World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft director confirms "no long-term advantage" to early access

Next expansion offers paid early access for first time.

Blizzard talks about bringing World of Warcraft to consoles "all the time"

"It would be very insincere to say that we're not."

Blizzard reveals next weekend's full BlizzCon 2023 broadcast schedule

"What's next" for WoW, Hearthstone, more.

Blizzard veteran Chris Metzen is Warcraft's new executive creative director

Ten months after rejoining company.

Sorry, Glorbo isn't coming to World of Warcraft, but you already knew that, didn't you

Bot Fuzz.

World of Warcraft has something to do with Fortnite in the works

"The Storm inflicts 10 Nature damage every 1 sec."

Diablo 4 is down due to a DDoS attack

"We are actively working to mitigate this issue."

Former Blizzard employee claims he was fired for World of Warcraft corporate greed parody

Leadership "saw a reflection".

Blizzard hops on controversial AI train with concept art tool

"We are on the brink of a major evolution."

BlizzCon returns this November for its first in-person event since 2019

More details to be revealed next month.

Blizzard hits back at NetEase amid lawsuit reports

"This persistent campaign is disappointing and puzzling."

Activision boss Bobby Kotick reportedly felt "threatened" by NetEase CEO

Feared Chinese publisher could end Microsoft takeover bid.

Blizzard studio cans plans to unionise due to "confrontational tactics"

Workers reportedly "demoralised and disempowered" by CEO.

NetEase smashes up giant World of Warcraft statue, as bitter divorce from Activision Blizzard continues

Studio unleashes fiery response to contract extension claim.

NetEase's Blizzard team disbands following collapse of 14-year Chinese deal

Staff let go or reassigned.

Microsoft admits unconstitutional FTC lawsuit claim was a mistake

"[We] should have dropped these defences before we filed."

Six years after his retirement, Blizzard veteran Chris Metzen returns to Warcraft

Will serve as creative advisor.

World of Warcraft's Dragonflight expansion gets November release date

Dragon Isles! Dracthyr Evokers! More!

Activision Blizzard reportedly cancels unannounced World of Warcraft MMO for mobile

Following disagreement with NetEase.

Blizzard confirms World of Warcraft Dragonflight expansion is out this year

With three digital versions available.

QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise

"Even a small group of folks... can face up against a AAA studio giant like Activision, and come out the other side victorious."

New lawsuit alleges Activision CEO rushed through Microsoft acquisition to escape liability for wrongdoing

Following damning Wall Street Journal report.

Activision Blizzard stockholders vote in favour of Microsoft acquisition

But regulatory approval still required.

World of Warcraft Dragonflight expansion heading to Dragon Isles with new race-class hybrid

And Wrath of the Lich King Classic incoming.

California governor accused of interfering to support Activision Blizzard in state discrimination lawsuit

Said to have "abruptly terminated" DFEH boss that fought to maintain agency independence.

Blizzard sets time for next week's World of Warcraft expansion reveal

Leak suggests it'll be called Dragonflight.

Jamie Lee Curtis will be donning a World of Warcraft cosplay for daughter's wedding

She will also be officiating.

World of Warcraft mobile game to be unveiled in May

Hearthstone and WOW expansions detailed in next six weeks.

Activision Blizzard active users fall, as Square Enix rises through the ranks

FF14 continues its strong reign.

World of Warcraft is relaxing the age-old Horde vs. Alliance factional divide

"Times change."

Blizzard announces World of Warcraft Shadowlands' final major content update, Eternity's End

Plot armour.

Blizzard president J. Allen Brack "leaving the company to pursue new opportunities"

Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra now "co-leaders" of Warcraft maker.

Ex-Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime on allegations: "I am ashamed"

"I am extremely sorry that I failed you."

World of Warcraft players stage sit-in protest following Blizzard allegations

Calls for NPC based on former dev to be kicked out of Stormwind.

Final Fantasy 14 breaks its Steam concurrent players record

At war with Warcraft?

World of Warcraft Shadowlands' Chains of Domination update out end of June

I want to break free.

Blizzard lowers price of a cloned World of Warcraft Classic character following backlash

"After careful consideration…"

Blizzard continues to lose millions of players, but new games are coming

Stay awhile, and listen...

World of Warcraft game time now only available to buy with 60 day option

But subscriptions are unaffected.

Thousands of World of Warcraft Classic players descended upon a single server to get a fresh levelling experience - and it was absolute chaos

Hell spawn.

Blizzard reveals full event schedule for next week's digital BlizzCon

Two days and six channels of activities.

Battle.net is getting its first makeover in years

Wow.

Datamined World of Warcraft cinematic shines a light on Sylvanas

SPOILERS!

Blizzard says World of Warcraft Shadowlands is the fastest-selling PC game of all time

Quick shot.

Blizzard clamps down on World of Warcraft multi-boxing

Malfurious.

Blizzard announces digital BlizzCon for February 2021

Aims to "channel the spirit" of real-world event.

World of Warcraft's mysterious missing void cat Jenafur finally found after year-long search

Record scratch.

World of Warcraft waves goodbye to a very good bear

Hear me roar.

Blizzard explains what's going on with controller support in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

"Our focus was not to try and make WoW feel like a console game."

World of Warcraft will drop the £13 fee for changing gender in Shadowlands

"We felt like that's not the right message."

Blizzard outlines plans to merge its less-populated World of Warcraft servers with more populated ones

"World of Warcraft is best when you have a community of other players around you."

Warcraft movie director outlines what would have happened in the trilogy

In Thrall.

Blizzard cancels this year's BlizzCon, online event likely early next year

Is "deeply disappointed about this decision".

Blizzard offers staff drive-through care package amid US Coronavirus lockdown

GG.

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth ends with a whimper

Lord of the sins.

Why it took this long to add ethnically diverse player characters to World of Warcraft

"We wanted to do it right."

New World of Warcraft expansion Shadowlands announced

WOW!

BlizzCon's £35 Virtual Tickets now available, include WoW-themed Overwatch skins

Plus Murloc pets and other in-game items.

350,000 watch a gnome mage hit level 60 in World of Warcraft Classic

It's a kind of magic.

Blizzard warns World of Warcraft Classic fans one realm could see login queues in excess of 10,000 players

So, maybe choose another server, eh?

You can now reserve your World of Warcraft Classic character name

An elfing hand.

Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce steps down

"We made games that we wanted to play."

Crunch is "not sustainable" but Blizzard wouldn't be Blizzard without it, founder says

"We need to find better ways of working."

Ex-Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime on why the studio bins 50% of its projects

And lessons learned from nearly three decades there.

Blizzard asks survey respondents if they're aware of plans to "squish" World of Warcraft's max cap

"How much would you like or dislike a reduction in total character levels?"

Uwe Boll wanted to do WOW movie

But Blizzard was quite firm.

World of Warcraft Classic players think some features are bugs

So Blizzard published a not-a-bug list.

Thrall's back in World of Warcraft

For the Horde!

World of Warcraft Classic gets a release date, and a beta tomorrow

And Blizzard is doing a Ragnaros statue!

Blizzard wants to cut out World of Warcraft crunch, "not there 100% yet"

"We're dramatically better than we were..."

BlizzCon 2019 dates and collectibles announced

Won't be able to get there on footman.

Some of World of Warcraft Classic's demo bugs were not bugs at all

"The gameplay was the same in the demo as in the original 1.12 WoW."

Blizzard adds cool Stan Lee tribute to World of Warcraft

Excelsior!

Blizzard customer service concern as staff accept cash to exit Irish hub

"At this point it's causing stress…"

After all these years, World of Warcraft adds a potion to understand your enemy with

Apparently it's been lurking in the game since launch!

How World of Warcraft: Classic's patch content will roll out, and more

The Opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj!

WOW Classic will be released in summer 2019

Subscribe to WOW to access it.

The World of Warcraft Classic demo has a 90-minute cooldown

I can't do that yet.

People have cracked open the World of Warcraft classic demo and are running around the game world a week early

There's even a graphics comparison video.

Here's what you can do in the World of Warcraft Classic demo

Nozdormu effect.

Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Morhaime steps down

Statements mention "several new games" in development.

If you buy a BlizzCon virtual ticket, you can play the World of Warcraft Classic demo at home

Ah, potential customer.

Elaborate, long-winded World of Warcraft secret is a Waist of Time

Belt up.

Blizzard: there's more to Sylvanas than World of Warcraft cinematics suggest

Books and short stories help paint the bigger picture.

World of Warcraft player hits new Battle for Azeroth level cap in just over four hours

Wow.

In this time of crisis, World of Warcraft fans have a new hero to rally behind

And his name is Zappy Boi.

Sylvanas just murdered loads of innocent Night Elves and now World of Warcraft fans are in crisis

Burn everything.

World of Warcraft and all current expansions now included in subscription

Horde your coins.

Patch 1.12: Drums of War is the foundation for World of Warcraft Classic

Boom.

Alterac Valley heading to Heroes of the Storm makes us giddy for classic WOW again

"Let your essence congeal with Lokholar!"

Hacker known online as "Dr Mengele" sentenced to jail for World of Warcraft DDoS attack

Stoneward Prison flight location discovered.

Blizzard announces November dates for this year's BlizzCon

Tickets go on sale in May.

World of Warcraft expansion Battle for Azeroth gets a release date

Anduin August.

How the unofficial World of Warcraft projects reacted to WOW Classic

And now the crusade is over, what will they do?

New World of Warcraft expansion Battle for Azeroth announced

UPDATE: More details revealed.

World PvP is making a long overdue comeback in World of Warcraft

"You might feel it hasn't been treated with the respect it deserves..."

Blizzard is officially doing classic, vanilla, legacy World of Warcraft servers

"Fans of World of Warcraft around the world we hear you."

Blizzard now lets you gift Hearthstone card packs to friends

And Overwatch loot boxes, WOW pets, etc.

A schism tears unofficial legacy World of Warcraft service Elysium apart

Project leaders alleged to have been pocketing donations and selling gold.

World of Warcraft dominates BlizzCon 2017 schedule, wink wink nudge nudge

But there will be no Diablo announcements this year.

Review | The Warcraft movie is too faithful by half

I fought the lore.

Review | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Going North.

Review | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Beta Report Part 2: Achievements, Inscription, interface, haircuts.

Review | World of Warcraft

We're going to need a bigger Internet.

Review | World of Warcraft

Got the whole world in his hands +4.

The best PC games

Old and new, this is our pick of the PC games you should play today.

World of Warcraft Patch 6.0.2 guide

How to complete the new quest and Upper Blackrock Spire content.

Supporters | Five of the Best: Pubs, taverns or inns

Gulp.

Supporters | Five of the Best: Sound effects

Ding dong.

Supporters | Five of the Best: Dungeons

Vaults of class.

Supporters only | Five of The Best: Cinematics

Action!

Supporters | Five of the Best: Bosses

Bruce?

Feature | Can we really only be wowed by something once?

A brain teaser.

Feature | 10 Moments That Made World of Warcraft

From the archive: Key events from WOW's first five years.

Interview | "Regardless of how you feel about Sylvanas, you're going to get some answers"

Blizzard on World of Warcraft Shadowlands patch 9.1, Chains of Domination.

Interview | World of Warcraft has had an endgame problem. Here's what Blizzard is doing to fix it in Shadowlands

Afterlife lessons.

Feature | Five of the Best: Jokes

Hope they stand up.

Feature | Pride Week: Down and out in Orgrimmar and London

The continuing importance of LGBT+ spaces in gaming.

Feature | Clash of Fans: World of Warcraft and Apex Legends

Worgen from home.

Feature | Five of the Best: Potions

A new series celebrating the little things that make games great.

Interview | The big WoW Classic interview

"What if we spawned Ragnaros in Stormwind and Orgrimmar?"

Feature | Why merely Attack when you can Riddle with Holes?

Flavour text, I love you.

Feature | World of Warcraft is my home from home at Christmas

The night elf on the shelf.

Feature | World of Warcraft Classic is compelling in ways that modern WOW isn't

Barrens blues.

Interview | World of Warcraft and the masterplan for Sylvanas

"I've heard on the internet 'she's going off the rails', but is she?"

Preview | How World of Warcraft is changing Warcraft 3: Reforged

A simple remake wouldn't have taken Arthas long.

Feature | Face to face with the President of Virtual Reality

"I am championing the rights of the people."

Feature | Unpacking all the World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth details

Worldwide level-scaling! A new artifact medallion! Allied Races! Warfronts!

Interview | World of Warcraft Classic: We ask Blizzard our biggest questions

Hell, it's about time.

Interview | The Hero Factory: Conversations with Chris Metzen

As he retires from his position as Blizzard's head writer.

Feature | Can WOW's next expansion bring its legion of lost heroes home?

The sixth expansion promises fan-service, shared thrills - and personal glory.

Feature | Watch Blizzard's reveal of the next World of Warcraft expansion here

As WOW's subscriber numbers tumble, can Blizzard stop the slide?

Feature | World of Warcraft and the battle against black market gold

Is the WOW Token working?

Opinion | Building Better Worlds - an MMO Tale

From the archive: If you come at the king, you best not miss.

Feature | World of Warcraft, nine years later: Can I get a res?

A guild leader and raid leader returns.

Feature | Desperately seeking Salty: A WOW fishing tale

One man's decade-long quest to become the ultimate digital fisherman.

Feature | Learning to raid: in praise of WOW's finest dungeon

The Karazhan of love.

Feature | World of Warcraft was a defining game of its generation

From the archive: A world apart.

Feature | Five talking points from World of Warcraft's 6.0.2 patch

What to expect as the game approaches its second decade.

Feature | Looking for the wow factor in Warlords of Draenor

We talk to the expansion's lead designer about simplifying complexity.

Feature | The story of a raiding guild with a PR but no game

Dedicated, professional and putting in upwards of 25 hours a week, Enigma's a tribe without a home.

Feature | Have traditional MMOs had their time?

And what do we make of the shared-world games and MOBAs that have risen up to replace them?

Interview | Blizzard uses Mists of Pandaria to take Warcraft back to its Orcs versus Humans roots

"You bring the evil."

Interview | Killing Deathwing in WOW Patch 4.3

Blizzard's Tom Chilton tells us all about it.

Feature | What can topple World of Warcraft?

Rivals and analysts answer.

Opinion | Saturday Soapbox: The Scourge of Free to Play*

*A small cover charge may apply.

Interview | Blizzard's Mike Morhaime Interviewed

The boss talks pandas, free-to-play and the clash of the DOTAs.

Opinion | Why I Hate... World of Warcraft

Elf warning.

Preview | World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Preview

Can pandas and Pokémon save WOW from itself?

Interview | The Remaking of World of Warcraft

Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street and Dave Kosak on the launch of the new old WOW.

Opinion | "Oh no, what's Bobby said now?"

The Kotick conundrum.

Feature | Community Chest

Blizzard's Real ID may be a misstep, but at least it's thinking about community, when many rivals aren't.

Feature | The Making of World of Warcraft

Part One: From concept to launch.

Feature | The Making of World of Warcraft

Part Two: Five years at the top.

Interview | Blizzard's Rob Pardo

How the world's most successful studio makes games.

Interview | Blizzard's Samwise Didier

The art director talks Warcraft and StarCraft. And checkers.

Interview | Blizzard's Mike Morhaime

He runs the world's most successful developer. But what makes him nervous?

Feature | Blizzard's Perfect Storm

The industry's top developer knows the merits of the confessional.

Interview | Arts and Warcraft

WildStorm on the WOW graphic novel.

Feature | World of Warcraft: Questing Self-Help

Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the grind.

Feature | The Flame Game

That Burning Crusade launch in full.

Interview | GC: WOW Factor

Blizzard's Paul Sams on why 6 million subscribers can't be wrong.

Feature | 2005 UK Sales Review

Part Three: PC, Xbox 360, and the year ahead.

Interview | World of Warcraft

Blizzard pops in for a chat.

Feature | The Blizzcon Report

Our cosplay outfit is "Journalist". We're such fakers.

Interview | Blizzard on the future

Is a cold wind gonna come and blow us all away?

Preview | World of Warcraft

It's Blizzard's first attempt at an MMORPG. Given that it may well be for most of its audience, too, we decided to take a closer look at why World of Warcraft has been capturing the attention of more than just the usual crowd.

Interview | No calm in the Blizzard

Paul Sams on World of Warcraft, Starcraft, next-gen, more.

Interview | Kings of the World

We talk to World of Warcraft producer Chris Sigaty and Blizzard's PR coordinator George Wang about the forthcoming European launch, the stress test, dealing with cheaters, and Blizzard's stylistic approach.

Interview | World of Warcraft

We chat to producer Shane Dabiri about the phenomenal response World of Warcraft in the USA, and Blizzard's plans to WOW us further.

Preview | World of Warcraft

Preview - Blizzard hop on the massively multiplayer bandwagon