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WoW Factor: How WoW’s Corruption system breaks the redeeming features of Titanforging
Last time around in WoW Factor, we took a nice healthy look back at how itemization has evolved in World of Warcraft over the years....
MassivelyOP’s 2019 MMO swag gift guide
The Black Friday is upon us! (Angels and ministers of grace defend us!) Outside there are winter storms, flu viruses, and holiday traffic. But...
WoW Factor: Speculating on Shadowlands’ release date using math
Gosh, I love doing these math columns. Not just because I enjoy math, although that's definitely a part of it; there's something so satisfying...
WoW Factor: A brief history of flight (in World of Warcraft)
Flight has been a part of World of Warcraft as long as the game has existed. No, not just flying mounts, even though you could...
World of Warcraft adds several arcade games to the Darkmoon Faire
Wanna play a game? In a game? Yes, that's two movie references tied together, which probably should net me some extra bonus internet points...
WoW Factor: Getting hyped for World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands
That title up there isn't sarcasm, folks. I want to actually get hyped up about the next World of Warcraft expansion and talk about...
WoW Factor: Battle for Azeroth was a complete waste of time
Well, dear readers, I was totally wrong. All of you predicting that this expansion was a waste of time were right and I was...
BlizzCon 2019: Here’s how World of Warcraft is streamlining its leveling process
At BlizzCon today, the World of Warcraft team beat loud and often on the drum of choice during the Shadowlands panel, promising that players...
Massively Overthinking: Are you boycotting Blizzard?
Tyler's piece this week about the Blizzard he loved being dead actually brought tears to my eyes. It hurts to lose a game and...
Jukebox Heroes: Exploring World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth’s patch music
One of my favorite modern trends of MMORPGs is that studios are no longer saving the entirety of a soundtrack for the base game or expansion releases. Oh sure, those usually get a great album push -- especially if it's one of the bigger games -- but for a while now, many studios have also been releasing new music on a steady basis with significant content patches.
Not So Massively: The Blizzard I loved is dead
This week's Not So Massively column was supposed to be a wishlist of things I want from an announcement of Diablo IV. When I...
World of Warcraft’s newest allied races boast pint-sized cuteness
Long rumored to be the next (and final) allied races of World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth expansion cycle, the Vulpera and Mechagnomes are...
WoW Classic highlights Blizzard’s Tom Chilton as whispers of WoW 8.3 begin
It's time for another WoW Classic sitdown with one of the original developers of the game, this time with love-him-or-hate-him Tom Chilton. Chilton doesn't...
WoW Factor: No, Battle for Azeroth’s story hasn’t paid off by the end of the war campaign
You know, I honestly had expected to do something else for WoW Factor this week, and then I was reminded that the war campaign was...
World of Warcraft players take to the streets of Orgrimmar over Sylvanas
It's been a bit of a weird month as the two big factions of World of Warcraft - no, not the Horde and Alliance...
SuperData August 2019: WoW Classic drives a massive subscription surge
Alright, all you armchair business analysts, it's time to look over SuperData's sales research report for August 2019. Get your best arguments ready and...
WoW Classic: Free character boosts, Onyxia down, and another dev video
Get a lot done in World of Warcraft Classic over the weekend? Probably not as much as the world first level 60 -- or...
Perfect Ten: Ten weird things I’m relearning with WoW Classic
It's been a strange week. No - it's been a strange year in MMO gaming, all things considered. As I'm going through old Lord...
Blizzard’s lawyers are busy again, this time suing yet another overseas company for ripping off WoW
Another day, another Blizzard lawsuit - this one lodged against the Chinese purveyor of Glorious Saga, a mobile/browser title from Joyfun/Sina Games that pretty...
WoW Classic’s first night smashes Twitch, sees lines form inside and outside the game
Heading into World of Warcraft Classic on its first night was a lot like going to Disneyworld at peak season: No matter whether you...