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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic goes live today at 3:00pm PDT / 6:00pm EDT / 10:00pm UTC.

https://wowclassic.blizzard.com/en-us/

Get ready for queues and emergency patches, and then hopefully eventually exploring Northrend again.

Blizzard released the Wrath Classic pre-patch for WoW Classic servers yesterday, August 30. They have a general overview: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23847495/the-wrath-of-the-lich-king-classic%E2%84%A2-pre-patch-now-live There don't seem to be specific patch notes, but fortunately we hav...

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23840670/return-to-wow-and-get-shadowlands-free If you don't have Shadowlands yet, you can claim it (plus a level 50 boost) for free in the Battle.net desktop program. It's yours to keep, but the offer is only until September 5th 2022, so grab it quick if you'r...

Hey Palarran, good to see you again. Yeah, even though the forums are quiet to say the least, I am a strong believer in keeping information available. I still toy with the idea of using or writing a vB => phpBB converter to more natively pull in the older posts, but haven't had the time to look at i...

Hey Sobe, glad to hear you're doing well.

I actually played EQ semi-recently on one of the progression servers. It was fun to go back for a bit, though I don't have the time to raid anymore.

In other EQ news, the latest expansion (number 27!) is out today. While there is no level cap increase, there are several new zones and a number of other new features included. https://www.everquest.com/news/eq-claws-of-veeshan-launch-dec-2020 Claws of Veeshan Velious is overwhelmed with writhing ic...

Last week, Enad Global 7 (EG7) announced that they've purchased Daybreak Games for about $300 million: https://www.enadglobal7.com/press/7758700B9A777D34/ MassivelyOP has good coverage of the announcement, as well as a breakdown of EG7's investor presentation: https://massivelyop.com/2020/12/01/dayb...

The next expansion for World of Warcraft, Shadowlands, releases today.

Overview
Patch notes

While the Shadowlands expansion itself is delayed, the Shadowlands pre-patch is out for World of Warcraft today. It brings a level squish and a revamped leveling experience, including the option of using Timewalking to level to 50 in a single expansion. And of course among the many other changes, th...