As part of the new World of Warcraft 9.2.5 Content Update for the current Shadowlands expansion, cross-faction play is the definite game changer. Yeah, it means Horde and Alliance players can, well, play together for the first time in the game's long history.

Here's how it will work.

To invite members of the opposite faction to a party, players must have a BattleTag or Real ID friendship or be members of a cross-faction WoW Community.

Players will have the ability to find Premade Groups in the Group Finder for dungeons (Normal, Heroic, Mythic, and Mythic+), raids, rated arena/RBGs, and also Torghast. However, the group leader may restrict the listing to same-faction applicants if they choose.

Once in a party, members of the opposite faction will remain unfriendly while outside of instances, though they will be able to communicate through party and raid chat, as well as use /say and /yell within proximity of one another.

Upon entering a dungeon, raid, or rated PvP match, however, all members will be friendly and able to assist each other in combat, trade loot, earn shared achievements, and otherwise fully engage the same way members of the same faction do.

As per above cross-faction play is limited to certain parts of WoW, with things like Guilds, Heroic dungeons, Skirmishes, and Random Battlegrounds , remaining same-faction only. For more info on exactly how it will work - head here.

This addition comes as a part of the latest big patch for the game, with new customisation quests, achievements and several buffs and other goodies. Head here for the full Shadowlands 9.2.5 Content Update Patch Notes.