The War Within Pre-Expansion Update Trailer | World of Warcraft

Darkness is coming, and twisted memories of war have awoken to threaten our world. Face echoes of legendary foes from throughout Azeroth’s history in our first foray into The Worldsoul Saga.
The World of Warcraft: The War Within Pre-Expansion Update launches July 23, 2024 PDT. The Visions of Azeroth Questline begins July 30, 2024. Pre-purchase the Epic Edition to get Early Access: shop.battle.ne...
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[@clawme3332]

Magni just couldn't chill tf out and now we gotta fix his mess, AGAIN.

[@Bismark3009]

THE WOONS

[@ColdCryomancer]

To be fair. this is probably how it should have gone the first time. No black empre patch. this should have been the end of BFA. then we could have had nzoth show up in the void expansion. alas. this is the salvaged timeline.

[@KhornateBRZRKR]

@@Bismark3009OYYYY CHAMPION AZEROTH WOONS CRY OUT

[@marcedmonson]

This guy really sounds fed up lol

[@ryuno2097]

​@@ColdCryomanceralso we didnt need Shadowlands.

[@Caady]

Oh no... No! Magni consumed too much Azerite and now he has hallucinations

[@JuanManuelVargasPereaGamer-i9p]

HELLO. xd

[@EnderGoku9001]

Bro becomes Bluegnaros 💀

[@JuanManuelVargasPereaGamer-i9p]

@@EnderGoku9001 /specialmount pay 1 like reacts XD qwerty

[@insulareshdxo9454]

Uncontrolled Astral projections

[@hhmaniak]

Heroooo we need you " Magni every 10 seconds

[@dasati3168]

Those animations gave me Azerite farming PTSD

[@oitavalentin6690]

exactly

[@silver_forest-k5i]

Heavy BfA flashbacks for me, but nostalgic

[@AkiRa22084]

Why would anyone farm that?

[@silver_forest-k5i]

@@AkiRa22084 heart of azeroth is hungry

[@AkiRa22084]

@@silver_forest-k5i No, it's not. Artifacts were hungry, but not the Heart.

[@kevinfrench9753]

Hogger's return was inevitable...

[@osirismt]

Where is Alleria?

[@CodeXCDM]

Now if only they used that one Raid Boss version of Hogger they made for Blizzcon ages ago that would charge and one shot raiders...

[@HawkknightXC88]

Real Hogger is still out there.

[@gourrygabriev1988]

Elwynn... Setback!

[@Mythansar]

Pour little Hogger... Just let him sleep in the Stockades!

[@jiado6893]

"Azeroth, SPEAK TO ME!" And then it's goo blob.

[@Amula90]

No, it's Playstation 2 goo blob!

[@gman7177]

No one: Blizzard for the past ten years: Something dark is coming...

[@soapgaming4903]

It’s REALLY coming this time trust me my dad works for blizzard

[@Rudbeckbitten]

Some "UNKOWN ANCIENT" Coming up each expansion

[@syedie7283]

Yeah, but when they bring LK, you all trashtalkers got wet pants, lol.

[@Rudbeckbitten]

@@syedie7283 you mean back when wow was made with passion?

[@PSGameStation]

Jailer has been preping us all this time! All his schemes were to prep us for this something dark.

[@Pokephantom]

THE WOONS CHAMPIONS

[@Notyouraveragename]

Magni just really went "Azarath, Metrion, ZINTOS" and ravened all over the place.

[@JuanManuelVargasPereaGamer-i9p]

hola.

[@FootballsGreatest]

he went Azeroth, Metrion, Zintos

[@JuanManuelVargasPereaGamer-i9p]

@@FootballsGreatest TEEN TITANS xd

[@romanivanov4288]

Nice trailer for 2010

[@miloddvoranak8900]

Thats it ?? Whole trailer to fight some low-res illusions ?

[@MilkshakeGuruTTV]

cry more

[@claraoswald7092]

true

[@Geraldo_Rivian]

These days if the team doesn't get enough time to fully render something, they just call it lore reason and move on

[@dmaavaisd]

TBH liked this trailer more than the actual cinematic trailers we got. Those legit showed nothing of the story or had any kind of hype to them.

[@corey7680]

If they come out and say it was an amateur high schooler animation project i'll allow it

[@koheletcalaforexclan6508]

Thrall: Something Dark is Coming *MAINTENANCE EXTENDED* Yup

[@tordb]

Azeroth always needing our help but when does Azeroth help us?

[@unclvinny]

Janet Jackson's all: what have you done for me LATELY?!

[@Fable91]

In fairness, we do all live on her back lol

[@Culdcepter]

"Ask not what your planet can do for you...ask what you can do for your planet." JFK, probably.

[@GarroshTV]

@@Fable91Azeroth literally carrying us since 20 years

[@gutspillage]

Defeating N'zoth and empowering the Aspects most recently.

[@disasterallosaurus]

World of Ragnaros 3: The Ragnarosing

[@jimparkin2345]

BY MICROTRANSACTIONS BE PURGED!

[@gutscar4718]

Oh man, the ammount of re-used models is going to be staggering.

[@vankhorne]

How can we recycle old lore and villains? Blizzard: Yes.

[@lukas8708]

in terms of recycling enemies they learned from the best - Final Fantasy series ;)

[@sanosuke8816]

"Somehow Ragnaros returned…“

[@skidraw]

Dont be fooled by the rapid scene changes. The "dark that is coming" is indeed Hogger..

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

We need your aid " ONE MORE TIME " Champion. That's what you said last time.

[@torpa15]

guys we removed the colour from existing assets and turned them into loot Piñatas - are they even trying anymore? Im not sure

[@claraoswald7092]

sooooo accurate.

[@Geraldo_Rivian]

Some guy in the graphics team: easy money bois

[@graemeguthrie8758]

dude they gave up 8 years ago...

[@Moonstrider]

Lich King once again, my Azeroth-friends

[@lutz7091]

35 anima once again*

[@GestaltReality]

Has all creativity left the building? Everything being recycled.... :(

[@QuiznosBaka]

Just once i'd like to finish my dinner without being interrupted by Magni....

[@god6384]

Right in front of my tendies!!!

[@zombiefraser]

How many rising darkness's have we stopped by now?

[@joewooks3935]

Not enough! Same with Lich King Arthas appearances apparently

[@Geraldo_Rivian]

We need rising brightness now

[@MultiLearco]

THIS GAME GRAPHIC AND ANIMATION LOOK PRETTY AWESOME, BLIZZARD YOU ARE INSANE!( This in 2003 ok?)

[@apfelkuchen4399]

When they are desperately trying to cling to your nostalgia...

[@Curates223]

What was the budget on this, $12.99?

[@gtl_friend552]

CHAMPION!... THE WOONZ

[@jordonperry3508]

Alright gotta admit that the Time Lost Proto Drake/Ashes/Invincible dragonflying/skyriding drop in unison was pretty awesome haha.

[@brunocostacurta178]

Really was

[@destinyrfrost]

Yeah that was dope

[@HawkknightXC88]

Sure is Awesome.

[@Matty_Scores]

This entire trailer was so dope. Loved the ending too with arthas and the charge, and the kungfu panda. Well done blizz.

[@kamil74834]

"Its the transactions, you've seen them"

[@ulascanmeyan6819]

Man cant wait to fly on ashes that was so cool

[@Afflictamine]

'remember how good the old expansions were ? well come back and play retail, you can fight big blue ghost versions of those old bosses !'

[@darthyvardyreal]

Can't wait to play the classic version of this when I'm 40

[@artbykestonremy]

"we are in need of your aid once more champions" yeh what else is new lol .. here we go again !

[@apollolinaire2607]

"We have no real idea of what to do so we just throw every popular mob back into the game for some reason"

[@rcslyman8929]

"Hey guys, guys! Listen! You know how excited everyone was for WoW Classic? Well..."

[@ColdCryomancer]

Oh sure its not that were finally concluding warcraft and this isnt the victory lap or anything. you guys are so negative.

[@chickenlittle4101]

Its magni and azeroth love story saga all over again

[@fishraposo7192]

*careless whisper playing on the background*

[@kke8901]

yer happy?

[@szarekhostwind]

​@@kke8901 nye nye nye

[@ColdCryomancer]

@@fishraposo7192 Careless whispers of the old gods

[@Geraldo_Rivian]

Azeroth is playing hard to get

[@ShadowsOfThePast]

Oh noo Champion!! It's the wooooons again..!!!! 😱

[@hennibsdp9528]

Thanks Dragonflight for two solid years! And hallo TheWarWithin, may you uphold or even surpass your predecessor’s legacy💪

[@HelenHunt69]

Sly Cooper was the best

[@lovelywaz]

Magni, why did you touch Azeroth without consent? It's all your fault! 😑😑¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@mrspooky9854]

Lich king: You could not live with your own failure and where did that bring you? Back to me.

[@Vyngraven]

CHAMPION!!

[@nairda8323]

Azaroth needs ya help! Here, I'll mark it on your map.

[@burazcova946]

recycled storm surges or whatever they were called in DF prepatch, nothing beats scourge invasion from WotLK

[@DaisyCloverbee]

Yep. Still have the haunted memento.

[@Chungusshroom]

bro wotlk prepatch was so lame 😂

[@obiman7957]

Oh shi lich king and ragnaros is back baby

[@marich8356]

It's sad they decided not to do the animations before the next expansion, it was one of the best things to wait for the expansion.

[@pb542]

Animations? I’m out of the loop, could you tell me what animations?

[@marich8356]

@@pb542 before WoD, Legion, BfA and Shadowlands they launched some short animations on the youtube channel with stories of the main characthers of those expansions. Look for harbingers and warbringers on their youtube channel. Awesome animations!5

[@lamara3534]

@@pb542 I'm guessing he means the animated shorts like the "Lords of war" from the Warlords of Draenor expansion

[@ShadowsOfThePast]

Yea they were really good but maybe they were out of ideas for TWW one. Hope we see them return in Midnight then maybe..!

[@StuchFlex]

More of the same, we need something new

[@HawkknightXC88]

So long Dragonflight. It was Amazing. Hello War Within.

[@cookiebrain129]

It was so boring...

[@dreamhunter1295]

Oh my beautiful nostalgia this expansion is getting better and better

[@jacekszostak2401]

Love how they used "Times change" music from WoD. This is epic!

[@mikevernier2559]

We ran out of ideas of what we could make our players fight so we uploaded their collective search history from r34.

[@Shokamoka]

Bruh they really had to do whatever to get Arthas’s Lich King backkkkk In piñata mode no less

[@ZhanTodorov]

Onyxia for the 20th time…. Yay.

[@andrassalfay5869]

Whelps! Handle them!

[@Geraldo_Rivian]

That too after the heritage quest

[@ZeroX252]

WHAT SWORD

[@nightknight7748]

Magni got put back to sleep. Ever since he woke up, he kept breaking stuff

[@yedessjr]

They call us Champion. Are we 10000000 champions? :(

[@god6384]

Oh great BFA 2.0 with azerite and Magni....

[@rumers100]

Magni :Champion. Me :Oh no, not again.

[@TheFootballpunditer]

Wow cool, untextured version of old bosses

[@fincrattanaka4633]

Illidan can be resurrected three times, and then Kel'Thuzad twice. Maybe we can let King Llane's corpse decay once, so that we can do about thirteen expansions.

[@EAmoosey]

So, what part of the story is getting retconned because of this event?

[@manafox2550]

Magni : "the WUUUUNDZZ!!!"

[@FiremansGaming]

People still play retail ? ...

[@heywhaddupbrah]

This trailer makes the game look so dated

[@williams100292]

Glory to the Alliance! For Azeroth!

[@JasonP-pb6lp]

FOR THE ALLIANCE

[@danielpaladin7054]

For the alliance!!!!!!🥰

[@ShadowCreed7192]

Light be with you

[@720vii]

Thank you Dragonflight ❤

[@Ryno2094]

the questline doesn't begin for another week?? why not just release it with the patch

[@fudgeisg00d]

NO MAGNI AWOKE THE GREATEST EVILIMAGINABLE, 20+ YEARS OF RECYCLED CONTENT

[@chyefun]

using range attacks on the lichking way before the tanks reaches? yes very accurate of the game's history

[@quoriwow]

shades of Final Fantasy The Spirits Within here.

[@Mia-hr2]

FOR XAL'ATATH.

[@StefanoZou]

Xalawho? Come on so cring😂

[@Guldfisken90]

@@StefanoZou It's only cringe when you say it is

[@StefanoZou]

@@Guldfisken90 for xalatath..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 come on be real.

[@theinquisitor8112]

@@StefanoZou xal'atath is the name of the evil elf that had tattoos on her face. do you even play WoW? how do you not know this by now, after all the trailers and blogs about her and TWW?

[@StefanoZou]

@@theinquisitor8112 ok then...for xalalala🫠

[@XYZ-eo8um]

Who else have 'another faction war in the middle of the expansion' on their predictions list?

[@Geraldo_Rivian]

Dunno man, both the earthen and the arathi are alliance centric

[@XYZ-eo8um]

@@Geraldo_Rivian Earthen are announced to be available for both factions like Dracthyr and Pandaren, but that's not my point. My point is, we can definitely expect another faction war storyline, where (once again, how original, Blizz...) the Horde will be bad guys for whatever reason. Even despite if anyone is more likely to start one, it's definitely Turalyon.

[@Geraldo_Rivian]

@@XYZ-eo8um wanna bet?

[@pedropierre9594]

Rehash that content

[@Oaktwo]

Why they got Garen in the start

[@bbbbbbbbbill]

For demacia

[@Sidewinder84x]

something dark is coming ..... (Paid Headstart)

[@SQLdb]

LETS GOOOO

[@nuke]

THANK YOU DEVELOPERS!!

[@Real-Ruby-Red]

Honestly this trailer is so much better than the snake lady from avatar

[@questforadventurechannel7065]

CHAMPION!

[@jonteenvasily]

Yes sir!🫡

[@renevil2105]

Shouldn't half of this been in the Shadow Lands DLC? Let's Make Azeroth Great Again!!!!

[@KhornateBRZRKR]

Awe man they done put Fent in Magni’s Azerite

[@andrewedward5181]

Dang still nostalgia baiting players huh

[@theoldblood3804]

Why don't they just give this game up and make something better

[@kuboootv]

god im already upset

[@SweatyJowy69]

Xal’Atath looking mighty fine man😅

[@stann4730]

R34 must be pumping ngl

[@cymrejones]

Here we go again

[@jacksonlittle5993]

Hopefully they don't fixate too much on the whole "YOU ARE THE CHOSEN ONE SENT BY THE HEAVENS AND ONLY YOU ARE AZEROTH'S LAST HOPE" type of stuff.

[@DragonProtector]

😭 ill miss dragonflight

[@furdieallianz2079]

Nah

[@cobaltnetherwingdrake7048]

Same here 😢

[@HawkknightXC88]

It was fun while it lasted. I'll miss it too.

[@1un4cy]

Was hoping warbands would include all or most reputations, the worst part is getting exalted on every rep for every profession.

[@Ribcut]

That's cool. Did they finally give Warriors utility for M+ groups?

[@Lordlt82]

The Goat Arthas!

[@jansenart0]

That's not Khadgar. He's been replaced.

[@betelgeux6010]

by whomst

[@cameronmcewen7192]

Why the obsession with Khadgar?

[@TheAdmiral117]

@@cameronmcewen7192 Khadgar's the best

[@BeastAF]

Trailer is AMAZING. then you play the beta and youre like dam RIP

[@Bael1]

expansion almost here, so we are not really getting any animated short story huh?

[@kindofilya7513]

Life for Knifu!

[@VChong1991]

Dat pandaren kick xD

[@arizothwow1]

This seems awesome

[@saoirsedraiocht5551]

Please, Blizzard. I'm begging you. Don't hurt us again. Make this good.

[@Khoragg]

Magni been on the juice for too long innit? 😄

[@mnkyboy0505]

for the horde

[@luckyperson590]

How does both Activision and Blizzard know exactly how to lose players? Exactly how to insult them again and again..?