World of Warcraft

Blizzard Entertainment·Blizzard Entertainment·2004

Good

21:9

Native

32:9

Partial

Gameplay Scaling

Hor+

HUD

Edge-positioned

Centered HUD

Native

Cutscenes

16:9 pillarboxed

Menus

16:9

FOV

Correct

Black Bars

Menus and cutscenes

Flawless Widescreen

Not Required

Community Fix

None available

Online Safety

Safe

Overview

WoW's gameplay camera is one of the better Hor+ implementations among older MMOs — action bars and Edit Mode UI can be freely repositioned toward the center on a 32:9 screen, and the game world fills the whole panel correctly. Blizzard's in-engine cinematics are hard-locked to 16:9 with black bars regardless of resolution, and some 32:9 users report stretched visuals in exclusive fullscreen (switching to Windowed Fullscreen/Borderless generally resolves it). No mod or Flawless Widescreen plugin needed or exists.

Compatibility details

21:9 SupportNative

32:9 SupportPartial

Gameplay ScalingHor+

HUD BehaviorEdge-positioned

Centered HUDNative

Cutscene Support16:9 pillarboxed

Menu Support16:9

FOVCorrect

Black BarsMenus and cutscenes

StretchingUI only

Fixes

No known fix yet.

No fix or mod exists for the hard-coded 16:9 cinematic black bars — Blizzard has never added an option to extend them. Switching from exclusive Fullscreen to Windowed (Fullscreen) mode resolves the separate 32:9 stretching issue some players report.

Community reports

3440×1440

Working

Gameplay is fully Hor+, UI can be re-anchored via Edit Mode; cinematics pillarboxed.

Midnight pre-patchRTX 3080Native128 confirmations

Jul 20, 2026

5120×1440

Working with fix

Exclusive fullscreen looked stretched with a narrow FOV; switching to Windowed (Fullscreen) mode fixed it.

Midnight pre-patchRTX 4090Native34 confirmations

May 11, 2026

Patch history & verification

Curse of Ula'tekSep 18, 2026

Verified via Blizzard forums — gameplay Hor+ scaling unchanged, cinematics remain pillarboxed at 16:9; a 32:9 fullscreen stretching report persists.