World of Warcraft, in a huge move for a 20-year old MMO, has just announced plans to slowly, but surely, phase out its combat add-ons in favour of building that functionality into the main game.

World of Warcraft senior game director Ion Hazzikostas recently warned players that add-ons and mods that predict or help players respond to things happening in combat will be disabled in the future.

Blizzard's recent stance on combat addon's may see some changes come to World of Warcraft. Robin takes a look at what's in ...

World of Warcraft WoW's idea to clamp down on combat add-ons is misguided, especially since it could keep improving its base experience without, uh, doing that World of Warcraft Blizzard's making ...

Despite there being many years of acceptance from Blizzard about the use of addons, today the developer has revealed that it'll be changing tact. It wants to gradually outlaw the use of combat ...

Today is one of those magnanimous days. A reader named Jeff sent me an email that stated he is in the market for a new scrolling combat text addon. His email didn't give an exact reason for the ...

With Patch 11.1.7 on the horizon, Blizzard is drawing a firm line in the sand: the age of mandatory combat add-ons is coming to an end. In a recent WoWCast, game director Ion Hazzikostas laid out ...

WoW devs attempt to calm fans after reducing modding At the time of writing, WoW addons have aimed to make the game more accessible, provide players with faster options in combat and much more.