The WoW Classic team is expanding so they can experiment more: ‘We are slowly crafting things that are effectively Classic Plus’

The World of Warcraft: Classic team is expanding, developers told us at BlizzCon last weekend, and although the team didn’t announce the much-requested “WoW Classic Plus”—an idea for expanding WoW Classic with new material rather than just advancing it through historical WoW updates—it will be producing more brand-new stuff for the throwback version of WoW….

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Ubisoft is on the NFT sauce again: A new partnership with Web3 platform Immutable aims to create ‘a fresh new experience that players will love’

A year ago it looked like Ubisoft’s ardor for NFTs was cooling, but now it seems that the heat is back on. The Assassin’s Creed publisher has entered into a new partnership with blockchain gaming platform Immutable “to create a new gaming experience that will further unlock the potential of Web3.” Ubisoft’s history with NFTs…

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With Icewind Dale 2’s source code lost for good, a full remaster remains impossible—but modders managed to overhaul the game with their own ‘Enhanced Edition’

Before releasing Saturday morning cartoon roguelike Mythforce, developer Beamdog made its name remastering BioWare and Black Isle RPGs like the OG Baldur’s Gates. But there was always one that got away: Icewind Dale 2. Though an official remaster remains impossible for reasons I’ll get to, modding group Red Chimera has produced their own take on…

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