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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 director Ion Hazzikostas promises to reverse the Shadowlands ability limitation
It was just yesterday that people found out World of Warcraft: Shadowlands had made a change to Covenant abilities by limiting them to the eponymous...
WoW Factor: The problem with World of Warcraft’s storytelling
Back a long while ago, when I reviewed the prequel novel for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, I noted that my general policy has been to...
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...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands disables covenant abilities outside of the Shadowlands in the latest build
One element of recent World of Warcraft expansions that has come under popular discussion is the concept of "borrowed power," referring to mechanical systems and...
World of Warcraft will still offer 100% drop rates for raid-dropped mounts in the Shadowlands pre-patch
One of the big things that World of Warcraft players have been advised to get done before the launch of the Shadowlands pre-patch is to hunt...
Baldur’s Gate 3 has officially entered early access – with multiplayer (kinda)
With Cyberpunk 2077, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, and Baldur's Gate 3 coming out this fall, it's certainly shaping up to be the season of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 291: Day of Delays
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Shadowlands' and Magic Legends' delays, Torchlight 3's planned launch, PlanetSide 2's big patch, Skyforge's Switch announcement, and HEX's sunset, with a Daily Grind lightning round and mailbag topics on feelung untethered from MMOs, live podcasts, and MMO dailies.
World of Warcraft shares its survival guide for the Shadowlands pre-patch next week
You still have another week before World of Warcraft releases its Shadowlands pre-patch, which marks the end of the game's Battle for Azeroth phase and moves into...
World of Warcraft addresses LGBTQ storytelling: ‘Whatever your background is, there’s a place for you in this world’
TechRadar has an interview up this week with Blizzard's Steve Danuser, currently the lead narrative designer on World of Warcraft, and Johnny Cash, senior...
World of Warcraft updates players on the major changes being worked on in the Shadowlands delay
By this point you have no doubt heard that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is being delayed past its initial October 26th date to an as-yet-unstated...
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...
Betawatch: Torchlight III leaves early access to release on October 13
At long last, we know when Torchlight III (nee Frontiers) is launching. It's October 13th! Isn't that exciting? There are also outlined plans for how the...
World of Warcraft’s Chromie Time auto-disables at level 50; refunds are being offered for Shadowlands
When you level your alts through World of Warcraft content starting when the Shadowlands pre-patch arrives on October 13th, you can do so with Chromie Time...
WoW Factor: Shadowlands’ delay is a genuinely good thing – for everyone
Well, this was a big old shocker for a Thursday night that's going to screw with a bunch of data! Also, it's a majorly...
World of Warcraft Moon Guard players finish a massive roleplaying campaign ahead of Shadowlands
Perhaps you feel that Blizzard is either taking too long to kick off the events leading into World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. or maybe you...
World of Warcraft delays Shadowlands, pre-patch coming October 13th
We're sorry to bring you some disappointing -- but not altogether unexpected -- news: Blizzard announced today that it will be delaying World of...
World of Warcraft explains Shadowlands’ Conduit levels, preps stress test for today
With less than a month until the announced launch date for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, players are anxiously crying out in one voice for just...