The latest expansion in the world’s longest running MMORPG— World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth—has been nothing short of controversial. Fan reactions have been divided with the new changes brought on by the BfA xpac. Bugs and technical issues plagued the expansion in the beginning and contributed to much of the negative reaction it received. Blizzard would soon release the first patch to the expansion: the Tides of Vengeance. No release date has been set but the...
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Blizzard launches book-publishing label
Blizzard Entertainment today announced the creation of a book-publishing label, Blizzard Publishing, dedicated to developing and releasing new Blizzard publications and reissuing out-of-print titles in the company’s Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo settings. These releases will either come directly and through ongoing global partnerships. Blizzard has plans to make several of their publishing arm’s upcoming releases available in multiple formats, including print, audiobook, and e-book. The first books published under the Blizzard Publishing label include two sets of...
Continue reading...The Road to the Emerald Nightmare
The Road to the Emerald Nightmare: Questing, Leveling, and Gearing Before Legion’s First Raid A great deal has happened since Blizzard Entertainment launched the 6th expansion to their perennial hit MMO, World of Warcraft titled Legion, on August 30, 2016. As someone who began her journey through Azeroth back in the ancient days of 2004, this has been a reawakening and revitalization of the online game’s content and gameplay and frankly I have not had this much...
Continue reading...World of Warcraft: Legion Pre-Launch Patch Impressions Part II
So a couple weeks ago I published a story outlining all to be had at the time for the Legion Pre-Launch content. Since then I’ve found a few things I’ve missed, a few things I’ve learned, and what to do with it. Previously I talked about the scenarios involved. Well, after doing some research I’ve found there are quite a few easter eggs in game items you can pick up before doing the fist quest. So if...
Continue reading...First Content Patch for Legion Revealed at Gamescom
During Gamescom earlier today Blizzard launched their Legion Cafe which is styled after the Demon Hunter class hall, the Fel Hammer. You can check out tons of photos on the Official World of Warcraft Facebook page. During the events they announced their first content patch for Legion as captured by user Slootbag on Twitch during his live stream. Just click the link for the replay. Patch 7.1 is titled “Return to Karazhan”. It will feature a 5 man...
Continue reading...Demon Hunters—Going Back to the Future
Alright, before we get to my analysis let me make something super clear—I went into playing the new World of Warcraft Hero class, the Demon Hunter, with the expectations and excitement of a girl who grew up playing the game since Vanilla (The years of the game between its debut in 2004 to the advent of its first expansion, The Burning Crusade, for those not necessarily super WoW-savvy) and its prior games, Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, Warcraft...
Continue reading...World of Warcraft: Legion Pre-Launch Patch Impressions
Earlier this week Blizzard Entertainment released a Pre-Launch patch to prepare its players for the imminent launch of their newest expansion World of Warcraft: Legion. Since then I’ve had a bit of time to check out the content they’ve rolled out. The first bit I’d love to talk about are invasions. Since the theme of the expansion is The Burning Legion invading Azeroth, they’ve gone full force and brought some of the Legion’s toughest demons to familiar zones...
Continue reading...All Loot, No Group – Group Finding Tools Hurt World of Warcraft
I still actively play World of Warcraft. No, I don’t mean that I just log into my garrison a few times a week to collect gold and send out followers. I love pets, but that’s not why I log on. There are many more I have to farm, but don’t have the energy to put into hunting them down. I love exploring the beautiful worlds, but that’s not why I log on. I’ve seen almost every inch...
Continue reading...Twitch Streamer Rudeism reaches lvl100 using DDR pads
Some may remember that a couple of months about Twitch Streamer Rudeism started playing World of Warcraft with two DDR pads. Now after months of tapping away with his feet in an effort to level up, he has reached level 100 (the max level in current WoW). He was able to finish the task yesterday , reaching the end of a long road of hard work which he had dubbed #DanceCraft and had been working on almost non-stop...
Continue reading...Blizzard Announces Children Book Series – World of Warcraft: Traveler
Blizzard announced this morning that they are partnering with Scholastic to create a new series of children’s books based on World of Warcraft. The series, titled World of Warcraft: Traveler, will follow Aramar Thorne, the 12 year old son of the great explorer, Captain Greydon Thorne. Due to a series of unfortunate events, Aram finds himself far from home, only equipped with his father’s magical compass and his sketchbook to help him on his way. His unlikely companion...
Continue reading...World of Warcraft: Legion – Game Systems Panel
Article By: Tamsin Skye Heineman Blizzard revealed some bombshell news today for World of Warcraft: Legion during their panel at Blizzcon. Changes include items, classes, professions, and a full cosmetic unlock system. They’re even adding an option to hide your shoulder slot item. Mainly of note is the ability to unlock an items appearance into a collection simply by owning it. They revealed that they will go back and unlock the appearance of every quest reward you ever...
Continue reading...For Azeroth: Blizzcon News on World of Warcraft: Legion
If you missed out on Blizzcon’s Legion World and Content Overview panel, here’s a summary of the information and images. Story Third Burning Legion invasion of Azeroth Gul’dan sent back to Azeroth Kil’Jaeden gifts Gul’dan with the knowledge of the Burning Legion Gul’dan sent to the Broken Isles, where he finds and breaks open the wards of the Tomb of Sargeras, opening a gateway for the Burning Legion to start its largest ever invasion of...
Continue reading...World of Warcraft: Legion World and Content Panel
Article By: Tamsin Skye Heineman Another panel today at Blizzcon previewed some of the world and content of the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Legion. Here are the notes directly from Blizzard. Pictures of the slides are at the bottom of the post.
Continue reading...World of Warcraft: Upcoming Changes [Blizzcon 2015]
Article By: Tamsin Skye Heineman Today at Blizzcon, Blizzard revealed some upcoming changes for World of Warcraft based around player feedback. There are some very nice changes coming that I think will make a lot of players very pleased. Here it is in text form from Blizzard themselves. The images from the panel are included at the bottom of this post. Classes The goal of the class changes was to keep classes fun, stop the PvP CC...
Continue reading...World of Warcraft: Legion Cinematic Trailer
Check out the full cinematic trailer for World of Warcraft: Legion!
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