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Some highlights from the Warcraft Direct broadcast (the Blizzcon replacement)

Posted by smoontjes (edited )
Tags: world of warcraft, blizzard, warcraft direct

Live broadcast just ended, but it's available to watch in full here. And here is the full article about the Warcraft Direct broadcast - I have not read it though as it is very long and in depth.

So here are the highlights and headlines:

Warcraft RTS games news

Warcraft III Reforged to be updated with a patch 2.0

  • Updates including new models, environment, and more - but players can choose whether or not to use the original or new ones.

Warcraft II: Reforged announced

  • Similar to III, will be updated graphically and UI

Warcraft I: Reforged announced

    • Same type of updates as above.

Warcraft Battle Chest available right now.

World of Warcraft news

WoW: Classic to receive fresh start servers

  • These servers will follow the same release pattern as the 2019 WoW: Classic release, including expansions. Burning Crusade expansion will also follow.

  • WoW: Classic Hardcore fresh start servers will launch at the same time as the above

  • WoW: Cataclysm Classic to continue its releases with Firelands and Dragon Soul raids.

  • WoW: Mists of Pandaria Classic announced.

WoW: The War Within

  • Patch 11.0.7 "The Siren Isle" now available on PTR.

  • Features a small island zone with the mysterious Harranir race.

  • Adds some main campaign quests/storyline content.

  • Patch 11.1 "Undermined" revealed, to launch in early 2025.

    • Season 2.
    • Undermine is the new zone which will visit an Goblin area - an underground zone similar to most of the other ones in TWW.
    • Car mounts (lol) called "D.R.I.V.E." (loln't) revealed, but only available in this zone.
    • New dungeon called "Operation: Floodgate".
    • Two new delves, and more versions added to the existing eight delves.
    • New eight-boss raid called "Liberation of Undermine".

  • At the end was a small teaser about the upcoming Midnight expansion about player housing but more news will come next year.

Here is the full roadmap for WoW: Classic.

Here is the full roadmap for retail WoW.

Most of this was going by memory from the broadcast so I'd recommend the links above for more details and whatever I forgot. Also, there was a ton of corporate nonsense fluff but I think nobody here really care about that.

There was also news about Hearthstone but I hope someone in the comments can expand on this as I don't know enough about it and also didn't really listen lol, so I can't properly write anything about it - same goes for news about Warcraft Rumble.