World of Warcraft WoTLK Classic Gold Classic: Burning Crusade Reveal
The idea was to coincide with the 2008 Summer Olympic games in the original release of Burning Crusade expansion, it was thought Blizzard considered it fitting to bring it back for this year's delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It's currently unclear how long The Spirit of Competition event will be running. It's unclear how long the Spirit of Competition event coincides with the annually scheduled Midsummer Fire Festival in-game event, which adds various quests as well as cosmetic prizes, as well as dungeon bosses.
Horde players are likely to want to make use of this week's same-faction Battleground test in order to get the Olympic-themed cosmetics. Prior to Blizzard permitting similar-faction Battleground matchmaking, Horde participants had to wait up to an hour for matches due to the greater number of players, which made winning these exclusive rewards much more challenging. The latest same-faction matchmaking test comes with additional benefits for Alliance players who decide to play in Battlegrounds.
The launch of the event occurs at a time when Activision Blizzard is dealing with the aftermath of a California lawsuit against the firm that claims it is a "frat boy" culture that is filled with sexual harassment. Many players are calling for the removal of NPCs within both WoW Classic in the classic version as well as the new Shadowlands edition of WoW that are named in honor of an ex-Blizzard veteran and former WoW creative buy WoTLK Gold director named as a defendant in the suit.