Happy New Year from Raider.IO!

As 2024 comes to an end, we wanted to take a moment to thank all of you, our Patrons. We accomplished a lot this year, and we would never have been able to do it without your generosity and support. We look back at 2024 with gratitude, and we look forward to 2025 with excitement for what’s to come. 

We’ve put together a 2024 Year in Review Video as a celebration of everything we’ve done, and have had the privilege to be a part of. Please take a look – your support made all of this happen!

RAIDER.IO 2024 YEAR IN REVIEW VIDEO!

Here are some of the big things that happened in 2024 here at Raider.IO:

2024 FEATURES

We rolled out many new features this past year, as well as continued improvements to the Raider.IO suite of products and services. We hope you’ve enjoyed them, and please remember we are always interested in feedback! Please feel free to use our special Patron-chat channel in our Discord and let us know how you’re liking everything.

Some notable features from the year include:

• Revamped Desktop App

• WoW Esports Hub & Event Management System

• Raider.IO Stats system (Learn more)

• Searchable Character Loadouts

• Guild Roster Activity Tracking

• Improved Support for Classic (Recruitment, Addon, Loadouts, etc.)

REMINDER that you need to link your Patreon account to your Raider.IO profile in order to ensure access to all the exclusive Patron Perks and features, such as EARLY ACCESS testing to new features, and more!

2024 CONTENT

In 2024, we started producing more Video Content on our YouTube Channel, as we believe many of our users prefer this medium for information and content. We’re still putting out our regular written series, such as The Weekly Route and Play Like the Pros, but you’ll definitely want to subscribe to our YT so you don’t miss out on our exciting Videos!

We began an interview series where we explore the stories and lives of key figures in the World of Warcraft Community, all while playing the game together! You can check out these interviews – the Battlefield Banter series – on our YouTube… and there’s many more amazing guests to come!

Our other Video content continues, such as our RIO Snapshots to help give you tips and tricks for Mythic+, our RWF Daily Recap Videos during each Race to World First, and our preview videos for WoW Esports like the Mythic Dungeon International!

We also introduced one new Written content series a few months ago – our Data Dives! There is so much data involved in how Warcraft is both played, and consumed, and we wanted to be able to bring some of that information forward. We track an immense amount of data and statistics, and we wanted to make that available in an easy-to-understand format.

2024 EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

World of Warcraft Esports

This year was also big in Events, especially being our first year as the Official Tournament Platform for all of WoW Esports! We hosted registration, qualifiers, time trials, brackets, and so much more for the Arena World Championship, Mythic Dungeon International, The Great Push, Plunderstorm, and even The Variety Show! It’s been a whirlwind year but we’ve been so grateful to be a part of WoW Esports.  

Mythic+ Charity Pro-Am

We held our 4th Annual Mythic+ Charity Pro-Am in May, and with the $36,187 raised this year, we’ve now donated over $160,000 to Charity since the event started in 2021. The generosity of the WoW Community continues to amaze and inspire us!

Break the Meta

We have been fortunate enough to be able to continue to host the Break the Meta event each and every Season, and we just recently concluded the Season 1 TWW BTM. Despite overall Mythic+ participation numbers being relatively low at this point in the Season, we’re happy to report that BTM was wildly popular. 

Keep your eyes peeled on our Twitter / X, Instagram, Facebook and now Bluesky accounts for future event announcements!

Raider.IO Merch Shop

It’s something we were asked regularly, so we finally went ahead and re-opened up the Raider.IO Merch Shop with all new designs and apparel! Get your hands on a RUN KEYS Tshirt, a Raider.IO hoodie, Tumbler, or Mousepad and show off your love for WoW and Raider.IO! We just finished up a big Black Friday Sale, and we hope you were able to score some of the Limited Edition Break the Meta Merch… which was only available during this past BTM event, featuring the Season 1 TWW BTM Logo.

We wish you all happiness, health and good loot this Holiday Season! 

-Aspyr, Ulsoga, & the Raider.IO Team