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"You don't listen to the loudest people in the room" - World of Warcraft: Forever boss discusses how to approach a deluge of feedback
World of Warcraft executive producer Holly Longdale has spoken at PAX Australia ahead of World of Warcraft: Forever's imminent release. Of note were her comments on the sheer popularity of the beta and how the team is handling the waves of feedback from early players.
World of Warcraft: Forever Will Keep Vertical Progression Jumps “As Small As Possible”, Blizzard Dev Says
WoW: Forever's Associate Production Director says Blizzard wants to "limit the amount of power progression that's happening" with each new raid tier The post World of Warcraft: Forever Will Keep Vertical Progression Jumps “As Small As Possible”, Blizzard Dev Says appeared first on This Week in Videogames - TWIV.
Blizzard Cracks Down on Gold Selling in World of Warcraft Forever — and Streamers Are in the Firing Line
World of Warcraft: Classic has had a gold selling problem for its entire existence, but with Forever, Blizzard seems hard-set on reversing that trend, and some streamers are getting caught in the act.
Blizzard Dev Doubles Down on World of Warcraft Forever Being for Classic Players
World of Warcraft Forever has already been massively successful, but it's widened the divide that's always been there between the Retail and Classic versions of the game. And, it seems like some of the folks at Blizzard are standing firm on one side of that line.
World of Warcraft: Forever has recaptured the original MMO's magic, something I thought was impossible
I've had an on-and-off relationship with World of Warcraft ever since I first booted it up in my early teens. I love the size of the world, the joy of exploration, the kick from getting a purple drop from a dungeon at 1am. But more and more, I found myself stepping away from the endless treadmill that is the modern game. World of Warcraft: Classic, however, reunited my enthusiasm, and now Forever has properly dragged me back in.
BlizzCon 2026 Interview: World of Warcraft Team Explains Why They Love to Show Xal'atath's Feet
We sat down with Associate Game Director Paul Kubit and Senior Game Designer Kim Flack to talk about Midnight Eclipse.
BlizzCon 2026 Interview: In World of Warcraft: Forever, Azeroth Is the Main Character and You're Just Living in It
During BlizzCon 2026, we chatted with Associate Production Director Clayton Stone and Lead Software Engineer Ana Resendez about all things surrounding World of Warcraft: Forever.
"What would a WoW 2 give you that World of Warcraft: Forever isn't already giving you?" - Blizzard addresses the MMO elephant in the room
Blizzard's decision to reveal far-away release dates for Diablo 5 (2029) and the new open-world StarCraft shooter (2030) at this year's BlizzCon represented an uncharacteristically transparent look at its future plans. So much so, there was a moment when the spotlight turned on World of Warcraft and it seemed we might get a monumental reveal there too.
World Of Warcraft Might Be Coming To Console As New Xbox 'Controller Support' Revealed
Surely it's just a matter of time? Ever since Xbox acquired Blizzard a few years ago, we've constantly questioned why they haven't decided to bring World of Warcraft to consoles, but it looks like that might actually be about to change in the not too distant future. Following yesterday's announcements at Blizzcon 2026, people in attendance were able to go and check out the new World of Warcraft: Forever game for themselves, and they were greeted by a new "gamepad option" that was described as be
World of Warcraft fans so eager to find confirmation of "Classic Plus", they've dug "wow 2" evidence out of Blizzards' backend
World of Warcraft fans are currently obsessing over colours, as dataminers pull hues from Blizzard's website that are labelled under a curious "wow 2" tag. This, some believe, could be an indication of a major reveal at next week's BlizzCon event.
Blizzard fired an employee for cheating with a developer-only instakill move in World of Warcraft
The employee gave a group an "unfair advantage" by killing all their enemies instantly
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.
WoW GM accused of cheating in M+ run, implicating streamer connections and title chasers
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WoW devs hotfix annoying grappling hook that takes a spot on your action bar, despite only being used in one zone
Grappling with feedback.
WoW's game director thinks its UI overhaul has been 'successful so far,' even if it's 'not perfect'
"Things will only continue to get better from here."
WoW server suffers outbreak after a debuff breaches containment, giving me flashbacks to a 21-year-old incident so large Covid-19 researchers referenced it
Not quite Corrupted Blood 2.0, but close enough.
This little orb's going to be sitting on my minimap for the rest of WoW's current expansion, and I couldn't tell you why
Omnium Folio, why art thou?
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.
WoW's bug-filled April patch was actually from trying to fix too much too fast, says director Ion Hazzikostas—like an elevator from 13 years ago that blew up housing
"This is going to inspire some spaghetti code memes, but…"
WoW's got the right to close private servers—but in this industry layoff hellscape, I also feel like I'm watching the MMO genre's future get snuffed out
Private servers are a symptom, not the disease.
WoW's quest to add variable difficulty to just about everything continues in Midnight patch 12.1's Mythic world bosses, though there's a catch
Straight lair lurkin'.
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.
WoW Midnight reveals new Season 2 M+ dungeon pool, outdoor zone with new talents, and more
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'World of Warcraft Camelot' is a mysterious new branch of the MMO that Blizzard fans are convinced is the first real evidence of a remixed WoW Classic
September's BlizzCon might be where we finally hear about "WoW Classic Plus".
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.
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.
After being shut down by Blizzard, one of WoW's biggest private servers is saying screw it, we'll make our own MMO
TurtleWoW's coming out of its shell.
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.
Blizzard's former president says 'WoW has to reset' over disastrous patch, and I really wouldn't go that far
I don't think we should all be panicking just yet.
WoW came back from the brink because Blizzard ran it like a live service game—but now that same tactic's threatening everything
It might be time for Blizzard to slow down.
"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."
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 buffs my fav WoW spec like a vengeful genie—giving me a huge damage boost that's bound to get all my party members killed because they can't see anything
Where there's smoke, there's… probably fire? Who's to say.
WoW's latest patch is drowning in bugs, with players worried that Blizzard is struggling to keep its head above water
The hand is closer to Midnight.
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.
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
Yes, technically you can play World of Warcraft with hot dogs
But just because you can doesn't mean you should.
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.
WoW's Burning Crusade Classic servers are removing the time-honoured tradition of dungeon boosting
No boosts for you.
Blizzard wins injunction against vanilla World of Warcraft private server
Turtle WoW has been slapped with a cease and desist.
WoW's next patch drops in just over a week, bringing a whole heap of world content and yet another gearing method from a deeply suspicious ally
I don't trust Decimus, but I like his energy.
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.
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.
WoW raiders start celebrating world-first Midnight boss kill before watching it come back to life for a secret final phase: 'This cannot be'
First place in the race to world first is still up for grabs.
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.
There's just no good reason why WoW's story mode raids aren't available right away—and I'm saying that as someone who cleared normal just fine last month
Being forced into a get-along t-shirt with randos didn't improve my experience of the story, like, at all.
WoW's latest raid cinematic could be the start of a massive story retcon for its worst expansion
Death is not the end.
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.
WoW players are beating Mythic+ dungeons at a rapid pace, and it's raising fears about difficulty
Dungeons, no drag-ons.
Clever WoW players exploited bugs and some poor little rats to try and kill a Midnight raid boss early, but Blizzard was one step ahead
Can a group of monks and some rats kill a god?
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.
WoW to get an official pride event, based on a community run that's raised money for 12 years
We be runnin', mon.
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."
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‘It’s Difficult To Justify the Investment’ – How MMORPGs Built (and Lost) the Live-Service Throne
How MMORPGs like World of Warcraft and EverQuest started the industry's obsession with never-ending live-service games.
A StarCraft open-world shooter that's "Deadwood in space", Diablo 5, and a new classic-ish World of Warcraft branch out this year make up Blizzard of reveals
Well, that report earlier this year was bang on the banana. A new StarCraft shooter, creatively dubbed StarCraft, has been announced for a 2030 release at this year's BlizzCon. Joining it among the headliners were Diablo 5 - which is due out in 2029 - and a new World of Warcraft branch dubbed WOW: Forever. Brave of them to name a Warcraft fork after the inevitable response which follows a WOW player revealing how long they've been playing the MMO.
A crossover between Dungeons & Dragons and World of Warcraft has leaked
Seems likely to be more than just a starter set this time, as we've seen in previous crossovers like Stranger Things or Rick & Morty.
World of Warcraft and RuneScape Fans Want Official Jimothy Support After Game Devs Show Love for Viral Raccoon
The internet has fallen in love with a viral raccoon named Jimothy, and so has the gaming industry.
Scott Miller, founder of Apogee, has over 1,000 hours in World of Warcraft and always plays a warrior in any RPG: 'I like to get right in their face and pound away'
The shareware pioneer guides us through the games on his PC.