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WoW Classic announces the official start of Season of Mastery servers on November 16
It looks like the Season of Mastery over in WoW Classic is starting sooner rather than later. The official site has just updated announcing that...
World of Warcraft: Classic promises more changes to Molten Core and Onyxia for the Season of Mastery servers
In the beginning, there was nothing but people stating that World of Warcraft was better when it was harder during Vanilla. Then, there was WoW Classic,...
WoW Factor: What the Season of Mastery says about WoW Classic
The fracturing has begun. That's what sticks out to me when I look at WoW Classic's Season of Mastery limited-time experiment.
Obviously, this is not entirely...
First impressions: Elyon is a boring world with compelling gameplay and customization systems
I’m going to be perfectly honest, I went in to Elyon with some pretty low expectations. Watching it be transmuted from Ascent: Infinite Realm,...
Aether Story melds ‘glory days’ of classic JRPGs with the modern MMO
Two tastes that go good together: Peanut butter and chocolate. Strawberry and kiwi. Vanilla Ice and Ninja Turtles. And old school-style Japanese RPGs and......
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best weapon animations?
I remember back when World of Warcraft was just plain vanilla and there was plenty of time to observe things during the countless fights....
Casually Classic: Why it’s so good to Zangarmarsh and chill in WoW Classic
Burning Crusade's Outland shows all the hallmarks of being a playground for developers to flex and try new things. I always was amused at...
Massively Overthinking: The curious cycle of MMO refunds, tutorials, and reviews
MOP reader Steve recently posed us an intriguing question about the state of tutorials in MMOs and other games - and how those tutorials'...
Casually Classic: Why WoW Classic progression should end after Wrath of the Lich King
Considering that we are just in the early months of Burning Crusade Classic, I think it might be both premature and presumptuous to be...
ArcheAge Unchained hands out a stuffed cow sheriff in latest ArchePass as the Freedom Festival returns
There's a new sheriff in town. A new cowboy. Who also happens to be a cow boy. That's the primary feature of ArcheAge Unchained's...
First Impressions: Diving into Oblivion portals with companions in Elder Scrolls Online’s Blackwood
Like clockwork, The Elder Scrolls Online has flung wide the gates of its annual chapter release. This time, in Blackwood, we are headed to...
Casually Classic: The WoW Classic vanilla era is over, and I won’t miss it
With the launch of World of Warcraft Classic's Burning Crusade this past week, the door has been (mostly) closed on what is now being called...
Casually Classic: Ranking WoW Classic’s racial and class mounts
Now that the pre-patch has arrived for WoW Classic's Burning Crusade, leveling characters are enjoying being able to snag a mount at level 30...
WoW Classic backs down on cloning prices, connects soon-to-be-desolated servers
You see, it wasn't just us complaining about the obscenely high price point of WoW Classic's upcoming cloning service. The $35 option received so...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Recapping the entire Guild Wars 2 The Icebrood Saga
When looking back on Guild Wars 2's The Icebrood Saga, I think the most noticeable feature was its many ups and downs. If I’m...
Global Chat: Giddy over SWTOR’s Dark Descent
For MMO blogs that only cover a single game, an announcement of an upcoming content release is like a mini-Christmas all to itself. This...
Casually Classic: How World of Warcraft made bad graphics look good
When I returned to World of Warcraft Classic in 2019, I steeled myself to be vastly underwhelmed by the visuals. I'm not a graphics...
Massively Overthinking: Picking the ‘wrong’ MMORPG class
Last month, the MMORPG subreddit slept on a good thread about picking classes in MMOs. Let's wake this sucker up. "Am I the only...
Casually Classic: How Burning Crusade revolutionized WoW questing
While it's been a blast stepping back into an era where I can re-experience World of Warcraft as it once was, playing WoW Classic...
Diablo II Resurrected will allow old save file transfers, will likely be Blizzard’s last remaster
I have to wonder who would be hanging on to an old Diablo II save file but then I check myself as I look...