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After 20 years, World of Warcraft players will finally be able to buy their own virtual homes. WoW will get player housing as part of the upcoming expansion, Midnight.

Blizzard will be celebrating 30 years of Warcraft on the 13th of November. The series began as a beloved RTS before transitioning to the MMO we all know today.

A new era for World of Warcraft was ushered in this summer with the launch of The War Within, the first in a trilogy of expansions telling a new story involving Titans and The Old Gods. The expansion already got off to a great start, but now, seasonal content is …

MSI has partnered with Blizzard to celebrate the 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft and the launch of its latest expansion, The War Within. To mark the occasion, the company has unveiled a special edition of the GeForce RTX 4070 Super Gaming Slim graphics card, featuring swappable backplates inspired by …

SteelSeries and Blizzard have partnered up to create a collection of gaming gear inspired by World of Warcraft. The collection features the Arctis Nova 7 Wireless Headset, Aerox 9 Wireless Gaming Mouse, QcK XXL Mousepad, Artisan Keycap, and headband and speaker plates, all designed to capture the spirit of the …

Back in May, Nvidia gained perhaps its biggest addition to GeForce Now yet with World of Warcraft. While this is great for those who quickly want to drop into the game to check their dailies or do some trades, due to lack of add-on support, it wasn't necessarily great for …

Earlier this month, World of Warcraft's big expansion pre-patch for The War Within went live, bringing with it a new in-game event and several major system updates that transform certain aspects of the game. However, players have been having some issues with the way Blizzard has things set up.  The …

Earlier this week, Bethesda Game Studios became the very first team under the Xbox umbrella to unionise. Now, Blizzard has done the same thing, with the World of Warcraft team forming a union, known as the World of Warcraft Game Makers Guild.  The WoW Game Makers Guild is going to …

Blizzard is about to kick off a new era for World of Warcraft with The War Within, the first in a trilogy of expansions that will explore a new story arc. Ahead of the expansion's launch in August, players will get a pre-patch with a new event to play so …

With GeForce Now finally adding Battle.net integration and gaining access to Activision Blizzard games, we're starting to see major titles like Call of Duty and Diablo supported via the cloud gaming service. This week, Blizzard's biggest game is finally accessible via the cloud, with support for World of Warcraft now …

BlizzCon made its grand return in 2023, after a four year hiatus. Unfortunately, it looks like the event is on the ropes once again, with plans for BlizzCon 2024 being scrapped.  BlizzCon is by no means a cheap event to run, but it has been a core part of the …

Over the last console generation, MMOs began becoming increasingly popular on consoles, with games like The Elder Scrolls Online and Final Fantasy 14 showing that these types of games can play well with a gamepad rather than a mouse and keyboard. With that in mind, the idea of World of …

There have been many mods over the years to make 3D games playable in VR. However, few of them offer 6 degrees of freedom with motion controls baked in. The developers behind the Flat2VR mod have been working on the technology for a decade at this point and recently, they …

Blizzard has been slowly expanding World of Warcraft: Classic with additional expansions, offering players a chance to go back in time to each major moment in the game as it was back then, or even with improvements if you participate in seasons. At this point, WoW Classic is caught up …

At BlizzCon this year, Blizzard announced an ambitious plan for the future of World of Warcraft. The team is embarking on a new trilogy of connected expansions, starting with The War Within in the second half of 2024. Now, Blizzard has shared its roadmap, outlining the next year of updates.  …

With MMOs becoming more popular on consoles over the last generation, and games like Final Fantasy 14 showing that a gamepad can be a capable tool for playing one, the idea of World of Warcraft on console has come up numerous times in recent years. As it turns out, it …

While recent Diablo 4 leaks were proven to be accurate at BlizzCon this year, recent World of Warcraft leaks were completely off. BlizzCon surprised WoW players at the event this year with the announcement of a trilogy of expansions, making up the Worldsoul Saga.  Chris Metzen, a fan-favourite WoW veteran, …

BlizzCon is finally returning this year with the big event set to kick off next month. If recent leaks are anything to go by, we can expect a new World of Warcraft expansion, set in the new continent of Avalon. In convincing images shared to Reddit, we get a look …

Blizzard hasn't had a chance to host a physical BlizzCon event since 2019. Back then, both Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 were announced and now in 2023, both of those games are set to release. Blizzard will have more to show and announce later in the year though, as the …

It has been a few weeks since Blizzard officially launched Dragonflight, the latest expansion for World of Warcraft. At this point, many players have run through the levelling process and are prepared for new challenges. With that in mind, Blizzard has now revealed the roadmap for the year ahead.  For …

We're just hours away from the launch of the next WoW expansion. Announced earlier this year, Dragonflight will increase the MMO's level cap, add a new character class and a new dragon riding skill. Here's when the expansion unlocks in each time zone.  World of Warcraft: Dragonflight introduces a new …

Blizzard has had a long-term partnership with NetEase to allow its games to operate in China. Unfortunately, a dispute between the two companies has come to light, and as a result, their licensing deal will be coming to an end and the majority of Blizzard games will be pulled from …

We first heard months ago that Blizzard's next WoW expansion, Dragonflight, would release in November this year. Blizzard went live with pre-orders for the expansion in June, but did not confirm the release date until this week. Dragonflight is now officially releasing on the 28th of November.  World of Warcraft: …

A couple of years ago following Diablo Immortal's BlizzCon reveal, we learned that Blizzard was also working on a number of other mobile games, several of which were set in the Warcraft universe. This year, one of these games was officially announced, but Blizzard seems to be scrapping two other …

Last week, an update to the World of Warcraft website mistakenly revealed an ad with the release date for Wrath of the Lich King Classic. Usually when a leak like this happens, an official announcement is imminent and that was exactly the case here. Today, Blizzard confirmed Wrath of the …

Back when The Burning Crusade was coming to WoW Classic, an early web advertisement leaked the release date. A similar situation has now taken place with Wrath of the Lich King, which appears set for a September launch.  The World of Warcraft teams are very busy this year. Not only …

Earlier this year, Blizzard officially announced World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, the next major expansion for the long-running MMO. While we initially weren’t sure if the expansion would launch this year, Blizzard has since confirmed plans for a 2022 release, and now, players can get their first taste of the new …

We all know that Activision Blizzard is in the process of being acquired by Microsoft, but that isn't stopping the company from making acquisitions of its own. This week, Blizzard confirmed that it has acquired studio Proletariat, the company behind Spellbreak.  Spellbreak launched back in 2018, offering a new take …

Back in April, Blizzard officially unveiled not one, but two WoW expansions. For starters, Classic players will be getting Wrath of the Lich King, allowing players to reexperience one of the best expansions in the history of MMOs. In addition, the latest WoW expansion is also on the way, known …

Back in 2018, shortly following the reveal for Diablo Immortal, we learned that Blizzard had multiple other mobile games in the works, including a couple based on Warcraft. At the time, we were told to expect a Pokémon Go style game, perhaps with Warcraft pet battles or something similar. Now, …