Game news “I have the impression that this event is 8 years late” World of Warcraft is launching a surprise battle royale mode tomorrow, it is already the laughing stock of the internet…
No one expected Blizzard to release a new game mode and fans are perplexed by this new feature…
On board! The Plunderstorm event will appear
Few expected to mix World of Warcraft and battle royale in the same sentence. However, this is what Blizzard offers in its new game mode called Plunderstorm. In short, it’s a sort of large battlefield with sixty players doing PvP. The theme of piracy is part of this novelty, since looting will be omnipresent in the fighters’ games. In other words, players will not only have to beat each other, but also earn levels of fame to obtain rewards such as equipment or a mount. VSEach game lasts between 10 and 15 minutes, and the winner will be, unsurprisingly, the one who survives. Here’s what Blizzard said about this new game mode:
We want players who just want to have fun, who want to have an awesome pirate party with their friends, collect loot, fight monsters, and play for the cool abilities that are in there. There is a gold monster on the map that brings loot. There are chests you can open. Even if you don’t win, you can win things, you can still have fun. That’s really what we focused on.
Blizzard’s social networks had been displaying a pirate icon for several days, without anyone understanding why. So this is what the North American company was cooking up! However, not all fans are overjoyed by this surprise announcement.
A World of Warcraft event that is not unanimous
Unfortunately, while a large portion of fans are happy to see Blizzard making an effort to offer new content, not everyone is convinced by Plunderstorm… The news broke only a few hours ago, followed by official trailers. It is therefore possible to see what this event looks like. While some are looking forward to playing as a pirate in action-packed games, others don’t understand why the North American company had this idea. “I have the impression that this event is 7/8 years late” we can read in the comments of the video translated into French.
Furthermore, the video makes Internet users laugh. On the one hand because he did not expect an announcement of this kind, but above all for a few specific elements. At 54 seconds into the trailer, it is possible to see a human pirate aiming with a ranged weapon…With her eyepatch. Also, the pandaren dancing on the dancefloor and under a disco ball at the end raises a lot of questions and causes hilarity. All information is available on the official World of Warcraft websiteincluding rewards for participating in this event.