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People are reacting to Blizzard-related developments tied to major games: a private World of Warcraft server is reportedly moving forward with its own MMO after being shut down, and Diablo 4 is in the final stretch before its Lord of Hatred expansion launch. Together, the headlines point to both community fallout from enforcement and a near-term Blizzard content drop.

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Key Takeaway Blizzard’s latest actions and announcements are driving both fallout for WoW private servers and a countdown to Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred’s release next week.
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Blizzard’s latest actions and announcements are driving both fallout for WoW private servers and a countdown to Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred’s release next week.

People are reacting to Blizzard-related developments tied to major games: a private World of Warcraft server is reportedly moving forward with its own MMO after being shut down, and Diablo 4 is in the final stretch before its Lord of Hatred expansion launch. Together, the headlines point to both community fallout from enforcement and a near-term Blizzard content drop.

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WoW private server response Says it will make its own MMO after being shut down by Blizzard
Diablo 4 topic Blizzard will discuss Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred one last time
Diablo 4 timing Expansion launch is next week

What to Watch

  • Watch for Blizzard’s final Lord of Hatred talk before the expansion launches next week. VG247
  • Track updates from the shut-down WoW private server as it begins building its own MMO. PC Gamer

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  • After being shut down by Blizzard, one of WoW's biggest private servers is saying screw it, we'll make our own MMO PC Gamer
  • Blizzard will talk about Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred one last time before the expansion's launch next week VG247
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I've reached out to Blizzard to see if they want to comment on this, but I figure we might see some kind of communication from game directors Ion Hazzikostas or Holly Longdale up on the World of Warcraft blog before long. The backlash is growing, and major WoW YouTubers are probably editing videos to release as I publish this. It's poor timing for me too, as a Brit, considering Blizzard just increased the subscription price here by 10%. These have all been an on-going issue now for some time. Whether it's crazy balance issues with different classes, gameplay-breaking bugs, transmog features go

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Why is Warcraft 3: Legacy a big deal?

Before Blizzard completely redeemed itself with the incredible Diablo 2: Resurrected remake in 2021, it had a generational fumble with Warcraft 3: Reforged in 2020. I was one of the "lucky" ones who got to review Warcraft 3: Reforged about six years ago, and it didn't take long to see why fans had review-bombed the Metacritic user score to an awful 0.5 out of 10 (the game is still sitting at a user score of 0.6 all these years later). I gave the game 3/5 stars, which, in retrospect, was probably way too generous. Warcraft 3: Reforged arrived with core issues. Features were missing. Campaigns w

"There are, however, quite some problems": Warcraft 3: Legacy appears on Battle.net, and fans are divided over its state
Is Warcraft 3: Legacy really what it seems to be?

I haven't yet had a chance to jump into the new Legacy version of Warcraft 3, but there's plenty of chatter on Blizzard's forums regarding its state. As one user, Kiezel, points out, there are still some ongoing issues. Some are asking why the Warcraft 3: Legacy download size is 6.25GB when the original patch 1.27 was less than 2GB. Another user wonders why Blizzard didn't use patch 1.31, which was also pre-Reforged. Patch 1.31 was 64-bit and added several new features, whereas 1.29 is 32-bit. This excludes it from running on Mac.

"There are, however, quite some problems": Warcraft 3: Legacy appears on Battle.net, and fans are divided over its state
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