Our latest coverage of World of Warcraft.
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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Blizzard's Chris Metzen announced his retirement in a heartfelt post on Battle.net's forums today. Metzen has been with the company for nearly 23 years, beginning with Justice League Task Force and Warcraft: Orce and Humans. Even the Diablo universe was co-created by Metzen (along with Bill Roper), and Metzen provided voices for many of Blizzard's iconic characters, including Thrall in Warcraft [...]
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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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