Plunderstorm

Among the other features that we have to look forward to in World of Warcraft's upcoming patch 11.0.7 is the return of divisive PVP-only mode Plunderstorm.

The first Trading Post for The War Within era of World of Warcraft makes landfall this September and spices up the usual cadence of monthly offerings.

While we've been through the pre-expansion doldrums many times before, but the last few months of Dragonflight saw some new experiments hit the live servers.

Well, we're in that time of World of Warcraft's lifecycle again.

Everyone in Plunderstorm is a bad person but you.

The World of Warcraft Plunderstorm is now live, bringing an entirely new playstyle — a battle royale arena — a slew of cosmetic rewards for your retail WoW characters (and two for you Classic players).

It's probably unfair to say Plunderstorm is a ripoff of Fortnite -- unfair to Fortnite, that is.

I'm not sure anyone predicted "Warcraft Battle Royale with spells" when patch 10.2.6 mysteriously appeared as a simple pirate flag on the 2024 road map, but that's pretty much what Plunderstorm is.

WoW patch 10.2.6 was a big secret for months, and as the hype built we've been wondering if whatever Blizzard's been working on could possibly meet player expectations.

While WoW's new Plunderstorm game mode is ostensibly a battle royale, last-one-standing PVP extravaganza, you can actually collect all of the Plunderstorm rewards without killing any other players.