Disambiguation:
– World of Warcraft
– Warcraft series, a series of video games that began in 1994
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MMO Business Roundup: Warcraft modding, Valve source code leaks, and Nvidia goes good
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Warcraft modding: Polygon has an interesting explainer up on Blizzard's recent changes to its...
WoW Factor: Everything can be an allied race, but nothing *must* be one
As the alpha builds continue to mount along for World of Warcraft's next expansion, a new debate has begun that is kind of difficult...
World of Warcraft Shadowlands’ latest alphas has dark-skinned human options, new customization, zone selection
Another alpha build for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has gone live, and that means both more features to test and more gameplay elements to...
World of Warcraft will remove Pathfinder requirements for Draenor and Broken Isles flight in Shadowlands
So if you've just managed to gain your Draenor Pathfinder achievement last week, this news might come at an inopportune time, but it's officially...
SuperData March 2020: Digital games spending sets achieves new highs thanks to COVID-19
Back in in March, when SuperData was discussing February's monthly gaming revenue numbers, the analysis firm noted that COVID-19 hadn't yet had much impact...
Perfect Ten: The categories of all MMO achievements
I remember when achievements were first getting a pop in the MMO space, or at least when I first noticed it concurrent with World...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 268: Second chances in the apocalypse
Justin, Bree, and Colin discuss Phantasy Star Online 2, Fallout 76, Holly Longdale's move to Blizzard, WoW Classic, WoW, Star Trek Online, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on FFXIV's dungeon problem, favorite MMO group roles, and specific gamer types as warning signs for games.
Massively on the Go: Animal Crossing’s housing islands from an MMO player’s perspective
One multiplayerish game that we've talked about a bit as the MOP team's been quarantined on the Golden Yacht is Animal Crossing: New Horizons....
COVID-19 roundup: Teaching disease prevention in WoW Elysium, more sports turn to esports
It's time once again to gather up a swath of gaming news that has sprung up due to the ongoing novel coronavirus epidemic, and...
More World of Warcraft: Shadowlands covenant abilities unveiled as Classic returns layering for population issues
As the testing for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands continues, players continue to datamine the game and find new information about what's coming with the...
World of Warcraft boosts reputation through May 18 and extends its experience boost
If you've got some lingering reputations you want to raise before Shadowlands arrives in World of Warcraft, you've got some added help in doing...
WoW Factor: Examining Shadowlands’ Shaman, Monk, and Druid ability changes
So, here's something you might find funny: My greatest struggle with this particular ongoing World of Warcraft column was deciding the best possible order...
Vague Patch Notes: Maintaining MMO anonymity in the age of parasocial bonding
In an author's note at the end of the novel The Dark Tower, Stephen King writes frankly that some people will not like how...
Zul’Gurub is live in World of Warcraft: Classic with an actual world first kill achieved
So Zul'Gurub is available for raiding in World of Warcraft: Classic right now as part of the fourth phase of content updates, and the...
World of Warcraft has controller support under active development
Accessibility is a big deal when it comes to games, and MMOs have traditionally worked to ensure that people with disabilities still have full...
Former EverQuest boss Holly Longdale scooped up by Blizzard to work on WoW Classic
Daybreak's Holly Longdale raised a lot of eyebrows a month ago when she announced she was departing the Darkpaw Games sub-unit and leaving behind...
World of Warcraft previews Shadowlands’ Torghast while WoW Classic goes into Phase 4
Will Blizzard ever crack the code of engaging and replayable World of Warcraft endgame content that doesn't go stale for a long time? It's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 267: Who had ‘New World delay’ on their bingo card?
Andy, Justin, and Bree discuss WoW Shadowlands, LOTRO, Chronicles of Elyria, New World, SWTOR, FFXIV, RuneFest, Champions Online, and EverQuest, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, Elite, SWG Legends, and Animal Crossing, and a mailbag entry on Secret World Legends and maintenance-mode MMOs.
Zul’Gurub and Phase 4 goes live in WoW Classic tomorrow
Is it troll time? No, it's not quite troll time in World of Warcraft: Classic. But it's almost troll time because the next content...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands datamining continues with NPC races and gear sets
The words of Mystery Science Theater 3000 have remained with us for years: "Nothing better shows my taste than what I wear below my...
