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Massively Overthinking: Are you boycotting Blizzard?

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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

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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

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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...
Fine, whatever.

World of Warcraft’s newest allied races boast pint-sized cuteness

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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...
Different kitty.

WoW Classic highlights Blizzard’s Tom Chilton as whispers of WoW 8.3 begin

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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...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: No, Battle for Azeroth’s story hasn’t paid off by the end of the war campaign

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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...
This went over great.

World of Warcraft players take to the streets of Orgrimmar over Sylvanas

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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

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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

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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

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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...
This went over great.

Blizzard’s lawyers are busy again, this time suing yet another overseas company for ripping off WoW

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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

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Heading into World of Warcraft Classic on its first night was a lot like going to Disneyworld at peak season: No matter whether you...
Looking closer.

WoW Factor: WoW’s anniversary editions and event speculation

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Blizzard has really been pushing the whole anniversary thing for World of Warcraft hard and early this year. On the one hand, I get...
Surprised? Really?

WoW Factor: Content rollouts and relevance in WoW Classic and live

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Part of me was tempted to write this column chiefly about the rather baffling idea that Blizzard was surprised by the number of people...

One Shots: How to lose a staring contest

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I suppose we all need to accept the new reality, which is that we're only starting to see the tsunami of Final Fantasy XIV...
Hang on, what were we doing here again?

The new item level season in World of Warcraft starts today

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The musical Rent suggests measuring a year in seasons of love, which doesn't seem particularly easy to quantify. World of Warcraft, meanwhile, measures a...

Massively Overthinking: Do you even *like* MMO expansions?

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This seems like an absurd question on its face, right? MMO players are supposed to like MMO expansions. They're progress. They're content. They're fresh...
Surprised? Really?

WoW Factor: Three thoughts on the latest WoW Classic stress test

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It's hard to find a whole lot to say about World of Warcraft: Classic at this point. Not in a bad sense, mind you;...
Blood flight.

World of Warcraft clarifies Battle for Azeroth season timeline, still no date for Rise of Azshara

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I don't know why since I'm not even going to play it, but not knowing when Rise of Azshara is launching for World of...

World of Warcraft: Classic dragon griefing, Argus redux, and BFA end boss

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Fun fact: Did you know that Blizzard had originally been considering Argus -- the late Legion content update -- as its own full-fledged expansion?...

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