Some of the races in World of Warcraft couldn't be Mages in the old lore, like the Tauren who couldn't learn the Arcane, or the Night Elves that were so good at it, they almost used it to destroy ...

However, some races in World of Warcraft aren’t allowed to become Death Knights, and others aren’t as good at providing the stats a Death Knight wants for better progression.

The Worgen, while they have quickly become a classic, iconic race in Warcraft lore, actually only came onto the scene in WoW itself, providing an enemy to Horde and Alliance alike in Silverpine ...

And, in fact, some of the ways that race works in the game echo the way race works in real life. Let's start with the parallels. Racial Performance There are a lot of ways to play WoW.

From the dawn of time until now, this quick lore primer covers everything you need to know about Warcraft history to stay up to date with the latest expansion, Battle for Azeroth.

The WoW community is growing ever larger, and for lots of people the entire Warcraft story is a puzzling maze of overlapping tales. I know if I were a new player and someone told me, "Oh yeah, you ...

A set of four Halloween masks discovered in the latest test patch for World of Warcraft has players debating over whether or not they've uncovered the next two races for Blizzards massively ...

This article is based on our recent interview with Blizzard about Battle for Azeroth.The Allied Race feature has been one of the most widely discussed and hotly-anticipated additions to World of ...

In order to discuss the new 'racials' in World of Warcraft, the popular role-playing game, we picked the brains of three erstwhile WoW geeks. Here's our conversation with them, unabridged.

If you've been out of the loop, murlocs are an ancient race of Azeroth that evolved to survive dangerous aquatic environments. That's the lore part, but the community has long had a fondness for ...

One of the most beautiful parts about World of Warcraft is how the game constantly expands. In the lore, new continents regularly appear from the mists, emerging onto the map and becoming hubs for ...

The shrewd and tenacious goblins are the Horde's newest playable race with the Cataclysm expansion. Though considered the go-to neutral race in World of Warcraft thus far, the goblins have an ...