Disambiguation:
– World of Warcraft
– Warcraft series, a series of video games that began in 1994
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Whatever happened to Otherland, Guns of Icarus, and Pixel Starships?
Whatever happened to those MMOs you - and we - have forgotten all about? We're going to dig into three of them today.
First up,...
One Shots: The voyage home
When you've spent a whole lot of calories burning, pillaging, and looting villages, it's a welcome sight to see the rest and shelter of...
The Game Archaeologist: Lifestorm, Japan’s first MMORPG
In comparison to how widely that China and Korea's game development studios embraced MMORPGs right from the beginning, Japan's been curiously low-key in creating...
WoW Factor: Why WoW Classic players are mad about the Burning Crusade character boost
I'm not going to lie to anyone here: When the World of Warcraft: Classic team first announced the idea that you could boost a...
WoW’s Burning Crusade Classic beta tops out level cap, gets into raiding
Another week, another big step forward for Burning Crusade Classic's test cycle. The beta finally raised the level cap to 70 for testers and...
World of Warcraft preps a new ‘one-off’ dungeon tournament
While World of Warcraft's competitive PvP scene is the backbone of its esports program, the MMO's Mythic Dungeon Invitational has grown in popularity and...
The Soapbox: Lies I was told about World of Warcraft
A few months back, I was feeling restless in my MMO routine. Guild Wars 2 is my MMO "home," so I'm always in that...
Vague Patch Notes: The myth of the days before MMO datamining
For those of you who don't know, this column was named after Final Fantasy XI. Specifically, it was named after the practice that particular game...
Perfect Ten: How The Burning Crusade changed World of Warcraft forever
We're kind of thinking about the first World of Warcraft expansion around these parts this week. No particular reason, especially in my case; I'm not...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 316: Talkin’ trash with MMO Fallout
Justin, Bree, and MMO Fallout's Connor discuss April fools' day around the MMOverse, FFXIV's patch and PS5 beta, WoW's 9.1, Trove's Switch port, and Elyon's closed beta, with adventures in RuneScape, Wild Terra 2, Magic Legends, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on starting fresh in WoW Classic and irritating season passes.
Diablo II Resurrected is beginning its technical alpha this week
Arguably the most interesting news to come outta BlizzConline earlier this year was confirmation that Diablo II is getting a fully remastered version dubbed...
World of Warcraft’s Noblegarden returns for another egg hunt
The Easter weekend may be behind us, but World of Warcraft's Noblegarden stretches ahead. The annual spring event returns to the fantasy MMO this...
Massively Uplifting: Gamestonk, gorillas, and giving in MMOs
When it comes to feel-good stories in the general media, coming across a positive one about gaming seems harder than finding a four-leaf clover....
Omar Gonzalez, a chief architect of World of Warcraft Classic, has departed Blizzard for Dreamhaven
If you're a fan of WoW Classic, you have Omar Gonzalez to thank for it. You may not have known about that, but it's true;...
World of Warcraft outlines updates being made to improve PvP matchmaking
If your experience in the Arena of World of Warcraft has been a little odd in relation to gaining rating, it's not just in...
The Game Archaeologist: The ballad of Fansy, EverQuest’s famous bard
It was summer, 2001. EverQuest had just rolled out Sullon Zek, a no-rules "penal colony" server where the realm was as lawless as the...
WoW Factor: We’re waiting how long for Shadowlands’ patch 9.1, now?
So it looks like World of Warcraft's next patch is going up for testing on the week of April 12th. What the heck is happening? At...
Perfect Ten: Top 10 annoying things you hear in MMORPG global chat
General chat, sometimes called "Barrens chat" or "zone chat" or "the party line," is both the bane and the secret fixation of my existence....
World of Warcraft will start testing patch 9.1 soon, unveils a world buff storage device for Classic
It's been an unusually long time since the launch of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands for the game to have not released its first major patch...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 315: The Wrath Baby strikes back
Justin, Bree, Chris, and Tyler discuss Magic Legends' soft launch, World of Warcraft's price hikes, WoW Burning Crusade's beta, Elite Dangerous' Odyssey alpha, Raph Koster's virtual world manifesto, and Monster Hunter Rise's launch, with mailbag topics on when subs aren't worth it and why MMO currencies are just the worst.
