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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...
WoW Factor: What makes World of Warcraft in particular appealing?
I've been covering MMOs professionally for about 13 years now. That's a long while. And it's kind of strange to me that I've been...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 387: Do the Dune
Justin and Bree discuss Dune Awakening, Gamescom, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV Buried Memories, Elder Scrolls Online's Lost Depths, Guild Wars 2's wacky Steam launch, New World's dungeon finder, and World of Warcraft, with adventures in LOTRO plus insanity in Chimeraland.
World of Warcraft hopes to have cross-faction guilds by the end of Dragonflight’s run
A new Team Liquid interview with World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas unearthed a few indicators of where the game is going in...
World of Warcraft gives Shadowlands away for free through September 5
So let's assume for the sake of argument that you decided not to purchase World of Warcraft: Shadowlands when it came out, and following...
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will have you farming Renown instead of reputation with endgame factions
If you've been playing World of Warcraft for more than one expansion, you probably know that at least one of the basic interactions to...
The Daily Grind: What would (or does) get you excited for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight?
There are a lot of factors that are not doing World of Warcraft: Dragonflight any favors in the "player enthusiasm" category. It's being brought...
World of Warcraft rolls out Season 4 to the live servers and more Dragonflight content to test
So while people are waiting for the next expansion for World of Warcraft, Blizzard is trying something different to keep player interest. Season 4...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2022: More revenue dips for WoW, ABK, and Blizzard in spite of Diablo Immortal
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q2's results, comprising April, May, and June 2022; let's...
Massively Overthinking: Is old-school MMO dungeon-camping ever coming back?
A while ago on the MOP Podcast, Justin and I randomly wound up on the topic of camping in MMOs - not pitching a...
World of Warcraft explains how its itemization and drop rates will work in the upcoming fourth Shadowlands season
With the last content patch for Shadowlands firmly in the rear-view mirror at this time, World of Warcraft is trying something different for the...
