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World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic: Best Addons to Download

While part of the appeal of World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic is the chance to relive one of the best expansions in WoW history, the truth of the matter is that World of Warcraft has improved in some significant ways in the 14 years since Burning Crusade was first released. The ideal WoW experience is arguably somewhere between “Classic” design and modern innovations. Well, the best Burning Crusade Classic addons essentially help bridge that gap. By improving some of old-school WoW‘s most annoying shortcomings, they allow you to enjoy a version of WoW that some will argue is close…
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World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic: How Long Does it Take to Reach Level 70?

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic is finally here, which means that it’s time to use every guide, cheat, and skip you can find to reach level 70 as quickly as possible. Ok, there are still plenty of players who love to take their time on their journey to the level cap, but as WoW Classic showed, more people are interested in reaching the “endgame” as quickly as possible than ever before. Call it a symptom of dedicated gamers “figuring out” older WoW games and optimizing the best path through them, but it seems like more and more Classic…
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World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic: How to Fix Server Issues

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic is finally here, and unless Blizzard has figured out something about server overload that the rest of the video game industry hasn’t, the return of one of WoW‘s most popular expansions ever will likely also mean the return of server issues that prevent some from playing the game. Server problems are essentially the cost of doing business for those who love to play online games, but knowing that doesn’t make it any less frustrating to learn that you can’t actually play your favorite game because the servers that run it just aren’t working.…
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World of Warcraft 9.0.5 Patch Notes Pave the Way for the 9.1 Chains of Domination Update

As revealed at BlizzCon a few weeks ago, there are quite a few new things coming to World of Warcraft this year. Not only is The Burning Crusade getting the Classic treatment, which brings the classic game’s first expansion back to its roots (with a few modern tweaks), but Shadowlands is set to get its first major update in the coming months. While Blizzard hasn’t announced a release date for Update 9.1: Chains of Domination just yet, the latest 9.0.5 patch, which is set to release on March 9 in North America and March 10 in Europe, does begin to…
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10 World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Moments We Can’t Wait to Relive in Classic

Much like the reveal of Diablo 2 Resurrection, many Blizzard fans were anticipating the eventual release of The Burning Crusade Classic as the follow-up to WoW Classic. It seemed inevitable that Blizzard would revisit the first WoW expansion following “vanilla” WoW‘s recent success. And yet, there’s something undeniably magical about the confirmation that we’re this much closer to the essential re-release of WoW: The Burning Crusade. Not only was TBC the first of many expansions in WoW history, it is what many consider to be one of the best eras in the history of one of the best video game…
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Best World of Warcraft Shadowlands Mounts and How to Unlock Them

While the release of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands means that it’s finally time to embark upon a grand new adventure the likes of which we couldn’t imagine in the early days of gaming, it also means that it’s time to start farming the expansion’s best mounts. Shadowlands is filled with a variety of fascinating new mounts, but we’ve come to expect that from most modern WoW expansions. What’s a little surprising this time around is not just the amount of new mounts in Shadowlands but the unique ways that you’ll unlock them. While nearly all of the mounts in Shadowlands…
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World of Warcraft Shadowlands Review In Progress

By the end of World of Warcraft‘s last expansion, Battle for Azeroth, the usual fatigue that accompanies the final days of a WoW expansion was amplified by the belief that Blizzard was no longer in control of its 16-year-old MMORPG giant. There were some players who felt that Activision’s influence on Blizzard had corrupted the company’s spirit. Others who had just gotten a taste of World of Warcraft Classic bemoaned the loss of the social elements that had once defined the game. There was a general feeling that Blizzard was doing all it could to keep WoW afloat while longtime…
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World of Warcraft: How to Craft Legendary Gear in Shadowlands

Legendary items have been part of the World of Warcraft experience since the MMO’s vanilla days, but Shadowlands will drastically change how you acquire some of the most desirable gear in the game. Shadowlands introduces a crafted legendries system that allows players to forge legendary items. While that means that you will no longer be entirely reliant on luck to get the legendary item you want most, actually crafting a legendary item will demand a lot of work, a lot of time, and…well…a little luck. Here’s what you need to know about how to craft legendaries in Shadowlands. What Do…
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World of Warcraft: How to Unlock Torghast in Shadowlands

Torghast, Tower of the Damned isn’t just one of World of Warcraft: Shadowland‘s highlight features: it’s one of the most exciting additions to the legendary MMO that we’ve seen in the 16-year history of the game. Essentially a roguelike built into the World of Warcraft universe, Torghast is a replayable dungeon that changes every time you visit it. As you progress through the tower, you’ll unlock powers that will offer you everything from stat boosts to new abilities, but you’ll also encounter increasingly difficult enemies that will threaten to end your run before you ever come close to seeing the…
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World of Warcraft Shadowlands: How Long Does it Take to Reach Level 60?

Leveling a character in World of Warcraft just isn’t what it used to be. While it can easily take a new player over 100 hours to reach level 60 in World of Warcraft Classic, modern WoW expansions have reduced the average leveling time to less than 20 hours. What about Shadowlands, though? While much of the information we have regarding Shadowlands‘ leveling experience is based on the game’s beta (which means elements of the experience are subject to change), all signs point to Shadowlands offering the fastest path to the level cap yet. In fact, the leveling process should be…
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World Of Warcraft: 10 Things Shadowlands’ Tutorial Doesn’t Teach You

With the Shadowlands expansion, the World of Warcraft team hopes to make the legendary MMO more accessible than it’s ever been before. While I think they’ve done a pretty good job of breaking down some of the game’s more intimidating barriers, that doesn’t mean that Shadowlands offers the perfect new player experience. In fact, it’s entirely possible to leave Shadowlands‘ new player starting area (an island called Exile’s Reach) without understanding or even knowing about some of the game’s core mechanics. It would have been impossible for Exile’s Reach to teach you absolutely everything you needed to know about the…
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Is World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Pre-Patch Friendly to New Players?

World of Warcraft‘s Shadowlands expansion may have been delayed until sometime later this year, but the expansion’s pre-patch is already live. While you won’t be able to explore Shadowlands‘ new zones, dungeons, bosses, gear, and other upcoming content as part of this patch, many of Shadowlands‘ core upcoming changes (including changes to the MMO’s leveling structure and classes) are already in the game. It’s around this time that many people start wondering whether or not this is a good time to return to World of Warcraft or even start playing it for the first time. After all, there’s theoretically no…
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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Release Date Delayed Until “Later This Year”

Blizzard has confirmed that they have decided to delay the release of World of Warcraft‘s Shadowlands expansion. “I wanted to let you know that we’re delaying the release of Shadowlands to later this year—and while we’re still in the process of determining the right new date to launch, we felt it was important to let you know about this change in plans as soon as we could,” says John Hight, Executive Producer of World of Warcraft, via a recent blog post. “This was an incredibly difficult decision for the team, as we’re as eager to get the expansion into your…
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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands System Requirements Include an SSD

Blizzard has revealed that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands minimum system requirements include an SSD. This information comes from the officially uploaded Shadowlands system requirements, which are fairly standard across the board except for that a “Solid State Drive (SSD)” with “100GB available space” is listed as both the minimum and recommended storage requirement. In case you’re wondering, the previous World of Warcraft expansion (Battle for Azeroth) only required an HDD. There are a couple of other interesting things about this information. The first is that Blizzard notes that the system requirements they outline are subject to change as they complete…
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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Release Date Set for October

During the Gamescom opening ceremony, Blizzard revealed that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will be released in October. “World of Warcraft’s eighth expansion, Shadowlands has a launch date!” says Blizzard via a recent press release. “Dead or alive, all Horde and Alliance heroes will be journeying into the afterlife when Shadowlands launches globally on October 27th.” As previously revealed, Shadowlands will focus on what is essentially World of Warcraft‘s afterlife. There, players will need to choose between the Shadowlands’ ruling factions (known as Covenants) who will each offer unique abilities, benefits, and narrative paths. “In Shadowlands, players will explore one of…
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World of Warcraft Animated Series Shadowlands Afterlives to Debut at Gamescom

Blizzard has announced that they’re working on a new project called Shadowlands Afterlives: an animated series based on the World of Warcraft universe and the game’s upcoming Shadowlands expansion. “Just as our choices determine who we are in life–they pave the paths we take in the afterlife,” reads a brief description of the series. “Prepare to delve into four realms of the Shadowlands–Bastion, Maldraxxus, Ardenweald, and Revendreth–and discover the journeys souls take once they cross the eternal veil.” Not much else is currently known about the animated series, but the first trailer for the show does reveal a few important…
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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands – Release Date, Trailer, Beta, Gameplay, and News

The next World of Warcraft expansion is called World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. After the latest update to Battle of Azeroth saw the Horde and Alliance arrive at a temporary peace agreement, everything seemed to be relatively quiet in the world of Azeroth. However, the first trailer for Shadowlands shows Sylvannas Windrunner make her way to the frozen throne of the Lich King where Bolvar Fordragon sits.  Somewhat shockingly, Sylvannas is able to defeat Bolvar Fordragon and seemingly assume his role as the Lich King (or Lich Queen). It doesn’t seem to be quite that simple, though, as Sylvannas destroys the…
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Warcraft Movie Director Explains What His Sequels Would Have Been About

Warcraft director Duncan Jones has confirmed via Twitter that he had mapped out the basic story for a Warcraft film trilogy before plans for subsequent Warcraft movies fell apart. “Part 2 would have been Go’el/Thrall as a young orc slave in Blackmoore’s gladiator camp,” Jones says in regards to his intentions for a sequel to 2016’s Warcraft. “Here he meets & befriends a Tauren who tells him of another land to the west where his people come from, & where he might find allies & maybe a new home…” From there, Jones goes on to describe what an eventual third…
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