Concentration and Ingenuity Explained in The War Within

Professions received a major overhaul in Dragonflight – introducing Knowledge Points, Profession Equipment, Inspiration, Multicraft, and more to Retail’s profession system. While many of these additions have stuck around in The War Within, Inspiration …

UI Improvements on The War Within Beta – Search Boxes, Map Legend

Today’s beta build brings many new improvements to the game’s base UI, including a legend for the world map and search boxes for the Character Selection screen, Spellbook, and Questlog.Map Improvements – Legend and Advanced FiltersThe map received upda…

Class Changes and UI Improvements – Midnight Alpha Test Development Notes

Blizzard has posted today’s development notes for the Midnight Alpha which includes many class changes, and many UI improvements including text-to-speech, improved nameplates and loosened addon APIs.

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The Making of Warcraft’s Cosmology Chart with Dave Kosak

In celebration of World of Warcraft’s 20th anniversary, former Lead Narrative Designer Dave Kosak has detailed the work that went into making the Cosmology Chart from Chronicle Volume 1!Originally released in 2016, the Chronicle book series set out to …

Preparing for Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar

World of Warcraft Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar will be upon us on September 11. To help you prepare, we’ve provided an overview of vital information you need to know so things go smoothly when patch day arrives.

Raging Affix Will Allow Interrupts in Season 2 Mythic+ – Patch 10.1

Blizzard has announced that the Raging affix will hotfixed shortly which will allow Raging mobs to be interrupted.Hello!We’ve been watching everyone play and listening to feedback on our affix update.Continue reading »

Hardcore is Coming to World of Warcraft – WoW Classic

Blizzard has just announced that Hardcore will officially be coming to Classic WoW and coming to the Public Test Realm! Below is the announcement and there is also a Developer Interview with Sarthe taking place on YouTube.It’s official, Hardcore realms…

How to Get Darkmoon Faire Storage Box 14 Slot Bag – Season of Discovery

In Season of Discovery Phase 1, bags can be quite hard to come by. One of the best bags you can obtain this phase is 14 slots, such as the Bottomless Murloc Skin Bag from Gelihast in the new Blackfathom Deeps Raid. With the Darkmoon Faire being in Thun…

New Screenshot Gallery Update: Violet Proto-Drake

We’ve created a new Violet Proto-Drake screenshot gallery with 13 of the best player submissions. As always, if you’d like to contribute to our galleries, please submit your screenshots. You can view all of our screenshot galleries
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Cooldown Manager Preview – Patch 11.1.5 PTR

The new Cooldown Manager is one of the most expected features of patch 11.1.5. Let’s take a look at how this tool currently looks in the Patch 11.1.5 PTRWhat is the Cooldown Manager?Some of the most popular WeakAuras in the game are cooldown tracking W…

Warglaive Loot Priority in Burning Crusade Classic

The Warglaive of Azzinoth items are among the most sought-after items in all of World of Warcraft. These weapons drop from Illidan Stormrage in upcoming Black Temple raid. Players in The Burning Crusade Classic are about to get their first attempts at …

Catch “The Siege” Marathon Live Streams this Weekend

Tune into Athene’s World of Warcraft marathon live streams this Saturday and Sunday on Gamingforgood.net, featuring a number of popular Twitch streamers doing what they do best, and including a live race between top-ranked guilds Method and Midwinter through 25-player Heroic Throne of Thunder.

August 24th Hotfixes – Faction-Specific Runecarving Memories Only Require Faction To Purchase, Not Use

Hotfixes August 24, 2021 AchievementsPlayers can now continue to give Rendle hats to complete Rendle’s Big Day after becoming his best friend.ClassesPriest Fixed an issue where Kevin’s Oozeling (Necrolord Soulbind) would not activate when Unholy Nova (…

Patch 10.2: Guardians of the Dream Interview with MMORPG

Video game news and review website MMORPG.com interviewed Lead UX Designer Crash Reed and Assistant Lead Encounter Designer Taylor Sanders, discussing our journey into the Emerald Dream and Season 3 updates in Dragonflight Patch 10.2!We’ve summarized s…

The War Within Alpha Test has Started – First Wave of Invites

The War Within Alpha test has started, and the first wave of invites went out just a few minutes ago!The War Within AlphaAlpha Dev NotesTWW Alpha BeginsWoWCast Dev ChatWarbands Preview VideoWarbands PreviewTWW Gear StoreCollectors Edition PreorderTalen…