the burning crusade

Official Site: The Burning Crusade
Relevance: The first World of Warcraft expansion.
Launch Date: January 15, 2007

See: World of Warcraft

Doom approaches.

Casually Classic: Six problems Blizzard has to solve for WoW Classic’s official hardcore mode

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Hey, look at that: Blizzard's going and making Hardcore Classic an official thing. As well it should, considering how this community-driven ruleset's been the...

Activision-Blizzard Q1 2023: ABK revenues are up as Blizzard MAUs fall back down to reality

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Activision blinked: Activision-Blizzard wasn't supposed to release its Q1 2023 financials until tomorrow after the bell, but it's just done it this morning out of...
LADY YOU'RE SCARING US

Casually Classic: Eight legacy MMOs to satisfy that old school craving

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It was just five years ago in 2018 that MassivelyOP formally recognized an interesting and heartening trend in the MMO space: the rise of...

Not So Massively: Second impressions of Diablo IV

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My initial impression of the Diablo IV open beta was lukewarm at best, but I did hold some hope that the second beta weekend...
Slightly disappointing context.

WoW Factor: Narrative justification for every missing class/race combo in World of Warcraft

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As I implied in a recent post about the most recent Ion Hazzikostas interview, the line about making sure that there was a narrative...
Chancu

WoW Factor: Everything we know about Embers of Neltharion – so far

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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...

Legendary World of Warcraft narrator Earl Boen dies at 81

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It's our sad duty today to inform you that Earl Boen passed away this week at the age of 81 after a battle with...
Those are people who died, died.

WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s mid-expansion endgame zone problem

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Hey gang, who wants to go explore new zones in Dragonflight? Does that sound exciting to you? That's great, and for the past several...

Blizzard says it’s still working on finding a new Chinese publisher for World of Warcraft

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Blizzard General Manager John Hight has posted a video and now a written message to Chinese players in the wake of last month's announcement...
she YELL

First impressions of World of Warcraft Dragonflight, part one: Direction and narrative

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While it's not really what will serve as a foundational component of my evaluation of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight as a whole, I think...
It makes sense, given the context.

Global Chat: Turkeys terrorize New World

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While y'all eat turkeys this week, in New World, the turkeys terrorize you! Heartless Gamer navigated the gobble massacre in excruciating detail. "Over all the...

Massively Overthinking: Changing ‘mains’ in MMOs

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When I first started MMOs, the idea of mains and alts was bizarre to me. Why would I spend time on a second character...
ARAT

Massively Overthinking: Do you take vacation time to play MMOs?

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Back when Amazon was busy merging several dozen Lost Ark servers, I saw a comment thread where people were grousing about being locked out...
SUUUUUUUUURGE

WoW Factor: Updating our World of Warcraft expansion data set with the Dragonflight release date

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Aw yeah, who likes math? I like math. I really like math, and you all know it, and you have to consistently sit there...
Yeah, this is a thing.

WoW Factor: Just be honest about what WoW Classic is now

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So here's something funny to consider: No matter what happens, Blizzard has collectively backed itself into a corner with World of Warcraft expansions over...

World of Warcraft devs discuss raids, PvP, and faction populations for Wrath Classic

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WoW Classic is back in the headlines again, looking forward to some of the server's next steps in a group discussion with devs and...
Surprised? Really?

WoW Factor: Optimal choices in MMO talent trees don’t justify removing them

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So there's this funny persistent thing that goes around when it comes to talent trees in World of Warcraft. A certain coalition of players...

Activision-Blizzard Q2 2022: More revenue dips for WoW, ABK, and Blizzard in spite of Diablo Immortal

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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...
A journey already taken.

WoW Factor: How Blizzard squandered the potential and desire for WoW Classic

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With the upcoming release of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, I think it's now completely fair to say that World of Warcraft took...

The Burning Crusade Classic gets new dungeon mechanics to make boosting more difficult

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Regardless of the version you like to play, World of Warcraft has a problem with boosting. On retail, that involves people getting higher ratings...

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