Midnight Will Replace Your Addons
This flew a little bit under the radar: DPS meters, a complete nameplate overhaul, and Blizzard's official DBM. All confirmed for Midnight launch.
Matt Lagan
Writer of everything. On the Warcraft side - guides, lore, news & videos. On news - backup Loading Screen writer, the odd review & opinion piece.
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Loading Screen: The De-Fortnite-ification Begins
Dreams of Fortnification are coming to an end. For now, at least. Meanwhile, nightmares under Microsoft continue.
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Loading Screen: Silksong Swings In Like A Scythe
Silksong releasing so suddenly is so exciting! Surely, it can't have kicked off a cascading nightmare of delays threatening indie games, right? Well...
Warcraft Videos
The Massive Midnight Class Changes Blizzard Didn't Announce
Piecing together screenshots and interview snippets, we've figured something out: Blizzard have a whole new idea for what classes will be in Midnight.
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Loading Screen: Dreamhaven's Having Nightmares, And Aren't We All?
Dreamhaven, once full of promise, failed to make a splash. Now, they're drowning. In search for an answer, I went way, way overboard and got personal. I do not apologise.
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Loading Screen: PC Gaming's New Saviour - Xbox! Well, Maybe.
Xbox save you (maybe, eventually) from the dreaded Unreal Engine 5. Maybe. Plus, Square Enix execute a beloved mod. Why? VERY good question.
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Loading Screen: Silksong's Development Story Will SHOCK You! (And, I Hope, Save The Industry)
I'm sure there's other news for me to cover... but that can wait until tomorrow. We've all gotten very good at waiting, thanks to today's story. It's my genuine pleasure to publish this.
Lore
Midnight Cinematic Breakdown
A 27 minute breakdown of the Midnight cinematic. Watch this and you'll know what's going down, even if you've been away for a while.
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Loading Screen: Gamescom ONL Was Only A "B"...? The Stats Behind It All
Opening Night Live was interesting. I mostly liked it, but it turns out, I'm in a small group. So, I spent all of today working on a spreadsheet to figure out why viewers didn't like ONL.
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Loading Screen: Steam's 'Protecting' You From Chinese Reviews
Steam just did the least Steam thing imaginable. They hid information from you. They're artificially inflating review scores. No, I'm not exaggerating.
Warcraft News
Legion Remix Looks Like A Whole Patch By Itself (And 11.2 Is Fixed, Mostly)
Legion Remix is a whole patch by itself, Midnight teaser teases more Horde suffering, Ret Palas are crying a lot and the game is good now. So much news!
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Loading Screen: "Ubislop" Is Real, And Older Than You Think
As it turns out, 'Ubislop' is older than many of the kids responsible for the industry being, well, how it is and where it's going. Which I'll get into in this Loading Screen, too!