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WoW
Liz PattJuly 28, 2025Blizzard reworks spell density for better performance and visibility in patch 11.2
World of Warcraft is a visually-lovely game with sweeping vistas, towering villains, and other stunning sights, but sometimes the visuals you experience the most are also…
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Liz PattJune 8, 2024World of Warcraft: The War Within brings long-awaited arachnophobia mode to the game (with crabs)
World of Warcraft: The War Within will add a variety of features to the game, but they left a key concern out during the BlizzCon 2023…
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Sara HansonNovember 12, 2023What usability changes would you like to see in Blizzard games?
One of the features in the World of Warcraft 10.2 patch is the Pathfinder achievement, which allows us to use old-world flying in the Dragon Isles,…
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Christian ThomaAugust 25, 2022Dragonflight adds new Soft Target mode which lets you interact with targets at a glance
The latest alpha build for World of Warcraft‘s forthcoming expansion Dragonflight included a new feature coded as “Soft Targeting.” An alternative to the standard tab target or…
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Matthew RossiJuly 27, 2022Dragonflight consolidates accessibility options to make playing World of Warcraft easier for a variety of players
I haven’t exactly made it a secret that I’m playing WoW with declining vision, which causes photosensitive headaches and motion sickness. In addition to this, I…
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Matthew RossiMay 23, 2022What accessibility improvements would you make to your favorite video games?
World of Warcraft has added quite a few accessibility options over the years, from improved color blind modes to click and mouseover casting — but that…
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Matthew RossiMay 23, 2022God of War Ragnarok adds a host of accessibility options that I hope will become industry standards
Video games and accessibility have been at the front of my mind for the past few years. I discovered I had severe retinopathy back in 2016…
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