World of Warcraft: Midnight

Rock Paper Shotgun / Mark Warren

Blizzard fire World Of Warcraft developer over use of forbidden magicks to insta-kill bosses for regular players during dungeon run

World of Warcraft studio Blizzard have announced that they've fired a developer after development-only spells were used to insta-kill some Mythic+ dungeon bosses for a party of non-dev adventurers. The studio will also be "taking action against the player accounts that were complicit in this violation", which was unearthed by some combat log sleuths.

Blizzard fires World of Warcraft game master who insta-killed bosses for friends

It will also be "taking action" against the players who were involved.

Blizzard investigating World of Warcraft cheating scandal after game master 'death-touched' bosses for friends without realizing it was being recorded

One of the players then went on a Twitch stream to spill the beans.

World of Warcraft's on the quality-of-life boost warpath, with fixes including an auto-loot setting that's been mildly inconveniencing alt-lovers for years

Helm tipped.

World of Warcraft players will never have to leave the MMO once Blizzard adds Discord chat for guilds in the next update

Looking for a group is about to be a lot easier in patch 12.1 Curse of Ula'tek.

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WoW Midnight reveals new Season 2 M+ dungeon pool, outdoor zone with new talents, and more

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Blizzard sues private World of Warcraft server for "large-scale, egregious, and ongoing infringement of Blizzard's intellectual property"

Blizzard has filed a copyright lawsuit against the private World of Warcraft server project, Project Ascension.

This Week in Video Games / Maddie Agne

Blizzard Sues Another Private World of Warcraft Server Over Copyright Infringement

The company has filed a lawsuit against Project Ascension, which it alleged "encouraged others to infringe Blizzard's copyrights" The post Blizzard Sues Another Private World of Warcraft Server Over Copyright Infringement

Blizzard sues to kill another World of Warcraft private server for 'large scale, egregious, and ongoing infringement of [its] intellectual property'

Project Ascension is in the MMO studio's sights.

PC Gamer / Justin Wagner

WoW: Midnight's hardcore raiders are on a gold treadmill, with a first-time clear of Mythic Midnight Falls costing around 87,750 gold in repairs alone

And that's before consumables, which ramps that bill up to 340,692 if you're going full tryhard.

World of Warcraft 'Classic Plus', a version of the old MMO with modern updates, might actually be real as Blizzard hosts secret event with popular streamers

WoW Classic streamers Xaryu, Sodapoppin, and Esfand are among the few invited to Irvine under NDA.

Rock Paper Shotgun / Mark Warren

Rumour

"We will do better": Blizzard are sorry World of Warcraft's prop hunt patch launched with an X-ray vision exploit and plenty of other pesky bugs

World of Warcraft developers Blizzard released a prop hunt mode dubbed Decor Duel with this week's patch, having initially announced the Midnight expansion-adjacent addition was on the way back in January. Sadly, said patch was littered with bugs, with the studio now having apologised for releasing it in a state that wasn't "up to [their] standards.

Blizzard Apologizes, Admits World of Warcraft Patch 12.0.5. 'Not Up to Our Standards'

Blizzard has formally apologized to fans, acknowledging its latest World of Warcraft patch "was not up to our standards."

IGN / Vikki Blake

Blizzard apologises for WoW's latest bug-ridden patch: 'We will do better'

"The 12.0.5 patch launch was not up to our standards."

Blizzard forgot to turn off X-ray vision in World of Warcraft's new prop hunt mode, so you can imagine how fair the matches are right now

Well, that's not fair.

This Week in Video Games / Jamie Hore

Two World of Warcraft Server Projects to Shut Down After Blizzard Cease and Desist Requests

Turtle WoW and Stormforge have confirmed that they will switch off their servers in May after a court ruled they were infringing upon Blizzard's IP. The post Two World of Warcraft Server Projects to Shut Down After Blizzard Cease and Desist Requests

PC Gamer / Jody Macgregor

Yes, technically you can play World of Warcraft with hot dogs

But just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Hardware

After making Mythic+ slightly too easy in World of Warcraft: Midnight, Blizzard's adding new high-end rewards for the sweats

A reason to get back in the saddle.

Blizzard wins injunction against vanilla World of Warcraft private server

Turtle WoW has been slapped with a cease and desist.

PC Gamer / Justin Wagner

World of Warcraft Fans Think Blizzard Is About to Try and Revisit Its Least Popular Expansion

World of Warcraft: Midnight is a very purple expansion, so it's not too much of a shock that Blizzard finally brought back one of its favorite purple characters for a plot twist. But what is shocking is the news she brought with her: a hint that we may be going back to everyone's least favorite WoW expansion.

IGN / Rebekah Valentine

Rumour

World of Warcraft player housing was sorely lacking PvP so Blizzard is dropping its own version of prop hunt

Finally, a way to weaponize all those household items.

Creative World of Warcraft player uses housing tools to recreate Counter-Strike's iconic Dust 2 map, complete with a car made out of wood, doormats, and fruit plates

The car makes it, in my opinion.

Team Liquid becomes the 4-peat World of Warcraft Race to World First champions after 2 weeks, 473 pulls, and one fake out

They had us in the first half.

PC Gamer / Elie Gould

World of Warcraft: Midnight's Race to World First Shocks Teams and Viewers With an Ultra-Secret Final Phase

Last week, the third raid of World of Warcraft's Midnight expansion opened, kicking off a race between the top two World of Warcraft raiding guilds in the world to be the first to beat it on the highest difficulty. Yesterday, one of the teams thought they had won, only to stumble upon a secret, ultra-hard, final boss phase that no one saw coming.

IGN / Rebekah Valentine

World of Warcraft secret hunters perform synchronized dance in a 40-player raid group to finally solve a year-old puzzle, proving they will do anything for a new outfit

You can't even get 40 people into a raid anymore.

TechRaptor / Joseph Allen

World of Warcraft's First Official Pride Event Seemingly Arrives in June

The first official World of Warcraft Pride event is set to arrive in June, making a long-running community event official.

Announcement

Pro World of Warcraft player disconnects mid-fight because he forgot to renew his subscription before Midnight's world first race: 'I actually bought a WoW token, I forgot to use it'

There are certainly better times for this to happen.

Neuralink patient raiding in World of Warcraft after only 100 days of having the implant installed calls it 'pure magic… exploring Azeroth hands-free at full speed'

"No mouse, no keyboard, just intention."

PC Gamer / Rich Stanton