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WoW Factor: Everything we know about Embers of Neltharion – so far
So at this point, we actually have a remarkably clear picture of what's going to be in the first major content patch for World...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft is just coasting down the mountain
In November 1994, Marvel Comics launched a new comic book spin-off from the main X-Men series. Generation X, written by Scott Lobdell, was in...
WoW Factor: Blizzard’s latest earnings report was mixed news for World of Warcraft
On one level, the most interesting thing that came out of the most recent earnings call for Activision-Blizzard was how much stuff the company...
WoW Factor: The state of World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight, two months in
On Monday, I talked with MOP's Bree about the idea of doing a piece this week about how World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was doing...
WoW Factor: The curious treatment of alts in World of Warcraft Dragonflight
So now that first impressions are out of the way and I can focus on other things like making sure that my alts get...
End-of-year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2022
When you're investing a whole lot of time and (potentially) money into MMORPGs, you want to make sure that your game isn't going belly-up...
First impressions of World of Warcraft Dragonflight, part three: Combat, content, concerns
Eventually, you are going to have to fight something in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. Of course, by "eventually" I actually mean "more or less...
First impressions of World of Warcraft Dragonflight, part two: Dragonriding and dragging crafting
As is always the case with these World of Warcraft impressions, there was no way to stop with just part one. There's other stuff...
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight launches tonight [Update: It’s live!]
If you've been waiting eagerly for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight to arrive and wipe away Shadowlands as much as possible, your wait is rewarded...
World of Warcraft moves into its second Dragonflight pre-patch phase with Dracthyr Evokers
Azeroth is closed for the time being while Blizzard prepares the second phase of its World of Warcraft: Dragonflight pre-patch for later today. This...
Wow Factor: Welcome the desert of the real Blizzard
This entire column came about because our team was discussing World of Warcraft at work and I observed something kind of odd: The Dracthyr...
World of Warcraft highlights Exile’s Reach starting experience for Dragonflight
When you start a new character in World of Warcraft at this point, you are expected to go through the Exile's Reach starting experience....
Day of the Dead returns to World of Warcraft through November 3
Celebrating with the dead might seem a little less unusual in World of Warcraft than it does in some other games, since that can...
WoW Factor: The Dragonflight pre-patch talent trees fix a lot of problems in WoW
If you don't want to read an entire column in which I talk about the new talent trees in World of Warcraft... good gosh,...
World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight era gets off to a shaky start with buggy pre-patch
It was the end of the Shadowlands era for World of Warcraft -- and the beginning of Dragonflight... sort of. Last night's delayed rollout...
World of Warcraft will be down for eight hours tomorrow for the Dragonflight prepatch
So you've been able to pre-load the Dragonflight pre-patch on your computer for a little while now. If you play World of Warcraft, odds...
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight gets a tuning patch, Shadowlands Season 4 gets an end date
Tuning! It is the least interesting part of any kind of testing cycle in World of Warcraft (or any game, really), but it's kind...
WoW Factor: Updating our World of Warcraft expansion data set with the Dragonflight release date
Aw yeah, who likes math? I like math. I really like math, and you all know it, and you have to consistently sit there...
World of Warcraft is bringing out the Winds of Wisdom buff ahead of playable Evokers
Do you want to level faster through World of Warcraft and especially Shadowlands content to get your alts ready for Dragonflight? Don't worry, fam,...
Casually Classic: The Death Knight starter experience is still the best WoW ever did
Recently, along with what seemed like half the population of the globe, I rolled up a brand-new Death Knight in WoW Classic to take...