Death Metal Guitarist Plays WoW Forever Backstage on Steam Deck

A death metal guitarist is so into World of Warcraft Forever that he was spotted playing it backstage right before a show. According to a report from IGN, the band Archspire posted an Instagram video showing a Steam Deck running the game, specifically an undead Warlock in Undercity picking up a Voidwalker quest.

This highlights how the new game's controller support and lighter system requirements make it a good fit for handheld PCs like the Steam Deck. IGN notes that the game reportedly runs at high settings on other devices like the Xbox Ally X and MSI Claw.

The outlet also mentions that the game's launch has been a massive success, attracting a huge number of players back to Azeroth. The guitarist isn't the only metalhead with a WoW obsession; IGN previously interviewed Cannibal Corpse's George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher in 2008 about his intense love for the game.

Meanwhile, players have uncovered the game's first major hidden secret, per IGN and Eurogamer. The secret, dubbed the "Dawn Waker Secret," is a complex quest chain that begins with a seemingly useless ring from the Skyborne starting area.

The chain, discovered by a dedicated Discord community and documented on Wowhead, involves finding hidden items like a specific torch, a blade with random spawns, and a corrupted water globe. The quest currently points players toward a reputation grind with the Shendralar faction in Dire Maul, and the final reward is believed to be related to two swords named Eluvi'ana and Eluvi'tor.

Separately, Kotaku reports that Blizzard is stepping in to address player complaints about lopsided faction populations on PvP realms. The developer is temporarily restricting character creation on certain realms in an effort to balance the numbers.