World of Warcraft visual changes between the alpha and Dragonflight (2000-2022)
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:09 pm
World of Warcraft [Vanilla] came out in November 2004
Burning Crusade expansion came out in January 2007
Wrath of the Lich King came out in November 2008
Cataclysm came out in December 2010
Mists of Pandaria came out in September 2012
Warlords of Draenor came out in November 2014
Legion expansion came out in August 2016
Battle for Azeroth came out in August 2018
Shadowlands came out in November 2020
Dragonflight came out in November 2022
The War Within is going to come out in September 2024
even expansions following TWW were already announced (during Blizzcon 2023)
This video presents some of the changes that have been made to WoW's engine and graphics since it was in development:
If you think about it, WoW now looks substantially different than when it came out. Weather effects were first added March 28, 2006 with the "Patch 1.10", called “Storms of Azeroth”, along with "Tier 0.5" armor sets. Weather effects were also changed and extended for example in a late 2021 update.
Burning Crusade expansion came out in January 2007
Wrath of the Lich King came out in November 2008
Cataclysm came out in December 2010
Mists of Pandaria came out in September 2012
Warlords of Draenor came out in November 2014
Legion expansion came out in August 2016
Battle for Azeroth came out in August 2018
Shadowlands came out in November 2020
Dragonflight came out in November 2022
The War Within is going to come out in September 2024
even expansions following TWW were already announced (during Blizzcon 2023)
This video presents some of the changes that have been made to WoW's engine and graphics since it was in development:
If you think about it, WoW now looks substantially different than when it came out. Weather effects were first added March 28, 2006 with the "Patch 1.10", called “Storms of Azeroth”, along with "Tier 0.5" armor sets. Weather effects were also changed and extended for example in a late 2021 update.