Disambiguation:
– World of Warcraft
– Warcraft series, a series of video games that began in 1994
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Massively OP Podcast episode 189: Time traveling to 2004
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, WildStar, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Maplestory 2, Age of Conan, Fallout 76, Guild Wars 2, Star Wars Galaxies, and Trove, with mailbag questions on SWTOR, starting as a true newbie in WoW, and power imbalances in MMOs.
The Daily Grind: What MMO still needs legacy servers?
2018 has seemed like the year of the legacy/vanilla MMO server, thanks to not just World of Warcraft but RIFT and Age of Conan...
Vague Patch Notes: World of Warcraft, math, and making choices ‘interesting’ in MMOs
So if you somehow managed to miss it, let me recap:Â World of Warcraft's community manager Lore recently gave some feedback on the many complaints...
World of Warcraft hotfixes out AFK Warfront players and dismisses Azerite armor complaints
Don't you hate when people show up for content in World of Warcraft but then promptly pop AFK and expect everyone else to do...
The Daily Grind: Are you excited with the World of Warcraft Classic playable demo announcement?
There's a lot of interesting stuff to unpack about the World of Warcraft Classic announcement from yesterday. It's been a project that we haven't...
WoW Classic will be playable at BlizzCon – and also with a virtual ticket
Hey remember how on yesterday's podcast we were speculating on what big news World of Warcraft might have for BlizzCon, now that Blizzard's already...
Perfect Ten: The big book of MMORPG death mechanics
Video games will kill your characters. It's inevitable. I still faintly remember my younger brother's first video game death, when he ran full-tilt into...
World of Warcraft unlocks a new Raid Finder wing, the community rallies for a book and a mod creator
The second Raid Finder wing of Uldir is open now for players who have no interest in assembling a standard raid group in World...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 188: Classic-flavored Lineage II
Tina, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Red Dead Online, Lineage II Classic, Secret World Legends, Bless Online, World of Warcraft, and LOTRO, with a mailbag discussion on feeling unwelcome in MMORPGs and a rundown on site bugs we've smooshed.
World of Warcraft made more money than League of Legends last month, SuperData reports
"League of Legends heads towards its worst performing year since 2014." So begins SuperData's August 2018 global revenue report today for the entire video...
The Daily Grind: What if World of Warcraft had never happened?
Yesterday, in the comments of our Daily Grind about nice things we can say about games we don't like, MOP commenter Squid posted a...
Global Chat: Why level in MMOs if you don’t grow?
Using World of Warcraft's latest expansion as an example, many bloggers recently pontificated on the uselessness of adding new levels to MMORPGs if your...
Vague Patch Notes: Trickle-down metagames in MMORPGs
A while back, there was an interesting set of data coming out of a discussion about Overwatch. The discussion was about the concept of...
World of Warcraft, Dungeons & Dragons Online, and other MMOs celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day
It's time for everyone to once again pretend that saying "arr" after every sentence makes you sound like a nautical criminal, and internet culture...
The Daily Grind: What’s the funniest conversation you’ve witnessed in MMO world chat?
I know it's common wisdom to simply jettison the world chat window as soon as you log into a new MMO. It's not healthy...
World of Warcraft announces Tides of Vengeance with new content and account-wide rep tweaks
If you're enjoying World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth, you're probably OK with more of the same, as long as it's shiny and new....
World of Warcraft kicks off its yearly harvest festival (which is not a harvest festival)
It's time for the annual harvest festival in World of Warcraft. Harvest festivals, of course, are a time when everyone comes together as a...
The Daily Grind: Do you think you’ve aged out of MMOs?
There's this particular template for covering MMORPGs on mainstream gaming websites that I cannot stand: the old "haha, MMOs are weird and old, let's...
World of Warcraft works to improve warfronts and island expeditions while prepping for Patch 8.1
With an awkward rollout of warfronts and underwhelming island expedition rewards, World of Warcraft needs all hands on deck these days to course-correct Battle...
The Game Archaeologist: City of Heroes moves into the Paragon Studios era
As we move into the fourth of five installments in the history, development, and downfall of City of Heroes, you may be wondering why...
