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Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2020 predictions
Last December, when we sat down to write out our annual MMO predictions for 2020, I don't think anyone had "biggest global pandemic in...
First Impressions of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, part one: Story and leveling
In a lot of ways, the problem with talking about World of Warcraft is the same problem when you try to talk about The...
The Soapbox: How Pathfinder killed World of Warcraft for me
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands launches today. I will not be playing. Once upon a time, a new WoW expansion would be a major event...
World of Warcraft preps a Shadowlands launch test for Friday
The hype is very, very real for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands right now, especially with a release candidate prepared and the pre-expansion event infecting...
Why I Play: Exploring World of Warcraft as a free-to-play game
A few weeks back, the Massively OP staff discussed, among other things, whether World of Warcraft's leveling revamp coupled with its continued endless free...
Inactive World of Warcraft players can return for free starting today through the weekend
I dunno how your circle of friends is handling the World of Warcraft patch and Shadowlands expansion plan, but over here at Massively OP,...
Global Chat: How World of Warcraft can be peaceful
A recent article about the revised leveling process in World of Warcraft caught my eye, because MMO blogger Kaylriene spoke about how it's really...
One Shots: Rock out in your hideout
I don't have a full-blown lair, unless my work office counts, but if I did, I would aspire to put it someplace really cool....
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft leveling experiences ranked, part one
Now that the pre-patch is here, you can level through any World of Warcraft expansion you'd like in the order your heart desires! But that,...
World of Warcraft launches the Shadowlands pre-patch today
As of today, World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is over, because the Shadowlands pre-patch for the game has finally released! And there was much rejoicing....
Not So Massively: Reflections on Blizzard, one year after the Hong Kong fiasco
Almost exactly a year ago, I declared that the Blizzard I loved is dead, in reaction to the Blitzchung/Hearthstone/Hong Kong fiasco.
Twelve months later, that...
World of Warcraft’s free-to-level-20 edition is about to get a ton more content
With next week's World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch, the overall value of the game is about to take a jump up. As we noted...
World of Warcraft drops Shadowlands pre-patch notes, merges Battle for Azeroth into sub
We've got a bundle of World of Warcraft news here to cap off your Thursday.
First, if all the jeering for Battle for Azeroth kept...
Prep for WoW: Shadowlands with this story catch-up video
It's certainly no secret that World of Warcraft's storyline has been a hot, confusing mess of azerite, burning elf trees, and slumbering old gods...
Leaderboard: To which WoW expansion era will you send your Shadowlands alts first?
One of the more intriguing things about World of Warcraft Shadowlands, at least for me, is the game's new leveling system. While brand-new accounts...
MMO Business Roundup: FarmVille’s sunset, Netmarble’s acquisitions, Intrepid hiring, WoW esports, PUBG India
Welcome back to another roundup of gaming industry news relevant to MMOs and MMO adjacent-titles.
PUBG India: Earlier this month, we covered how PUBG Corp....
Perfect Ten: 10 amazing hidden quests in World of Warcraft
Finding quests in World of Warcraft is not exactly what you would call "difficult," as the game famously stuck giant floating exclamation marks over...
First impressions: Small World of Warcraft is a fun boardgame with a touch of Azerothian flavor
One of the interesting things about this job is that I am pretty regularly presented with a new set of things to review and...
Global Chat: New World might be worth the wait
One opinion I've seen echoed across many corners of our community is that New World is actually shaping up to be a pretty decent...
World of Warcraft increases reputation gains all September – time to rep grind!
The ticker on World of Warcraft's site is counting down to Shadowlands' October release -- 54 days and counting at this point. With the...
