News

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s maintenance day for World of Warcraft realms in North America and Australia. Today’s maintenance is a short one hour of downtime for The War Within and Cataclysm Classic ...
Overwatch and World of Warcraft art director Bill Petras has died. The news was shared by Harley D. Huggins II, former cinematic projects director at Blizzard, who paid tribute to Petras on LinkedIn.
Bill Petras, an artist who helped design a number of Blizzard games including World Of Warcraft and Overwatch, has died. “Billy and I started at Blizzard the same week and were close friends for ...
David joined Raw Story in 2023 after nearly a decade of writing about the legal industry for Bloomberg Law. He is also a co-founder and a commissioning editor at Hypatia Press, a publisher that ...
If you’ve ever spent time in World of Warcraft, you know that the game isn't just about slaying dragons, farming herbs, or arguing over loot rolls. Sometimes, it’s about something far riskier: ...
Unbeknownst to most, the popular online multiplayer game World of Warcraft isn't just a role-playing game in the traditional sense. There's also a subculture using it for "erotic role-playing" (or ...
Two decades after its initial release, World of Warcraft is still incredibly popular in 2025, with an expansion releasing in Summer 2024 and Season 2 of The War Within adding even more content for ...
For April Fools’ the Warcraft team joked that a typo in player housing incorrectly characterized the feature: instead it was player houses, allowing players to literally be houses. And I know, you’re ...
Released in August 2016, Legion marked a pivotal moment in WoW’s history coming off of the community’s hate for Warlord’s of Draenor. The expansion introduced the Demon Hunter hero class ...
In World of Warcraft, risking your hard-earned gold on a gamble isn’t limited to shady goblins or dice-rolling in Goldshire. Whether it's crafting epic gems, flipping auctions, or hoping for that rare ...
Arkana Security, a new ransomware gang, has claimed responsibility for an alleged massive breach at WideOpenWest (WoW), the eighth-largest cable operator and an internet service provider (ISP) in the ...
GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore characters who permanently died during recent DDoS attacks will be restored, Blizzard says, citing the ...