Shadowlands

World of Warcraft has been throwing some buffs at players over the past few weeks, partially as a kind gesture while we're all stuck at home, and partially as a way to make the downtime between now and the 9.0 pre-patch a little more tolerable.

For a long while, World of Warcraft seemed to have no issues completely upending how certain classes played if the developers felt it provided a better overall experience.

One of the biggest questions that arose when Blizzard announced the leveling squish in Shadowlands was "How is flying going to work?" And now that the Shadowlands alpha is out, we finally have an answer.

What's that up in the sky?

We've all had this experience -- you log in to review patch notes, skim-skim-skim and wait, what is this weird new thing?

Instead of worrying about the summer convention season suffering from recent events, members of the gaming community have something to look forward to.

World of Warcraft's next expansion, Shadowlands, is in alpha and, with every new build that is released, we scurry to see what has changed to our favorite class — if anything has changed at all, that is.

I've spent a lot of time in Torghast since it came to the Shadowlands alpha.

I think about this one a lot.

As you certainly know by now, being the well-informed reader that you are, Shadowlands, the next World of Warcraft expansion, is in alpha.