Will World of Warcraft get controller support? An interesting find discovered in the game files

In the beta files of the Dragonflight expansion for World of Warcraft, dataminers discovered controller button icons. This could mean that the iconic MMO will receive gamepad support.

The discovery was shared by a user on the Icy-Veins forum dedicated to MMO games. The created thread shows extracted button icons for PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch controllers, as well as “generic” icons, presumably accounting for third-party devices.

Internet users speculate that the upcoming expansion will feature full controller support. PC Gamer reports that previous beta builds already added options potentially useful for controller players, such as automatic targeting of the nearest enemy. In addition, in Shadowlands it was possible to play with a controller by entering a command into the game’s console, but that feature was clearly unpolished.