, which would be a weird sentence to read in any other timeline; the viral racoon from Seattle, Washington, had encouraged the likes of Old School RuneScape and World of Warcraft to mock-up…
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Beloved Internet Cryptid Jimothy the Raccoon Is Officially Becoming a Pet in World of Warcraft
Jimothy the Raccoon, the internet's latest obsession, is being added as an actual pet in World of Warcraft.
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World of Warcraft is actually adding viral raccoon Jimothy to the game
Jimothy has taken over the internet, and now he’s officially coming to World of Warcraft after tons of fan demand.
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World of Warcraft Dev Abuses GM Tools to Kill Dungeon Bosses For a Friend, Blizzard Responds With Consequences
A World of Warcraft dev used GM abilities to insta-kill bosses for a friend that asked for the favor. After combat logs revealed what happened, Blizzard has responded with serious consequences.
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Blizzard fire World Of Warcraft developer over use of forbidden magicks to insta-kill bosses for regular players during dungeon run
World of Warcraft studio Blizzard have announced that they've fired a developer after development-only spells were used to insta-kill some Mythic+ dungeon bosses for a party of non-dev adventurers. The studio will also be "taking action against the player accounts that were compl…
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Blizzard fires World of Warcraft dev after using "development-only spells on a live realm" to help a friend breeze through bosses
"We're confident this incident was isolated to one individual."
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World of Warcraft Player Got Developer to Cheat for Them on Mythic+ Dungeon
A World of Warcraft Mythic+ Dungeon run comes under scrutiny after evidence indicates a Game Master assisted in a way that breaks Blizzard's rules.
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World of Warcraft is removing Decor Duels in the next patch while The Burning Crusade Anniversary plans its next phase
We hope you have enjoyed the time-limited PvP of Decor Duels in World of Warcraft. Oh, did you not know that it was time-limited? Because apparently it is, as the official website has now announced that the final surge is taking place now and running until patch 12.1, Curse of Ul…
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World of Warcraft fans demand consequences for Blizzard staffer seemingly caught cheating in-game
A fresh scandal is breaking out across the World of Warcraft scene today as a Blizzard staffer has apparently been caught helping someone cheat in the game. According to the megathread on Reddit – because of course this has a megathread – raiders dug up combat logs that suggest a…
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World of Warcraft dev under investigation for cheating in the game
A WoW player confessed on Twitch to asking a Blizzard employee to secretly kill a dungeon enemy for him mid-run.
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Jagex wants classic British point-and-click MMO RuneScape to be bigger than World of Warcraft
Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy has shared his lofty aspiration for RuneScape to be the biggest MMO in the world in the next five years. That, for those unaware, would mean toppling World of Warcraft from the top spot.
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We Finally Know Xal’atath’s Evil Plan For The World Of Warcraft
After years of theories and speculation, World of Warcraft players may have finally uncovered the real endgame of its current main villain, Xal'atath. Xal'atath has been Azeroth's big bad for the past several expansions, but aside from amassing power in her Dark Heart artifact, h…
RuneScape boss wants to overtake World of Warcraft as the number 1 MMO, promises big things in October
"If you’re going to set lofty and ambitious goals, why not swing for the top?"
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World of Warcraft and RuneScape Fans Want Official Jimothy Support After Game Devs Show Love for Viral Raccoon
The internet has fallen in love with a viral raccoon named Jimothy, and so has the gaming industry.
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Creator of a popular World of Warcraft mod ends development thanks to online harassment
World of Warcraft players are being reminded that they can’t have nice things, especially if there are people whose actions ruin it for literally everyone else. The creator of Unhalted Unit Frames, a popular HUD plugin for the MMORPG, has announced that development will end as a…
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How to invite Pepe to come perch in your house Player Housing in World of Warcraft
When Pepe was originally introduced in Warlords of Draenor, this adorable orange avian companion was an interactable object in your Garrison, who got easier to reach as your Garrison was upgraded, so it make perfect sense that he’s coming to visit our Player Housing house, too. I…
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World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzkostas suggests Midnight’s UI and addon overhaul makes the MMO more ‘approachable’
Earlier this year, the World of Warcraft community was in an absolute tizzy over Midnight’s changes to the UI and specifically the modding features of the MMO, which effectively disabled specific mods that Blizzard felt had become a bit too necessary for gameplay – to the point t…
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World of Warcraft's divisive change to combat addons is here to stay
The director of Blizzard's MMO doubles down on WoW: Midnight's most controversial feature
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Blizzard knows World of Warcraft's removal of raid add-ons is "controversial," but the MMO's lead says its new UI "has been successful so far"
Ion Hazzikostas explains "it's not done, it's not perfect"
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Which World of Warcraft holiday has the best transmog?
After many years of cosmetic appearances tied to holidays that could only be applied at the proper time of year, World of Warcraft has leaned into the “fashion when you feel like it” outlook and included some truly epic year-round transmog in the last few seasonal celebrations. B…
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Past Midnight: building the next era of World of Warcraft
How does World of Warcraft stay relevant in 2026 and beyond?