WoW's revisiting old zones for Midnight and The Last Titan because not every story 'has to be told within the context of a new continent'

WoW’s revisiting old zones for Midnight and The Last Titan because not every story ‘has to be told within the context of a new continent’ | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these World of Warcraft WoW lead says they ‘lost something along the way’ by building dungeons for sweaty Mythic+ timers instead of 20-boss mazes like the good old days, but Labyrinths could be the solution RPG Obsidian was ‘surprised’ that Avowed players bounced off one of the RPG’s most important systems: ‘That frustration came through loud and clear’ World of Warcraft WoW’s classes were pruned for Midnight because many were ‘built in a world’ where its devs assumed they’d be using addons RPG The best parts of my favorite World of Warcraft classes are being turned into new heroes for Fellowship’s pre-season 2 update this week FPS When Overwatch said it was returning to the story, I did not expect its most genius decision: Reworking maps for the fun of it RPG Thanks to Diablo 2, Blizzard might’ve found a way to fix Diablo 4’s loot fatigue in its next expansion World of Warcraft Blizzard isn’t going to let World of Warcraft players suffer from outdated character customization for long, but it’s going to take some time to fix RPG Blizzard says ‘There’s actually millions of people that still play Diablo 3’ and those players have the right idea World of Warcraft Players discover once again that World of Warcraft is powered by invisible bunnies that make everything work RPG Warlocks have taken the throne as Diablo 2’s best class 26 years later, and Blizzard seems to be OK with letting them have their fun for now MMO The best MMOs on PC RPG Diablo 2 gets its first expansion in 25 years, featuring a new class, and finally, decent inventory management World of Warcraft WoW dev was surprised that players ‘like being jumped’ by the upcoming Prey system—even on its hardest difficulty, where ‘going AFK might get you killed’ Action Blizzard says it’s open to even more Diablo 2 expansions and reworks unless people get really mad at it about this one: ‘We’re going to have to see what the players say’ Games World of Warcraft producer says Chris Metzen sometimes wishes Blizzard hadn’t called it Warcraft because ‘it sounds intimidating,’ and some fans are not taking it well PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games MMO World of Warcraft World of Warcraft: Midnight WoW’s revisiting old zones for Midnight and The Last Titan because not every story ‘has to be told within the context of a new continent’ News By Harvey Randall published 23 February 2026 “Or island or liminal space. 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It’s tackling Northrend for the expansion afterwards, The Last Titan—and one of the questlines in Midnight will be called Arator’s Journey, taking you through a gauntlet of old world zones.It’s a large change in tactic, given most every World of Warcraft expansion up until this point has featured a hefty emphasis on the new. The actual world of Azeroth has expanded with both new land masses and new dimensions. There are two Draenors—two! Okay, technically it’s the same one with some alternate universe shenanigans, but you get my point. 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