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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Perfect Ten: MMOs that ghosted us after talking a big game
There's nothing worse as a fan of games to buy into all of the hype and previews of a promising-looking project only to see...
World of Warcraft preps ‘welcome back’ gifts for lapsed characters
Another promotion is in the works to lure lapsed World of Warcraft players back to the fold. According to the updated patch notes on...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 424: Blue Protocol, red Diablo
Justin and Bree discuss Diablo IV, Elder Scrolls Online Necrom, Blue Protocol's delay, Swords of Legends Online's sunset, WoW Classic's WoW Token, PSO2 housing, Tarisland CBT, and Embers Adrift's new model, with adventures in LOTRO, plus MMOs for families.
World of Warcraft announces price hikes on subscription plans for Turkiye and Ukraine
Fans of World of Warcraft who live in Turkiye and Ukraine are seeing some bad news this week, as Blizzard has confirmed that the...
Diablo IV fixes PC stuttering, balances classes and glyphs, releases Halsey-SUGA vid
While the wider playerbase is still a day away from Diablo IV's launch, the game has been getting patches for its biggest and earliest...
Tarisland begins its global closed beta for PC and Android on June 27
Tencent's modern WoW clone Tarisland is on the way - maybe sooner than you thought, as the company announced today the global beta will...
Subreddits for FFXIV, Guild Wars 2, WoW, and more MMORPGs plan blackout protests over Reddit’s API access changes
If the subreddit feeds you follow seem especially on-fire recently, it's not just because it's a Tuesday; it's because many Reddit communities are angry...
The Daily Grind: What is your favorite non-minipet pet in an MMO?
I've mentioned in the past that it took me a long, long time in MMOs before I became a "pet" person, largely because pet...
World of Warcraft Classic pulled Black Temple down temporarily, presumably over gold farming
So let's take a look at something that seems pretty innocent on the surface. Blizzard announced on the official World of Warcraft forums that...
Storyboard: Managing the escalating stakes in MMO storytelling
Everyone who has at least passing familiarity with stories, whether they be in MMOs or elsewhere, roleplayed or canonical, realizes that stories need stakes....
Activision-Blizzard offers (some) hard numbers on its harassment and discrimination problem
Within the Variety puff piece on Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick earlier this week, Kotick insisted that the volumes of harassment accusations against the company...
Former World of Warcraft dev claims he was fired over greedy goblin text lines
So good old Bobby Kotick's interview yesterday made him look really great, if we're using very inaccurate definitions of the words "great" and also...
Bobby Kotick decries ‘aggressive labor movement’ trying to ‘destabilize’ Activision-Blizzard
We're just a few days from the launch of Diablo IV, so naturally Variety has offered up a mushy interview with... Activision-Blizzard's Bobby Kotick,...
Overwatch 2 plans Pride Month celebration with player cosmetics, decorated maps, and a short story
Pride Month is nearly here, and Overwatch 2 is seeking to highlight the diverse nature of the shooter's cast and playerbase with several celebratory...
Brian Holinka is leaving World of Warcraft to join Greg Street at an unnamed studio
You may not immediately remember what Brian Holinka does at Blizzard for World of Warcraft, but if you've followed the game for any length...
Blizzard confirms that it’s working on World of Warcraft dragonriding outside of Dragon Isles
You know what's just plain fun? World of Warcraft's dragonriding. It may well be the most well-received expansion feature since Legion's artifact weapons, and...
One Shots: Welcome to the spider level!
Welcome, welcome, come on in, make sure that nobody's left behind. Do we have the full tour group? Good. Ladies and gents, welcome to...
Global Chat: How insistent are MMOs that you group up?
In a recent essay over at Inventory Full, the author looks back at a couple decades-plus of MMO gaming to recall how fast and...
WoW Factor: Blizzard’s week of bad decisions
First of all, before you clever clogs start in down in the comments, yes, I realize that almost any given week in World of...
World of Warcraft celebrates the Diablo franchise with the Greedy Emissary event
Fans of the Diablo series are likely familiar with the Treasure Goblin that can pop up while delving the maps of the ARPG, but...
