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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...
WoW Classic’s Wrath of the Lich King launches September 26 according to yet another Blizzard leak
Sooooo either Blizzard's web team had another oopsie or somebody really wanted to distract everyone from the fact that Activision-Blizzard workers staged a walkout...
World of Warcraft offers a $210,000 prize pool for Shadowlands Season 4
With the advent of the fourth season of Shadowlands' competitive scene, World of Warcraft is expanding the field to allow even more players to...
The MOP Up: World of Warcraft counts down the end of Shadowlands Season 3
Just a heads-up for those still participating in World of Warcraft's Mythic+ and PvP seasons: Season 3 has about a month left before Season...
WoW Factor: Looking at Dragonflight’s release schedule with math
It's been a really long time since we've gotten to have some math up ins. You know by this point that I really like...
Hearthstone’s Murder at Castle Nathria expansion brings a murder mystery and new card types on August 2
Hearthstone is once again playing around with the lore and setting it's based on, though considering this all takes place in the Shadowlands -...
WoW Factor: All right, so we’re going to speedrun to Dragonflight after all
Well all right, then. This was unexpected. I honestly did not expect that Blizzard's need for content would overwhelm basic needs of testing and...
WoW Factor: The shrinking landmass of World of Warcraft’s ‘Azeroth’
Last week in this column, I told y'all a bit of a bluff.
Well, all right, that's not true. Last week's column was about what...
The Daily Grind: Are you more into WoW Classic, WoW retail, or WoW none-of-the-above?
With WoW Classic taking players into the Sunwell Plateau last month and WoW retail pushing into the final patch of Shadowlands' run, there's a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 376: Diablo mortal
Justin and Bree discuss Diablo Immortal, the Daybreak Marvel MMO, Kritika Online's shady resurrection, WoW's 9.2.5, and War Thunder, with adventures in SWG Legends, LOTRO, and Fallout 76, plus a voicemail on sequels to beloved MMOs.
WoW Factor: What was the point of Shadowlands?
Do I have another column or two in me about World of Warcraft: Dragonflight? I mean, probably, even though we clearly have a long,...