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WoW’s Winds of Mysterious Fortune Are Back

Some of my fellow World of Warcraft players may be asking themselves, “How am I going to quickly level and decently equip all my characters who are below level 80?” Well, to intentionally misquote Bob Dylan: “The answer, my friend, is blowing…

WoW is a Collector’s Paradise This Month

My fellow denizens of Azeroth, I hope you feel the need for greed. The Greedy Emissary event has returned to World of Warcraft and will hang around through almost all of July. This event begins at 8 AM PDT on July 1st,…

WoW: Mists of Pandaria Classic Arriving Soon

It’s almost time to revisit the next expansion in World of Warcraft Classic. World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Classic is nearly here, and I’ve whipped up a rundown of what you can expect if you’re interested. First of all, the pre-expansion…

There’s Still Life in Heroes of the Storm

Blizzard Entertainment’s MOBA, Heroes of the Storm, has been in what’s euphemistically known as “maintenance mode” for about three years now. In other words, that was Blizzard’s way of saying it didn’t plan any further major content updates for HotS and would…

On the Recent WoW DDoS Attacks

Back in March, I covered the news that World of Warcraft’s game servers have recently been under considerably more stress than usual thanks to a series of severe Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. In response to public outcry caused by this widespread server sabotage,…

WoW Patch 11.1.5 Arriving Soon

The next major content update for World of Warcraft: The War Within, known as Patch 11.1.5, will be upon us soon. I’ve prepared a brief rundown of what players can expect once this update reaches live servers. As usual, I’ll include links…

Blizzard Addresses WoW DDoS Attacks

Blizzard Entertainment has once again found itself in a sticky situation. For the past few weeks, Blizzard’s game servers have been bombarded by frequent, severe Distributed-Denial-of-Service (“DDoS”) attacks. These attacks overload the game servers with huge amounts of illegitimate traffic, which means…

WoW’s 20th Anniversary Event is Here

My fellow denizens of Azeroth, World of Warcraft’s 20th-anniversary event is upon us. This event may already be live depending on when you’re reading this article. Blizzard Entertainment seems quite intent on making this anniversary event the biggest in WoW’s history, which…

All NA WoW Accounts Getting Free Game Time

The pre-expansion update (or “pre-patch”) for World of Warcraft: The War Within launched earlier this week, and I’m disappointed to report that the update’s first few days have been a bit of a mess, to put it diplomatically. For starters, Blizzard originally…

WoW: The War Within Pre-Patch Drops Soon

Fellow denizens of Azeroth, it is nearly time to begin waging yet another war in the World of Warcraft, specifically The War Within. Although the expansion itself won’t launch until late August, its pre-expansion update (“pre-patch”) will be live quite soon. In…