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Global Chat: Becoming a bear in Wizard101
You've created characters to play in MMOs, but have you ever actually wanted to be a permanent part of one? Tom Purdue over at...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Legion
Ah, good. This one is more fun than last week. As much as the latter half of World of Warcraft expansions heads into more...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Cataclysm
In my mind, Cataclysm still feels kind of recent. I don't know exactly why. It came out closer to World of Warcraft's launch than the present...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Wrath of the Lich King
The downside to a project like this one, where I'm going through each of World of Warcraft's expansions one by one, is that it...
WoW Factor: So why did people love WoW’s Wrath of the Lich King so damn much?
Sometimes, when I write something and note it would require an additional column, it is a preview of coming attractions and something I actually...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2020
With 2019 drawing to a close and a new decade of MMORPGs waiting for us just a few days away, the Massively OP writing...
WoW Factor: A history of itemization in World of Warcraft
Huh. You know, I really thought I'd written about the whole Corruption system in World of Warcraft's upcoming 8.3 before now in a format more...
WoW Factor: Speculating on Shadowlands’ release date using math
Gosh, I love doing these math columns. Not just because I enjoy math, although that's definitely a part of it; there's something so satisfying...
WoW Factor: A brief history of flight (in World of Warcraft)
Flight has been a part of World of Warcraft as long as the game has existed. No, not just flying mounts, even though you could...
The Daily Grind: Should World of Warcraft switch to annual expansions?
During last week's Activision-Blizzard investor call, Blizzard executives dodged hard on one analyst's question about WoW Classic retention - no great surprise there, really,...
Massively Overthinking: The problem with MMO ‘dailies’
Longtime MOP Patron and friend of the site Avaera recently posed us an intriguing questions about daily login rewards in MMORPGs.
"Recently my game of choice,...
New World of Warcraft ‘leak’ continues to fan the flames of assumption for the next expansion
Those within the World of Warcraft community have already been pondering what the next expansion for the MMORPG is, whether it's something like Shadowlands...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s Lich King 2, Tides of Lichness?
All right, I guess we're doing this now. Yes, this column isn't just about how Blizzard screws up so badly that a lot of...
Hyperspace Beacon: First impressions of SWTOR’s Onslaught and Update 6.0
Like all other Star Wars: The Old Republic fans, I have been waiting for another expansion from BioWare for too long. Of course, the...
Black Desert brings the desert dragon Nouver to the PS4
It's time for PlayStation 4 owners of Black Desert to go on a world boss hunt. Today's update to the sandbox MMORPG has brought...
Global Chat: WoW Classic impressions mega-compilation
When World of Warcraft launches, the world stops to pay attention.
The recent release of WoW Classic didn't just pull in hundreds of thousands of...
Massively Overthinking: The future of WoW and WoW Classic
With WoW Classic finally launched, perfectly capping off the summer with jokes about queueing like it's 2004, we can't help but look to the...
Vague Patch Notes: How time distorted what ‘hardcore’ means for WoW Classic
There's a contingent of players looking forward to the launch of World of Warcraft: Classic next week that is vocally thrilled about one specific...
Last night’s WoW Classic AMA touched on moving into Burning Crusade and Wrath
One of the, ahem, burning questions regarding World of Warcraft Classic is what Blizzard plans to do with and for those players past the...
WoW Factor: WoW’s anniversary editions and event speculation
Blizzard has really been pushing the whole anniversary thing for World of Warcraft hard and early this year. On the one hand, I get...