Category: World of Warcraft News
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World of Warcraft: A Look at Itemization in WoW 6.2
In an official post on the World of Warcraft site the team outlined new improvements coming in Patch 6.2 to how itemization will work. Essentially the two biggest changes are coming to the Personal Loot system and itemization improvements from bosses i…
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World of Warcraft: S.E.L.F.I.E. Scavenger Hunt — Join the Invasion
Blizzard has announced a special new contest based around the recent additions to World of Warcraft that include the S.E.L.F.I.E. camera and Twitter integration. Players are invited to take and submit their best selfies in order to win weekly prizes an…
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World of Warcraft: The Ban Hammer Swings to What Effect?
It has been quite a while since Blizzard issued a large number of World of Warcraft bans but last week saw that lull end with over 100,000 player accounts being blocked for bot usage. The most common program for which players were censured was the Hono…
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World of Warcraft: 100,000 User Accounts Banned for Bot Use
Blizzard is taking an aggressive stance against players using “honor bot” programs and has recently banned over 100,000 user accounts for six months for violating the Terms of Use. Community manager Bashiok took to the forums to explain Blizzard’s reasons for the ban stating that a fair and equitable play experience is paramount.
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World of Warcraft: Steve Danuser, Former EQ:Next Designer, Now with Blizzard
Laid off during the transition from Sony Online Entertainment to Daybreak Game Company, former EverQuest Next content designer Steve Danuser is now working as a senior designer with Blizzard and working on World of Warcraft. The news comes via Danuser’…
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World of Warcraft: Being Leeeeeeeeeeeeeroy Jenkins for a Decade
World of Warcraft is celebrating a fantastic cultural phenomenon today by remembering everyone’s favorite charge into battle moment: LEEEEROY JENKINS! It was such a brilliantly funny moment that perfectly captured the grace and strategy of WoW raiding that Blizzard even named a pair of achievements after the erstwhile player (both classic and modern versions) after the erstwhile player. Those finishing the achievement are granted the “Jenkins” title.
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World of Warcraft: Nearly Three Million Subscribers Lost by End of March
Gamasutra is reporting that World of Warcraft lost nearly three million subscribers by the end of March 2015. After the launch of Warlords of Draenor, Blizzard reported over ten million subscribers which makes the 7.1M a precipitous decline in only a f…
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World of Warcraft: Tanaan Jungle Preview
For players looking forward to the World of Warcraft v6.2 update, the new blog post on the official site that previews Tanaan Jungle, the new zone and the new shipyard construction site.
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World of Warcraft: WoW Token Coming to EU Region April 21st
Blizzard has announced that the WoW Token will be headed to the EU Region on April 21st after normal maintenance (approximately 5:00 pm CET). WoW Tokens will cost 20 Euro and buyers will be able to place the tokens for sale on the special regional auct…
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World of Warcraft: PvP Centric Live Developer Q&A Coming Thursday
World of Warcraft Senior Game Designer Brian Holinka and members of the WoW Community Team will be on hand this Thursday, April 16th in a special Live Developer Q&A session specifically centered around PvP. The event will take place on the official…