Category: World of Warcraft News

With the launch of Legion, World of Warcraft players who are reported multiple times by others will be given an account-wide silence. The first offense after investigation by Blizzard will result in a 24-hour ban that doubles for each subsequent infraction. According to the site, this enables players to report those who are engaging in “inappropriate interactions on various channels”.

Blizzard has released a teaser trailer for its World of Warcraft: Legion video series called “Harbingers”. The series will explore the “stories behind some of Azeroth’s mightiest characters” and should be starting soon with the release of Legion just around the corner on August 30th.

The World of Warcraft community site has been updated with a new post that lays out all of the activities and rewards that will be bidding a fond farewell with the launch of Legion on August 30th. Among other things, the Brawler’s Guild will be put into mothballs for the foreseeable future, Draenor challenge modes will go away and the Grove Warden moose will no longer be available.

Gareth Harmer takes a look at Professions in Legion, and explains why crafting in Warcraft is about to become a whole lot more fun.

As many have discovered, this week started a large 20+Gb background download of the Legion pre-patch. The World of Warcraft community site has been updated with a bit more information about what players can expect as far as what systems will go live during the pre-Legion event and, most importantly, when the new Demon Hunter class will be ready for play!

The second in a series of digital comic leading up to the World of Warcraft: Legion expansion is now available for download or to read online. Called Nightborne: Twilight of Suramar, the story centers around Gul’Dan’s ultimatum to the Nightborne to give up control of the Nightwell or lose it to the Burning Legion.

When it comes to MMO accounts, there are some golden rules: never share your password, never run dubious software, and use two-factor authentication wherever possible. According to reports from World of Warcraft players, it’s now time to add another one to the list: never use chat commands from people you don’t know. Ignore it, and you may find your characters without two copper coins to rub together.

The World of Warcraft Twitter account came out with a teaser image that is teasing some sort of announcement or event to begin at 8:00 am Pacific today. The image simply says ‘Demon Bounties’ with the text, “Tomorrow we’re banding together to fight back the demonic presence of the Burning Legion; stay tuned.”

Today’s World of Warcraft live stream Q&A has just wrapped up. The event took place at the Blizzard Campus with Community Manager Josh Allen speaking with Brian Holinka, Senior PvP Designer on WoW. Here are some of the salient points.

Blizzard has released the first in a series of comics that will lay out some of the lore behind various personages that will be appearing in the World of Warcraft: Legion expansion set to be released in September.