Our latest coverage of World of Warcraft.
If you've been itching to see WARCRAFT again, you'll finally be able to purchase your very own Blue-Ray, or DVD (really?), copy on September 27th, and maybe earn some Blizzard in-game extras. Bundled with select copies of WARCRAFT is: Medivh Hero in Hearthstone – Unleash your favorite Mage deck as the Guardian of Tirisfal. Gul’dan Hero in Heroes of the [...]
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While it is not an MMO, Warcraft: Adventures: Lord of the Clans is an interesting piece of Warcraft history. The game was a point-and-click adventure game developed by Blizzard that featured cutscenes made by Animation Magic, the company responsible for the cutscenes in the abominations that were the Legend of Zelda games on Phillips CD-i, before being canceled in 1998 amidst a declining [...]
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Rob Pardo spent 17 years working at Blizzard and was a lead designer for World of Warcraft. After leaving the company in 2014, he announced the formation of Bonfire Studios today, September 12, 2016. The nascent company hasn't announced any games yet, but they will likely focus on online play, whether that be on PC, mobile, or both. Pardo is focused [...]
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World of Warcraft: Legion, the game's sixth expansion, sold 3.3 million copies by August 30, 2016, matching the sales of previous expansions. I bet Blizzard wishes they never stopped reporting subscriber numbers. "We knew Legion was really special and during the beta when everything was coming together we knew this expansion was going to be something for the books," said Blizzard [...]
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As reported yesterday, World of Warcraft's Companion App is now live, enabling players to manager their Order Hall on the go: "...that will allow players to manage their order hall: upgrade the order hall, recruit troops, and assign champions to missions." You can download it below: WoW Legion Companion Android WoW Legion Companion App iOS
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Blizzard will be launching a World of Warcraft: Legion Companion App on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 that will allow players to manage their order hall: upgrade the order hall, recruit troops, and assign champions to missions. It's a great idea. One that should make order hall maintenance convenient. Undertaking missions from your phone makes life far easier than traveling back and [...]
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As of today, World of Warcraft players that own Legion can now trial each class before deciding which one they want to choose for the character that will be boosted to level 100. Class trial characters are level 100 characters that make use of "a preset class specialization." The trial allows players to take these characters through the tutorial, up [...]
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World of Warcraft's senior game designer Steve Burke released an overview for the maximum level zone in Legion, Suramar: "the jewel of the Night Elf empire." It was paradise until the Legion showed up, of course. All roads lead to Suramar [excuse me... Ragnarok Online], an ancient elven metropolis at the heart of the Broken Isles. The corrupted Nightwell fuels [...]
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In preparation for tomorrow's launch, Blizzard has released a new World of Warcraft: Legion trailer that is intended to get you pumped to play. "The demons of the Burning Legion have returned. Will you answer the heroes' call?" Blizzard asks in the description. The Fate of Azeroth is in your hands. As a reminder, Legion launches tomorrow. The exact launch times [...]
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The ominous yellow text appears on the screen and every player in Tanaris suddenly has their heart stop: Server shutdown: 15 minutes. War cries fill the chat box, “PUSH!!!” “We can do this!” “Focus your targets!” Our adrenaline pumps, cooldowns fire, and it is this point in time I realise exactly what this pre-patch is setting us up for. Players [...]
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