Every longtime World of Warcraft player remembers the day the Dark Portal opened. In the hours leading up to the launch of The Burning Crusade expansion in 2007, thousands of Horde and Alliance characters descended upon the Blasted Lands to await their journey into the gates of Outland. The crowds …
Read More »World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion delayed to later this year
The World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion has officially been delayed to sometime later this year, according to an announcement from executive producer John Hight. pic.twitter.com/FCkGYxax60October 1, 2020 See more Shadowlands was meant to release on October 27, and while there’s no new date for yet, it’s still due to drop …
Read More »World of Warcraft Classic needs you to switch servers due to “massively overpopulated” Herod realm
Having too many players isn’t exactly the worst problem a game can have, but that’s exactly the situation facing Blizzard leading up to this month’s long-awaited release of World of Warcraft Classic. In a blog post (opens in new tab), Blizzard Community Manager Randy Jordan says that name reservations indicate …
Read More »“Not a Bug”: World of Warcraft Classics strangest fiasco reveals just how much nostalgia can mess with our memories
Last month, Blizzard launched its beta for World of Warcraft Classic, a legacy server which authentically replicates version 1.12 of the game from 2004. Its release follows years of fan demand for a vanilla emulation of the forever popular MMO, which has changed significantly over its 15 year lifespan, suggesting …
Read More »BlizzCon 2018: From Overwatch Hero 29 to Diablo Amiibo, here are the 5 biggest things to watch out for this weekend
BlizzCon 2018 takes place this weekend, running from November 2 – 4 with three full days of announcements, tournaments, and more for all of Blizzard’s best and biggest titles. Every year, the BlizzCon opening ceremony is like a mini E3 for fans of the studio, with loads of surprise announcements …
Read More »World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth – how to unlock all Allied Races
World of Warcraft expansion Battle for Azeroth injects a lot of new content into the 14-years-and-running MMORPG, but few additions are as exciting as the new Allied Races feature. If you’ve already hit level cap and are looking for things to do, unlocking these new player options is a worthwhile …
Read More »Every video game reference in Wreck-It Ralph (so far)
Wreck-It Ralph trailer breakdown: all the movie’s references so far The headline cast for Disney’s upcoming Wreck-It Ralph is a sterling assemblage of comic talent: John C Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch? Those four alone could wring comedy out of cancer patients reading from the phone book. …
Read More »World of Warcraft 5.0.4 patch hits, setting up for Mist of Pandaria
Blizzard announced today that they’ve gone live with Patch 5.0.4 today which will set the stage and dim the lights for the arrival of their latest expansion, Mists of Pandaria. The patch doesn’t officially launch the Mists of Pandaria content, that will have to wait until launch day on September …
Read More »Staggeringly inept attempt to scam Kickstarter is found out. Hilarious pitch needs to be seen to be believed
“What’s that you say? You only need $80K to finish the RPG you’re working on (opens in new tab)? And you say it will be up to the standard of World of WarCraft, only with the graphical fidelity of Skyrim? Ye gods, you talented lot, take my money now! I …
Read More »Blizzard sheds 600 staff worldwide
600 Blizzard Entertainment employees have been forced to update their resumes today after the majoy league studio announced a large-scale staff reduction in order to safeguard the company’s financial future. Today, Blizzard confirmed the staff cuts in a formal press release, stating 90% of the fired employees were from departments …
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