Give peace a chance.
Blizzard has revealed the release date for one upcoming World of Warcraft patch and shared details for another, the latter of which will add a much-requested cross-faction feature, allowing Horde and Alliance players to unite under the same guild banner for the first time in Azeroth’s history.
Last year, a minor Shadowlands patch started to blur the lines of the faction divide (opens in new tab), allowing players from opposing sides to team up for certain types of group content. The update also gave in-game communities the ability to turn on cross-faction functionality. Guilds were still fully locked down, but that’s set to change with the newly announced (opens in new tab) Embers of Neltharion update.
World of Warcraft was built on the conflict between Horde and Alliance, and while many of the expansions‘ storylines have seen them come together and temporarily put aside their differences for the greater good, the opposing factions have always been very separate when it comes to actual gameplay.
