World of Warcraft: The War Within's last major patch before Midnight drops early August, and it's time to go into space again

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Ghosts of K'aresh arrives August 5.

Two Ethereals and Alleria Windrunner stand poised to enter K'Aresh in World of Warcraft: The War Within.
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World of Warcraft: The War Within is in its home stretch, as Blizzard starts prepping for the next step in its trio of announced expansions, Midnight. Arriving August 5, Ghosts of K'aresh will very, very likely be the last major content update before the expansion hits.

While the official blog doesn't state this, all signs point towards it. Blizzard's already stated it's doing slightly shorter, content-dense expansions, we know Midnight'll be getting revealed before the summer's over. This patch is also explicitly the end of The War Within's story—referred to directly as a climax.

Dragonflight was four seasons long, but it still had three raids and three major zones—with its fourth season being a rehash of content released throughout the expansion, a stopgap that keeps players getting new rewards while also giving the devs a breather.

Or, well. A void-touched world—which is like the void's holiday home. K'aresh is the original homeworld of the Ethereals, before Dimensius rocked up and messed everything up for everyone. Some mad lads have had the bright idea to try and bring him back, so we'll have to stop them:

While there, you'll also be able to do something called "phase diving"—taking a jaunt into a mirror dimension with a bunch of goodies in it. Goodies you'll need to upgrade your Reshii Wraps, an artefact cloak that'll be part of the patches' progression system.

It seems a little mean to go snag some perfectly happy animals and drop them into a reserve on hell (note: void) planet, but hey. Maybe they'll be rescues. Other than that, it's the usual suspects—a new delve, a new raid and dungeon (coming August 12), and more quests to wrap up The War Within's story. I'll be keen to see if Blizzard sticks the first landing in its ambitious triple backflip, and if not? Hey, player housing still looks pretty good.

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Harvey Randall
Harvey Randall
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Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.

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