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World of Warcraft: Legion will reopen the gates to Karazhan—shiny new gates—as part of Patch 7.1, releasing October 25th. The preview trailer below plays on my nostalgia; Karazhan was my raid back in the day. You will need to attune yourself to the dungeon, undertaking a quest that begins in DeadWind Pass. The patch also expands questing in Suramar, adding [...]
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After more than a decade with the World of Warcraft Team, Tom Chilton steps down as Game Director and hands over the reins to Lead Game Designer, Ion Hazzikostas. Chilton, however, will still be staying with Blizzard Entertainment to work on a different project, saying that “new adventures” await him “just down the hall”. In a farewell note to WoW [...]
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In a forum post a Nostalrius administrator made an arresting comment: Blizzard could announce Legacy servers at BlizzCon. I thought no one remembered Nostalrius. Blizzard's Blizzcon is on the 4-5 November, a month from now. This is the golden occasion for them to announce their plan for legacy realms, and potentially fulfil the dreams of millions of fans over the [...]
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In an effort to make it easier for World of Warcraft players with alts to play Legion content on said alts, Blizzard will be making two minor changes to the way content is unlocked for alts. The first change is that The Arcway and Court of Stars will be unlocked account-wide upon the first time you complete them. The second is [...]
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The release of the World of Warcraft Legion expansion has resulted in a sudden influx of players who want to try out what the latest installment had to offer. In an interview with Pixel, a Polish gaming magazine, Tom Chilton, the lead designer for World of Warcraft was quoted as saying that the iconic MMORPG currently had 10.1 million active [...]
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SuperData Research's latest report on the worldwide digital games market is here and it brings with it some interesting news about the Chinese release of World of Warcraft. According to the report, with the release of World of Warcraft: Legion, Chinese publisher NetEase shifted the title from a "pay by the hour" model to a monthly subscription model. It is [...]
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Back when World of Warcraft was first released progression was a straightforward path. You completed a dungeon, moved on to the next, and the difficulty increased until you reached the end. The amount of players scaled up in a similar fashion: from 5-man dungeons to 10-man, then to 20-man raids, and finally 40-man. Fast forward roughly 12 years and almost [...]
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It's that time of year again, when #TalkiLikeAPirateDay trends on Twitter and World of Warcraft celebrates swashbuckling adventurers with an in-game event. Head to Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale (easiest way to get there for new players is to take the portal to Karahzan underneath Dalaran and fly south), and talk to Dread Captain DeMeza. If you take a swig [...]
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Do you regret naming yourself "xX_Reaper432_Xx" the moment Overwatch came out? Maybe you've decided that you like playing as McCree more or perhaps you've just run into one too many other Reapers and it's hard to tell when someone's talking to you. In the past, you would have been stuck with that name for all eternity, wondering why you ever [...]
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World of Warcraft: Legion's first raid is launching in four days, which means that it is time for a preview of the new content. Dubbed "The Emerald Nightmare" despite its predominantly red color palette, the raid will pit players up against a total of seven different bosses, ranging from dragons to a demigod to even a "heart of corruption" residing [...]
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