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World of Warcraft VR mod turns the MMO into an FPS

Explore Azeroth in first-person, complete with motion controls and other virtual reality niceties but you'll need to do it privately.

Arthas, World of Warcraft Lich King, wearing a Meta Quest 3 headset
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Whether you’re walking the serene streets of Silvermoon City or lazing away with a pint of ale in the Lion’s Pride Inn, there’s no denying that Azeroth remains as immersive as ever despite the now-aged appearance of World of Warcraft. Still, it’s one thing to experience Blizzard’s MMORPG from the distance of a third-person camera, but nothing can prepare you for how different it looks through the lens of a VR headset.

We’re yet to see an MMORPG grace our best VR games list, but a version of World of Warcraft compatible with virtual reality headsets would certainly be a fine way to start. Now, following a staggeringly long ten-year development cycle, modders Streetrat & Marulu of Flat2VR have realized such a vision.

Announced via Flat2VR on X, the mod is ripe with features that should please any VR aficionado, complete with head-tracked positional audio, analog movement, and more which are detailed on the Github download page. Most transformative of all, though, is the first-person perspective, which sees Azeroth and its inhabitants, friendly and deadly alike, come to life at an entirely different scale and the game itself becomes like an FPS.

Fantastic as this mod is, it does sadly come with a few unfortunate caveats you’ll need to abide by in order to use it. The most important being that it’s only compatible with patch 3.3.5a, the final update made to Wrath of the Lich King. Naturally, this makes it unusable with Classic or modern WoW. Still, for those who fancy a private VR adventure in Azeroth, there’s no alternative.

For more on everything virtual reality, check out the latest set of Meta Quest+ monthly games. Give our Meta Quest 3 review a read too, if you fancy upgrading your VR setup with a new headset.

Sam has spent the past two decades tinkering with computers, a tradition he proudly continues as a Hardware Editor for PCGamesN. For all things systems and components, he's your man. You'll regularly find his hands inside a PC, swapping out components from the likes of AMD, Intel, and Nvidia as fast as you can say Windows. Otherwise, you'll find him on the showfloor of CES and Computex, talking the night away about the latest pieces of shiny silicon. You may also know him from outlets such as Custom PC, PC Gamer, Pocket Tactics, T3, and TopTenReviews.