Blizzard Entertainment Blogs

26 May 2022

• Blizzard tells us which dungeons and raids won’t be available for cross faction play on patch 9.2.5 release
  25 May 2022
  If you’re like me, you have a lot of friends on the other side of the faction divide, and so you may have been waiting patiently… or impatiently, I can’t watch you all the time, just when you’re in range of the Orb… for the upcoming patch 9.2.5 and the cross faction grouping feature. Well,...
• Ten Things To Do Before Wrath of the Lich King Classic Releases
  25 May 2022
  With Wrath of the Lich King Classic Beta likely coming soon, many players are interested in preparation for the upcoming expansion. Today, we'll be covering some strategies for preparation and a list of things to do before Wrath of the Lich King Classic releases.

  Earn Burning Crusade Attunement Titles

  During the Pre-Patch event for Wrath of the Lich King Classic, many quests will be removed that were previously a part of the attunement quest chain in Burning Crusade.
  

• What Class Should You Play in Diablo Immortal?
  25 May 2022
  By now, if you have played in Beta, watched some of the many trailer gameplay videos, or even played a lot of Diablo III, you may have a good idea of what class to play in Diablo Immortal when it releases next week. But what if you are new to the Diablo Franchise?

  Choosing your first character's class is one of the most important decisions you can make.
  

• Continue to Earn Sepulcher AOTC, CE, and Season 3 Keystone Teleports in Patch 9.2.5
  25 May 2022
  Blizzard just announced that Patch 9.2.5 is coming on May 31st, but not everything will be changing with it. While cross faction-grouping will become available and cross-realm raiding will open ahead of Alliance Hall of Fame, Season 4 won't begin until later this summer - that means achievements such as Ahead of the Curve and Cutting Edge for Sepulcher of the First Ones won't be going away, and players will not start begin experiencing the new fated raids or see the new Broker vendors either.
  
• When is the patch 9.2.5 release date? May 31!
  25 May 2022
  The World of Warcraft Shadowlands patch 9.2.5 release candidate from a few days ago is apparently the release candidate, because Blizzard has posted to their official site that we’re getting patch 9.2.5 next week, on May 31. That was one of the possible dates but I admit I didn’t want to raise peoples’ expectation for, and...
• The Queue: She’s riding a cat and there are stars around her
  25 May 2022
  My wife has been playing this mobile game, and last night, she texted me a series of pictures of the art and characters from this game. To put it mildly, they are reminiscent of other games. Like, that header image? I had to crop it to fit, so you’re not really getting the full picture. But trust me, these guys are not even trying to hide it. The Orcs in the game are even worse, but they are far from the worst offenders.

  This is the Queue. I’m legitimately fascinated by this game.

• How to switch between DMing and playing in D&D
  25 May 2022
  Some people are what’s called eternal DMs — they got into Dungeons and Dragons or other TTRPGs and started running games at some point, and it became almost all they ever do. There are DMs that like that who almost never take a role as a player, and others that would like to take a break from...
• Season of Mastery Realm Shadowstrike War Effort Bugged
  25 May 2022
  Blizzard has shared a Blue Post explaining that the realm Shadowstrike had issues with auto-completion and being stuck on the resource delivery stage. Blizzard forced the gong to ring, starting the 10-hour war on the realm and will be looking into issues that might have caused the bugs.
  
• Shadowlands Season 4 Starting Later This Summer
  25 May 2022
  With Patch 9.2.5 being released on May 31st (NA) / June 1st (EU), players are wondering if this means Shadowlands Season 4 is also starting soon.

  On Blizzard's 9.2.5 announcement blog post, they did leave a note on Shadowlands Season 4. Although we do not have a release date on the new season yet, they mention that the season should start later this summer.

  SHADOWLANDS SEASON 4 COMING SOON
  Season 4 will be making its debut later this summer.
  

• Cross Realm Mythic Sepulcher Opens Next Week with Patch 9.2.5
  25 May 2022
  Blizzard is opening cross realm Mythic Sepulcher with the release of Patch 9.2.5 next week, even though the Alliance Hall of Fame only has 18 entries.

  With today's announcement of the Patch 9.2.5 release, Blizzard has announced in the Patch Notes that Sepulcher of the First Ones will become available cross realm on Mythic difficulty next week! Players will no longer need to wait for the Alliance Hall of Fame to finish.