US EditionBlizzard Apologizes For World Of Warcraft's Bad 12.0.5 Patch: "We Will Do Better"
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Blizzard officially apologised for World of Warcraft after the bumpy launch of Patch 12.0.5. The update, which appeared on 21 April 2026 as the first major content booster for the expansion World of Warcraft: Midnight, brought many new activities, but was accompanied by bugs, exploits and sometimes tangible failures. Accordingly, the criticism from the community fell out loud and Blizzard responded with a statement in the official blog as well a…
"We will do better": Blizzard are sorry World of Warcraft's prop hunt patch launched with an X-ray vision exploit and plenty of other pesky bugs
World of Warcraft developers Blizzard released a prop hunt mode dubbed Decor Duel with this week's patch, having initially announced the Midnight expansion-adjacent addition was on the way back in January. Sadly, said patch was littered with bugs, with the studio now having apologised for releasing it in a state that wasn't "up to [their] standards.
Blizzard Apologizes For World Of Warcraft's Bad 12.0.5 Patch: "We Will Do Better"
World of Warcraft got a huge update on April 21 that introduced some new modes and gameplay features, but everything didn't go according to plan, with players leaving more frustrated than elated. Blizzard understands this "justified frustration" and has openly apologized, saying it's working on fixing the issues with patch 12.0.5 while committing to greater transparency.In an X post on April 23 from the official World of Warcraft account, Blizza…
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