Tag: World of Warcraft

WoW server suffers outbreak after a debuff breaches containment, giving me flashbacks to a 21-year-old incident so large Covid-19 researchers referenced it

WoW server suffers outbreak…

World of Warcraft‘s had another brush with a digital plague—on the Moon Guard US server, capital cities were overcome…
Here are the big Activision Blizzard games that could be coming to Xbox Game Pass

Here are the big…

It’s been a big week in gaming. On January 18, we felt seismic waves ripple through the industry as…
Mark your calendars: World of Warcraft will finally have player housing after 21 years when The War Within’s final patch arrives next month

Mark your calendars: World…

The lull before a new expansion hits World of Warcraft has been dragged out for months in the past,…
“Will Sony buy Ubisoft?” and other questions after Xbox’s shock acquisition of Activision Blizzard

“Will Sony buy Ubisoft?”…

On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard. This is a platform holder buying one of…
This little orb’s going to be sitting on my minimap for the rest of WoW’s current expansion, and I couldn’t tell you why

This little orb’s going…

Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMO column. Every other week, I’ll…
“This microtransaction crap can go jump in a lake” – World of Warcraft’s new real-money housing currency is, predictably, causing a stink

“This microtransaction crap can…

What were the chances Blizzard would find a way to monetise arguably the most exciting feature coming to World…
World of Warcraft’s on the quality-of-life boost warpath, with fixes including an auto-loot setting that’s been mildly inconveniencing alt-lovers for years

World of Warcraft’s on…

World of Warcraft‘s ramping up to its first major “big number” patch, Curse of Ula’tek—in addition to some interesting…
WoW’s bug-filled April patch was actually from trying to fix too much too fast, says director Ion Hazzikostas—like an elevator from 13 years ago that blew up housing

WoW’s bug-filled April patch…

World of Warcraft caught some heat earlier this year for a messy patch that broke a whole lot of…
World of Warcraft: Legion Remix players discover infinite power farm that’s so broken it’s lagging the servers

World of Warcraft: Legion…

Give power-hungry World of Warcraft: Legion Remix players a way to infinitely spawn enemies and they’ll farm it until…
Blizzard’s reason for adding premium currency to World of Warcraft after 21 years of doing just fine without one has everyone worried about player housing

Blizzard’s reason for adding…

World of Warcraft’s next expansion will introduce player housing and it’s coming with WoW’s first ever premium currency. Wowhead…