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Welcome Back Weekend: World of Warcraft is Temporarily Free to Play
Players who currently have their WoW accounts inactive have noticed that their accounts are temporarily free to play. Accounts that have been deactivated for a long time, have also been updated to Warlords of Draenor accounts. This was first noticed on a
r/wow Reddit
thread. This will last through
June 24th
, and is part of the
Welcome Back Weekend
Promotion!
PTR
Burning of Teldrassil - Horde Playthrough and Unlocking Darkshore World Quests
In the 8.0 PTR, Horde players have access to the prelude to the Burning of Teldrassil questline. We accompany Sylvanas as she moves through Darkshore.
Story Spoilers
BFA
Battle for Azeroth New Spell Animations: Warlock Summons
With the
latest Battle for Azeroth Beta Build
hitting the test servers, we were able to see that a couple of spell animations were added along with it.
Continuing the Warlock spell animation revamp, Build 26871 added new summon animations for Warlock summons!
Summon Imp
,
Summon Voidwalker
,
Summon Succubus
,
Summon Felhunter
and
Summon Felguard
now have the demon spawn from a portal from the Twisting Nether!
BFA
Dark Iron Dwarf - Mole Machine Racial now usable on Beta
When the Dark Iron Dwarf racials were first announced, the
Mole Machine
racial was not implemented. As of build 26871, the Mole Machine has been implemented! The Mole Machine has a 30-minute cooldown, and can be used while outdoors as a portal to Stormwind or Ironforge.
BFA
Battle for Azeroth Build 26871 Highlights - Loading Screens, Encounter Journal Art
It's time for our weekly Beta build! This build includes Adventure Journal entries for the upcoming Uldir raid, Broadcast Text involving Jaina, and the Sethrak, and new Global strings.
Blizzard
Alliance and Horde Skins from Echoes of Alterac Heroes of the Storm Event
With the
Echoes of Alterac
event live in Heroes of the Storm, many characters, both from and not part of the Warcraft universe, have received Warcraft-themed skins, showing their Alliance or Horde pride. Below, we will see all of those skin tints, as well as the bundles that sell those skins!
Like any of those skins you see here? Then check out our
Alterac Pass Overview
post for a chance to win a skin bundle!!
Blizzard
Echoes of Alterac: Alterac Pass Map Now Live in HotS - Giveaway!
The Warcraft-themed event in Heroes of the Storm,
Echoes of Alterac
, is running through July 9th. On its second week, a new map is released permanently on the Blizzard MOBA: Alterac Pass! Together with the map inspired by the
Alterac Valley
battleground, new Warcraft-themed skins for select heroes were added to Heroes of the Storm. Read on for our map overview and tips, as well as a giveaway for bundles of free Warcraft heroes and skins!
PTR
Artifact Retirement Questline now available on the 8.0 PTR (SPOILER WARNING)
A new build has been added on the 8.0 Pre-Patch PTR, and this build now includes the questline to retire our artifacts!
This very short questline will show how our artifacts will cease to function. Spoiler Warning!
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This Week in WoW History: Deaths of Chromie, Tomb of Sargeras, Warforged Nightmare
Hey everyone, and welcome to another bit of WoW History! Every week, we look down at important events that happened in WoW (or Blizzard!) for that week.
Patch 7.2.5 is released, and with it,
Tomb of Sargeras
and
The Deaths of Chromie
! The authenticator receives some changes, and a toy/pet combo appear at the Battle.net Shop!
Blizzard
Echoes of Alterac: Yrel Now Live in Heroes of the Storm
A new Warcraft-themed event has started in Heroes of the Storm,
Echoes of Alterac
, running from June 12th through July 9th. On June 12th, the new hero Yrel launches and players can start completing quests for Alterac-inspired mounts. Read on for our overview and event tips, as well as a giveaway for a free Yrel hero!
BFA
Boralus Updates in Build 26788 - Many New shops in Unity Square and Mariner's Row
Visual updates to the capital city of Boralus continue in build 26788. In this build, many more shops are added in Boralus districts, especially Unity Square and Mariner's Row!
Live
This Week in WoW History: Hellfire Citadel and Flexible Raids Preview, Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley
Hey everyone, and welcome to another bit of WoW History! Every week, we look down at important events that happened in WoW (or Blizzard!) for that week.
Blizzard releases previews on
Hellfire Citadel
and Flexible Raids, Illidan and Archimonde get killed for the first time ever, and Patch 1.5 brings the very first battlegrounds in WoW,
Warsong Gulch
and
Alterac Valley
!
Blizzard
Heroes of the Storm Echoes of Alterac Event - Yrel and Alterac Valley
Blizzard has announced that Yrel, a character originally from Warlords of Draenor in World of Warcraft, is the next playable hero in the special Heroes of the Storm event, Echoes of Alterac! The event will start on
June 12
and continue until July 9! The Alterac Pass Battleground and new skins will be releasing later on
June 19
.
Keep our sister site
HOTS Logs
bookmarked if you'd like to see how Yrel stacks up against the other heroes when she makes her debut!
Classic
WoW Classic Spotlight: Alterac Valley
Hey everyone! We're back with another Classic Spotlight, where we take a deeper look at events that happened during WoW Vanilla to remember them and get hyped up for the upcoming WoW Classic servers!
In this article, we will go through the longest battleground in the history of WoW:
Alterac Valley
!
Heroes of the Storm is releasing
Alterac Pass
as a new map, as an homage to the original Alterac Valley battleground. For more information on Alterac Pass, check out our
Yrel and Alterac Pass Spotlight article
!
BFA
Battle for Azeroth Beta - In-game Guild/Community UI Updates Available
Ingame Community Assets were initially previewed during
BlizzCon 2017
, and there was even a sneak peek at a very incomplete version of the feature during
Battle for Azeroth alpha
.
As of Build 26734, the Guild/Community UI has gone through a revamp! Although it still has incomplete features, most of it is available for testing on Battle for Azeroth Beta.
BFA
Battle for Azeroth New Spell Animations: Green Fire Spells
With the
latest Battle for Azeroth Beta Build
hitting the test servers, we were able to see that a couple of spell animations were added along with it.
Continuing the Warlock spell animation revamp, Build 26734 added new animations for the
Warlock
spells that are affected by
The Codex of Xerrath
! The spells on Beta that are currently affected by the Codex and have new animations are
Immolate
,
Incinerate
,
Conflagrate
and
Rain of Fire
.
BFA
Boralus Updates in Build 26734 - Boralus Bank, Snug Harbor Inn, Proudmoore Keep
Visual updates to the capital city of Boralus continue in build 26734. In this build, the Boralus bank is finally shaped to look like an actual ingame bank, the Snug Harbor Inn has received updates, and there are many more NPCs walking around!
PTR
Burning of Teldrassil - Alliance Playthrough Part 1 and Unlocking Darkshore World Quests
EDIT (2:20 PT, June 20): This quest chain is now available for testing on the
8.0 PTR
.
In Battle for Azeroth Build 26734, Alliance players have access to the prelude to the Burning of Teldrassil questline. We arrive in northern Kalimdor to assess the situation and amass the Alliance forces to defend against Sylvanas' attack.
Story Spoilers
BFA
Battle for Azeroth 26734 Class Changes and Azerite Traits
We're continuing our Build 26734 coverage with Class Changes and Azerite Trait updates.
Update: the site is once again working and the BFA talent calc has been updated for the latest build.
Live
This Week in WoW History: Deaths of Chromie Preview, Hunter Challenge Tames, Scourge Invasion
Hey everyone, and welcome to another bit of WoW History! Every week, we look down at important events that happened in WoW (or Blizzard!) for that week.
The Deaths of Chromie
and the first ever Scourge Invasion get previews, we see a little bit of the first ever challenge tames in the
Molten Front
, and Head Enchants are slated to be removed for Mists of Pandaria and future expansions.
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