With over 7 years of experience with in-depth feature reporting, Steven's mission is to chronicle the fascinating ways that games intersect our lives. Whether it's colossal in-game wars in an MMO, or long-haul truckers who turn to games to protect them from the loneliness of the open road, Steven tries to unearth PC gaming's greatest untold stories. His love of PC gaming started extremely early. Without money to spend, he spent an entire day watching the progress bar on a 25mb download of the Heroes of Might and Magic 2 demo that he then played for at least a hundred hours. It was a good demo.
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News Game director Ion Hazzikostas said addressing the population imbalance between Horde and Alliance is a top priority, and no option is off the table.

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News Game director Ion Hazzikostas says the team is working on a better system that'll reward you even if you lose a run.

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News Game director Ion Hazzikostas says the team is hard at work on a new system for raid gear.

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News We talk to Blizzard about the future of WoW Classic.

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News Blizzard details some of the bigger changes it's making to Burning Crusade Classic when it launches later this year.

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News Blizzard hasn't specified a price, but considering how expensive its other account services are, it'll probably cost a lot.

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News Players will be able to venture into Outland as it existed in 2007.

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Interview It's called Chains of Domination and it was just revealed at BlizzCon. Here's what you need to know.

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News World of Warcraft's 9.1 update will open up a new city to explore, a 10-boss raid, and more.

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BlizzCon 2021 Everything announced at BlizzCon 2021 in one place.

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News BlizzCon is tomorrow, but two big announcements have been discovered on Blizzard's press portal.

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News Mileage will vary, but it's easy enough that there's no reason not to try it.

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Viking Cribs It's like Architectural Digest, but for Viking longhouses.

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News The sequel to the beloved pixel-art metroidvania is coming later this year.

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News Update 9.0.5, due out in March, will let you upgrade your Mythic+ gear using a new currency.

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News Steam China feels like a shadow of its international version.

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News It's like FF14's world travel system, except you'll have to log out first.

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News FF14's fourth expansion promises an apocalyptic showdown between the Warrior of Light and the Garlean Empire.

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News The developers of Tale of Immortal said they will "work hard" to have at least an English translation in the future.

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News The fourth Final Fantasy 14 expansion is being unveiled tonight, here's everything you need to know.

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New dawn The real king of the RTS genre.

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News The Chinese-only version of Steam is coming soon, but the region's developers are divided on what this means.

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News Tale of Immortal has blown up on Steam, becoming another in a long list of Chinese-only breakouts.
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