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This Year in World of Warcraft 2020
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Pubblicato
31/12/2020 alle 19:23
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2020 has been a busy year in Azeroth, highlighted in the culmination of the Battle for Azeroth and our venture into the Shadowlands. There have been an enormous amount of events, celebrations, and discoveries over the past year - it turns out that between the end of Battle for Azeroth, new expansion datamining, pre-patch, launch, and two Races to World First, we had a lot of news this year! Today we remember them all as we look forward to the next, and while unfortunately we can't include every last article without bloating an already long list, we dug through 170 pages of news to highlight some of the most impactful in-game events, content updates, discoveries, and announcements over this past year.
Keep in mind that this is not completely comprehensive and does not include most minor hotfixes, bug fixes, tuning changes, guide updates, expected PTR discoveries, or other news not related to World of Warcraft. It's long enough already!
December
December saw the launch and subsequent world first victories of both Castle Nathria in Shadowlands and Classic Naxxramas. Meanwhile, several Blizzard artists shared their work on the game, and a number of Mythic dungeons were soloed by Protection Paladins inspired by Rextroy.
December 29
: A group of Korean players set a new record for
longest Mythic+ dungeon at 14 hours
spent clearing Spires of Ascension +17, and
Pieces achieved the World Third
completion of Mythic Castle Nathria.
December 28
: We highlighted the
staggering amounts of gold spent
on the Race to World First, and showcased our new
Mythic+ Dungeon damage calculator
to show how much damage enemies deal at various keystone levels and affixes in Mythic+ dungeons.
December 27
:
Pieces and FatSharkYes
both defeated the Mythic Stone Legion Generals, bringing them to Sire Denathrius - the final step to conquering Mythic Castle Nathria.
December 26
: We highlighted more NPC tributes in Shadowlands, this time with the
METALheads of Maldraxxus
, and we saw some more Shadowlands concept art from
Blizzard character artist Dan Pingston
.
December 25
: Maxmimum, leader of World First guild Complexity Limit, gave us a
boss by boss breakdown of Mythic Castle Nathria
, and we saw some more Shadowlands concept art from
Blizzard Senior Prop Artist Ashleigh Warner
.
December 24
:
Echo claimed World Second
in the race through Mythic Castle Nathria, and the first Shadowlands +20 Mythic Dungeon was completed in time by Radspaper, Furo, Brainx, Eddielock, and Seliathan!
December 23
: Complexity Limit
shared their nerd screams
as they achieved
World First Mythic Denathrius
, closing out the race for world first Castle Nathria.
December 22
: We shared a review of the
Secretlab Alliance themed Titan gaming chair
, and
Blizzard Environmental Artist Amber Hill
showed us her work on herb and mining nodes throughout the Shadowlands.
December 21
: We got our first look at
Sire Denathrius' Mythic Mirror Phase
, and
Blizzard Character Artist Matthew McKeown
shared their work on the Jailer and his army.
December 20
: We
datamined mid-race changes
to Mythic Stone Legion Generals and Sire Denathrius,
Blizzard Character Art Supervisor Kelvin Tan
shared Sylvanas' new look and Kyrian concept art.
December 19
: Activision-Blizzard stock closed at a
27 year all time high
of $90.37 per share, and
Blizzard Senior Character Artist Ariel Fain
shared her work on the characters of Ardenweald and the Jelly Slime Cats of Maldraxxus.
December 18
: Complexity Limit achieved the
world first victory over Mythic Sludgefist
.
December 17
: Former Blizzard dev and current VP of IP and Entertainment for Riot Games Greg Street (aka Ghostcrawler) announced Riot's intention to make a
new League of Legends MMO
.
December 16
: The
Feast of Winter's Veil holiday celebrations began
, celebrated in Shadowlands by the
Sinfall and Ember Court
, and a
static level Soul Ash mission
was hotfixed onto the adventure table for struggling covenants.
December 15
:
Mythic Castle Nathria launched
, and several world firsts were achieved, starting with
Shriekwing
,
Huntsman Altimor
,
Hungering Devourer
, the
Sun King's Salvation
,
Lady Inerva Darkvein
, and
Artificer Xy'mox
.
December 14
: The Shadowlands Collector's Edition made its way
back into the Gear Shop
,
Sloot interviewed Game Director Ion Hazzikostas
, and
BDGG shared their pre-race predictions
.
December 13
: Nobbel87 explained the
lore behind the Castle Nathria raid
, while Rextroy and Ipanic went on a
25 match win streak
to 2400 MMR in 2v2 arena.
December 12
:
Mythic De Other Side
was cleared by a solo Protection Paladin with no weapon equipped, we learned how to tame a
unique Night Fae exclusive hunter pet
, and the
world first Shadowlands Keystone Master
was completed in NA.
December 11
:
Mythic Spires of Ascension
was cleared by a solo Protection Paladin, and Castle Nathria was hotfixed to
drop less loot
.
December 10
: The factionless Pandaren
DoubleAgent reached level 60
without leaving the Wandering Isle, the
world first Heroic Sire Denathrius
was achieved by Complexity Limit, the
world first Glory of the Nathria Raider
was achieved by a group of EU players, and the Protection Paladin
Leontii soloed Mythic Sanguine Depths
.
December 9
: We got a look behind the scenes at the life of the
Blizzard Cinematics modeling team
, and the
first Shadowlands Mythic +15 dungeon
was completed in time by Emoretian, Wao, Jpc, Brokenshun, and Keal.
December 8
:
Season 1 and Castle Nathria launched
and <Might> quickly cleared normal difficulty to discover
Castle Nathria's Ending Cinematic
.
December 7
: The
raid browser game Castle Pineapplia launched
, and the
5,000 conquest point price tag on PvP weapons
was removed.
December 6
: Players started clearing
Glory of the Shadowlands Hero
, Nobbel87 shared the
story of Maldraxxus
, and we datamined a cutscene between
the Jailer and Sylvanas Windrunner
.
December 5
: We launched our
Castle Nathria raid strategy guides
, discovered that Battle for Azeroth mobs continue to
scale beyond level 50
, and the cover of
Folk and Fairy Tales of Azeroth
was unveiled.
December 4
: BFA emissary
mission rewards were nerfed
, and Blizzard
changed the zone in location
for Classic Naxxramas after placing it on the
Not a Bug List
.
December 3
:
Classic Naxxramas launched
and was
quickly cleared by <Progress>
, while Bloodmallet launched
personalized charts
.
December 2
: Blizzard released the
Shadow of the Necropolis
trailer, published a deep dive on the
timing of Kel'Thuzad's abilities
in Classic Naxxramas, and we discovered the
sinstone of The Butcher of Scholomance
.
December 1
: Classic Zul'Gurub was
cleared by a group of 20 Mages
, and we
crafted our first legendaries in Shadowlands
.
November
Shadowlands officially launched on WoW's 16th birthday, Wrath of the Lich King turned 12, we experienced the second Scourge invasion, and BlizzConline was announced.
November 30
:
Weapon trading restrictions
were relaxed in Shadowlands, and Blizzard released Sound the Horn, a
set of Instagram videos
featuring Kristian Nairn and Isaac H Wright.
November 29
: Players began discovering the surprisingly difficult
Soul Ash missions
on the adventure table, Nobble87 shared the
story of Bastion
, and we
analyzed how DPS classes have changed
between the pre-patch and Shadowlands.
November 28
: The Classic Warsong Gulch tournament
ReadyRaider Gulch
went into their final double elimination matches, and the Amani Warlord
Zul'jin was discovered in Shadowlands
.
November 27
: The
world first Glory of the Shadowlands Hero
was achieved, IKEdit created a
fan trailer for Classic Naxxramas
, Fanmixology came up with
themed cocktails for each Covenant
in Shadowlands, and we delved into whether
leveling with the Threads of Fate
was better than replaying the campaign on alts.
November 26
: Nobbel87 introduced us to
the lore of the Maw in Shadowlands
, Blizzard announced a
fix for players stuck switching covenants
, and
Rextroy gathered an army of Larion cats
to destroy his enemies.
November 25
:
Houndmaster Loksey
from Classic Scarlet Monastery was discovered in Revendreth, Blizzard
acknowledged ongoing sever instability
, Blizzard released an article showcasing
Timewalking leveling
, "Captain"
Cookie the Cook was found in Maldraxxus
, and the
Mystery of the Stormwind Lighthouse
was finally solved.
November 24
: Monkeylool was the
first player reached level 60
, Blizzard released a
new official trailer for Shadowlands
,
reverted group phasing
in Shadowlands leveling zones, Sylvanas explained her
motivation for joining the Jailer
in a datamined cinematic,
Warbrave Oro
was found in Bastion, and we published a guide to help players
stop getting lost in Oribos
!
November 23
:
World of Warcraft turned 16
years old, celebrated the
10 year anniversary of Cataclysm
,
Shadowlands launched
, we discovered the
Maw introductory cinematic
,
Bastion cinematic
, and the
Revendreth campaign closing cinematic
.
November 22
:
Forbes interviewed Game Director Ion Hazzikostas
who shared they have no plans to address faction imbalance, Taliesin & Evitel
calculated Tyrande's DPS
against Nathanos,
Rextroy one shot players
with Justicar's Vengeance, and <Dreamstate> set a
new speed record
by clearing AQ40 in under 30 minutes!
November 21
: We discovered that
players could die
before ever stepping foot into the game world, Ion Hazzikostas confirmed the
Draught of Ten Lands would cease
working in Shadowlands, and CarBot animations
released a parody trailer for Shadowlands
.
November 20
: VG247 interviewed Johnny Cash and Ely Cannon, revealing that the
Jailer may not be the final boss
of the expansion after all! Meanwhile French
unions called for a second strike
over the closing of Activision Blizzard's Versailles office, and Blizzard began
banning multiboxers
using input broadcasting software.
November 19
: Fans cast
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Nathanos Blightcaller
in the fictional Warcraft Arthas movie, Blizzard confirmed some
changes coming with Classic Phase 6
, Tirion Fordring fought off
120 player zombies
, and DesMephisto set a record by
speed leveling to 60 in under 6 hours
.
November 18
: Blizzard published a
preview of the eight Shadowlands dungeons
, a handful of helmets were changed to
hide Draenei horns
, Overwolf delayed the transition of
ownership for Curseforge
to not interfere with the Shadowlands launch, and Game Designer Chris Kaleiki
left Blizzard after 13 years
.
November 17
: The Shadowlands
pre-patch went live
, beginning the
Zombie invasion event
, Recruit-a-Friend's
bonus experience was removed
, and Chinese servers
tested a Classic WoW world buff change
.
November 16
: Overworld announced a
suspension of addon updates on Curseforge
due to their impending transition of ownership, the
Heart of Azeroth was nerfed
, the
Naxxramas attunement
quest chain became available in Classic WoW, a new record was set for
3 manning Classic Onyxia
, and Blizzard released the
Beyond the Veil
Shadowlands cinematic
November 15
: We unraveled the story of the
Reins of the Bengal Tiger
Make-a-Wish foundation mount, a Classic speed record was set by defeating
Onyxia in under a minute with 32 Warriors
, and Nobbel87 shared the
story leading up to Shadowlands
.
November 14
: Classic
Molten Core was cleared with 40 Mages
, Nathanos Blightcaller doesn't like people
in or on his house
, we took a look at why
Pelagos was the best Soulbind
, and Keystone Masters put together an
unofficial Beta Mythic Dungeon Invitational
.
November 13
:
Wrath of the Lich King turned 12
and Warlords of Draenor turned 6 years old, and IKEdit
remastered the Kael'thas Sunstrider trailer
using Shadowlands assets.
November 12
: Terrain exploits triggered a
massive Classic WoW ban wave
, and published a series of
blueposts detailing new changes to Classic WoW
.
November 11
: Blizzard published a deep dive on
Sapphiron's Classic Naxxramas mechanics
, and Blizzard Lighting Artist Mike Marra
recreated Outland zones in Unreal Engine 4
.
November 10
: The
Death's Rising pre-patch event
went live, we discovered the
fate of Nathanos Blightcaller
,
Horde
and
Alliance
reactions to the abduction of their leaders, Tank
threat was hotfixed
on the Shadowlands beta.
November 9
:
Hench and Scrap Foundry recreated the Necrolord Staff
of the Lichsworn Lieutenant.
November 8
: Rextroy showed us how to
use a Legion trinket to one-shot
combo other players.
November 7
: We published our "
not a tier list
" detailing why such lists were misleading during beta periods, the
Diabolus Deathbowl 3v3 arena tournament
was held on EU servers, Blue showed off their new
Yeti X Warcraft microphone
.
November 6
: The first
Shadowlands release candidate build
hit the beta servers, Blizzard opened pre-orders for
Alliance and Horde face masks
, and began warning players
not to use input broadcasting software
.
November 5
: We showcased a rare WoW
Alpha gameplay video from 2002
, Overwolf released the
Curseforge beta app
for WoW addons, and Blizzard began experimenting with changes to
Warsong Gulch on the Classic PTR
.
November 4
: Blizzard
sent Chris Metzen a Thrall statue
, commented on the state of
Hunters
,
Shaman
,
Demon Hunters
, and
Shadow Priests
in Shadowlands, old tomes and codexes used for changing talents
were level capped
for Shadowlands, and mental health advocate
DesMephisto received a tribute item
on the beta!
November 3
: Blizzard announced ToS updates to
prevent botters and cheating
which
impact multiboxing
, Hench and Scrap Foundry
recreated the Kyrian Covenant Mace
, and
Matt Villers was promoted to Lead Encounter Designer
for World of Warcraft.
November 2
: J. Allen Brack announced the free to watch
BlizzConline coming in February
, Diablo IV Lead Systems Designer
David Kim was promoted to Principle Game Designer
on World of Warcraft, and DesMephisto set a
new speed leveling record
by reaching 50 in 4 hours.
November 1
: Blizzard celebrated 16 years of WoW with a
new anniversary event
,
previewed Ardenweald
, and the
Day of the Dead
Holiday launched.
October
Shadowlands was delayed, the prepatch went live, the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur went extinct, Frost Giant studios raised $4m to revitalize the RTS genre, BlizzCon would have began, wildfires caused mass evacuations, and Activision Blizzard announced the closure of their longtime office in Versailles.
October 31
: Blizzard released a
preview of Maldraxxus
, the
Impressive Influence buff was removed
in preparation for the 16 year anniversary buff,
Screen Rant interviewed Steve Danuser
, and the
first Mythic +34 was completed
in time.
October 30
: Blizzard released a
preview of Bastion
, and HartiganCosplay recreated
Bolvar Fordragon's Warhammer
to go with the rest of the full suit.
October 29
: Activision Blizzard announced exceeding expectations in their
Third Quarter Financial Results
call, Chelsea Monroe-Cassel announced the
New Flavors of Azeroth cookbook
featuring Nomi, we reported on
dates for the Castle Nathria raid
, Ion Hazzikostas commented on their
proximity to the holiday season
, and Blizzard released a story trailer featuring
prominent characters in Shadowlands
.
October 28
:
Mankirk's Wife was finally found
in Maldraxxus, a new
Shadowlands legendary recipe item
was added to the beta, we datamined new
Void and Blood Elf eye color
options,
Scarlet Monastery
was rendered in Unreal Engine, and Rextroy used the
Aura of Reckoning
to dominate other players in PvP.
October 27
: Lead Narrative Designer
Dave Kosak left Blizzard after 12 years
, Nathanos Blightcaller
showed up early
in the Shadowlands pre-patch, and Chris Metzen announced the
Warchief Gaming tabletop company
.
October 26
:
Wildfires in Orange County California caused mass evacuations
in the vicinity of Blizzard Entertainment HQ, Shadowlands
would have been live
if not previously delayed, and HartiganCosplay revealed a
full body Bolvar Fordragon cosplay
.
October 25
: Bolvar Fordragon's Hammer was
recreated by KamuiCosplay
, IKEdit released the
Awakening fan trailer
for Classic Naxxramas,
October 24
: A new challenge of
reaching max level without choosing a spec
was popularized, a new
Thrall statue
was revealed on the Blizzard store, Dragumagu created
Shadowlands pixel art
, and
Exorsus faction changed to Alliance
.
October 23
:
BlizzCon would have started
if not for the pandemic, Wands can be transmogrified into
staff Legion Artifact appearances
,
Mythic Ny'alotha was nerfed
, the
Old Gods made their way to Hearthstone
, and Rextroy
one shot players with Frost Shock
.
October 22
: Chromie Time allowed players to
complete artifact acquisition scenarios
without having learned the required abilities, hints of a
Classic Burning Crusade
expansion were uncovered on the Battle.net app catalog, and Ghostcrawler shared his thoughts on
leveling in Shadowlands
.
October 21
: Several beta changes addressed the
upgrades available from Ve'nari
,
Warlock Felguard interrupt
,
Druid Covenant abilities
,
Nathria trinket tuning
, rearranged
Soulbind talent trees
, and nerfed the
Darkmoon Faire fish feast
.
October 20
: Ex-Blizzard Frost Gaint Studios
raised $4.7 million
to create a new RTS game, the previously datamined
Sprite Darter's Wings transmog set
became available with a 6-month subscription deal, and Rextroy
organized an army of Druids
to bring the Stars down on their enemies.
October 19
: Sundrix became the first ever three-time Grand Marshal in Classic WoW, a method was discovered to
tame the unique White Cloud Serpents
from MoP, and the
Hallow's End Magic Broom
received a new mountspecial animation.
October 18
: The
Hallow's End Halloween event
went live, and SnazzyAI
upscaled the Mists of Pandaria cinematic trailer
to 4k.
October 17
: Rextroy discovered the power of
unsquished Nazjatar totems
.
October 16
: Turalyon and Rokhan were listed as the new "
faction leaders
" for PvP achievement purposes, and the
Mighty Caravan Brutosaur was added to the Black Market Auction House
, starting at 5 million gold.
October 15
: Blizzard announced they were
ceasing major development updates for StarCraft II
, we discovered that
Chromie Time restricted group finder
to dungeons of the selected expansion, and a government mandated
3 hour playtime penalty for Chinese players
somehow made its way onto the beta for everyone!
October 14
: We learned about the
Guide Mentor System
,
starter accounts
received some changes to account for the new leveling experience in Shadowlands, and Blizzard worked on a solution to help
players with older computers
continue to enjoy WoW with the new expansion.
October 13
: The
pre-patch went live
, removing corruption and squishing levels back down to 50, Mythic raiders found
N'Zoth unbeatable
, Hunters figured out how to tame the
unique Rajani Warserpents
, and French unions
called for a strike
in response to the closure of Activision Blizzard's Versailles office.
October 12
: Blue launched their newest
Yeti X Warcraft microphone
, Rextroy said goodbye to BFA with his
final one shot video
, and Secretlab announced their Alliance and Horde themed
premium Warcraft gaming chairs
.
October 11
: The
Mighty Caravan Brutosaur
went extinct, and a level 1 twink reached
5,000 achievement points
.
October 10
: The annual
Running of the Gnomes
charity event raced across Azeroth, SnazzyAI upscaled the
Burning Crusade trailer to 4k
, and we highlighted
Shadowlands covenant weapon and armor concept art
.
October 9
: Overwolf posted a blog on third parties
scraping CurseForge
, the Shadowlands Collectors Edition revealed the lore behind the
Jailer's plan for the Helm of Domination
, Rextroy became a
raid boss
, and Blizzard added an option to
disable experience gains
while in Chromie Time.
October 8
: Game Director Ion Hazzikostas confirmed that
covenant abilities would be usable
outside of the Shadowlands, the
Humble Bundle
released a Warcraft Legends E-Book Bundle, and we learned that only
max level characters
would be able to use the Black Market Auction House in Shadowlands.
October 7
: The community realized that covenant abilities could only be used
inside Shadowlands zones
, BossLogic showcased
Henry Cavil as Arthas Menethil
, Soulbind trees were reduced to
two potency conduits
each, and the damage bonus from
Hunter's Mark was removed
.
October 6
: Classic WoW was hotfixed to properly granted
attack power buffs to ranged attacks
, Blizzard released a Shadowlands
pre-patch survival guide video
, and Activision Blizzard announced the
closure of their longtime Versailles office
.
October 5
: Jay the Tavern Bard released his free
synthwave music album
, the TechRadar interviewed Blizzard employees regarding
LBGTQ+ inclusivity in Shadowlands
, Rextroy figured out how to one shot players
while remaining invisible
, and the weekly cooldown on conduits was changed to a
daily energy system
.
October 4
: Overwolf updated their
CurseForge app launch roadmap
,
October 3
: We showcased the extensive
barber shop updates
coming in Shadowlands, and players who boosted characters and then refunded Shadowlands
had those characters locked
.
October 2
: The deaf guild <Undaunted>
quietly defeated Mythic N'Zoth
, the Exploring Azeroth Eastern Kingdoms book was
delayed to Nov 24
, Blizzard offered refunds after the Shadowlands delay, and the Classic
Ahn'Qiraj war effort began auto completing
.
October 1
: Blizzard announced that
Shadowlands would be delayed
, along with the
pre-patch date
of Oct 13, we learned more about
Soulshape behavior
, Rextroy used a
level 20 to kill level 120 players
using PvP scaling, and SnazzyAI
upscaled the WoW launch cinematic trailer
to 4k.
September
Fan art of Henry Cavill as Arthas Menethil whipped the internet into a frenzy, Torghast became testable, Mike Morhaime announced Dreamhaven, new character customizations were added in Shadowlands, and the Jenafur pet secret was finally solved.
September 30
: Blizzard
nerfed WoD bonus objective experience
, Gladiator ensembles became
purchasable with Marks of Honor
, we datamined a
Thanos reference
, the
Famed Slayer of Denathrius
title was revealed, and Raider.io launched their
personalized expansion review feature
.
September 29
: The Harvest Festival went live in both
Classic
and
BFA
, we highlighted the
open source addon manager Ajour
, and we launched our own
line of face masks and window decals
in our shop.
September 28
: Blizzard released a complete viewers guide to the
WoW Classic Fall Conquest in Arathi Basin
and explained
conduits and conduit item levels
in Shadowlands, meanwhile Overwolf released their Shadowlands
roadmap for Curseforge
.
September 27
: Wildcard Gaming and M2KC won the
AWC Battle for Azeroth Regional Championships
, Rextroy used a
gently squeezed toad to become invincible
,
Tomb of Sargeras
was recreated in Minecraft, and
40 Paladins cleared Classic Molten Core
.
September 26
: DesMephisto started a new charity in support of the
California Fire Foundation
, we highlighted the unique
world quest epic Sorrowbane
, and
Data for Azeroth
used Blizzard API to create leaderboards for different activities within the game.
September 25
: Blizzard announced
new realm connections
, Scarab Lord Hycran reached
21 exalted reputations
in Classic WoW, and fan artist LightCurse shared a beautifully colored
Light-Infused Frostmourne
.
September 24
: DesMephisto collected all
one-handed sword transmogs
in the game, Blizzard announced plans to fix a bug with
Improved Weapon Totems
, and released a blog previewing the
new character customizations in Shadowlands
.
September 23
: Mike Morhaime announced his new game company:
Dreamahven
, an item was added to the beta to
upgrade your lowest rank conduits
, while Monks, Demon Hunters, Warriors, Death Knights, Mages, Warlocks, Shaman, Hunters, Priests, and Rogues all received blueposts detailing beta changes.
September 22
: Jennifer Klassing shared
quest design insights
, Blizzard announced no more
bonus rolls in Shadowlands
and discussed the big picture of
upcoming loot changes
, and we learned how to
upgrade legendaries
in the upcoming expansion.
September 21
: We learned about
BlizzConline in February
, Nobbel87 examined the
lore of the Maldraxxus Primus
, Blizzard announced the
end of BFA Season 4
, and the
retirement of the paid appearance change service
in favor of the in-game barber shop.
September 20
: We did a deep dive on
Afterlives: Revendreth
lore,
Vol'jin and Bwonsamdi's
stories continued in Shadowlands, the
Will Wipe for Achievements charity stream
ran, the
Synergy community 3v3 tournament
began, and the
Keystone Masters FX Mythic+ Tournament
went live
September 19
:
Dalaran
was recreated in Minecraft, Rextroy started
oneshotting players without corruption
, anima was
added to the Great Vault
, and
Pirates Day
went live!
September 18
: The
Wandering Ancient
won Blizzard's Shadowlands mount poll, and Blizzard added
instance locations
to old world maps,
September 17
: We learned more about the fate of
Garrosh Hellscream
in
Afterlives: Revendreth
, we speculated as to whether
Corruption succeeded in patch 8.3
, and Crashgaming became the
world first level 59 Rank 14 Grand Marshal
.
September 16
: Blizzard introduced another WoW
Classic Esports tournament in Arathi Basin
,
end of dungeon rewards were reduced
below heroic raid levels, and we looked back at previous
expansion pre-patch events
.
September 15
: Blizzard published a
deep dive on their WoW companion app
, we figured out how to
change covenants in Shadowlands
, and we analyzed the
PvP gearing systems of the past
.
September 14
: SnazzyAI
upscaled WoW cinematic wallpapers
to 8k, we found out the last two bosses of Castle Nathria would
drop higher item level loot
, and we
interviewed the deaf-friendly raiding guild
<Undaunted>.
September 13
: The
Jenafur battle pet secret
was finally solved after almost a year, and the Jailer was featured on the cover of
PC Gamer Magazine
.
September 12
: Rextroy turned
Bladestorm into Deathstorm
, and we speculated on the Shadowlands
pre-patch date
.
September 11
: The
Orgrimmar portal room underwent renovations
, the Council of Blood
dance was reworked
, and Druids were forced to
train expert riding to fly
.
September 10
:
Afterlives: Ardenweald
was released, and
we analyzed it
, the
faction leaders
were updated, and we showcased more
concept art
for the free Shadowlands mount poll.
September 9
: Game Director Ion Hazzikostas released a
Shadowlands development update
, Blizzard announced
special Torghast testing
, Blizzard announced they would not be "
pulling the ripcord
" in Shadowlands, and we learned that we could
add sockets to our gear
in Shadowlands.
September 8
: Fan art of
Henry Cavill as Arthas Menethil
inspired fans to dream of a Warcraft movie sequel, and we highlighted the
Ten Hour War before the Ten Hour War
on Wyrmthalak,
September 7
: Fan artist Handclaw released concept art for the
unfinished Barrens Warfront
.
September 6
: We learned about the origins of Alexandros Mograine's sword
Fatebringer
, Rextroy
one shot players in Arena
with a trinket, and community artists brainstormed designs for the
free Shadowlands mount poll
.
September 5
: We learned that the
Dreadlords might not have been serving the Burning Legion
all along.
September 4
: Blizzard announced
poll to choose the next free Shadowlands mount
, and fixed
automatic quest turn-ins
for the Ahn'Qiraj war effort.
September 3
:
Afterlives: Maldraxxus
released, we learned that automatic quest
turn-ins for Ahn'Qiraj weren't working
properly, tabards were updated to
display more textures
, and Flamegor-RU celebrated
90 Scarab Lords
!
September 2
: We learned how to
swap covenants
in Shadowlands, datamined new expansion
credits screens
, and previous expansion consumables were changed to
cap at level 50
,
September 1
: Horde and Alliance leadership
discussing Sylvanas
was datamined, WoD heirlooms were changed to
equip from level 1
, and
party buff scrolls
were removed from Shadowlands.
August
More Shadowlands datamining revealed Sinrunner Blanchy and the Slime Cats of Maldraxxus, we covered the increasingly dire issue of RMT on Chinese servers, and Reckful was immortalized as a Rogue trainer in Stormwind.
August 31
: Blizzard released details for the new Heroes of the Storm Warcraft & Starcraft crossover event
CraftWars
, a naked Monk
one-shot players with Touch of Death
, and the
Impressive Influence buff returned
.
August 30
: Legion turned
four years old
,
ReadyRaider
announced their 3v3 arena tournament, and new illustrated versions of
Rise of the Horde and Lord of the Clans
were announced.
August 29
: Rextroy figured out how to kill players while
naked without dismounting
.
August 28
: Garrosh's infamous "
Watch your clever mouth
" line was removed,
Warcraft Folk & Fairy Tales
was announced, we analyzed
Afterlives: Bastion
, and he
Teeming and Skittish
Mythic+ affixes were removed for Shadowlands.
August 27
:
Afterlives: Bastion
released at
Gamescom
, we tested the
new Mythic+ affixes
coming in Shadowlands, and players tried to march on Blizzard's Versailles office after being banned.
August 26
:
Class-wide artifact appearance transmogs
were announced for Shadowlands, and the
once per combat limitation
on health pots was removed.
August 25
: Game Director Ion Hazzikostas responded to concerns regarding
soloing Legion content
, and
Rextroy soloed Maut
in Ny'alotha.
August 24
: CSercan Ozyurt came up with more
class-specific tier set concepts
, and the
#SaveArugal
movement begged Blizzard to add layering back to the beleaguered realm.
August 23
: We discovered
Sinrunner Blanchy
and the
9 Slime Cats of Maldraxxus
.
August 22
: Keystone Masters announced their
MDI style tournament
.
August 21
: The
Shadywish Charity Event
offered free Horde Voidwing groups, MrGM discovered how to
dungeon boost in Shadowlands
in under 3 hours, and Rextroy
stacked Death Knights in RBGs
to give enemy players +1000% longer cooldowns.
August 20
: The Horde
locked down Ironforge
on Gandling for over twelve hours to stop players from finishing the Ahn'Qiraj war effort, we learned about
diminshing returns on secondary stat ratings
in Shadowlands, and the
world first 3-player Classic Onyxia
kill was earned.
August 19
: We confirmed
covenant bonuses worked in Mythic+ dungeons
, the Guide Mentor System
requirements changed
,
blacksmithing sockets were removed
, and we discovered Castle Nathria would drop
tokens instead of weapons
in Shadowlands.
August 18
: Rextroy figured a way around the
PvP socket bug
, players finally
tested the Great Vault
in Shadowlands, and the raid loot distribution tool
Soft Reserve
launched.
August 17
: Nvidia highlighted
Shadowlands raytracing support
, Rextroy explained how
sockets make you weaker in PvP
,
August 16
: We all got
free t-shirts
!
August 15
: Preheat
shared his thoughts
on the first raid of Shadowlands, and Colibri Workshop created a fantastic
Loque'nahak sculpture
.
August 14
: We discovered the
Mirror of Envious Dreams
, and the
Druid of the Flame Feral form
option was added to the barbershop.
August 13
: TheFeatheredPhoenix
painted a violin
depicting Ysera's life.
August 12
: <APES> and <Dreamstate> shared videos of their PvP events as they
raced to become Scarab Lords
, Rextroy one shot players
without using class abilities
, and we
analyzed Uther's character arc
in Shadowlands.
August 11
: We learned that the
Scourge Invasion would return
in the Shadowlands pre-patch, discovered
Elegon can be tamed
in Shadowlands, and found
Nathanos Blightcaller
in the Shadowlands pre-patch.
August 10
: DwPoker became the
guildless Scarab Lord of Faerlina
, and
Sinrunner Blanchy
was discovered in Shadowlands.
August 9
: We speculated on
Kel'Thuzad's role
in Shadowlands.
August 8
: We got a preview of
Exploring Azeroth: The Eastern Kingdoms
, Rextroy
one shot 20 people
with one Chaos Bolt, and DesMephisto continued his charity giveaways while supporting the
Austistic Self-Advocacy Network
.
August 7
:
Scholomance
made its way into Hearthstone, and we got our first look at the
Sire Denathrius encounter intro
.
August 6
:
Reckful was immortalized
as a Rogue trainer in Shadowlands, Blizzard workers organized a
list of workplace requests
, we learned that
Undead Beasts can be tamed
in Shadowlands, discovered
motion sickness accessibility controls
in Shadowlands, and discussed the importance of
nature resist gear in Ahn'Qiraj
.
August 5
: Blizzard engineers celebrated the
1 millionth change
to the WoW codebase, we took a look at the
upcoming leveling squish
, old Hunter pet families
received more species
in Shadowlands, and we datamined the full list of
Covenant renown rewards
.
August 4
: Activision Blizzard released their
second quarter financial results
, nearly a thousand players fought in the
Ten Hour War on Sulfuras
, <Onslaught> achieved the
first Classic C'Thun kill
, though <Rise> was the first guild to
fully clear AQ40
.
August 3
: Blizzard began taking action against the
Gallywix boosting community
for taking part in real money transactions, Chinese raiders were able to
get into AQ40 early
, Bloomberg reported that
Blizzard employees are underpaid
, Blizzard clarified how
procs work alongside the GCD
in Classic WoW, and we figured out
how the Great Vault works
.
August 2
: We updated our guides for the
launch of Classic phase 5
, and
Preach held a roundtable
discussion on Shadowlands dungeons.
August 1
: Blizzard took actions to
reduce players griefing
in pursuit of Scarab Lord.
July
July was a month of charity giveaways by DesMephisto and several prominant raid guilds, high level Mythic+ dungeon solo clears, Blizzard announced the extinction of the Brutosaur Caravan mount, and the community came together to mourn the passing of Byron 'Reckful' Bernstein.
July 31
: <Limit>, <Pieces>, and Wowhead teamed up to
giveaway Mythic N'Zoth mounts
, and the first
Scarab Lord reputation grinds
were completed within days of Phase 5 launch.
July 30
:
Blindfold customization options
were added to Demon Hunters, a Hunter leveled to 60 in Classic without a pets or ranged weapon, and
Atal'Dazar +20 was soloed
by a Demon Hunter.
July 29
: The first Classic AQ War Effort was
finished in 14 hours
, we learned about the seasonal Shadowlands
Mythic+ affix Prideful
, and a new debuff restricted players from
changing equipment or talents in Torghast
.
July 28
:
Freehold +17 was soloed
by a Demon Hunter, a one day ban was issued for
advertising in the group finder
, and
Classic relics began dropping
ahead of Phase 6.
July 27
: The Shadowlands alpha officially closed, prompting Blizzard to send
thank you emails
to testers, and we updated our
Shadowlands Soulbind calculator
to allow players to create and share their own personalized setups.
July 26
: SAGamer did a
deep dive on Revendreth
, featuring Kael'thas and Nathria armor sets.
July 25
: We analyzed
Alexandros Mograine's story
in Shadowlands.
July 24
: Blizzard announced the extinction of the
Mighty Caravan Brutosaur
, Sturmbart released his fully completed
Atlas of Azeroth
, we interviewed
BlindlyPlayingGames on gaming without vision
and other disabilities, and learned more about the
history of the Night Warriors
, as well as
Kael'thas in Revendreth
.
July 23
: Blizzard detailed what to
expect from the AQ events
, and we previewed the
Castle Nathria environment
.
July 22
: Hidden Azeroth explained
the (almost) complete history of WoW in 23 minutes
, the PvP medallion
talent slot was removed
, and we datamined several
weapons
,
armors
,
jelly cats
, and a new
Sylvanas model
on the Shadowlands alpha.
July 21
: Incendius shared their
AQ preparation spreadsheet
, the first wave of
Shadowlands raid testing
was announced, and
patch 8.3.7 went live
.
July 20
: <Pieces> hosted an EU
Mythic N'Zoth mount giveaway
, and we learned more about the
Necrolord Abomination Factory
.
July 19
: Nobbel87 analyzed the
story of Shadow's Rising
prequel novel, highlighted imaDreamwalker's
D&D inspired art
, and a
Hunter soloed Mythic Eonar
.
July 18
: DesMephisto continued charity efforts in support of the
Joyful Heart Foundation
.
July 17
: A question of impropriety was raised after
a player was banned
by a GM watching a friends twitch stream,
Preach interviewed
Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, and
addons became available
on the Shadowlands alpha.
July 16
: We explored the
Night Fae ampitheater
, Nobbel87
interviewed Madeleine Roux
, and a new
200 Corruption effect
was added.
July 15
: Gladiator
mounts became account-wide
in Shadowlands, we datamined a host of customization options and class changes, and the Blizzard launcher was
updated from alpha to beta
.
July 14
: Zappy Boy Zekhan became
canonized in Shadow's Rising
, and Demonology Warlocks
got an interrupt
.
July 13
:
Bellular interviewed
Ion Hazzikostas, and we previewed the
Venthyr Ember Court
.
July 12
: BDGG presented the
Raiding for RAINN
charity stream, and a 58 second
Classic Onyxia speed record
was set.
July 11
: Onyxia was defeated by a
group of naked characters
, Atal'Dazar was
recreated in Minecraft
, and we explored
renown in Shadowlands
.
July 10
: Archaeology was revealed to
not receive updates
in Shadowlands, City Guards and NPCs received
more diverse appearances
, we datamined the
Kyrian Path of Ascension
, and Blizzard released previews for
each covenant and the Maw
.
July 9
: Another huge
Shadowlands info drop
, CN region players got a WoW Classic
Panda Cub pets
, Ion Hazzikostas talked about
loot in Shadowlands
, and the
world first BFA +30 Mythic dungeon
was achieved.
July 8
: We got a huge
Shadowlands developer update
, the
Shadowlands beta
was announced, Diablolus began their
world tour
and mental health charity program, and the Shadowlands
physical collectors edition
was revealed.
July 7
: <Progress> and <Onslaught> set
new speed clear records
in Classic Molten Core and Blackwing Lair, and Blizzard activated
4 additional bag slots
for Classic players with authenticators.
July 6
: Jay the Tavern Bard released his first wow themed
synthwave music track
, and Blizzard announced the
Shadow's Rising prequel novel
.
July 5
: Panterius Workshop created highly detailed
Guardian Druid Bear and Worgen figurines
.
July 4
: We analyzed the Shadowlands
combat potions changes
.
July 3
: DesMephisto collected all plate transmog while streaming in support of the
National Alliance on Mental Illness
.
July 2
: The WoW community came together to celebrate and mourn the passing of
Byron 'Reckful' Bernstein
.
July 1
: The
shared cooldown on combat potions
was removed, the
Exile's Reach starter zone
became testable on the Shadowlands alpha, we got an early look at
Bolvar arriving in Oribos
, and the Hunter
pet stable size was increased
from 60 to 200.
June
June was filled with further datamining, testing the Shadowlands introductory questlines, corruptions became purchasable from MOTHER, and Twitch sold Curseforge to Overwolf.
June 30
: Wyolin soloed the first known
5 player 5 mask Horrific Vision
, and Blizzard updated
Pelagos' pronouns
.
June 29
: The first
Mythic +29 dungeon was completed
in time.
June 28
: Nobbel87 shared the lore of the
Pantheon of Death
, and Alexandros Mograine
received a new Ashbringer
in Shadowlands.
June 27
: The
Running of the Trolls
charity event supporting the Trevor Project occured, and we got our first look at the
Darkmoon Decks
in Shadowlands.
June 26
: The
Pearl of the Abyss
toy was confirmed to be unobtainable in-game, Blizzard promised replacements for
damaged charity server blades
, and we highlighted the hand made sculptures from
Panterius Workshop
.
June 25
: The
Shadowlands introductory questline
first became testable on the Alpha, we speculated on whether Calia Menethil would become the newest
leader of the Forsaken
, and Blizzard began another round of
Silithus stress testing
in preparation for the release of AQ40.
June 24
: The
Small World of Warcraft board game
became available, Night Elves received
scar customizations
including a reminder of Teldrassil, and the
Shadowlands reveal stream
was rescheduled.
June 23
: We analyzed an
excerpt from Shadow's Rising
, Overwolf discussed their
acquisition of Curseforge
, and Duncan Jones talked about the
Warcraft Movie's scrapped sequels
.
June 22
: Sturmbart began the
Atlas of Azeroth
cartography project, Twitch sold
Curseforge to Overwolf
, and we learned Nathanos Blightcaller would be a
raid boss in Shadowlands
.
June 21
:
40 Paladins
cleared Molten Core on the Classic PTR,
40 Druids
did the same on live servers, and the Midsummer Fire Festival went live in
Classic
and
BFA
.
June 20
: We highlighted the
Warcraft amigurumi
made by Krejdar, and analyzed datamined voice dialogue from
Mathias Shaw
and
Nathanos Blightcaller
.
June 19
: Blizzard president J. Allen Brack announced actions to
support the Black Community
, devs
published feedback
regarding their Silithus stress test, and Hearthstone celebrated the
Felfire Festival
.
June 18
: The AQ
Silithus stress test
started.
June 17
:
Single-Minded Fury
was added back to Fury Warriors, Worgen figured out how to customize their
Human form
separately in Shadowlands, Blizzard significantly reduced
Auction House throttling
, and over
74,000 accounts were suspended
due to exploitative gameplay.
June 16
: We
interviewed Sebens
, the Mythic tank with no hands, a
Battle of Dazar'alor raid skip
was added, and
Blizzard throttled players
using addons to run too many Auction House querries, Blizzard published a blog confirming a
rotation on the Corruption vendor
, a
30 instances per day limit
was added to Classic instances, and Batwan soloed the
world first Restless Cabal
.
June 15
: Blizzard asked for help in
reporting bots
, Method
acquired Wago.io
, and Blizzard published an article about the
Party Sync feature
.
June 14
: We learned how Protection Paladins could cause an infinite
DPS loop on Maut
, we highlighted all of the upcoming
covenant spell effects
, and we found several
famous characters in Shadowlands
.
June 13
: Tedj soloed Classic
Zul'Gurub naked
, and the Chinese guild <Scary Maze> defeated N'Zoth without going into the
Mythic-only phase
.
June 12
: Covenant gateways were
added to Oribos
, and Julie Colilbri created a fantastic
Ysera sculpture
.
June 11
: Activision Blizzard
pledged $4 million
to fight against systemic inequality,
Class animations
were added to the character creation screen, Blizzard announced that Druids could choose their bear and cat form
appearances in the barber shop
, and
PvP power
was datamined in Shadowlands.
June 10
: We highlighted the increasing
impact of botting and RMT
in Classic WoW, and Talah recreated the
Warcraft cosmology chart
in color.
June 9
: Rextroy amassed an army of
300 Kul Tiran guards
, and 40 Druids attempted
Classic Molten Core
with mixed results.
June 8
: Blizzard announced the WoW
Classic Summer Bowl PvP tournament
, and IKEdit released their best of the
MDI fan cinematic
.
June 7
: Zephryus sent us pictures of his
wordworked Horde PC
, and Zeegers set a new
speedrun record
for leveling in Classic WoW.
June 6
: Blizzard
announced nerfs
for the Gushing Wounds and Versatile corruptions,
June 5
: Blizzard postponed their
Shadowlands reveal livestream
, and added a second layer to the
Classic Arugal and Feaerlina
realms.
June 4
: Blizzard hotfixed the ability to track
world buffs in Classic raid encounters
, while Sulfuras and Ashbringer were recreated in
Monster Hunter: World
.
June 3
: Rextroy one-shot Drest'agath with a
39 million damage Stormstrike
, and we took a closer look at
speedrunning raids in Classic WoW
.
June 2
:
Corruptions were hotfixed
and we got some Shadowlands
mount previews
.
June 1
: Blizzard announced they would not be fixing as bug with the
Ineffable Truth corruption
.
May
May saw several class-stacked challenge groups clear Classic Molten Core and Ny'alotha in BFA, we celebrated the 15th anniversary of Leeroy Jenkins, and Rextroy started soloing bosses in the new raid.
May 31
: Classic Molten Core was
cleared by 40 Shaman
, WoW Esports teased a new
Classic PvP event
, and SAGamer published a deep dive on the
audio visual design of Bastion
.
May 30
: Heroic Ny'alotha was cleared by
29 Fire Mages
, Stranglethorn Vale was
recreated in Unreal Engine
, and DesMephisto leveled to
50 in under 4 hours
.
May 29
:
Wrath of the Lich King server blades
went on sale in China, Blizzard added a second layer to
Classic Herod and Whitemane
, Ion Hazzikostas tweeted about
Blood and Void Elf eyes
in Shadowlands.
May 28
: Game Director Ion Hazzikostas tweeted about the
Ineffable Truth nerf
, and some Classic realms gained transfer restrictions to
control population
.
May 27
: Blizzard announced a
Shadowlands reveal event
, while Blood and Void Elves received
blue eye customizations
in Shadowlands.
May 26
: BlizzCon 2020 was
officially cancelled
.
May 25
: Rextroy used PvP scaling to
one shot players while naked
, and Allakatter used AI to render
2D wallpapers in 3D
.
May 24
: Nobbel87 dived into the
lore of Warcraft cosmology
, and DesMephisto continued to set
speed leveling records
.
May 23
: We highlighted several
World of Artcraft
community creations.
May 22
: Rextroy one shot Wrathion with a single
115 million damage hit
.
May 21
: We datamined a new
mail Ardenweald covenant armor
set, Blood Elf
character customizations
,
blue eyes
for Void Elves,
PvP vendors in Shadowlands
, and the ability to
transmog shoulders separately
!
May 20
: We datamined
boneless undead models
, Dr Five leveled to
60 by killing boars
, and Bloodmallet began expanding into
personalized character charts
.
May 19
: Blizzard announced that items
cleansed could be recorrupted
, and the
impressive influence buff
was extended.
May 18
: Beast Kingdom released a
new Sylvanas figurine
, and Blizzard began adjusting
cooldowns on the GCD
in Shadowlands.
May 17
: Handclaw released over
200 heritage themed armor set
concepts, and we took an early look at Alpha
pet battle changes
.
May 16
: We highlighted a redditors plea to help
save WoW from RMT
in China, and Arathi Basin was
recreated in Minecraft
.
May 15
: Polygon interviewed
Paul Kubit about Torgahst
, and Classic
layering was disabled
for US realms.
May 14
: Blizzard responded to concerns regarding
time-limiting Torghast
, while WowChakra interviewed Ion Hazzikostas about
legendaries and heritage armor
.
May 13
: Torghast was updated with
soft-timed Torments
, Blizzard asked for feedback regarding
covenant signature and class abilities
in Torghast, and a Bladeflurry change prompted a
discussion over cooldowns on the GCD
.
May 12
: Preach
interviewed Morgan Day
regarding Shadowlands systems, Rextroy showcased a
one million damage
death from above combo, and the
Small World of Warcraft board game
was revealed.
May 11
: We celebrated the
15th anniversary
of Leeroy Jenkins, and
WIRED interviewed Ion
Hazzikostas, while Jay the Tavern Bard and Sharm of Stormsong
covered the Invincible theme
,
May 10
: Streamers discovered
Classic WoW supports wargames
.
May 9
: AJT2k19 recreated the
Warcraft Cosmology chart in color
.
May 8
: Fairafar recreated
Gilneas as an action RPG
in Unreal Engine, and we compared the
height of faction leaders
in WoW.
May 7
: Rextroy
soloed Dark Inquisitor
Xanesh, and we got our
first look at Mueh'zala
.
May 6
:
Unicorns learned to fly
in Shadowlands, cooldowns and
pull timer slash commands
were added, and J. Allen Brack commented on the
social experience of World of Warcraft
.
May 5
: Activision Blizzard reported their
first quarter earnings
, confirmed
Shadowlands would release in 2020
, and Blizzard put up job listings for an
unannounced mobile project
.
May 4
: Rextroy
soloed the Hivemind
in Ny'alotha.
May 3
: We previewed
gamepad support
coming to Shadowlands.
May 2
: Star Duke created an
anime intro for Battle for Azeroth
, and Rextroy
soloed Il'gynoth
in Ny'alotha.
May 1
:
20 tanks cleared half
of Mythic Ny'alotha,
Children's Week 2020
started, and
Ironforge was recreated
in Unreal Engine.
April
April begain with annual pranks, led into the first wave of Shadowlands alpha invites, and closed with Mike Morhaime bemoaning the declining social experience in WoW.
April 30
: Classic Earthfury was
returned to a single layer
, Blizzard announced the closure of
free realm transfers
, and Ghostcrawler commented on
WoW's early social experience
.
April 29
: Mike Morhaime spoke on the
declining social experience
in WoW, We discovered
ray tracing options
and new
Death Knight eye glows
, while new
character customization sliders were implemented
on the Shadowlands alpha.
April 28
: Blizzard announced that single
Demon Hunter realm restrictions
would be lifted, while Ion Hazzikostas was
interviewed by Zoltan
and the
Jailer model
in Shadowlands was confirmed.
April 27
: Stormind and Orgrimmar received
several updates for Shadowlands
.
April 26
: Heroic Ny'alotha was
cleared by 30 tanks
, Nobbel87 discussed the
lore of the Shadowlands alpha
, and Voolcan created the fan made
Journey to Gilneas
cinematic trailer.
April 25
: We discussed
what to do before Shadowlands
releases, and
Revendreth's story was revealed
on the alpha.
April 24
: Blizzard shared their virtual
Take your Child to Work Day
celebration, DesMephisto streamed for 35 hours for inclusion in the
Guinness Book of World Records
, and new
human face customizations
were uncovered on the alpha.
April 23
: Fresh characters were given the ability to
choose their starting location
in Shadowlands, and new
Death Knight runeforges
were added on the alpha.
April 22
: Human females received
jewelry character customizations
, while we learned that Draenor and Broken Isles Pathfinder would
no longer be required for flying
after Shadowlands launch.
April 21
: Blizzard
confirmed gamepad support
for WoW, and NPCs now
notice the player's presence
on the alpha.
April 20
: The long running
Zul'Gurub enchant exploit
was hotfixed, the
Impressive Influence buff
went live, and we celebrated the
Great Noblegarden Egg Hunt
of 2020.
April 19
: Blizzard commented on
trading Classic Zul'Gurub enchants
.
April 18
: We speculated on the
tortured souls of past heroes
which we may find in Torghast.
April 17
: The
Artisan Riding Skill was removed
from Shadowlands, the
Winds of Wisdom experience buff was extended
to cover Shadowlands, and
layers returned to high population Classic realms
.
April 16
: Blizzard announced
early leveling tuning
following the leveling squish, and we got our
first look at Torghast
, Tower of the Damned.
April 15
: Blizzard
restricted character creation
and offered free character transfers on a few overly populated realms, and we saw what was believed to be the
world first 5 High Priest Hakkar
kill.
April 14
: Blizzard clarified that new quests would make their way to
Silithus in Phase 4
, we datamined several racial customizations being added in Shadowlands, and Alliance
Ny'alotha Hall of Fame
officially closed.
April 13
: We celebrated
Noblegarden 2020
, while we datamined several rounds of
character customization
and
Maw armor sets
.
April 12
: We took a look at the
biggest lore reveals
of the Shadowlands alpha.
April 11
: We took a look at new
ghost form animations
, and got an early
preview of Torghast
, Tower of the Damned in Shadowlands.
April 10
: A new skybox appeared showing the
Shadowlands above Icecrown
, while Taliesin & Evitel
interviewed Steve Danuser
.
April 9
: The
first wave of Shadowlands alpha invites
went out, Blizzard outlined their
reasoning behind AoE changes
, and the Alliance version of
Exile's Reach became available
for testing.
April 8
: Many
AoE abilities were target capped
, and we previewed the
new player starting experience
.
April 7
: Blizzard announced
free character transfers
for select Classic realms, and we continued to early datamining of the Shadowlands alpha.
April 6
: Blizzard posted an early
Shadowlands alpha development
, and Hearthstone experienced
the Burning Crusade
.
April 5
: We published a restrospective on the
removal of tier sets
.
April 3
: Xirev earned
all 3,927 achievements
in WoW.
April 2
: We published a roundup of all the WoW related
April Fools jokes
.
April 1
:
April Fools
- Blizzard published patch 8.8.8 build 88888 patch notes, and we
joined the fun
with a little fake datamining.
March
March saw the close of the Ny'alotha Hall of Fame, John Staats continued his WoW Diary Reddit book tour, and Blizzard sent out a survey exploring the possibility of a Classic Burning Crusade.
March 30
: WoW themed dresses were
recreated in Animal Crossing
, Blizzard announced the MDI would be
remote from home
.
March 29
: Nobbel87 shared lore from the
Traveler's Series story of WoW
.
March 28
: We prepared a guide to help get
fresh alts ready for Shadowlands
.
March 27
: Blizzard sent out a
Classic Burning Crusade survey
March 26
: Blizzard announced
legacy loot rules
for Legion dungeons and raids.
March 25
: We discovered another
encrypted Shadowlands alpha build
.
March 21
: The first
Method Mayhem 3v3 tournament
finals were held.
March 20
: The
Winds of Wisdom experience buff
went live, Restrictions on purchasing
role specific azerite essences
were removed, and Blizzard published a
level 120 catch-up article
.
March 18
:
Year of the Phoenix and Ashes of Outland
came to Hearthstone,
bonus reputation contracts
were removed, and Windows Central
interviewed Steve Danuser
.
March 17
: Echoes of Ny'alotha were
removed from emissary quests
, Blizzard shipped another
encrypted Shadowlands build
, and
Azerite Essences became available
for purchase from MOTHER.
March 16
: Blizzard published details regarding the
Echoes of Ny'alotha system
.
March 15
: The Horde Ny'alotha
Hall of Fame officially closed
, and Blizzard announced the winners of their annual
Student Art Contest
.
March 14
: The
Keystone Masters Mythic+ Tournament
went live, and researchers looked to the
Corrupted Blood incident
from WoW's past for help in fighting the coronavirus.
March 13
: Blizzard announced
work from home policies
for their employees.
March 12
: Echoes of Ny'alotha purchased
account-wide rank 3 essences
were announced, Blizzard confirmed that their
first battleground holiday
would be delayed, and
Daniel Alegre was named the new President & COO
of Activision Blizzard.
March 11
: John Staats published another
excerpt from his WoW Diary
and answered questions about the development of vanilla WoW.
March 10
: Blizzard announced
numerous Classic account suspensions
for violating the Code of Conduct.
March 9
: Blizzard revealed their
holiday battleground schedule
for Classic WoW.
March 6
: We added a new
web notification system
for Wowhead news!
March 5
: Blizzard outlined how Malefic Cores would
increase legendary cloak resistance
beyond rank 15.
March 4
:
John Staats held another AMA
regarding his WoW Diary.
March 3
: The
legendary cloak proc
was buffed, and a new
excerpt from Shadow's Rising
gave insights on the growing power struggle between Anduin, Turalyon, and Genn Greymane.
March 2
: Signups for
AWC and MDI 2020 opened
, and the
Twilight Devastation corruption
was nerfed.
March 1
: Players began discovering
Odd Crystals inside Horrific Visions
.
February
February led with Complexity Limit's Race to World First victory over mythic N'Zoth, plans for Diablo and Overwatch animated series were leaked, several hotfixes targeted corruptions, and the addition of the WoW token to Chinese Classic servers.
February 28
: Blizzard added a
new portal in the Vale
of Eternal Blossoms after defeating the Assault boss.
February 27
: The
WoW Token was added to Classic WoW
in China, Blizzard published a blog on
acquiring the Visions of N'Zoth legendary cloak
, and the Classic WoW PTR went up for
Zul'Gurub and Arathi Basin testing
.
February 26
: Blizzard responded to concerns regarding
resetting the timer on Classic Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer
.
February 24
: The
Fall of the Lich King cinematic was remastered
by a group of passionate fans.
February 22
: Players figured out how to
determine the bad potion
in Horrific Vision of Stormind.
February 21
: A
WoW music festival was announced in Shanghai
, China, featuring classical WoW music remixed into modern styles.
February 20
: Blizzard shipped the first
encrypted Shadowlands alpha build
, and John Staats held another
WoW Diary AMA
,
February 18
: Raider.io interviewed
world first Ny'alotha winners Complexity-Limit
.
February 17
: The President of Activision Studios inadvertently leaked plans for
Diablo and Overwatch animated series
.
February 15
: Keystone Masters announced their
live WinterSpring Fling tournament
, and players figured out how to
determine the good and bad potions
in Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar.
February 14
: A hotfix enabled the
second tier of Ineffable Truth
, and we highlighted the
Corruption Tooltips addon
.
February 13
: Blizard revealed their
Arena World Championship and MDI 2020 plans
, nerfed the
Awakened Obelisk seasonal affix mini-bosses
, and the ongoing
merchandizing deal with Wild Bangarang
ended.
February 12
: Classic
phase 3 went live
and
Blackwing Lair was quickly cleared
by <Progress> and <Calamity>. Meanwhile, Warcraft Radio interviewed Ion Hazzikostas on the
race to world first Ny'alotha
.
February 11
: WarcraftLogs created new
rules for ranking Classic WoW speedruns
.
February 10
: Titanforge Podcast
interviewed world first Complexity Limit raiders
, and Christie Golden's new book
Exploring Azeroth: The Eastern Kingdoms was revealed
.
February 9
: Nobbel87 explored the
story of the Fourth War, the Battle for Azeroth
.
February 8
: Method claimed
world second Mythic N'Zoth
, Blizzard made
Void Stalkers tamable
by all Hunters, and
Love is in the Air 2020
was celebrated.
February 7
: Blizzard Watch revealed that
Shadow's Rising will serve as a prequel novel
for Shadowlands.
February 6
: Activision Blizzard reported its
quarter 4 earnings
and announced Diablo Immortal testing.
February 5
: Complexity Limit claimed
world first Mythic N'Zoth
, Blizzard announced significant nerfs to the
Echoing Void corruption
, and John Staats held another
WoW Diary AMA
.
February 4
:
February 3
: Blizzard made N'Zoth much harder by
hotfixing the Thought Harvesters
, and we broke down exactly what
made Mythic N'Zoth so difficult
.
February 2
: Blizzard
despawned Mythic N'Zoth mid-attempt
before a glitch would allow the boss to be defeated prematurely.
February 1
: We speculated on the
Mythic N'Zoth secret
phase.
January
January saw the launch of Patch 8.3, Visions of N'Zoth, and opening of the Ny'alotha, the Waking City raid.
January 31
: Blizzard worked on a
fix for Mythic Carapace of N'Zoth
, and the boss was quickly
defeated by Complexity Limit
.
January 30
: Complexity Limit defeated Drest'agath
12 seconds after enrage
, and hotfixes enabled
new Hunter pet tames
.
January 29
: Complexity Limit
defeated Ra-den
after
major hotfixes
, and Blizzard made several
Aqir bugs tamable by Hunters
.
January 28
: The
Mythic Race to World First Ny'alotha began
and several bosses fell, while more
corruption hotfixes
as Echoing Void was nerfed again and Sk'shuul Vaz was buffed.
January 27
: Blizzard confirmed that
trinkets could not proc corruption
, and the Echoing Void corruption was
nerfed in PvP
.
January 26
: Nobbel87 shared the
story of Ny'alotha, the Waking City
.
January 25
: We realized that Wrathion's
legendary cloak was required for N'Zoth
raid encounters, and the 2020
Lunar Festival went live
was celebrated in Classic WoW.
January 24
: Blizzard announced that the MDI and AWC esports events would be
streamed exclusively on Youtube
, and the 2020 Luna Festival
went live in BFA
.
January 23
: Raidbots enabled new options to
simulate corruption effects
, and the Infinite Stars corruption was hotfixed to
no longer scale with attack or spell power
.
January 22
: We discovered a secret questline to become a
rare Vision of N'Zoth assault mob
, John Staats held a
WoW Diary AMA
, and Blizzard fixed a bug preventing
auction house mail from being delivered
.
January 21
:
Ny'alotha launched
and was subsequently cleared, revealing the
final N'Zoth cutscene
, and the
Rajani Warserpent mount
was finally discovered,
January 20
: We previewed the new mounts and pets coming in
Ny'alotha, the Waking City
.
January 19
: Nobble87 shared the
story of Visions of N'Zoth
.
January 16
: Blizzard
overturned bans
for repeatedly looting Black Empire coffers,
nerfed the Infinite Stars corruption
, and more
issues plagued the auction house
.
January 15
: Millenium interviewed Ion Hazzikostas and confirmed there would be
no patch 8.3.5
. Meanwhile Blizzard commented on several
issues plaguing the auction house
.
January 14
: Blizzard released the
Visions of N'Zoth patch trailer
, clarified the process to
unlock Mechagnomes by Horde players
, and confirmed the
Gift of N'Zoth would persist
through patch 8.3.
January 13
: Blizzard
updated the Mechagnome Allied Race introduction
, and we datamined the new
Vulpera
,
Pandaren and Allied Race Death Knight introductions
, as well as the
Horde
and
Alliance
Blood War Epilogue cinematics.
January 12
:
Legendary transmog restrictions were lifted
further.
January 11
: Several azerite essences were made
easier to acquire
.
January 10
: Blizzard announced that
Classic Blackwing Lair attunements
were available, and made a large post detailing
what to expect in patch 8.3 and Season 4
.
January 9
: Blizzard posted their
official Auction House update preview
, informed players that
keystone levels would downgrade
between Season 3 and 4, while also releasing a preview of the
Horrific Visions and N'Zoth assaults
.
January 8
: Blizzard posted their official
Allied Race and Pandaren Death Knight update preview
.
January 7
: We got a
preview of the Ny'alotha raid
, players
tested LFR
, and we published a
guide to collecting Corrupted Mementos
.
January 6
: We
interviewed Mike Bybee and Steve Danuser
on the upcoming Visions of N'Zoth patch.
January 3
: We finally got to test
adding sockets to our gear
with the Gouged Eye of N'Zoth, and
Arena Season 3 resumed
after an unscheduled temporary pause.
January 2
: Blizzard posted an updated on
Arena Season 3 ending prematurely
, and previewed the
mounts coming in Visions of N'Zoth
.
January 1
: With Visions of N'Zoth on the horizon, we highlighted the new
Vulpera allied race
.
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