HN
WRITER · 33 PIECES INDEXED
Heather Newman
WRITES ABOUTRPG 73%Fantasy 70%Action 67%Open World 63%
BODY OF WORK
33
LAST 12 MO
14
REVIEWS
3
OUTLETS
2
COVERING SINCE
2019
CADENCE
a few a month, mostly news
14 PIECES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS
Recent writing
12 OCT
1 piece
PC Gamer·12 Oct
Why alts are part of World of Warcraft: Forever's core progression plansnewsonWorld of Warcraft: Forever

1 SEPT
1 piece
PC Gamer·1 Sept
5 top tips from World of Warcraft housing creators for making amazing masterworksnewsonWorld of Warcraft: Midnight

31 AUG
2 pieces
PC Gamer·31 Aug
Blizzard doing 'a thorough scrub' of illegitimate World of Warcraft Mythic-Plus dungeon rankings, with more changes to comenewsonWorld of Warcraft: Midnight

PC Gamer·31 Aug
Some of WoW's hardest dungeons and raids have gotten just a bit easier—that's on purpose, developers saynewsonWorld of Warcraft

17 AUG
1 piece
PC Gamer·17 Aug
10 tips from a World of Warcraft art lead for getting started creating amazing houses in WoWnewsonWorld of Warcraft

31 JAN
1 piece
PC Gamer·31 Jan
Moroccan pirate queen Sayyida al-Hurra was largely omitted from history books, but now she's in Civilization 7 thanks to a professor's curiosity and years of researchnewsonSid Meier's Civilization VII

28 JAN
1 piece
PC Gamer·28 Jan
You can expect some of WoW's big timers to bite it during the Worldsoul Saga trilogy: 'It’ll be a lot of death, I’m afraid'newsonWorld of Warcraft: Midnight

27 JAN
1 piece
PC Gamer·27 Jan
Redesigns for both Orgrimmar and Stormwind are on the table if World of Warcraft: Midnight's Silvermoon overhaul is well receivednewsonWorld of Warcraft: Midnight

22 JAN
3 pieces
PC Gamer·22 Jan
World of Warcraft's add-on changes aren't over: 'There will doubtless be some loopholes players find'newsonWorld of Warcraft: Midnight

PC Gamer·22 Jan
Blizzard let its UI mods 'go farther than we should have', says game director Ion Hazzikostas, but 'the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second-best time is today'newsonWorld of Warcraft: Midnight

PC Gamer·22 Jan
Blizzard's not been 'backtracking' on its combat addon plans for World of Warcraft, says game director Ion Hazzikostas: 'This was always the intent, to swing the pendulum to the other end and then creep it back'newsonWorld of Warcraft: Midnight

13 JAN
1 piece
PC Gamer·13 Jan
Blizzard has big plans for World of Warcraft's player housing, and you won't have to wait long to see what's next: 'This is a system that we're not just setting up to last for the launch of Midnight, but for years to come'newsonWorld of Warcraft: Midnight

22 DEC 2025
1 piece
PC Gamer·22 Dec 2025
World of Warcraft: Midnight's new solo-friendly Prey mode will have bosses attacking you out of nowhere: 'There's going to be some really mean stuff that we're going to do to you'newsonWorld of Warcraft: Midnight

11 DEC 2025
1 piece
PC Gamer·11 Dec 2025
World of Warcraft: Legion Remix was supposed to be full of lawless fun, but it turned out to be awfully grindynewsonWorld of Warcraft: Legion

13 OCT 2025
1 piece
PC Gamer·13 Oct 2025
World of Warcraft director admits it's too hard without combat mods and explains how bosses will change in Midnight: 'We're not looking to turn all our raid encounters into giant puzzles for people to solve'newsonWorld of Warcraft: Midnight

9 OCT 2025
1 piece
PC Gamer·9 Oct 2025
World of Warcraft: Midnight has some of Blizzard's most controversial changes yet, but playing the alpha still has me hopeful it'll figure them out in the next few monthsnewsonWorld of Warcraft: Midnight
