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TBC
How to Earn Tabard of the Protector - Limited Burning Crusade Pre-Patch Item
Unique for being the only Classic tabard with a cosmetic on-use effect, the coveted Tabard of the Protector is only available for a short time during the Burning Crusade Classic pre-patch Opening of the Dark Portal event.
TBC
Burning Crusade Classic Blizzard Blog: The Story So Far
Blizzard has published a new blog detailing the story of World of Warcraft heading into the Burning Crusade expansion.
TBC
Malicious WeakAura Replaces Auction House Purchases with Overpriced Scams
A malicious WeakAura has been found causing players to purchase seemingly normal priced auctions for exorbitant amounts. Despite selecting the correct item and seeing the expected confirmation price, the purchase is replaced with obscenely inflated scams.
Diablo II
Blizzard Issues Cease and Desist Letters to Modders Citing Security Concerns
Blizzard issued cease and desist letters to two Diablo 2: Resurrected modders whose tools circumvented anti-cheat systems. Though acknowledging modding is intended to be a big part of D2:R, they've stated zero tolerance toward security threats to the game.
TBC
Oceanic Realms Intended to Share Battle Group with American Realms
Blizzard has confirmed that Ocean and American servers are intended to share a Battle Group in #BurningCrusade Classic, despite concerns that it results in considerably increased latency when playing against teams on the other side of the world.
TBC
Burning Crusade Classic Promotional Video: An Ode to the Returning Heroes
Blizzard has released a new live action promotional music video celebrating the launch of Burning Crusade Classic, titled An Ode to the Returning Heroes.
Wowhead
WoW Addon Developer Jon "Sylvanaar" Akhtar Has Passed Away
We are deeply saddened to learn that Jon S Akhtar, aka Sylvanaar, has passed away. A professional and open source developer, Jon was the author of several well known World of Warcraft addons including Prat, Addon Control Panel, and WoW Instant Messenger.
Blizzard
Frost Giant Studios Announces Partnership with Dreamhaven - Licensing Unreal Engine 5 for New RTS Title
Alongside their partnership with Lightforge Games, One More Game, and Raid Base, Mike Morhaime's Dreamhaven will also be assisting Frost Giant Studios, providing development consolation to the new real-time strategy studio of former Blizzard devs.
PTR
The Fate of the Val'kyr - Chains of Domination Cutscene
We've uncovered a new cutscene during the Focusing the Eye questline in Korthia on the Patch 9.1 PTR, in which we find old enemies working together within the Maw.
9.1 Story Spoiler Warning!
TBC
May 25th Burning Crusade Classic Hotfixes - Bloodthirst Benefits from Attack Power Talents
Blizzard has updated the hotfix blog for Classic and Burning Crusade. Although previously listed in Blizzard's Not A Bug list, Bloodthirst will now benefit from Attack Power granted by Improved Berserker Stance and Unleashed Rage
TBC
180 Day Ban Wave Targets iMorph & ConsolePort - Some Overturned on Appeal
180 day suspensions went out today, targeting users of iMorph and ConsolePort third-party software. While iMorph is a well known violation, ConsolePort is used to enable controller support and some users have already reported successful appeals.
PTR
Shadowlands 9.1 PTR Build 38709 Recap - Covenant Legendaries & Shards of Domination
We're recapping everything that was added and changed in the fifth PTR update for Chains of Domination, Patch 9.1 build 38709. This past week's build included several new and updated covenant legendaries, datamined effects for the Shards of Domination socket system, and the return of a familiar weapon!
Blizzard
Summer Game Fest 2021 - Digital Video Game Expo Featuring Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment has been confirmed as one of the 35 major industry attendees of Summer Game Fest 2021, an all-digital video game expo in which developers will be showing off their latest projects! Although not confirmed, this could be exactly the type of event that features the encrypted Sapphire Skyblazer and Fireplume Phoenix promotion mounts from patch 9.0.5.
Blizzard
The Inside Story of Blizzard's Departures - IGN Special Report
IGN has released a special report detailing the string of high profile departures over the last several years; from Senior Vice President Chris Metzen, to CEO Mike Morhaime, and more recently Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan.
Classic
4k World of Warcraft Cinematic Trailer Remastered from Original DVD
SnazzyAI has remastered the vanilla World of Warcraft cinematic trailer in 4k using the original uncompressed DVD, resulting in a much higher quality than videos downloaded from Youtube.
Diablo IV
Diablo 4 Test Build Added to Playstation Store for Both PS4 and PS5
Diablo 4 has been discovered on the Playstation Store under the codename Obleron and code-id WELOOOOVEDOGS for both Playstation 4 and Playstation 5, in what is probably an internal test build.
PTR
The Devouring Cold Drops From Kel'Thuzad in Patch 9.1 with Updated Stats & On Use Effect
The transmog weapon Devouring Cold now has stats, an on-use effect, and will drop from Kel'Thuzad in the Sanctum of Domination raid. An updated version of the The Hungering Cold and Slayer of the Lifeless from Naxxramas, the sword also gained fame as the Sword of a Thousand Truths on Southpark.
PTR
Increasing Renown Restores Conduit Energy in Patch 9.1
One conduit energy is restored each time you increase covenant renown, according to a new string change found on the Shadowlands Patch 9.1 PTR.
Blizzard
Dreamhaven Partners with New Studios - Lightforge Games, One More Game, and Raid Base
Mike Morhaime's Dreamhaven has announced a partnership with Lightforge Games, One More Game, and Raid Base. None of the studios have announced projects yet, but all are staffed by industry veterans, including many former Blizzard developers.
Live
Exorsus Announces Retirement from Competitive Raiding - Change to Two Day Schedule
World Ranking Russian raid guild Exorsus has announced their retirement from competitive raiding, switch to an evening two day a week raid format. Best known for achieving top 10 world rankings in nearly every tier since Cataclysm, and the extensively used Exorsus Raid Tools addon, the Russian guild has been at the forefront of competitive raiding for almost a decade.
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