In the latest beta build of Dragonflight, Blizzard added images that appear to be related to gamepad support. From there to say that World of Warcraft will soon be released on the Microsoft console, there is necessarily a step that we will avoid crossing a little too quickly.
In recent years, Blizzard has gradually improved the accessibility of World of Warcraft. Recently, this was the case with patch 9.2 where the developers deployed several novelties including mouse spell shortcuts, improved controller support, and the ability to enlarge the cursor.
With Dragonflight, the studio continues its momentum and the icons below, datamined by Icy-Veins, are perhaps a sign of a step towards official controller support, with typical icons from Playstation and Microsoft. In recent days, Blizzard has also added an Action Combat option to automatically target the enemy facing your character.
All this might facilitate the accessibility of the MMORPG to players who, for the moment, generally go through theaddon ConsolePort.
While waiting to find out more, there is no doubt that speculation will be rife as to a possible release of WoW on console… And this all the more so since Microsoft will finalize the acquisition of Activision Blizzard in the first half of 2023, if so long as the regulatory authorities do not come cut the grass underfoot of the two giants.
