I do have a Mage alt, but I don’t play it enough to keep up with how to play it, which means I usually don’t play it. I just want to go around spamming Arcane Explosion non-stop and be a ball of violent purple destruction, but apparently that’s inefficient and also it tends to result in my death. I’m that player in pugs when I’m on a Mage.

And I’ve been maining a Death Knight lately, so weirdly I’m not actually used to dying a lot anymore. Every other class I play feels squishy, but Mages more than most. So playing a Mage is a hard ask, but maybe I should anyway.

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Every week the Epic Games Store gives away a game or two for free.

As usual, BlizzCon 2026 attendees are receiving an absolute slew of in-game goodies with their (oof) roughly $300 tickets, but what about those of us stuck at home?

Over the last week, Blizzard implemented user interface changes to World of Warcraft Classic realms and The Burning Crusade Classic anniversary realms that specifically affect the look of character name plates and raid frames, and also affect all Classic realms including Era, Season of Discovery, and Hardcore.

I like Devil Dinosaur. I’d like to see him on Sanctuary.

The Hearthstone Too Many Portals Tavern Brawl would like for you to stop for a moment and remember those dedicated Mages who make your life on Azeroth a little easier.

In World of Warcraft, we've come across several shattered worlds, in varying degrees of obliteration.

Introduced with patch 12.0.5, Decor Duels brought the idea of "prop hunt" gameplay to World of Warcraft -- the game, ostensibly an old training exercise revived by the newly-united elves, had players split into teams of hiders and seekers; the hiders would assume the form of ordinary inanimate objects, while the seekers would have to find the disguised players.

Turbulent Timeways has returned during World of Warcraft's patch 12.0.7, and is live through August 11.

Ah, to be a tiny red dinosaur, snuggled into a plush bed for a nap.

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