World of Warcraft's latest legal action has fans fuming. Blizzard has filed a lawsuit against the owners of Turtle WoW, a fan project to provide unofficial classic WoW servers. With thousands of players across ten servers, and its very own original expansion, Mysteries of Azeroth, Turtle WoW has become a popular, free alternative to Blizzard's official servers.
However, as of August 29, Blizzard had sued the creators of Turtle WoW, alleging several counts of copyright infringement and referring to it as a "pirate server" that "illegally uses [Blizzard's] code, assets, and trademarks" in a statement to Windows Central. Fan reactions to the lawsuit are almost universally negative, including in Screen Rant's own comment section, with user Odin going so far as to say, "And with this final stroke by Activision, WoW is finally dead."
Turtle WoW launched its first unofficial server, the roleplaying and PvE-focused Nordanaar, on October 6, 2018. Multiple other servers would soon follow, including PvP-focused servers and regional variants that attracted players from around the world.
These servers function as a free alternative to Blizzard's official WoW Classic servers, which were launched in 2019 and require a subscription fee to play.
Turtle WoW eventually got...
