World of Warcraft news and interesting facts (4)

Bart Swiatek, 06 November 2020, 11:45

Developers from Blizzard Entertainment have invited players who used to play World of Warcraft, but no longer pay the subscription, to return to the game for free.

washi, 04 November 2020, 22:49

An entry on Blizzard's official website informs about a change in the company policy. From now on, simultaneous handling of multiple accounts, i.e. multi-boxing, in World of Warcraft will be prohibited and may be reported by other players.

Bart Swiatek, 04 November 2020, 16:04

Reddit users like the Timewalker Campaigns mechanic, who enables us to level up our character by completing quests from any of the existing expensions.

Jacob Blazewicz, 02 November 2020, 21:38

Blizzard has begun celebrating the 16th birthday of World of Warcraft. Until the launch of Shadowlands, players will receive a gift for logging in to the game, where they will find some special attractions.

Bart Swiatek, 02 November 2020, 12:22

Three teasers of the Shadowlands for World of Warcraft appeared on the web. They present several locations that we will visit in this title.

Aleksandra Dziwinska, 31 October 2020, 19:25

Despite the delay, Shadowlands is currently Blizzard's biggest pre-orders sales hit. The latest financial report shows that after almost two decades, World of Warcraft is still alive and kicking.

Aleksandra Dziwinska, 31 October 2020, 19:04

David Kim is no longer working on Diablo IV, although he remains an employee of Blizzard Entertainment. The designer has been promoted and will support the team responsible for World of Warcraft.

Bart Swiatek, 30 October 2020, 13:55

The Shadowlands expansion answers a question that has plagued many World of Warcraft players for years - it enables us to find Mankirk's missing wife.

washi, 29 October 2020, 20:25

Today, Blizzard's official website revealed a new release date for the Shadowlands expansion for World of Warcraft. The launch is not far away, but this is not the end of the good news - there is also a special event and a new raid waiting for us.

Bart Swiatek, 26 October 2020, 18:27

A World of Warcraft fan and host of the KamuiCosplay channel on YouTube, built a replica of Bolvar Fordragon's warhammer. The weapon looks very similar to the original, and also lights up and produces smoke.

Jacob Blazewicz, 22 October 2020, 15:45

Some time ago, Blizzard decided to merge a handful of smaller World of Warcraft servers with Burning Legion, the unofficial realm run by Polish community. The result: complaining about slavic players, who are less than eager to welcome foreign gamers with open arms.

Jacob Blazewicz, 21 October 2020, 20:38

Is DirectX 12 finally able to deal with World of Warcraft? This question was answered by Reddit user, who two years ago wasn't impressed with the performance of the latestst generation of DirectX libraries.

Jacob Blazewicz, 19 October 2020, 19:57

World of Warcraft received a patch preparing the game for the delayed launch of Shadowlands. Players have already checked which class deals the most DPS after the last changes.

Bart Swiatek, 14 October 2020, 13:02

Popular MMORPG World of Warcraft received patch 9.0.1. The update adds a new location and prepares the game for the release of the Shadowlands expansion.

Bart Swiatek, 07 October 2020, 19:13

Chris Metzen, one of the creators of the Warcraft series and scriptwriter of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, said on Twitter that Henry Cavill would be a good candidate for the role of Arthas Menethil.

Bart Swiatek, 02 October 2020, 12:41

The devs of World of Warcraft informed that the next expansion for the game - Shadowlands - will appear later than planned. The launch is still scheduled for this year.

Bart Swiatek, 24 September 2020, 14:38

A bug has appeared on one of World of Warcraft servers, which rolls level 120 characters back to their state from 2010, taking away thirty-five levels in the process.

Adrian Werner, 22 September 2020, 11:03

Blizzard Entertainment has announced BlizzOnline, a virtual event to replace the BlizzCon.

Bart Swiatek, 15 September 2020, 10:13

Shadowlands expansion for World of Warcraft will introduce a Diablo 3-like adventure mode solution to Blizzard Entertainment's venerable MMORPG. Players who complete the story line of the expansion will be able to level up their characters with free access to locations and content - without having to redo the story line.

Jacob Blazewicz, 14 September 2020, 22:16

For almost a year, World of Warcraft players have been trying to find Jenafur. Eventually, the secret of the void cat was discovered by an Internet user, although - as it turned out - he had to seek help in the game files.

Jacob Blazewicz, 03 September 2020, 16:35

The Shadowlands expansion's imminent launch is not the only thing that's bothering World of Warcraft players. For a year now, the users wewe busy with the on-going search for Jenafur - a mysterious cat that has been lurking in Azeroth since patch 8.2.5.

Jacob Blazewicz, 30 August 2020, 18:33

The release of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will entail a significant increase in the system requirements of Blizzard's MMORPG. The company has announced that not only a better CPU and GPU but also an SSD will be required to play the new expansion for the iconic MMORPG.

Paul Wozniak, 27 August 2020, 20:47

At the GamesCom opening ceremony, the devs revealed the release date of the upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft - Shadowlands. The first episode of the Afterlives short animated series was also presented.

Karol Laska, 24 August 2020, 22:34

Afterlives is the title of the first original Blizzard series to take place in the universe of World of Warcraft. It will make its debut this week.

Milosz Szubert, 21 August 2020, 13:18

There are screenshots on the web that compare what World of Warcraft: Shadowlands looks like with recently added shadows generated with and without ray tracing. In addition, there are reports that the new effects are putting quite a strain on the PC.

Bart Woldanski, 18 August 2020, 19:39

The latest drivers for Nvidia GeForce GPUs have introduced ray tracing support for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. We will be able to check the changes by testing the beta version of the upcoming expansion for the popular MMORPG.

Bart Swiatek, 07 August 2020, 13:26

Blizzard Entertainment honoured the memory of WoW streamer Byron „Reckful” Bernstein, who passed away in July, by placing a special character in the Shadowlands expansion.

Milosz Szubert, 09 July 2020, 17:00

Blizzard presented the limited collector's edition of the Shadowlands add-on for the MMORPG World of Warcraft. It will include an artbook, a special mouse pad and a digital soundtrack. The edition costs 119,99 dollars.

Milosz Szubert, 09 July 2020, 14:45

Blizzard has announced that all content of Shadowlands, the latest expansion for World of Warcraft, is now ready and the expansion's beta-tests will begin next week. On the same occasion, it was confirmed that the full version of the add-on is expected to be released at the end of this year - namely in the fall.

Bart Swiatek, 06 July 2020, 14:26

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that it plans to shut down some World of Warcraft servers. Populations of sparsely populated realms will be combined to reach an appropriate level before the launch of Shadowlands.

Bart Swiatek, 03 July 2020, 11:58

Byron „Reckful” Bernstein - one of the best known World of Warcraft streamer - committed suicide yesterday. Reckful has been struggling with depression for years. The WoW community paid tribute to the deceased by organizing memorials inside the game.

Bart Swiatek, 30 June 2020, 13:43

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that on July 28 this year, the well remembered Ahn'Qiraj event will begin on the servers of World of Warcraft Classic.

Bart Swiatek, 10 June 2020, 13:20

A World of Warcraft enthusiast, streamer DesMephisto has reached the maximum level (120) on 49 warrior-class characters. The aim of the action is to increase public awareness of autism - an affliction from which the player suffers.

Daria Bochenska, 27 May 2020, 13:08

WoW player and youtuber, Rextroy, has found an exploit, thank to which unarmored character can one-shot his enemies.

Paul Wozniak, 21 May 2020, 19:52

World of Warcraft: Classic has seen the first player in the world to hit the maximum level by killing only boars. This challenge was inspired by one of the episodes of South Park, in which the character, in order to be able to defeat a griefer, levelled up only in the starting location, killing only boars.

Paul Wozniak, 30 April 2020, 19:00

Today, the information that the latest expansion to World of Warcraft will include a graphic setting for ray tracing has probably been confirmed. So far this option has been added to the alpha version of the game, although it is not yet possible to enable it.

Daria Bochenska, 22 April 2020, 17:39

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands won't launch until the end of 2020, but streamer Asmongold has already had a chance to see the alpha version of the expansion and shared his thoughts on the matter.

Bart Swiatek, 17 April 2020, 15:04

With the release of the Shadowlands expansion, the MMORPG World of Warcraft will receive several new graphics options to improve performance. The game's engine may also receive support for Variable Rate Shading and ray tracing technologies.

Bart Swiatek, 16 April 2020, 14:47

The administrators of one of the so-called private servers of World of Warcraft - Elysium - decided to create an event aimed at educating players on issues such as the spread of infectious diseases and ways to fight them. The idea came up in connection with the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.

Bart Swiatek, 30 March 2020, 10:30

Developers from Blizzard Entertainment asked the players whether the company sould release The Burning Crusade for WoW Classic. The developers are considering doing it in a way that will satisfy players with different expectations.

Konrad Serafinski, 22 March 2020, 14:23

Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth players will receive a 100% exp bonus. This applies to new and current characters and will last until April 20, 2020.

Adrian Werner, 07 February 2020, 16:15

Activision Blizzard has published a financial report for the past year. Apart from revenues and profits, we learned that the number of World of Warcraft subscribers has more than doubled.

Patrick Manelski, 29 January 2020, 15:46

Problems with the latest patch 8.3 for World of Warcraft reignited the discussion on the condition of Activision Blizzard and alleged problems in the studio. Latest rumors add fuel to the fire, claiming, for example, that crunch was responsible for the disastrous condition of patch 8.3.

Jacob Blazewicz, 15 January 2020, 21:06

Blizzard released a Visions of N'zoth update for World of Warcraft. Patch 8.3 introduces two allied races and the possibility of facing the horror of N'Zoth in a new rally, assault, and so-called Horrific Visions.

Bart Swiatek, 08 November 2019, 15:00

Developers working on Shadowlands, the upcoming expansion to World of Warcraft, have admitted that they are inspired by classic WoW solutions, which are appreciated by the community and give gamers a lot of fun.

Jacob Blazewicz, 02 November 2019, 22:50

Blizzard has revealed a handful of details about World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. This new expansion will significantly change the system of experience levels, reducing their number back to 60 and enabling us to make progress in the storyline with additional characters. In addition, a new dungeon was discussed, modelled on roguelike games.

Adrian Werner, 01 November 2019, 20:04

On this year's BlizzCon, Shadowlands has been revealed as the next addition to World of Warcraft. The expansion will take us on an expedition to the underworld.

Bart Swiatek, 28 October 2019, 13:29

Victor Ohman of Quixel has recreated the Orgrimmar Gateway from World of Warcraft on Unreal Engine 4. The result of his work is completely different from the original and quite breathtaking.

Paul Wozniak, 27 October 2019, 20:33

A fragment of image showing World of Warcraft gadgets, which will be available for purchase on this year's BlizzCon, has appeared on the web. They indicate that the new expansion to the popular MMO will be called Shadowlands and will take us to the land of the dead.

Jacob Blazewicz, 08 October 2019, 17:08

Blizzard presented Visions of N'zoth, another update for World of Warcraft. Patch 8.3 will introduce new races, improved auction house and many attractions related to the eponymous Old God.