Our latest coverage of World of Warcraft.
Following several stress tests, the release date for Elysium's Nostalrius realms has been set. You will once again be able to relive your time playing vanilla World of Warcraft on the most authentic private server yet on December 17th at 12 PM EST. At launch, there will be but one PvE realm and one PvP realm. If the footage and [...]
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After reneging on its promise to release the Nostalrius source code to the community following communication with Blizzard, the Nostalrius team has done a complete 180, deciding that, once again, releasing the source code is the best plan of action. The source code release will be done in waves. Nostalrius will first give the code to the Elysium private server, [...]
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Newzoo has released a new report detailing the "Most Played Core PC Games in September" and there are a few interesting notes included. While it hasn't knocked League of Legends out of its #1 most played spot, the release of Legion saw World of Warcraft shoot up three ranks, knocking Minecraft, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Hearthstone down one place each. While [...]
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There are dozens of games hosting Halloween events this year, but which ones are actually worth doing? Our event guide can help you decide which of your games you will be spending time in this Halloween. Simply hit "Jump" next to any of the games listed and you will automatically be sent to the game's entry in the list. Happy Halloween! [...]
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It’s nearing Halloween and everyone’s favorite haunted mansion raid has gotten a facelift. Starting October 25th, World of Warcraft veterans and noobs alike dived back into the tower of the guardian. The art, the music, and the feeling Karazhan inspires has a special place in the memory of Burning Crusade players. As soon as Blizzard announced the old hollow tower [...]
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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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