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Blizzard released a new cinematic video today for World of Warcraft. We see Varok Saurfang paying a visit to an old leader of the Horde. This particular cinematic is for the Rise of Azshara content update (8.2) for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. This new content update includes features like equipment slots on mounts, new zones (Nazjatar & Mechagon), a new raid (Azshara's Eternal Palace), and more.

Now, can someone explain to me why Blizzard...

I really have no idea why Microsoft is promoting this news, yet here we are. A new MSDN blog post was put up today by Jianye Lu, program manager at Microsoft, that talks about how World of Warcraft is a DirectX 12 game running on Windows 7.

There are a lot of things simultaneously incredibly weird and incredibly interesting about this news. It marks the first major title to use DirectX 12 on Windows 7. That's pretty neat. However, DirectX 12 has largely been a Windows 10 exclusive...

Blizzard announced today that sales of the Battle for Azeroth expansion for World of Warcraft have outpaced any other expansion previously released for the game. The development studio says that sales of Battle for Azeroth sold more than 3.4 million units by the end of the first full day following launch. They go on to say that this breaks day-one sales records not only for the franchise but also made it one of the "fastest-selling PC games of all-time." If you're already playing, Blizza...

Make no mistake about it, the reception to Blizzard's Warbringer: Sylvanas trailer was mixed, to say the least. Fortunately for those that are all aboard the World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth hype train, the newest video may be one of their best ones ever.
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Blizzard announced that the Battle for Azeroth will commence on August 14, 2018 for World of Warcraft. This is the latest major expansion for the long-running and still popular MMORPG. Pre-orders for this expansion have been available for a while now. Pre-ordering will give you the ability to unlock a few new playable Allied Races ahead of the expansion's release.
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Blizzard announced that the Battle for Azeroth will commence on August 14, 2018 for World of Warcraft. This is the latest major expansion for...

Blizzard opened up pre-orders for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth today. The upcoming expansion is slated for release "on or before" September 21, 2018. Those who pre-order will get immediate access to the quest lines that lead up to the new expansion.

Pre-orders also gain access to four of the six planned Allied Races coming with Battle for Azeroth. These races include the Highmountain Tauren, Lightforged Draenei, Nightborne, and Void Elves. It also includes a boost...

Blizzard opened up pre-orders for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth today. The upcoming expansion is slated for release "on or before"...

In addition to the news about World of Warcraft Classic, Blizzard also announced a new expansion today. They're calling it World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. Hm, I wonder what this expansion could possibly be about?
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In addition to the news about World of Warcraft Classic, Blizzard also announced a new expansion today. They're calling it World of Warcraft: Battle...