battle for azeroth
World of Warcraft kicks off a new animated series, Afterlives, starting on Thursday
The old adage about writing is that a dead character is less interesting than a living one, because a dead one can't do anything...
WoW Factor: All I want from Shadowlands is the pre-patch
Folks, I am tired. It is a deep sort of tired, the one that seeps down to the bone. And it's the kind of...
World of Warcraft has begun testing Shadowlands’ endgame
While you tread water at Battle for Azeroth's current endgame, World of Warcraft is testing the endgame you'll be experiencing when you arrive there...
World of Warcraft ad accidentally shows up in Disney’s Spaceship Earth
So for those brave foolhardy souls venturing into Walt Disney World during this year of the pandemic, it must be a surreal experience to...
Jukebox Heroes: The ultimate guide to MMORPG music
It's been a long, strange, and wonderful journey to explore MMORPG music with you here in Jukebox Heroes. And while I am anticipating many...
Global Chat: What gets us grumpy in MMOs
Whoever said "always look on the bright side of life" obviously never talked to gamers, because we are a notorious bunch for looking at...
Vague Patch Notes: Don’t alter MMO systems for people who never liked them to begin with
Here's a concept that just would not leave my mind thanks to World of Warcraft, but it's not a bad thing. But in order...
WoW Factor: Dissecting the drips and drabs from the Shadowlands reveal stream
All right. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands kicks off its beta next week. I would kind of like to be involved in that! I am...
SuperData calls expansions the ‘lifeblood’ for World of Warcraft
I have a thing about graphs without labeled axes. Just yesterday, I was literally making fun of the time Nexon turned in this unitless graph in its investor report. Yay squiggly lines!
WoW Factor: The missing soulbinds of Shadowlands’ testing
Everyone remembers about soulbinding, yes? It's one of the major new features in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands? Like, it's literally the whole thing that...
Perfect Ten: World of Warcraft’s multicolored elf rainbow
Remember how I managed to get an entire column out of all the different flavors of troll within World of Warcraft? Except I kind...
The Daily Grind: What does World of Warcraft actually do well?
We all know that World of Warcraft gets its fair share of criticism and grumpy rants, particularly in this Battle for Azeroth era. And...
World of Warcraft’s summer sale marks Battle for Azeroth down to $20
The sun is hot, the ice cream is melting all over the car seat, and Blizzard is looking to make a few bucks by...
WoW Factor: The time-skip Shadowlands theory and the longing for World of Warcraft 2
All right, here we go. Normally this is the sort of thing that I wouldn't actually spend a whole week on because believe it...
Massively Overthinking: When should we cut MMO studios some slack for trainwreck launches?
A while back, the MOP writers were chatting about some of the trainwreck launches we've seen from MMO studios over the last few years.
"I...
WoW Factor: Impressive Influence and the ongoing half-hearted Battle for Azeroth apology
To my great disappointment and chagrin, Blizzard turned out to not catch the same winds (of wisdom) that influenced the extending of experience boosts...
WoW Classic player mimics South Park by grinding to 60 on boars alone
South Park's 2006 episode featuring the boys getting obsessed with World of Warcraft has attained legendary status in the MMORPG community, so it was...
Game pad support is present now in the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands alpha
Yes, you can now play World of Warcraft with a gamepad... well, if you are currently in the game's alpha test for the Shadowlands...
WoW Factor: Examining Shadowlands’ Warlock, Paladin, and Demon Hunter changes
It's the penultimate column in this particular series! And that's good because if people who used to make World of Warcraft are going to...
COVID-19 roundup: Rockstar and Jagex help save the UK’s National Videogame Museum and more
COVID-19 is still very much a thing in most of our staff's and readers' lives, and it's still very much impacting the games industry.
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