{"id":189239,"date":"2024-08-22T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/?p=189239"},"modified":"2024-08-22T10:28:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T15:28:42","slug":"playing-friends-world-warcraft-want-warcraft-get-new-war-within-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2024\/08\/22\/playing-friends-world-warcraft-want-warcraft-get-new-war-within-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing with friends is the World of Warcraft we want \u2014\u00a0and it&#8217;s the Warcraft we get in the new War Within trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/category\/warcraft\/world-of-warcraft\/\"><em>World of Warcraft&#8217;s<\/em><\/a> appearance at the Xbox Gamescom stream today was, shall we say, light on new information. So close to <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/category\/warcraft\/world-of-warcraft\/war-within\/\"><em>The War Within&#8217;s<\/em><\/a> release, it was hard to imagine what the team would have to talk about at Gamescom, and what we got was primarily a recap of the game&#8217;s known features.<\/p>\n<p>However, we did get a short new trailer, and I have to say I&#8217;m into it. We&#8217;ve had twenty years of trailers of the Alliance and Horde at war, and this time, it&#8217;s just the Alliance and Horde playing together. Huh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-8e3vrgrq7ko66dfcd34b59cf999034233\" style=\"max-width:900px;\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 500 \/ 281\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-8e3vrgrq7ko66dfcd34b59cf999034233\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8E3VRgrQ7Ko?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8E3VRgrQ7Ko?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blizzardwatch.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/22\\\/playing-friends-world-warcraft-want-warcraft-get-new-war-within-trailer\\\/#arve-youtube-8e3vrgrq7ko66dfcd34b59cf999034233\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/8E3VRgrQ7Ko?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Watching this diverse group come together at the end made my heart grow three sizes this morning (well, at least one size). I really did not expect it to be so heartwarming to watch this oddball group of an Undead, an Orc, a Night Elf, a Dwarf, and a Human \u2014 so much like the group of people I play with every day \u2014 come together in the end.<\/p>\n<p>But the Alliance and Horde working together is one thing \u2014 a Resto Druid questing in the open world really strains credulity. Spec Guardian for that kind of thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World of Warcraft&#8217;s appearance at the Xbox Gamescom stream today was, shall we say, light on new information. So close to The War Within&#8217;s release, it was hard to imagine what the team would have to talk about at Gamescom, and what we got was primarily a recap of the game&#8217;s known features. 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