Hello! Earlier this evening, we rolled out a fix-up for players who opened their Timewalking dungeon / Raid cache before 2:30 p.m. PDT today. Affected players have received an in-game mail with the cache replacement. Players who opened their cache after 2:30 p.m. PDT today should find that they re…

Just want to confirm this with some details. Everyone essentially started Season 4 in catch-up mode. Players were able to get 1 Splintered Spark of Awakening from the weekly quest, whether that’s the weekly “Last Hurrah” quest or the PvP weeklies offered by Malicia. And then you’re able to get a…

Hey everyone, we’re working to address this issue now. See this post for details: Regarding Competitive Leaver Penalties in Season 10

Greetings heroes, We’ve identified an issue that incorrectly penalized some players with a Season Ban after being disconnected from only a single Competitive Game on April 23rd. We have identified the issue and have prevented additional bans. We are now working to remove the Season Ban from impacte…

Greetings! As we prepare for the release of the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch next week, we want to update you on some of the currency conversions that will take place during maintenance. Just like the original transition from Wrath of the Lich King to Cataclysm, the currency systems used for purchas…

The Dark Heart PTR has been updated to the latest test build: 54366.

We’ve updated the 10.2.7 PTR to the latest test build: 54366. You should be able to login and test now.

[Embrace Two New Races in Cataclysm Classic] Two new races—worgen and goblin—join the Alliance and Horde, each bringing their unique edge to Azeroth. View Full Article

We’re sending out a big wave of invites soon.

Please join Blizzard developers in the Cataclysm Beta on Friday, April 26 at 1:00 p.m. PDT (4:00 p.m. EDT) as we test Rated Battlegrounds. Here are the details: When 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. PDT on Friday, April 26 (4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. EDT) Where The Cataclysm Classic Beta Realm name: Classic Be…

[The WoW Companion App Retiring] With the release of The War Within™ pre-expansion content update, we will no longer support the WoW Companion App. View Full Article

Hotfixes April 23, 2023 Season of Discovery Players who have completed the quest “Warranty Claim” but have misplaced their Pristine G-7 C.O.R.E. Processor before handing in the quest “Salvaging the Salvagematic” may now speak with the Lost and Found vendor Rix Xizzix in Booty Bay to recover the m…

With the Dark Heart patch, we will increase the maximum number of characters that can be created on a WoW account from 60 to 65. Have fun!

This morning with scheduled weekly maintenance, in addition to previously-planned adjustments to other classes, we deployed several changes to Hunters in Season of Discovery. Hunter Rapid Killing now reduces the cooldown of Rapid Fire by 80% (was a reduction of 2 minutes). Chimera Shot weapon dam…

Players can now earn up to 120 crests of each type per week in Dragonflight Season 4. This was a maximum of 90 per week in Season 3. The increase will allow for up to 8 upgrades per week, per crest type. For players who don’t reach their maximum crest earnings in a given week, we’ve implemented the…

Hello, Classic PvPers! This coming weekend, we will test an adjustment to Player versus Player combat in Season of Discovery. We will implement a global damage reduction aura on PvP combat between players (and player controlled pets and other units). When we started Season of Discovery, we knew th…

[Discover a World Turned Over – the Mirrorwatch Event Begins Today] Overwatch’s heroes have fallen, and the villains now stand for justice in this new limited-time PVP event. View Full Article

[Discover a World Turned Over – the Mirrorwatch Event Begins Today] Overwatch’s heroes have fallen, and the villains now stand for justice in this new limited-time PVP event. View Full Article

[Get Up to 33% off Select Game Services] It’s a great time to dive into daring adventures in World of Warcraft® by making the most out of 33% off select game services through May 7. View Full Article

The following is being posted on behalf of Aleco Pors, Final Design Lead. Hey everyone! We’ve got a really big balance patch planned for later this week, with changes to around 30 cards, including buffs and nerfs—and a few Wild changes. Since this patch has different goals from most other patches,…

Hello! After a great deal of careful testing, we can confirm that earning Heritage armor on Timerunning characters all works as intended. Your Timerunner becomes eligible for the quest when you hit 50 in Pandaria. Please note that the game won’t offer you the quest or show the achievement as compl…

Some updates on the other Priest Hero Talent trees: We’ve updated Oracle’s design to be focused on healing instead of support mechanics and are looking for feedback about how it plays. There are a couple of talents that are not currently ready, and we’ll update those in the coming weeks, including …

Hello! Thanks for this well-written post on the state of Voidweaver for Shadow. First, to clarify the functionality of the rift: There are not current plans for there to be a pull-in effect. We’re closely watching the power level of utility coming from hero talent trees. Given the frequency of th…

While we don’t have any specific Hunter changes to announce at this time, we want you to know that we are reading your feedback and we’re working on cleaning up all three of the Hero Talent trees and fixing issues as they arise. Your feedback on the talents has been very helpful thus far, and we ex…

At this time, we’re working on the designs for Shamans’ two remaining Hero Talent trees: Totemic and Stormbringer. We’re pleased with the direction we have planned for them and expect to make these trees available for testing and feedback in the coming weeks. For Totemic, our plan is to make your…