World of Warcraft News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

Planning your leveling route is the key to success when playing on a Classic Hardcore server in World of Warcraft. There are 6 starting zones that you can end up in when you make a new character, and some of them are much easier to play through than others.

BlizzCon is almost here and so is the Guardians of the Dream update for World of Warcraft. To celebrate, there are some new Twitch Drops to claim and add to your mount and pet collections.

Blizzard's annual fan convention is back in a big way for 2023.

After a spooky selection for October, the World of Warcraft Trading Post has now been updated with new goods to collect, including the latest round of class sets. 

With BlizzCon starting this Friday, Blizzard has begun teasing some of what we’ll be seeing this weekend. For World of Warcraft, on Saturday, the BlizzCon Guild Clash is on. 

We’re only four days away from opening ceremonies at BlizzCon and finally have answered all the questions about what’s new and what we all have to look forward to. In the meantime, let’s look at what we are likely to see and talk through some things that would be cool to see but are unlikely.

Blizzard has announced the complete schedule for its upcoming BlizzCon 2023 event. Slated to take place on November 3 and 4, the event will feature just about every game that the company is currently supported.

With 10.2, Guardians of the Dream set to add new content to Dragonflight , Blizzard has released the update notes ahead of World of Warcraft’ s next big update.

World of Warcraft has been on a bit of a tear recently that doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon.

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More than 74,000 WoW Classic Hardcore players have fallen to their deaths.

In Dragonflight , World of Warcraft introduced an overhauled, brand new universal upgrade system to offer a streamlined experience. Blizzard is outlining upcoming changes to the upgrade system in Guardians of the Dream to expand it and refine it even more. 

The deal is done, but what happens to Activision Blizzard King under Xbox's leadership now?

World of Warcraft has remained one of the premier titles within the MMORPG genre for nearly two decades at this point, and Blizzard shows no sign of slowing down the iconic franchise.

The upcomingDragonflight Guardians of the Dream update introduces new public events to World of Warcraft. Blizzard previews the main new event, Superbloom, where you have to assist in helping to protect and nurture Amirdrassil, the World Tree.

Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard games won't appear on Xbox Game Pass until next year. On the Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer claimed that players wouldn't be seeing a big drop of those titles immediately, due to the lengthy regulatory challenges the company faced in its buyout attempt. Since it was uncertain whether the acquisition would be approved by Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) until recently, Xbox wasn't able to do the groundwork for adding the catalogue to their gaming subscription service. Ahead of the deal's closure, Activision Blizzard confirmed on Twitter that the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and newly-launched Diablo IV won't be coming to Game Pass soon, but Spencer's statement covers older titles as well.

Blizzard has revealed some of the content that players can expect in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight with its 10.2 patch, which is slated to go live on November 7. The update, arriving just a week before Dragonflight‘s third season kicks off, will bring with it a new rotation for Mythic+ dungeons, a new raid, and an entirely new zone.

World of Warcraft 10.2, Guardians of the Dream, will be out the week of November 7th, following BlizzCon the previous weekend. Dragonflight Season 3 will begin on November 14th.

One of the absolute boons of the new patch cadence, consisting of two minor patches in between major ones, is that there are more opportunities for Blizzard to add interesting events into World of Warcraft , which in turn helps to keep everything more lively. Two of these recent events were part of the 10.1 patch cycle. While they both provide new cosmetics, pets, mounts, and catch-up gear, the way each event functions is very different, which has affected how much I enjoy them and participate in some unexpected ways.

For those who’ve been waiting for the chance to face the Lich King himself in World of Warcraft Classic , the time is now. Blizzard takes us into thenewly-opened Icecrown Citadel, including details on the raid and its bosses, and some discounts to mark the arrival.

World of Warcraft’ s most recent charity efforts, selling charity pets, Sunny and Flurky, have raised $1.5 million to help the people of Ukraine. Blizzard announced details on the charity efforts, including where all of the money from the WoW-BlueCheck Ukraine partnership will be going.

Wrath of the Lich King Classic is preparing for a showdown between heroes and the Lich King himself. The Fall of the Lich King update is live in World of Warcraft Classic , with three new dungeons, a new Titan Rune dungeon, quest updates, and the opening of Icecrown Citadel tomorrow.

World of Warcraft players have once again shown their community spirit and love of adorable animals, raising over $1.5 Million (USD) for BlueCheck efforts in Ukraine through the sale of two precious in-game pets: Sunny and Flurky.

Hope you like Murlocs.

Role-playing games (RPGs) are an excellent vessel for escapism. For many of us, playing games is partly because we want to shed our real-life identities and take on the role of someone else. RPGs give us absolute freedom to be whoever we want— whether we’re an explorer for Constellation or a simple turnip farmer in Pelican Town, booting up an RPG is a chance to escape into a new life.

For anyone who has ever wished they could take games on the move with them, Blizzard Entertainment is about to launch a new free-to-play mobile game,. This mobile action strategy game is inspired by the classic RTS and subsequent sequels that followed it, with many elements of,, and thrown in. The game will feature delightfully cartoony graphics of familiar characters and environments, with uniquely handcrafted stages to play through as players collect new virtual Minis to add to their army.

World of Warcraft opens up the new Eastern Kingdoms Cup Dragonriding event and offers a brand new pet in the shop (that will later be offered in the Trading Post).

From its first moments, Warcraft Rumble is charming and interesting. Positioned as a «game within a game,» Warcraft Rumble aims to add more life to the overall Warcraft universe by answering the question: What do the citizens of Azeroth do in their downtime?

This past week, Blizzard revealed Chris Metzen has taken on a more formal role as Executive Creative Director of the Warcraft universe. First, I hope he has taken some time to learn how to notice the warning signs of bad behavior so he can help prevent further harm to the devs working on the various games we love. In his statement after the news about it all broke, and so many people broke their silence, he indicated that he wanted to do better in the future. This is his chance to really be present and there for everyone. Secondly, there are a few fascinating tidbits in this announcement that piqued my interest. Maybe I’m just getting hyped for Blizzcon, but I wanted to delve further into some of this statement.

A new month is almost here and that also means a new roster of goodies to collect in the World of Warcraft Trading Post. This is also the second month that features class Transmog sets, this time for the Death Knight, Demon Hunter, and Druid. 

Hunters in particular seem to be having a rough time.

Blizzard has announced that Chris Metzen is now an executive creative director of its Warcraft universe. The announcement was made with a statement on social media platform X, which states that Metzen’s main focus will be to support the leadership of World of Warcraft in creating future content for the game.

One of Warcraft's founding fathers is now back at Blizzard full-time.

Blizzard has announced that Chris Metzen, who returned to the company last year in a Creative Advisor role on Warcraft has now taken on a full time role as Executive Creative Director of the Warcraft universe. 

Brewfest is back in World of Warcraft, this time with new event content from Dragonflight for the first time. The event is live today through October 6th and you can take part for some fun activities and prizes.

World of Warcraft Classic will open up Icecrown Citadel on October 12th as Wrath of the Lich King Classic continues getting new updates. Get ready to face the Lich King himself if you can get through the massive citadel and other bosses first.

Those who dreamed Wrath of the Lich King Classic felt more like modern WoW have had their wishes granted.

Blizzard has just revealed the next major update for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is 10.2 Guardians of the Dream. As many have speculated, and the story has strongly indicated, we will indeed be traveling into the Emerald Dream to faceoff against Fyrakk as he tries to steal the power and Night Elves’ future, which resides in the fledgling world tree Amirdrassil. To celebrate this announcement, I spent some time picking the brains of Lead UX Designer Crash Reed and Assistant Lead Encounter Designer Taylor Sanders. Let’s dive into everything we have to look forward to and some of the exciting changes arriving with Guardians of the Dream.

World of Warcraft's game director and executive producer talk the impact of the game's more frequent content updates, what exactly Chris Metzen is up to, and how the team is reinventing itself.

World of Warcraft’s latest big update to Dragonflight, Fury Incarnate, is now live, bringing new story, a split Heroic Dawn of the Infinite dungeon, new customization options, and Dreamsurges, the new world event type.

Since we’re getting close to a year since the release of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, fan speculation on the subject and themes of the MMORPG’s next expansion has already kicked into gear. Thanks to the presence of some new cosmetic items in the game, players have been guessing that the next expansion will revolve around pirates.

World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore has been live for one week, and Blizzard has shared a number of key stats from the first punishing days.

Pretending to be dead, only to then actually become dead, is quite a way to go.

World of Warcraft has updated the Trading Post for September, kicking off three straight months of class transmog sets, along with other goodies to use your Trader’s Tender on.

The Fury Incarnate update for World of Warcraft is coming on September 5th. Blizzard has just released the update notes with all the content coming in the update, from new Dragonflight campaign chapters, the new public event, Dreamsurge, the arrival of Heroic Dawn of the Infinite split into two dungeons, new achievements, and a mysterious new character.

I honestly think I'm just too scared to try my hand at World of Warcraft Classic's Hardcore mode. I'm not particularly great at PvP (ask my EVE Online characters), and to be fair I'm not great at going long stretches without dying in an MMO either to PvE damage.

World of Warcraft is bringing the Dawn of the Infinite Mythic+ mega-dungeon into a new phase with the arrival of the Fury Incarnate update. Blizzard already revealed their plans to turn it into two Heroic-level dungeons, but now we know more details on how it will work.

Later this week, World of Warcraft’s first-ever Classic Hardcore servers will open up for players to test how far they can go without dying. Leading into this week’s launch, I had the opportunity to participate in an interview with Senior Technical Designer Tim Jones and Game Producer Linny Cooke. We talked about everything ranging from what players can expect when they hop onto a Hardcore server to what they think the future might hold for this type of gameplay, and everything in between.

World of Warcraft is getting mysterious at the end of the month. A new event, Secrets of Azeroth, is on the way, with daily clues to find and secrets to uncover.

The next major update for World of Warcraft Dragonflight is Fury Incarnate, and it will be here on September 5th. with the update will come a brand new public event called Dreamsurges, and blizzard is taking a look at what they are, how they'll work, rewards, and lore.

If you’re looking for something new to do in World of Warcraft Dragonflight while we all wait for Fury Incarnate  on September 5th, maybe the all new Kalimdor Cup dragonriding race event is the answer.

World of Warcraft continues to prepare the community for the arrival of Classic Hardcore on August 24th. The latest devblog is encouraging those who might want to try the feature by talking about death. And why it’s not the end end, even in Hardcore.

World of Warcraft Classic will be getting Hardcore on August 24th. Blizzard is getting everyone ready for what to expect, what to do beforehand, and what changes particular to the Hardcore mode you’ll find.

World of Warcraft’ s next content update, Fury Incarnate, 10.1.7 will go live on September 5th. This update will add new Dragonflight quests, split the Dawn of the Infinite mega dungeon into two Heroic-level dungeons, and more.

We've all undoubtedly heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV with its expanded free trial. That free trial is getting even more expanded later this year as was announced at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival that Stormblood is added to the mix, giving players even more content to play through before they ever have to spend a dime.

World of Warcraft August Trading Post details are out, along with the news that, starting in September, new class transmog sets will be released through year's end.

As someone who loves dragons in almost any form and enjoys getting new pets inWorld of Warcraft, it isn’t a huge surprise that the Fracture in Time whelpling daycare questline is an activity I love. I’m at a point in the patch cycle where I’m more or less done with raiding; I’m doing some dungeons, but not that many because I don’t care much about having all the best gear. This makes a perfect storm of timing for the whelpling daycare. It’s a fun, chill activity I can do a little of every time I log in. However,  I didn’t expect how much thought and care went into the storylines with these whelps.

World of Warcraft has some cute new pets to add to your collection via a new charity fundraising pack for Ukrainian relief.

Chatbots can pump out decent articles on any topic within seconds, but a recent prank from the World of Warcraft community exposes how AI-powered content mills are easily duped into publishing complete hogwash. 

World of Warcraft fans faked a fervor over a fictional game feature called “Glorbo,” and the stunt went viral when AI-assisted websites credulously reported on the made-up feature. It’s a joke that is ridiculous on the surface, but reveals a deeper anxiety among World of Warcraft fans.

Whether they’re coming back to World of Warcraft Classic after several years away or starting up for the first time, players are always on the hunt for the quickest path to max level. Currently, you can work your way all the way up to level 80 in the Wraith of the Lich King expansion, which takes quite a time commitment.

The World of Warcraft community is jubilant after brazenly tricking an AI-generated games news website into publishing an article covering a fictitious upcoming feature, known simply as ‘Glorbo’.

Are you eagerly anticipating Glorbo's introduction in World of Warcraft? No, you're not? Why is that?

The World of Warcraft community managed to trick an AI-powered bot into publishing an article about an character that was entirely made up.

A group on the World of Warcraft subreddit have managed to successfully troll an AI- ‘news’ scraper site into publishing a fake article in just hours.