World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft’s next expansion The War Within will run a beta before launch, and you can sign up now

First instalment in Worldsoul Saga trilogy due to arrive sometime this summer

World of Warcraft Classic revisits 14-year-old expansion Cataclysm next month

Pre-launch patch lands on April 30th ahead of next expansion.

World Of Warcraft is adding a PvEvP battle royale mode with pirates

Plunderstorm offers rewards including a pet crab and parrot mount

World Of Warcraft expansion The War Within will release over summer 2024 - Blizzard reveal content roadmap

The rough timeline for next year's updates and expansions for WOW and WOW Classic

Next WoW expansion introduces paid early access, but Blizzard promise it'll offer "no long-term advantage"

$90 premium edition creates War Within the community

"Players have no patience", says Blizzard president - "they want new stuff every day, every hour"

And it takes big teams and monetisation to make that happen

World Of Warcraft's next three expansions have been announced, starting with The War Within

New playable race, new zones

Former World of Warcraft and League of Legends MMO developer is working on another new fantasy MMORPG

Greg ‘Ghostcrawler’ Street left Riot Games earlier this year after close to a decade at the studio

Warcraft lore master Chris Metzen is back at Blizzard full-time to work on WoW’s “next generation of adventures”

After returning as creative advisor last year

UK regulator provisionally approves Microsoft's Activision-Blizzard buyout, following Ubisoft deal

Selling Actiblizz cloud gaming rights to Ubi will ensure "open competition", CMA says

World of Warcraft looks to support Ukraine with charitable pet pack and the help of Mila Kunis

Ukraine-born actor Kunis is a noted fan of the MMO

The FTC has asked a US court to temporarily block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard

The latest snag in Microsoft's attempt at the biggest deal in video game history

NetEase staff take hammers to World Of Warcraft statue, calls Blizzard "unseemly and commercially illogical"

As 14-year relationship nears its end

Yet another Activision Blizzard studio has formed a union

Recently acquired Proleteriat are third studio this year

WoW: Dragonflight’s roadmap sets out zones, raids, and surprises for 2023

Two major updates are planned for next year, between smaller drops

Blizzard's Dragonflight trial lets WoW subscribers try a spot of swooping

Only in the first area, though

Retired Blizzard veteran Chris Metzen is coming back to Warcraft

Six years after he left the company

World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight is about to flap out

WoW, a dragon

Blizzard and Chinese publisher NetEase are parting ways after 14 years

The publishing deal between the companies expires in January

UK competition authority target March for decision on Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard

As Microsoft launch a website praising the acquisition as their "vision for gaming"

World Of Warcraft’s Dragonflight expansion lifts off on November 28th

The Dragon Isles are home to a new class, more dungeons, and plenty of winged beasties

Microsoft's buyout of Activision Blizzard "could lead to competition concerns" say UK regulators

An in-depth second phase investigation will now go ahead

World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King Classic’s pre-patch resurrects Death Knights today

Get an unholy head start before the full expansion arrives in September

World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King Classic is out September 26th

Wow, back from the dead again

World Of Warcraft’s upcoming Dragonflight expansion might let players choose their pronouns

It’s also relabelling body types to be less gender specific

Review: Wot I Think: World of Warcraft: Legion

One fel swoop

Review: Wot I Think: World Of Warcraft - Warlords Of Draenor

Hearth and home

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Where to play with your massive friends

What's better: a fresh new MMO server, or Viscera Cleanup Detail's Sniffer tool?

Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games

Ask RPS: what is your favorite co-op gaming memory?

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Our favourite RPS videos from 2022

11 months of #content distilled into one handy article

Supporters only: World Of Warcraft's past magic lies buried in YouTube comments

"These stories of people logging off forever in some place they love, with their friends or alone, ALWAYS make me emotional"

Has World Of Warcraft become too big for its own good?

Know your history

Inventory Space: getting into World Of Warcraft in 2022 reveals a disjointed MMO buckling under the weight of its expansions

Say hello to a new RPS video series, where we examine the starter experience of live service games, and the demands of fitting them into your everyday life

RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2004

We list our favourite games from 2004, and why they deserve to be preserved above everything else

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal has deeper implications for video games than you think

Corporate monopolies might be inevitable, but they also aren't good

I want to play MMORPGs again, but I don't like them anymore

Or do I?

World Of Warcraft's Elwynn Forest is my happy place

Those were the days

The Shadowlands expansion makes World Of Warcraft interesting again

A whole new Warcraft

World Of Warcraft Classic's first two weeks have been one big high school reunion

Bedtime optional

World Of Warcraft Classic is more than just a phase

Going back to Azeroth

For a WoW veteran, World of Warcraft: Classic is like coming home

Lfg

"For the what?": Why Battle for Azeroth's call to arms isn't working for Horde players

A somewhat partisan issue

The RPG Scrollbars: Second Chance Servers

The MMOs that came back from the dead

The RPG Scrollbars: Language Of Uncommon Tongues

Getting your keks

The RPG Scrollbars: A Meal Fit For A Hero

HP Source

The RPG Scrollbars: Back To World of Warcraft: Legion

It 'aint easy beating green

The World before time: original WoW, revisited

LFG like it's 2006

The power of gaming communities

And why developers should do more

Supporters only: I Dream Of Dun Morogh, Redux

Back to basics

I Dream Of Dun Morogh

A return to World of Warcraft's loveliest zone

Heading back to World Of Warcraft with Nostalrius

What's it like to revisit the WoW of old?