Category: World of Warcraft News

During and just after yesterday’s World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Q&A with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, a number of interesting tidbits of information about the upcoming expansion were revealed. These include the removal of the Strand of the Ancients battleground from the PvP queue, some clarification about the global cooldown changes and the news that no Alliance High Elves are coming to the game as an Allied Race.

The World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth beta has officially kicked off with Blizzard devs indicating that more players will be invited over the course of the coming weeks. Players logging into beta will find the ability to copy live server characters to the beta, the full 120 level cap, special beta forums and no further character wipes for the duration of the beta.

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is currently in late-phase alpha testing and players recently had the opportunity to check out the expansion’s first raid, Uldir. YouTuber “LeystTV” has a pair of new videos to showcase both male and female versions of the plate and mail armor sets that will drop for players. You’ll get a peek at how they look on all races and both genders.

World of Warcraft teams from the China Group will begin competing this weekend to earn a slot in the Mythic Plus Invitational to be held later this year. Thirty-two teams around the world will be competing in double-elimination, best-of-three events starting on Friday, April 13th with the China Group. The Asia-Pacific Group will compete next week; Europe Group starting April 28th and Americas Group on May 5th.

One of the pieces in the World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Collector’s Edition is a book that serves to provide context for both Horde and Alliance factions and their perspective on the Burning of Teldrassil. The WoW site has been updated with a preview of both Elegy by Christie Golden (Alliance) and A Good War by Robert Brooks (Horde). The book will be available after BfA’s launch in digital form.

Blizzard has unveiled the contents of the World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth physical Collector’s Edition. The Collector’s Edition will run $99 and includes a number of awesome items including a “Mark of Allegiance” with Horde & Alliance sides that can be displayed on an included stand.

Blizzard has announced that it will be shutting down the World of Warcraft Remote Auction House on April 18th. The Remote Auction House has been part of the Blizzard Armory for years and allowed players to interact with the auction house outside the game from a browser or from the WoW Armory App.

If you’re fan of World of Warcraft, a new book in the works called “World of Warcraft Diary” may be of interest. The author named John Staats was one of the original level designers and someone who worked on WoW for 10 years. He will be providing readers with the inside story of the development of the biggest and most successful MMORPG ever made. In order to bring his book to fruition, Staats has started a KickStarter initiative to raise $400,000.

It’s possible that Blizzard is ramping up its April Fool’s Day folderol a bit early, though it’s equally possible that this is 100% legit. Either way, the Family Guy website has a new teaser for “Warcraft magic on Family Guy” coming this Sunday, April 1st. The image on the Twitter post is reminiscent of the Orcs vs Humans and Battle for Azeroth box covers.

The WoWhead team has been busy datamining the latest alpha build for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. There is a ton of new information, much of it in the form of story spoilers. We won’t publish any of the specifics here, but anyone who is interested can learn more about how the Mag’har Orcs join the Horde, read up on the story of Teldrassil and a few interesting nuggets about a former Horde Warchief…