the burning crusade

So now we have a date at the end of August for World of Warcraft: Classic. That's actually a lot later than I had expected,...

Blizzard's keeping the pressure up this week with another new World of Warcraft release, though this one's about the live game, not

Here's the genesis of this particular article: I saw speculation over on Blizzard Watch that we were about a year too early for...

Over the past three months, I've been exclusively playing on the Anor progression server in Lord of the Rings Online. During that time,...

Let's pretend for a moment that the reason Blizzard appears to be dropping the ball with World of Warcraft right now is that...

Yeah, so Kalimdor has changed a bit in World of Warcraft. I'm going to be honest and say that I've never actually liked Kalimdor very...

Here's a fun question to consider. What were Emblems of Valor and Emblems of Heroism designed to do in World of Warcraft? Yes, they...

I spent a bunch of time post-BlizzCon thinking about why World of Warcraft personally bothered me. Not why its design pitfalls bothered me;...

First and foremost, I'd like to note that I am writing these columns consecutively and immediately, so all I can do is hope that...

Looking over the past two decades or so, MMORPGs have grown by leaps and bounds with regular releases, events, and (of course) expansion...

If it seems like World of Warcraft Classic would be an easy project, you may not have spent as much time thinking about...

MMORPGs are story machines. I don't just mean that they're games in which the writers tell you a bunch of tales, although that is...

Hooray, we have a release date for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth instead of just a release window! And contrary to...

Last week, we got confirmation that Kul Tiran Humans and Mag'har Orcs are coming to the Allied Race roster for World of Warcraft:...

It's funny to me that people had such an aggressive reaction to the changes coming to Hunter pets and damage formulas in Battle...

Probably the most challenging aspect of creating a "top 32" list of the best World of Warcraft music isn't coming up with a...

Last week, I wrote about the addition of allied races without having actually gotten to play around with them much. You have to understand...

A week ago, I started to engage in an interesting thought experiment. I started jotting down what I thought were the best World...

The "when will Battle for Azeroth" speculation train is rolling once again because it looks like patch 7.3.5 is just around the corner....

The significance of Vanguard's development, release, long-running drama, second chance, and eventual closure should be of great interest not just to game historians...