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20 years later, World of Warcraft is still on top

Achievement unlocked: 20 years of MMO domination

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Despite being the frontrunner, unlucky WoW Classic grinder loses the race to max level on the MMO's new Hardcore servers after disconnecting 6 levels before the finish line

Ouch

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'I can show this film to my parents, and they will understand better': Director of touching WoW documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin reflects on the importance of online communities as sanctuaries

"I've read messages from men that say ‘I haven't cried since '99, and this is the first time I cried since then.'"

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20 Years Ago, 'World of Warcraft' Threw Everything But the Kitchen Sink At Us

It's been 20 years since 'World of Warcraft' changed the way people play together online, and Blizzard isn't close to running out of steam.

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World of Warcraft: The War Within still hasn't figured out Delves, its mini dungeons desperate for an identity

Warcraft's latest solo-dungeon experiment is a muddled mess.

PC Gamer

After having to buff event rewards 4 times in a year, WoW director Ion Hazzikostas admits there's 'a pattern' and that 'we may tend to err on the conservative side'

You can always buff later.

PC Gamer

After 4 World of Warcraft events launched with bad loot this year alone, Blizzard admits that it can "start to seem like a pattern"

"We hear the feedback from the community loud and clear."

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After 20 years of WoW updates, will Blizzard ever need to wipe the slate clean? Maybe "at some long, distant point," but the MMO has already been totally "rebuilt"

"We're constantly tearing out some old foundational system and replacing it"

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Former The Elder Scrolls Online lead says Bethesda was such an amazing partner that it was harder to make a WoW-free MMO than it was to make a good Elder Scrolls MMO

"One of the things we had to do was break out of the WoW mold"

GamesRadar

World of Warcraft might not have invented the wheel, but it certainly made it popular—and 20 years on, the MMO titan has fundamentally changed gaming's DNA

Love it or hate it, it's probably what we deserve.

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Avowed will be available on Battle.net, which means you can buy it for about 1.4M gold in WoW if you want to

Grind one RPG to play another.

PC Gamer

After 'regrets and lessons learned,' and 2 months of tuning, Blizzard is 'happy' with Delves as WoW's newest endgame destination

And your mouthy buddy Brann Bronzebeard will learn a few new tricks.

PC Gamer

Phil Spencer says Microsoft's PC-heavy lineup this year is 'historical' and an 'anomaly', so don't get used to it

"We want our games playable across as many screens as possible."

PC Gamer

"The goal is never to see a degradation in our story quality." World of Warcraft turns 20: Discussing the future with Blizzard on Mythic+ progression, class balance, Undermine, and the decades-awaited Player Housing feature

World of Warcraft turned 20 this year, as Warcraft itself turns 30. We spoke to Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas and Assistant Lead Quest Designer Mark Colada on what the future holds.

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'It's about time!': Hearthstone is getting a StarCraft crossover set starring Raynor, Kerrigan and Artanis

The Heroes of StarCraft mini-set will arrive in January, and Blizzard has also teased all three of next year's full expansions.

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Mists of Pandaria Classic is coming summer 2025

Blizzard announced the natural next step for WoW Classic during the Warcraft 30th anniversary stream.

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Player housing is coming to World of Warcraft after 20 years, though you'll have to wait until the next expansion: 'It's a tremendously large undertaking'

Our house, in the middle of Warcraft.

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Blizzard is relaunching WoW: Classic with 'all-new, fresh realms,' giving players another chance to experience WoW's earliest era

"We are bringing you the classic Classic experience."

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The Guardian - UK

‘A phenomenon’: how World of Warcraft smashed out of geekdom and conquered gaming

The ultimate multi-player has survived ‘frat boy’ slurs, a ropey film, one mega lawsuit, legions of change-averse puritans – and Mr T in a Night Elf Mohawk. As it hits 20, join us on a trip to the green hills of Stranglehorn

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WoW massively buffs rewards for its anniversary event a week after its release—which would be the fourth time in a year it's had to do similar

Here we go again, again.

PC Gamer

Final Fantasy 14's next big challenge: Making players feel like they're getting their monthly sub's worth—not just funding Square's flops while WoW stacks value

I want to believe.

PC Gamer

Will these PC games ever come to Steam? We predict the chances of WoW, Minecraft, and more

Get on your soothsaying hats. We're predicting futures.

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WoW Gold: Key Reasons Making Crucial for Success in Azeroth

Gold is not just the in-game currency in WoW; it is the backbone of your gameplay in the world of Azeroth. Gold helps you to improve your gameplay – you can buy new armor before a raid or just change the look of your character with a couple of coins.

The Guardian - UK

‘I am valued here’: the extraordinary film that recreates a disabled boy’s rich digital life

Mats Steen had muscular dystrophy and died very young. But a touching new documentary has used animation and his own posts to reveal the fulfilling gaming life he led in World of Warcraft – right down to his first kiss

The Guardian - UK

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin review – moving tale of disabled gamer’s digital double life

Using World of Warcraft-style animation, this documentary tells the story of Mats Steen, a boy with muscular dystrophy whose online popularity was only revealed after his death

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