by Magistrate - 10 years ago     show comments

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor alpha invitations have gone out to select individuals. The beginning of a (more public) alpha testing has been confirmed by Reward Systems Designer Russ Peterson (@nite_moogle) and was later announced by Bashiok via a blog post:

Edit: Check out ZenStyle’s alpha stream–going on NOW!

Warlords of Draenor alpha invites have gone out to a small number of individuals for our first phase of external testing, historically dubbed “Friends & Family” for its limited scope of availability to Blizzard employees’ friends and family, as well as some streamers, press outlets, and fansites. Alpha testers are free to share screenshots and videos, stream content, publicly discuss their experiences in the alpha, and offer their feedback in the Alpha Feedback forum.

This initial wave is extremely limited, and we’ll be sending additional invites as testing progresses. In the meantime, we recommend visiting your favorite fansites for information and updates, Twitch to watch streams, and the front page here at WorldofWarcraft.com for continuing content updates. You can also check out the full alpha patch notes right here!

Please be aware that no keys are available for the Warlords of Draenor alpha, so be on guard for potential scams using invites as a lure. You can always check to see if you’ve been invited by logging into your Battle.net account at http://www.battle.net and viewing your available game licenses. You’ll never need to click on a link in an email to redeem a testing invite for Warlords of Draenor. Visit our security site for information on how to identify and avoid scams intended to steal your account information.

If you’re interested in participating in future testing phases, you can opt in here to World of Warcraft and other Blizzard game-testing opportunities. Additional invite opportunities will be announced as they become available, and we recommend checking back regularly for updates.

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Be wary of scams. If you were among one of the lucky players to receive an alpha invitation in your email inbox, it should look like this:

Image courtesy of @AlternativeChat

Details

• The alpha is streamable
• There is no NDA on the alpha (source)
• Horde characters only (they’re testing Frostfire Ridge)

What to Expect

We’re excited to share that several of our staff members have received alpha invitations and will be sharing everything Draenor has to offer in the coming days. Stay tuned for live streams, content, and more!

If you happened to get in, share the news! What’s your experience like so far? Tell us all about Draenor!