World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. At its peak in 2010, its subscriber base reached 12 million players.
The game’s eighth expansion, Shadowlands, launched on November 23, 2020 and sold over 3.7 million units globally on release day, making it the “fastest-selling PC game of all time”, according to publisher Activision Blizzard.
World of Warcraft News
In Brief
World of Warcraft launches a battle royale-inspired limited-time event
Plunderstorm supports 60 players
Former Call of Duty GM Johanna Faries appointed as Blizzard’s new president
The ex-NFL executive will replace the outgoing Mike Ybarra
World of Warcraft 2024 roadmap confirms The War Within’s launch window
The game's new expansion will arrive by early autumn next year
Blizzard announces 3 new World of Warcraft expansions and Cataclysm Classic
The next expansion is The War Within
BlizzCon 2023 live stream schedule and how to watch the show
Featuring Diablo, World of Warcraft, Overwatch and more
Blizzard veteran Chris Metzen is now Warcraft’s executive creative director
He's helping World of Warcraft's leadership in "crafting the next generation of adventures"
World of Warcraft writer claims Blizzard fired him after he added ‘corporate greed’ jokes
The dialogue in question was reportedly in the game for a week until someone "very high" saw it
BlizzCon is returning in November
It will be the convention’s first in-person event since 2019
NetEase is now reportedly suing Blizzard following their China licensing split
NetEase is reportedly demanding compensation for unsold merchandise and refunds
Blizzard’s games were reportedly pulled from China after Activision felt NetEase ‘threatened’ Bobby Kotick
It’s claimed Activision believed NetEase could attempt to scupper Microsoft’s takeover bid