World of Warcraft's lead game designer Ion Hazzikostas had one last surprise for fans at Gamescom over the weekend. WoW addons for the UI in the game are a huge part of playing at a competitive level, ...

World of Warcraft addons can transform your experience, from streamlining your interface to helping you conquer endgame content. Even with Blizzard’s Midnight expansion restrictions, many top addons ...

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World of Warcraft’s Midnight expansion introduces sweeping changes to how addons work, removing popular combat data tools while expanding built-in UI features. Players now rely more on visual ...

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Back in Gamescom 2025, Blizzard turned up in Cologne and began its Burning Crusade against combat addons. As part of the game’s features, Blizzard would be making large changes to the API built into ...