Disambiguation:
– World of Warcraft
– Warcraft series, a series of video games that began in 1994
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Tale of Toast’s cute aesthetics hide old-school challenge
Don't judge a book by its cover, they say, and certainly don't go making assumptions about the difficulty levels of MMORPGs by how gritty...
Superdata report shows Overwatch slipping, Hearthstone rebounding
Looking back at March's digital sales, the industry was up 15% year-over-year from 2016, Superdata Research reports. Mobile was the largest area of growth,...
World of Warcraft breaks a popular add-on for world quests to fix performance issues
The current flow of clearing World Quests in World of Warcraft is pretty straightforward. You see that there's a world quest out there offering...
World of Warcraft walks back claim that 7.2 is the ‘biggest patch ever’
In a livestream Q&A session, World of Warcraft's Ion Hazzikostas admitted that the studio probably shouldn't have slapped the label of "biggest patch ever" on...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMORPG players a minority in their own genre?
Deep in the comments of the MMOs-vs.-survival-sandboxes thread from last week, reader miol_ produced a beautiful comment about how MMO players have become a...
World of Warcraft’s Dog makes the journey from garrison to Dalaran
World of Warcraft garrisons these days are a sad, lonely place. They're still there, of course, languishing on Draenor as a monument to yet another...
Popular World of Warcraft YouTuber passes away from cancer
On a sad note this week, a much-loved World of Warcraft YouTuber has passed away following a battle with a rare form of cancer.
In a...
World of Warcraft’s Hazzikostas on content creep and the future of the game
Hey, it turns out that designing long-term MMORPGs that aren't pump-and-dump schemes is hard!
That's the takeaway from a new PC Gamer interview with Blizzard's...
Global Chat: Which MMO developer do you most appreciate?
Recently, Ravalation carried on an annual blogger tradition called Developer Appreciation Week. During this week, gamers would put aside their usual vitriol and criticism...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 114: Moving to the big city
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, WoW, Ashes of Creation, Carbine, Marvel Heroes, and Project Gorgon, with mailbag questions on the joys of Trove and the plight of MMO pets.
LOTRO Legendarium: A marvelous decade of Middle-earth
The first I ever heard of Lord of the Rings Online was flipping through the pages of some gaming magazine back in early 2007....
NetEase soft-launches WoW-like mobile MMORPG Crusaders of Light today
Soft-launching today on both the iOS and Android markets is a new mobile MMORPG from Netease dubbed Crusaders of Light. It was originally released...
World of Warcraft slightly nerfs the brutal artifact challenge
A hotfix that went into World of Warcraft yesterday decreased the damage of the new mage tower artifact challenge that has been kicking the...
World of Warcraft expands 7.2.5 testing to include Gnomeregan race, new pet battle dungeon
Testing continues apace on World of Warcraft's Patch 7.2.5, according to a forum update informing players about some changes and additions. One of the...
Perfect Ten: Time travel in MMORPGs
Over the years, I've been fascinated with the concept of time in MMORPGs. It's one of those things that developers probably don't want you...
Tamriel Infinium: Why I changed my mind about Elder Scrolls Online
When I took the trip to ZeniMax Online Studios to check out Morrowind a couple of months back, I was sitting at a table with...
World of Warcraft’s dance party and trial of style look like goofy fun
Believe it or not, the long-waited dance studio is finally coming to World of Warcraft... sort of.
In Patch 7.2.5, Blizzard is adding a new...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 113: Avatar vs. toon
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Trove, LOTRO, TERA, Elite, WoW, Star Citizen, and WildStar, with a mailbag question on MMORPG midcore accessibility.
Crowfall has big changes in store for its alpha UI
An MMORPG with a crappy user interface doesn't last long in 2017. ArtCraft has this lesson memorized and has put it to good use...
World of Warcraft patches in some reward adjustments for Nether Portal Disruptors
You there! When you play World of Warcraft, are you just focusing on Nether Portal Disruptors on the Broken Shore? Well, stop that; do...
