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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Google’s Waze app adds World of Warcraft’s Thrall voice for road navigation
This news story really took me back to the first few years I had a smartphone: Before I even worked for OG Massively, I...
Microsoft’s latest game division layoffs affect nearly 400 Activision-Blizzard employees
The second week of September brought more bad news for game workers in Microsoft, as the company confirmed another 650 layoffs were coming that...
One Shots: Even monsters should brush their teeth
Imaginations being what they are, I've spent perhaps too much time thinking about what sentient monster lives are like when we're not beating the...
Jason Schreier’s new book blames Activision – and the Titan MMO’s cancelation – for Blizzard’s degradation
When Blizzard president Mike Morhaime announced he was stepping down from his 27-year-run at the company back in 2018, he didn't give much of...
Massively Overthinking: Do you expect compensation for MMORPG trainwrecks?
Earlier this week, Blizzard admitted that a major bug had resulted in serious and permanent data loss for some World of Warcraft players, including...
Vague Patch Notes: When leveling too quickly becomes a problem in MMORPGs
Last week, I talked about how slow leveling design could become a problem. In that piece (and the one before it - it's become...
Perfect Ten: The MMO races that nobody ever seems to choose
Just because an MMORPG offers a wide array of character options doesn't mean that player interest will be equally divided among them. We've long...
WoW Classic puts up the patch notes for Season of Discovery Phase 5’s trio of raids
When Thursday arrives, nothing in WoW Classic will ever be the same... again. Well, that's if you're on the Season of Discovery server, which...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 486: Amazon’s daring October gambits
Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's early access, World of Warcraft's data loss fiasco, SWTOR's Mac client, Guild Wars 2's new PvP mode, Pantheon's December early access, and New World's Aeternum and season, with adventures in GW2, WoW, and LOTRO.
The Daily Grind: Have you ever bumped into anyone in real life who plays your MMO?
My husband just started up his fall semester, and every year he gets new students to advise. This year, he found out his newest...
World of Warcraft data loss fiasco deletes items out of guild banks – and Blizzard can’t fully restore them
What can be worse than a bank being plundered by thieves? It's when that vault is robbed by the very game code that's supposed...
WoW Classic returns to Blackwing Lair and Zul’Gurub for Season of Discovery Phase 5
The endgame of the endgame is almost here for World of Warcraft Classic's Season of Discovery servers, as Phase 5 heads our way next Thursday,...
The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred MMO combat playstyle (as opposed to class or role)?
MMO classes don't merely have to be divided into the traditional tank/DPS/healer categories. There are plenty of other ways to separate classes and even...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO memories we never want to repeat
A random quote I saw buried in the comments on the MMORPG subreddit a while ago really hit hard. Extra_Midnight wrote,
"Some of my most...
Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend
We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...
Perfect Ten: 10 Blizzard games that everyone forgets existed
So by this point I think it's fair to say that most of our readers are aware that I love weird rabbit holes that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 485: EVE’s blockhead blockchain move
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, New World Aeternum, EVE Frontier, Nightingale, and Wayfinder, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMOs as spectator sports and the best MMO ambient soundtracks.
Overwatch 2 joins Xbox Game Pass and launches World of Warcraft collab today
It's a big day for Blizzard shooter Overwatch 2, as it expands its reach into the Xbox ecosystem and leverages its sibling relationship with...
World of Warcraft players can get a new tabard from shopping at Kroger grocery stores
We'd like to make a joke here about how there's a chance to get epic loot from anywhere with the latest World of Warcraft...
Netflix documentary chronicles a World of Warcraft player’s passing – and his impact on the community
We all know that one of the best things about MMORPGs is finding the right kind of community and the human connections that can...