WoW
Patch 8.2.5 PTR brings Worgen and Goblin model updates, a new bee mount, and more
The WoW patch 8.2.5 PTR development notes are live with a list of new stuff that's coming with the update, including the long-anticipated Worgen and Goblin model update.
The world first race is over as Mythic Azshara falls to Method and, shortly thereafter, to Limit
Mythic Queen Azshara has been defeated.
Why should Blizzard add Gorgonopsids to World of Warcraft?
Because giant lizard-cats four meters long with saber teeth are awesome, that's why. Inostrancevia was the largest of the gorgonopsids, a suborder of the theriodonts -- the order that included our own direct ancestors and thus, ultimately, us, and one that really deserves a lot more attention in video games.
Revamped Worgen and other things I want to see in patch 8.2.5
I'm not even kidding.
What World of Warcraft role is in most need of an overhaul?
One of the oldest and most preserved paradigms in World of Warcraft is one it inherited from its predecessors like Ultima Online or EverQuest -- the idea of certain classes being good at one of three primary roles. Tanking, or the art of getting the ire of the various monsters in dungeons focused on you instead of the tasty healer in cloth booties; Healing, the aforementioned person in cloth booties who can channel some form of magic to heal the wounds of their fellow adventurers; and DPS, short for damage per second, a metric that tells you how much damage these players are capable of dealing in a second while fighting said monsters.
Hotfix adjusts tank threat from Heart of Azeroth Essences
I said this was going to happen sooner or later.
WoW’s raiding race to get the mythic world first kill of Queen Azshara is (maybe) nearing an end
The Mythic difficulty of Azshara's Eternal Palace has only been open a week, but it's been a very busy week.
Patch 8.3: Just what will happen in Battle for Azeroth’s final patch?
As of right now, I see two contradictory paths that patch 8.3 could take.
WoW in the Unreal Engine knocks Skyrim out of the park
A minute into the compilation video of WoW in Unreal Engine 4 and it looks better and more imaginative than most things in other fantasy games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
What should WoW’s next Allied Race be?
Obviously no one at Blizzard is silly enough to tell me which race they're thinking about for their next Allied Race, so when speculating about what would be a good fit, there are quite a few variables to keep in mind.