Disambiguation:
– World of Warcraft
– Warcraft series, a series of video games that began in 1994
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The Game Archaeologist: Revisiting the first three months of World of Warcraft
Were you there?
Many of us were. Many weren't. Either way, November 23rd, 2004 was a watershed date for the MMORPG industry and one watched...
The Daily Grind: Are you surprised by your MMO /played time?
26 days, 18 hours, and 34 minutes.
That's the current /played time for my World of Warcraft Hunter, which is one of my more enduring...
World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm get into the seasonal spirit
'Tis the season for so many Christmas events that you'll have to forsake all family and tins of popcorn to get around to them...
WoW Factor: The fate of WoW’s class orders post-Legion, part 1
In the lull between expansions, I've been hard at work bringing my alts up to the level cap, unlocking all of the class mounts,...
Tamriel Infinium: Our 2017 report card for Elder Scrolls Online
All in all, 2017 has been a fabulous year for the Elder Scrolls Online, and although I have been light on talking about the...
Leaderboard: Which MMO gameplay type encourages the worst player behavior?
One of the common tropes held by MMORPG players is that PvP, particularly free-for-all environments prone to ganks, generates the worst type of behavior....
World of Warcraft’s Celestalon moves over to Hearthstone team
He's giving a sad goodbye to World of Warcraft but a happy hello to Hearthstone, as Game Designer Chadd "Celestalon" Nervig has switched teams over...
Overwatch’s Tracer spotted in Ready Player One trailer
The official trailer is now out for Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, and Overwatch fans may be pleasantly surprised to see a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo...
LOTRO Legendarium: Fixing Lord of the Rings Online’s grouping problem
One of the quirks -- and frustrations -- of MMORPGs is that there never seems to be one game that truly has it all....
WoW Factor: Reconsidering the next few months of World of Warcraft
There's a lot of information coming out about patch 7.3.5 at this point. Not everything, of course, and a lot of it is based...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2017
Think of all the wacky things devs have said in public in front of gamers and journalists this year.
Now imagine what gets said behind...
Check out World of Warcraft’s allied races jokes and flirts, plus guilds topple Antorus bosses
Back in the day, the only way we'd learn about the many jokes and flirt lines for races in World of Warcraft was by...
Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2017
As Counting Crows told us, it's been a long December, although the fact that it has also only just started being December speaks to...
The Daily Grind: What feature from another game would you import into your favorite MMO?
One of the everlasting points of contention between me and the MMO industry is that no game gets everything right. Gah! Can't you mold...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 147: Daybreak but not that one
Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Star Citizen, Guild Wars 2, Skyforge, and the cost of making games, with a lengthy mailbag-inspired discussion on minimaps.
One Shots: Elves have a weeding problem
You may hold Elves in high esteem, but the truth is that they are bonafide slackers. They live forever and can't even be bothered...
The Game Archaeologist: Vanguard Saga of Heroes
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 but...
WoW Factor: Why are we going back to factional squabbles after the end of Antorus?
Antorus is out now, and if you want to see the cinematic that ends the very long-running story about the Burning Legion and Sargeras,...
Massively Overthinking: Taking risks in MMORPGs
Last weekend, Brendan wrote a great column on how to stay safe from gankers in EVE Online, noting that the newbies are commonly given...
World of Warcraft’s 7.3.5 begins testing as allied race, environment, and zone scaling spoilers abound
So the latest raid for World of Warcraft is out now, but perhaps you don't have a regular raid group. What will you do...
