Venomous Abyss Race to World First Day 1 Recap: A Tough Start
Venomous Abyss Day 1 starts roughly, with raid tuning, lag, bugs, and an overwhelming Normal mode slowing Race to World First progress. Ula'tek offers a promising first look.
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Blizzard Reporting Issues with Authentication Servers - 2+ Hour Queues
Blizzard is investigating authentication-server issues causing 2–3 hour Battle.net queues and preventing disconnected players from logging back into WoW.
Venomous Abyss Race to World First Day 0 Recap: Raid Comp Predictions, Gearing Strategies, and the Liquid Dynasty
Venomous Abyss Day 0 kicks off Dratnos and Tettles' Race to World First recap series with raid comp predictions, gearing strategies, and speculation over Liquid's dynasty.
Jimothy Not Currently Available in Game According to Secret Finding Discord
Jimothy, the elusive raccoon pet datamined in Patch 12.1, is not currently available in-game, according to private Blizzard confirmation shared by the Secret Finding Discord.
The Venomous Abyss Race to World First: Livestreams, Coverage, and News
The Venomous Abyss Race to World First begins as guilds stream Mythic progression against Ula'tek, with Wowhead, Team Liquid, and community events covering Midnight Season 2.
4 Hours of Scheduled Maintenance for NA Servers on August 18th for Season 2
NA servers face four hours of scheduled maintenance on August 18th ahead of Midnight Season 2, which brings Mythic+ dungeons, the Venomous Abyss raid, a delve nemesis boss, and new gear upgrades.
Comment on This Article For Your Chance to Win a Stoneforged Sentinel Mount!
Stoneforged Sentinel mount giveaway lets readers enter by commenting their current mount count, with four winners selected worldwide on August 18.
WoW Weekly: Curse of Ula'tek, Blueprints, Endeavors, and More!
Curse of Ula’tek is live with a new raid, dungeon, Housing blueprints, four Endeavors, a Twitch transmog drop, and discounts on Midnight and services.
Subscribe to Wowhead's Newsletter For Your Chance to Win a Stoneforged Sentinel Mount
Wowhead’s newsletter giveaway offers two Stoneforged Sentinel mounts to subscribers who enter through the August 14–17, 2026 sweepstakes.
Blizzard Allegedly Removing Mythic L'ura Mount from Boosted Characters
Blizzard is allegedly removing Mythic L'ura mounts from players who bought kills through boosting communities, though reports leave unclear whether the action targets RMT, community sellers, or both.
Player Housing Blueprints Forum Now Live
Housing Blueprints now have their own Blizzard forum, where players can share layouts and discuss the Patch 12.1 system’s faction-specific exteriors and universal interiors.
Blizzard to Restore Missing Trophies from End-of-Season Raids
Blizzard will restore missing Aureate, Argent, and Gleaming raid trophies to players affected by a bug during the final hours of Season 1, with grants expected within the next week.
Ban Wave Catches Russian Guild Mid-Raid - Possible 6 Month Ban
Blizzard’s apparent RMT ban wave hit several Russian and Eastern European guilds, with one Rotmire pickup group losing roughly 80% of its players mid-pull; reports suggest six-month bans.
Tettles Interview with Blizzard Encounter Designers - Resilient Keys, Splits and Updating Mythic+ Dungeons
Tettles interviews Blizzard encounter designers Taylor Sanders and Andrew De Sousa about resilient keys, dungeon splits, Mythic+ updates, and the upcoming Venomous Abyss raid.
Windows Central Reports that Blizzard is Top Performing Xbox Studio
Blizzard reportedly topped Xbox’s studios in FY26, marking its third-highest fiscal year for revenue and first back-to-back growth since FY17, with Diablo 4 and Overwatch leading performance.
Mage Roundtable Podcast ft. Porom, Forgy, Khaelt, Azuna
Mage experts Preheat, Porom, Forgy, Khaelt, and Azuna roundtable the class’s rocky Midnight launch, Patch 12.1 defensives, Arcane’s rework, and each spec’s Mythic+ prospects.
Blizzard Interview with Icy Veins, Raider.io and Wowhead - Interrupt Trackers, Visual Clarity, Addons
Blizzard’s interview with Wowhead, Icy Veins, and Raider.io covers 12.1’s computational addon restrictions, visual clarity, raid and Mythic+ design, and the future of information-asymmetry mechanics.
View Your Midnight Season 1 Recap Courtesy of Raider.IO
Raider.IO offers personalized Midnight Season 1 recaps showing your raid bosses defeated, Mythic+ history, favorite groupmates, class choices, item-level growth, and more.
Chinese Exclusive Azure Dragon Varian Wyrnn Transmog and Toy Models
Chinese-exclusive Azure Dragon Varian Wrynn transmog and throne toy models were decrypted from WoW’s ¥888 annual subscription bundle, drawing on Hearthstone’s Lion’s Landing Varian design.
China Redistributes ¥2.2 Million Race to World First Cash Prize to Community Incentives
Thunderfire Games will redirect the ¥2.2 million Patch 12.1 Race to World First prize into Chinese community rewards, guide-writing and reporting incentives, broadcasts, and events instead of a guild payout.
