Members of our staff have reflected back on the past year, sharing what we’re particularly proud of on our site in 2023 (as well as a few cat pics). Happy New Year, and we look forward to another year of exciting plans, site features, guides, and datamining in 2024.
Squishei (Retail Content Manager)
Dragonflight has been super exciting this year and the covering everything Retail WoW has been super exciting. 2023 had a lot of awesome content that we covered from the secrets of the Secrets of Azeroth, to new PTR content, hotfixes, holidays updates, transmog and much more. The future of WoW looks very bright!
Returning to Blizzcon was amazing, and we all watched as Blizzard revealed 3 upcoming World of Warcraft expansions! I’m very much looking forward to all these expansions as we see where the story goes in the future. I’m also looking forward to all the quality of life changes that Blizzard seems to be making such as Account-Wide progression in Warbands, Dragonriding everywhere and so much more. The end of Dragonflight is sure to be exciting as well with the secretive Patch 10.2.6 and Season 4, but I’m very much looking forward to The War Within and the upcoming Alpha and Beta season.
See you all next year!
Anshlun (Retail News and Class Guides)
Starting the year with the release of my favorite raid of all time in Wrath Classic, Ulduar. It was a blast to, once again, progress through it and listen to Algalon’s lines, giving chills down our spines. After that, we had Patch 10.1 and Dragonflight Season 2, which was a great time to be a Shadow Priest, making me wish I did more keys during it. Shortly after, we had the release of ToGC in Wrath Classic, which was prime alt content; I got to a point that I was running it on 7 alts every week, perks of a short raid. Then, towards the end of the year, we had three big releases with ICC, followed by Dragonflight Season 3, and Season of Discovery, the latter of which is what I’ve been playing the most recently.
And in the midst of all that, I cannot fail to mention BlizzCon 2023, which was amazing. Had such a good time meeting old friends and making new ones all the same. The four-year hiatus really made this Con more special than previous ones, hopefully, it will be back to its normal yearly cadence from now on.
With all that is known, 2024 is looking to be one of the busiest years of WoW, with so much content planned ahead of us that is both exciting and scary to think of.
Happy Holidays everyone and may 2024 be your best year yet for you and your families!
Neryssa (Retail News and Guides)
My highlight of 2023 was definitely the return of BlizzCon, and seeing so many people for the first time as well as reencountering old friends was really energizing (and everyone who recognized me as the Ms. Frizzle of WoW :D) – Not to mention all the announcements! If you had told me just a year ago I’d be looking forward to three expansions worth of content to look forward to work on, I would not have believed you. Very excited to wrap up Dragonflight and put my hands on everything the Worldsoul Saga has to offer!
I wish everyone who spends their time reading this a fantastic 2024, and may we see a lot more collectible content! And a special thank you to all my co-workers here at Wowhead, working with you guys for years now has been an awesome experience.
Penguin (Retail Profession Guides)
I want to say Thank you! to the Wowhead team for being such an amazing group of people. I am honored to be a small part of the phenomenal team here. As we adventure into 2024, I am super excited for The War Within. I can’t wait to see what profession revamps or updates Blizzard has in store for us, and I am ready for the Warbands bank!
I hope everyone has had a lovely holiday season and a great ending to 2023. Stay safe, be kind, and happy goldmaking!
Paryah (Guides: Retail, Classic, and D4)
2023 at Wowhead has been an amazing and gratifying ride. Along with the usual writing that I do for World of Warcraft, I was able to get in on the ground floor with the very excellent new Diablo 4 guides. The D4 folks at Wowhead are truly lovely and it has been an honor and a privilage to work with them as well as the WoW folks. BlizzCon 2023 allowed me to actually meet in person so many of these terrific people. The passion, the enthusiasm, and the (with apologies to Kalec) family that the Wowhead teams have is infectious and inspiring. I feel I have made some true lifelong friends.
I am looking forward to the future of Wowhead with renewed excitement. More D4 content under the deft guidance of Cin and Ren, more WoW lore and speculation with DiscordianKitty, more terrific guide content from Nery, Ansh, Archie, and more under the supervision of Squishei. There are plenty of other names I could, and perhaps should, mention, but I’m sure there is a word-count I ought to keep to here! I will will add one more name though. Wowhead would not be Wowhead without one person, Perculia. She’s smart, savvy, and kind. I am in awe of how good she is at her job; the dedication and work that she puts into this site is inspiring.
For me personally, 2023 has been challenging. I have managed to make it through with my sanity (mostly) intact due to these games and the community that surrounds them: Wowhead, other WoW/D4 content creators, the wider WoW/Blizzard community, several people at Blizzard, my guild and raid team, several very important furry people, and you. If you are reading this, you are a contributor. Thank you!
I am looking forward to 2024 and being able to produce more content with these people, for these people. And I couldn’t do any of it without my supervisor and my assistant. You boys are the best!
DiscordianKitty (Retail News & Lore)
But the real highlight of 2023 and Blizzcon was being able to meet and spend time with so many of my co-workers at Wowhead – just an incredible crowd of inspiring people who I am lucky to be able to count as my friends.
As Dragonflight winds down, I’ve been able to focus a little more on experimental approaches to covering the lore. Some of my articles are accompanied by simple YouTube videos now, providing narration for those who might prefer it, and this is something I hope to keep doing. Otherwise, it’s just so exciting to see the Worldsoul Saga approaching. Here’s to 2024 – an even better year for WoW lore!
Rokman, WoW Classic Manager
I had the pleasure of being a part of the live event for the Hardcore Allstars Community Event, where Blizzard announced the official Hardcore Realms. I was also a part of the production of the OTK Mak’gora Tournament, which was a huge success for the WoW Classic community! Lastly, one of my personal highlights of the year was getting to attend Blizzcon 2023 and doing live coverage from the event, getting to meet a lot of the Wowhead team in person for the first time, as well as having the opportunity to interview some amazing Developers on Season of Discovery, right after it was announced!
Linny Cooke-Saverlline, Game Producer (Left) and Tim Jones, Assistant Lead Classic Designer (Right)
For 2024, the Classic division is expanding and we’ll be working hard to continue delivering the best content we can for our audience on Wowhead! We’re excited for the many phases ahead for Season of Discovery as well as Cataclysm Classic next Summer. Thanks for being a part of the Wowhead community – Cheers!
Cinereus (Diablo Content Manager, Necro Class Lead)
I’m Cinereus, Wowhead’s Online Content Manager for Diablo games. I want to offer my thanks to our readers and our writers for a great year in Diablo! This is our second full year with the Diablo franchise, and we thoroughly enjoyed the launch of Diablo 4 despite some growing pains for the game. Over the first two Seasons, we have significantly expanded our Build Tool to include paragon, skills, gear and affixes, and class mechanics. We also covered each Season’s mechanic with Malignant Hearts and Vampiric Powers. We shared over a thousand news pieces and nearly as many guides. We cannot wait for Season Three with Leaderboards, two more Seasons, and the launch of the Vessel of Hatred expansion next year.
Our team has grown so much this year with Diablo 4; there’s more to come. We had our first Blizzcon with a Diablo hall this year after four years with no Blizzcon at all, and we’re looking forward to the expansion next year! Have fun, be smart, be kind, and play hard.
Best Wishes for the New Year, Wanderer.
- We are proud to have covered the launch of Diablo 4.
- We battled demonic corruption and ravenous vampire Lords in the first two Seasons.
- We built new tools and planners to aid wanderers in planning their characters.
- We went from a dozen contributors to more than twice that number.
- We’re busy sharpening our swords and gearing up for the release of Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred late next year.
RenataKane (Guides Manager, Druid Class Lead)
In the summer of 2023, I celebrated my fourth year at Wowhead by joining the staff as a Guides and Templates Manager, which has brought fun and welcomed new sets of challenges. I’m so proud of the work we’ve all been doing on our Diablo 4 site and all the fabulous writers who dedicate their time and knowledge. I also want to send a big shoutout to our development team, who has put so much work into our tools, particularly our top-of-the-line Build Planner.
2023 also marked my first in-person BlizzCon (I swear my feet still hurt!) It was a fantastic experience finally to meet my Wowhead extended family in person and so many enthusiastic fans, players, and professionals.
And then we were hit with that whirling dervish called Season of Discovery, which brought me back to writing for Classic, where I started originally with Wowhead. Runes are beyond crazy, but it’s the best kind of crazy, full of cooperation, interaction with Wowhead readers and fans and the glorious hunt for the unknown. Thanks to the Classic team for welcoming me home.
Here’s to an even more amazing 2024! Chromie, the Feral Calico, wishes everyone the very best year ahead. Bring treats.
Jezartroz (Diablo News Lead)
My first year with Wowhead has been an incredible journey. Starting in Retail with Profession guides for Dragonflight, finding a home in Diablo as the News Lead and writing guides, and branching out into Classic to help with Season of Discovery has kept me on my toes and made me realize how lucky and frankly honored I am to be here. Not only am I working with an incredible team, but I’m also working with people who have as much passion for these games as I do, whom I’m privileged to call friends. Shoutout to my best friend and my guild in WoW, who pushed me to apply in the first place!
Looking back at 2023, the Wowhead team has pulled off so many awesome projects; there’s more to come in 2024. I can’t wait to dig into new content for WoW with The War Within, Diablo with the Vessel of Hatred expansion, and more – and share those hype moments with all the readers and Wowhead users who make this dream possible. Always remember to be kind to each other, and Happy New Year – see you in Azeroth, Sanctuary, and beyond! ❤️
CONSTVNT, (Tier List Coordinator, Barb Class Lead}
As the Barbarian Class Lead and Tier List Coordinator, it’s difficult to express how exciting Diablo 4’s launch and first two seasons have been. Stepping into Sanctuary with Wowhead has been an incredible experience, unlike anything I have seen before as a writer. I’m proud and honored to be a part of such a dedicated, talented team.
The release of Abattoir of Zir was the most fast-paced part of my year, as we learned so much in such a short period. Testing builds in Diablo 4’s most challenging content and going back and forth between playing and writing guides was probably the most fun I’ve had as a Diablo writer and lifelong fan. I can’t wait to see what the future of Diablo looks like in 2024.
Tharid, (Diablo/WoW Classic News and Guides, Sorcerer Class Lead)
The launch of Diablo 4 this year marked the biggest milestone for Wowhead’s Diablo division so far. Our gigantic Diablo 4 Guide Hub provides tons of information about class builds and in-game systems to this day, while our Diablo 4 News Feed keeps the community up-to-date around the clock. Wowhead’s web development team has gone multiple extra miles to create a fantastic Build Planner tool while constantly updating our beloved Diablo 4 Database, which provided both us writers and site users in general with the most correct data!
Being a part of Wowhead’s Diablo team this year has been a pleasure. I am beyond excited for 2024, Diablo 4’s first expansion, and our constant efforts to improve the “Diablo 4 on Wowhead” experience.
I’ve also had the pleasure of helping out with Season of Discovery news and guide coverage. Classic has a special place in my heart, and I couldn’t be happier to support our Classic division over the next exciting phases!
PigeonD (Datamining Team)
Happy 2024 to everyone! See you all in (a version of) World of Warcraft!
Arokan (Gnomish Engineer)
Instead, I’ll recap my 2023:
- Discovered that Murlocs talk like that because they’re Welsh. If you don’t believe me, just count how many consecutive L’s and R’s are in the average Welsh place name
- Visited the timeline where chickens outsmarted humans
- Confused by the fact that everyone always seems to know about the Secret Police
- Took HSL classes (Horse as a Second Language)
- Proved mathematically that raisins are not isomorphic to grapes
- Concluded that John Mulaney looks like a cartoon mouse got turned into a real person
- Coined the phrase “Mitochondrial Luigi”
I apologize for not including anything about Wowhead here. Those responsible have been catapulted into the Sun.
Perc (Director of Content) and Brightpaw (Chief Morale Officer)
I’m so proud of how my team continues to challenge and inspire me daily, and I look forward to working with them each day. November was especially hectic with BlizzCon > 10.2 > 10.2.5 PTR > Season of Discovery and the whole content team pulled together to pitch in with an amazing display of teamwork. I’m also proud of how we expanded our tools with our Diablo 4 calculators, kept up with Dragonflight’s hectic PTR pace, and gleefully handled the surprise chaos of Season of Discovery to end 2023 with a bang.
As for Brightpaw, his biggest accomplishments for the year was learning how to climb onto the mantlepiece and activate FaceTime. I also bought him a cozy flower bed in Wowhead red!
Have a wonderful and healthy 2024! Looking forward to what’s next in Azeroth and Sanctuary!
