Official Site:Â World of Warcraft
Studio:Â Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date:Â November 23, 2014
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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The Daily Grind: Have you ever used performance-enhancing drugs while MMOing?
Last week, a former pro e-sports player went on the record to say that he -- and pretty much everyone else in the top...
Massively Overthinking: Dealing with toxicity in MMO communities
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Kickstarter donor Dahui, who asks,
"What do you think MMO developers can do to try to minimize...
Perfect Ten: MMO fan fashion scenes
For some of us, having the best gear -- stat-wise -- isn't a driving force for playing MMOs. Now, the best-looking gear? That's a...
The Daily Grind: What was your first day in an MMO like?
Can you remember? Can you recall your very first day playing an MMO? Or has it been so long that time's made a mockery...
World of Warcraft Death Knight solos world boss
Has your group ever wiped on World of Warcraft's Supreme Lord Kazzak world boss? If so, you're bad and you should feel bad, because...
World of Warcraft raiding guild wipes 472 times before beating mythic Hellfire raid
How many times do you usually tolerate a full group wipe before calling it a night? Three? Four? Now imagine if your guild has...
World of Warcraft’s patch 6.2.1 will let you betray your faction for queue times
The factional split between the Horde and the Alliance in World of Warcraft has taken a drubbing for a while, simply because the two...
Raph Koster: Crowfall ‘can feel more like a living world’
ArtCraft's Raph Koster is the star witness of an in-depth interview in which he discusses the development of Crowfall using the perspective of his...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Trinity dependence in Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns
I don't know about you lot, but I really enjoy ArenaNet's Points of Interest livestream that airs on its official Twitch channel. It contains a massive...
Warcraft movie footage smuggled from SDCC
Well, you know that someone had to be the sneaky one and record the Warcraft movie footage from the San Diego Comic Con. And...
Global Chat: How Marvel Heroes made a dad a hero
I love a good customer service story, because it reminds me that a lot goes right behind-the-scenes at MMOs that's hardly ever reported. Braxwolf...
World of Warcraft provides a guide to going back in time to the Nexus
Being a mage wasn't a good thing back in World of Warcraft's second expansion, since the dragon aspect of magic had decided that mortal...
You can’t see the new Warcraft trailer, but you can read about it
Last week's San Diego Comic Con was of great interest to World of Warcraft fans, as Director Duncan Jones led a panel of the...
Hearthstone drops more possible Argent Tournament clues
Oh Hearthstone, you tease you! After delivering an announcement about an upcoming announcement, Blizzard posted a cryptic short story on the game's website that...
MMO Week in Review: Daybreak’s defiance (July 12, 2015)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
Following...
The Daily Grind: What do you do when you ‘finish’ your main MMO goals?
There's a sense of satisfaction when you wrap up a big set of goals. You're downed the last boss of the last raid tier...
The Game Archaeologist: The Sims Online
The Sims Online was one of the odder entrants into the MMO genre, an online iteration of an immensely popular game franchise that promised...
World of Warcraft timewalks to the Halls of Lightning and reveals SDCC goodies
If nothing else, the timewalking dungeons in World of Warcraft have proven a great opportunity to look back at dungeons that you may have...
WoW Factor: Draenor’s imminent content drought
We know that Hellfire Citadel is going to be the last raid in World of Warcraft's current expansion. We know that the expansion wasn't...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO innovation we long for (or do we?)
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor BigMikeyOcho, who wants to talk innovation:
"Sometimes when I play MMOs, I get the feeling that I'm...
