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BlizzCon 2018 WoW Classic Demo: First Impressions
We have played a bit of the WoW Classic Demo and compiled a bit of basic information on this post. Make sure to visit our
Westfall
and
Barrens
Overviews and
Classic Class Guides
!
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Classic WoW BlizzCon 2018 Demo Now Playable
The Classic WoW demo, available with purchase of the BlizzCon 2018 Virtual Ticket, is now available to play! Here's what you need to know about available zones, playtime limitations, and the launch of
Classic Wowhead
.
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Classic WoW Info at Opening Ceremony - Subscription Details, Summer 2019 Release Window
Blizzard revealed more details about Classic WoW in the opening ceremony, including a release date window.
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Classic WoW Talent Calculator and Database Now Live on Wowhead
With the Classic WoW demo coming to BlizzCon 2018, the Wowhead team has launched
Classic Wowhead
, providing you with tools, database info, and guides. We've been working around the clock to get the site live in time for BlizzCon and hope you enjoy it!
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Playtime Limits for the WoW Classic Demo at BlizzCon 2018
Blizzard has revealed details on how long you can play the WoW Classic Demo on the BLizzCon 2018 Virtual Ticket. At the start, if you play for 60 minutes, you'll be DCed and then have to wait another 30 minutes before logging on again.
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Classic Patch 1.13 Demo Build 28211 - Interface and Settings Preview
Continuing our Classic Demo Datamining, today we will explore the interface options and menus present in the BlizzCon Classic Demo.
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WoW Classic BlizzCon Demo Pre-Download Available Starting Today
Blizzard has announced that Virtual Ticket holders will be able to start pre-downloading the WoW Classic BlizzCon Demo starting today. The download will start today and over the next 24 hours, they'll be enabling the download for all Virtual Ticket holders.
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World of Warcraft Classic Patch 1.13 - Build 28211
Following Blizzard's
dev watercooler on the Classic WoW demo
, some Classic WoW data was pushed through to the client tonight - Patch 1.13 Build 28211.
All players with a
Virtual Ticket
can try out the Classic Demo at home after the Opening Ceremony. The demo will start at level 15 and let players level in Westfall and Barrens to level 19. As the global strings show, there is a
time limit
on how much you can play the demo in one sitting, and a
cooldown period
until you can play it again.
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Dev Watercooler: Classic WoW Demo at BlizzCon 2018
Blizzard has posted more details on the Classic WoW demo - the zones open will be Barrens and Westfall.
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Wowhead's Plans for Classic WoW - We're Making A Site!
With the playable Classic WoW demo at BlizzCon, we at Wowhead wanted to share our plans for Classic WoW on the site! We are committed to bringing you a great set of Classic tools and guides, matching the quality of our Battle for Azeroth resources. Classic is an exciting and game-changing addition to World of Warcraft and we plan to provide a comprehensive resource, using the skills and passion of our development and content teams to make the site shine.
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WoW Diary Kickstarter - #1 Non-Fiction Book on Kickstarter, Pledges Closing Tomorrow
The Kickstarter for the World of Warcraft Diary, by John Staats, WoW's first 3D level designer, is almost finished! With less than 40 hours left on the clock, make sure to pledge you would like to receive all the perks from the Kickstarter edition. We've received the news today that the
World of Warcraft Diary
became the
#1 Non-fictional book ever funded on Kickstarter
!
John Staats has also published a blog explaining the process of pitching the book to Blizzard and the successful relaunch of the Kickstarter project and had two appearances in the ClassiCast podcast.
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WoW Diary Kickstarter - AMA on r/ClassicWoW, Realm Maintenance
The WoW Diary Kickstarter has only a few days left, and we wanted to highlight a few more Classic discussions surrounding the Kickstarter--an AMA on r/classicWoW with four ex-Blizzard devs and a Realm Maintenance interview.
There are only 4 days left on the Kickstarter, and it just passed
$400k in pledges
!
Click here to pledge to the WoW Diary Kickstarter!
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WoW Diary Kickstarter Passed $350k - Gold Foil Lettering Unlocked, One Golden Edition Stretch Goal Remains
The
World of Warcraft Diary Kickstarter
has sailed past $350,000 in pledges, unlocking gold foil lettering on the spine and front cover for First Edition Kickstarter backers!
Click here to pledge to the Kickstarter! Less than a week remains.
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Creating Vanilla WoW Dungeons - Learn More in the WoW Diary Kickstarter
We have another article on Classic WoW for you by John Staats, the creator of the
WoW Diary Kickstarter
. In this article, John describes the creation of all vanilla dungeons he worked on--an exclusive article for Wowhead which won't be found in the
WoW Diary
book. Check out our previous exclusive articles as well on the
creation of Scholomance
and
Warsong Gulch
.
Click here to support
The WoW Diary
Kickstarter! Less than a week left to pledge.
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WoW Diary Kickstarter - The Starting Zone Interview, Classic WoW AMA, Giveaway
For this week's WoW Diary Kickstarter spotlight, we have a giveaway, interview from The Starting Zone, and Classic WoW AMA. Read to the end of the post for a giveaway for the Diary!
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Making Warsong Gulch - Learn More On Classic Development in The WoW Diary Kickstarter
We have another article on Classic WoW for you by John Staats, the creator of the
WoW Diary Kickstarter
. In this article, John describes the creation of Warsong Gulch--an exclusive article for Wowhead which won't be found in the
WoW
Diary book. Check out last week's exclusive article as well on the
creation of Scholomance
.
Click here to support the WoW Diary Kickstarter!
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AMA Recap - John Staats, Blizzard's First 3D Level Designer, on Early WoW Development
The
World of Warcraft Diary Kickstarter
launched earlier today, smashing its goals with $100k raised in a few hours. As part of the Kickstarter promotion, creator John Staats published an
essay on Scholomance
yesterday on Wowhead, and now today he is running an
AMA on Reddit
. As WoW's first 3D level designer, John Staats has many interesting tidbits to share on early WoW.
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The World of Warcraft Diary Kickstarter Now Live - Development of Vanilla WoW
John Staats, WoW's first 3D level designer, has started a
kickstarter
for The World of Warcraft Diary, a book covering WoW from early development to Vanilla's launch.
Check out the WoW Diary Kickstarter for more info!
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How Scholomance Was Created - Learn More On Classic Development in The WoW Diary
Wowhead is pleased to present an excerpt on the development of Scholomance! This exclusive look is provided by John Staats, the author of
The World of Warcraft Diary
, an upcoming book covering WoW from early development to Vanilla's launch. This project will be funded via a
Kickstarter
which starts tomorrow, August 28th. However, if you want to read about this part of Scholomance's development, you will
only
find it in this article!
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Dev Watercooler: WoW Classic Will Start on Patch 1.12 Drums of War
Blizzard has released its first set of news about World of Warcraft Classic! They talk about how Patch 1.12: Drums of War will be the foundation of WoW Classic and go on to talk about some of the challenges and solutions that they've been working on such as rebuilding Patch 1.12 using their modern code.
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