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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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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
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.
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.
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.
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
World of Warcraft is Getting its Most Requested Game Mode
Classic Plus is real! It's finally coming!
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’…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.…
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
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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
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.
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…
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.
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.