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Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizzard wins injunction

"They say it's the journey, not the destination."

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WoW Classic kills dungeon-boosting in Burning Crusade expansion because, oh no, the economy

Blizzard wants you to do it all the old fashioned way

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World of Warcraft didn't scare the RuneScape devs, who were getting "tens of thousands of new accounts every single day" in 2004 and could barely build servers fast enough for the MMO to keep up

"Update frequency and accessibility were still our trump cards and actually our audience weren't that interested in WoW"

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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.

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"What's going on?!!": World of Warcraft just created a truly insane, epic moment in gaming history — I had no idea Blizzard was still capable.

I have no idea how Blizzard pulled this off, but during World of Warcraft's Mythic raiding "Race to World First" esports event, U.S. team Liquid discovered live to thousands that the final boss had an insane, secret final phase.

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'World of Warcraft: Midnight' Season 1 story end suggests to me that Blizzard really needs to rethink its story design processes — This could be much better, and far more satisfying with only a few tweaks.

SPOILERS: World of Warcraft's latest expansion is already proving controversial for re-treading some of the game's most hated lore. But is Blizzard trying to fix it, or will they end up making it worse?

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WoW's latest raid cinematic could be the start of a massive story retcon for its worst expansion

Death is not the end.

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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.

PC Gamer

WoW players are beating Mythic+ dungeons at a rapid pace, and it's raising fears about difficulty

Dungeons, no drag-ons.

PC Gamer

Some are celebrating, but World of Warcraft's move away from the "Horde" and "Alliance" faction split will be seen as a historic mistake

Not only does it undermine decades of lore and world-building, but player identity is how you reach your audience when they're not gaming. WoW's iconic faction split is under threat, and that's a bad thing, actually.

Windows Central

World of Warcraft: Midnight review

Gorgeous, ambitious, and messy—but far from a dark night of the soul.

PC Gamer

World of Warcraft: Midnight review — This dark middle act has immense ambition, but Blizzard is spreading itself thin at the cost of quality

The high bar Blizzard has set itself has given us more "stuff" to do in WoW than ever, but there's a variety of quality issues that are compounding into frustration.

Windows Central

This live TV streaming service just sent all its customers to YouTube TV

This TV and Internet provider is shuttering its proprietary streaming service and sending all its customers to YouTube TV.

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"Typical hubris" led to one of WoW's "s**ttiest" quests, admits creator Jeff Kaplan, who thought he was a clever designer but was "actually a dips**t"

Jeff from the Overwatch team, how could you?

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WoW's questing system was inspired by a playtest that didn't work out as planned, because the testers didn't play MMOs and had no idea what they were supposed to do: 'I ran out of quests right away!'

"And we're like, wait a second, you just expect to have quests keep going?"

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Blizzard's canceled World of Warcraft follow-up was a "1 server, 1 world" MMO with GTA and Animal Crossing influences, ex dev says, but it was so big it "could never ship"

Project Titan was a "gargantuan, huge undertaking" that eventually paved the way for Overwatch

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WoW's Horde/Alliance split was 'really controversial', says Jeff Kaplan, to the point where it was only locked in 9-12 months before the game's launch

"He liked the fact you were instantly on a team."

PC Gamer

RuneScape's monthly membership now costs as much as a World of Warcraft subscription as Jagex announces its second price hike in less than 2 years

Meanwhile, its annual membership is now a worse deal than ever.

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WoW's recent revamp of Silvermoon for Midnight is so good, I'm starting to wonder if the MMO's model of a 'new exciting continent every 2-3 years' was ever the right way

Home is where the hearthstone is.

PC Gamer

A 9,999,999 gold painting in World of Warcraft: Midnight sent secret finders on a hunt for the ultimate discount and one thrifty player finally figured it out

Players will do anything for housing decor.

PC Gamer

World of Warcraft: Midnight players found an empty campsite that references 2019's planet-hopping puzzler Outer Wilds

You can almost hear the theme song playing when you look at it.

PC Gamer

WoW's new allied race in Midnight, the Haranir, has a model clipping issue with dozens of gear items—a problem that's been on the PTR for months

Does this outfit make my butt clip?

PC Gamer

How to open the triple-locked safebox in WoW Midnight

Get some loot and progress the Treasures of Eversong achievement.

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Blizzard's never done this before, but World of Warcraft devs say they ditched combat addons to make raids harder strategically – not to "shoot more bullets at you"

I guess I don't need this Coding for Dummies book anymore

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World of Warcraft: Midnight's lack of combat addons lets the devs make raids harder without resorting to 'shoot more bullets at you' design, says encounter lead

"I think many encounter designers [at Blizzard] have been trying to do that over the years."

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