Heather Newman
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Planning to play The War Within? Here's everything you need to know about World of Warcraft's story at the start of The Worldsoul Saga
By Heather Newman published
World Changing
Warcraft's new mega-story is just getting started.
Warcraft VP on what Blizzard should've done differently over the last 20 years: 'We should have listened more'
By Heather Newman published
Blizzard doesn't want to repeat Shadowlands again.
'People are pro crabs': WoW's artists tested leg angles and other features before choosing crabs for its new arachnophobia mode
By Heather Newman published
Blizzard brought in experts to help decide what to replace all those spiders with.
World of Warcraft: The War Within leveling guide
By Heather Newman published
On your level Tips for preparing for WoW's latest expansion and getting to level 80.
Once Human review: A truly free-to-play mashup of what you like from a bunch of other survival MMOs
By Heather Newman published
Now Dancer? Build, farm, shoot, and cooperate in this deep MMO.
'It's time to rebuild some foundations': Shadowlands forced Blizzard to rethink World of Warcraft's oldest ideas to make it a better MMO, director says
By Heather Newman published
news Player feedback has fueled several core changes to the MMO as it nears the release of its 10th expansion.
Senior World of Warcraft dev says we might see single player 'story mode' versions of legacy raids in the future
By Heather Newman published
news The focus right now, though, is still implementing story mode for The War Within.
After 12 years at Blizzard, Warcraft general manager John Hight announces departure: 'I've been so honored to serve all of the heroes of Azeroth'
By Heather Newman published
News Hight's legacy at Blizzard will be the people he encouraged: "This goofy little guy saw my potential and gave me a shot."
Here are the 'new' rare hunter pets in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
By Heather Newman published
Pet project Fancy spirit beasts and other pretty pets await in the WoW Classic expansion.
How to get the seahorse mount in WoW Cataclysm Classic
By Heather Newman published
Fast travel This underwater mount helps you speed around Vashj'ir.
How to transmogrify your gear in WoW Cataclysm Classic
By Heather Newman published
Looking good Transmog your gear to switch up your look.
The best GTA 5 mods
By Christopher Livingston, Joe Donnelly, Rick Lane, Heather Newman last updated
New and updated! Our favourite tweaks include forests in San Andreas and more than 50 new heists.
'The concerns about claustrophobia were a major aspect' of desiging World of Warcraft: The War Within's underground zones, says director
By Heather Newman published
news Blizzard didn't want Azeroth's caves to be drab.
World of Warcraft: The War Within's art direction leans into Warcraft's history and a 'feeling of nostalgia', says lead artist
By Heather Newman published
news Blizzard looked at WoW Classic to inspire the new zones.
World of Warcraft: The War Within alpha's first zone is beautiful, melancholy, and surprisingly polished
By Heather Newman published
WORLD'S WAR Internal conflict, external beauty.
The fastest cars in GTA Online in 2024
By Adam Brough last updated
Updated Our updated list of the fastest cars in GTA Online.
WoW Classic devs on the changes they've liked most in Season of Discovery so far: 'It just sounds like utter chaos, but I've just been having a blast'
By Heather Newman published
classic twist A case to try the less-Classic version of WoW Classic.
How the WoW Classic team decides what to change in the 20-year-old game
By Heather Newman published
#somechanges Blizzard explains its approach to tweaking WoW Classic while "preserving the original feelings."
WoW Classic Season of Discovery devs are aiming for 'fun,' not 'perfect balance'
By Heather Newman published
news Their approach is "very much divorced from the idea that everything has to be pristine from a numbers standpoint."
I've spent hundreds of hours to become one of just 0.13% of Warcraft players who have Dragonflight's ultra-rare meta achievement, and WoW did it suck
By Heather Newman published
Meta Slog Too many of Dragonflight's achievements are excruciatingly random, and I had to get them all.
WoW Classic made the 'radical change' to stop testing new content with players to bring back a sense of 'mystery and discovery'
By Heather Newman published
Interview Blizzard tells us why it's running Classic's Season of Discovery without a PTR.
Blizzard secretly made a battle royale game inside World of Warcraft to 'break the rules' it's had for 20 years
By Heather Newman published
news Plunderstorm will live on a separate server than your regular characters.
World of Warcraft’s battle royale mode won’t force you to PvP so everyone can 'have an awesome pirate party with your friends and collect plunder’
By Heather Newman published
news Patch 10.2.6's Plunderstorm is a mode for everyone.
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