Disambiguation:
– World of Warcraft
– Warcraft series, a series of video games that began in 1994
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WoW Factor: Steve Danuser was not really the problem with World of Warcraft
So I don't want to sit here and say "oh, things were going so great" before the news that Steve Danuser had actually left...
Narrative director Steve Danuser quietly left World of Warcraft last fall
It turns out that World of Warcraft's narrative director left Blizzard last November and no one said anything about it. No, that doesn't mean...
Perfect Ten: The 10 phases of MMORPG pre-launch hysteria
One of my private theories about MMO players -- one I'm now making public -- is that we all have the collective memories of...
World of Warcraft fans can snag a free Fiery Hearthsteed mount in March when Hearthstone turns 10
Pop quiz, hotshots: How old would you say Hearthstone is? If you said 10, well, you probably cheated because it's right there in the...
World of Warcraft’s Classic Hardcore mode is bringing in the Self-Found mode on February 29
Are you all proud of yourself because you reached max level in World of Warcraft? You don't really deserve to be proud of yourself...
Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs and the PC gaming market
I find myself thinking a lot about the MMORPG industry lately and the ways in which the gaming industry as a whole has changed...
WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery moves into its second phase with Gnomeregan raid
It's a little strange to think that WoW Classic's Season of Discovery server is only just now moving into its second phase, but here...
Massively Overthinking: When the original MMO is better than the sequel
A few weeks ago, two lovely gamers I follow on Bluesky were discussing how let down they felt by Diablo IV, less because Diablo...
World of Warcraft elaborates on The War Within’s hero talents system
The War Within expansion for World of Warcraft is bringing, among other things, the hero talents system, an "evergreen form of character progression for...
Working As Intended: City of Heroes macros and popmenus for noobs
In my first braindump on City of Heroes for this column, I tried to ease superhero fans into the world of modding the 20-year-old...
Not So Massively: Stormgate isn’t delivering a revolution (yet)
Stormgate's marketing is laser-focused on studio Frost Giant's plan to deliver an "RTS revolution." With StarCraft II still popular but slowly waning as it...
World of Warcraft remains coy about March’s ‘secret’ Dragonflight patch
In what promises to be a diverging year for World of Warcraft, Blizzard already is stirring things up for a complacent playerbase. Curiosity's been...
World of Warcraft begins both Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day events for 2024
World of Warcraft players have not one but two holiday events on deck this week thanks to a quirk of the calendar.
First, the lunar...
World of Warcraft’s February Trading Post is all about having a lovely time of love
It's February, and as far as World of Warcraft's Trading Post is concerned, that means it's time for an entire month of love. This...
Vague Patch Notes: Why we drift away from MMORPGs we still love
Why did I stop playing Star Trek Online? Was it because there was some change made to the game that made it no longer...
A Blizzard dev cleverly yoinked a decade of WoW sub time before layoffs
It's one thing to leverage a whole mountain of in-game gold into being able to play World of Warcraft for free, but it's another...
The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too
In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...
The first two Warcraft games and the original Diablo are now on Battle.net
For too long, you have had to live in a universe where your only access to the original Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, its sequel...
WoW Classic Season of Discovery’s next phase includes Gnomeregan raid, but no more GDKP runs
The next phase for WoW Classic's Season of Discovery servers is imminent, and Blizzard is sharing some -- but not all -- of the...
One Shot: Surveying my domain
Good day, captain! Now that you've been beamed down by your mutinous crew and marooned on an ice planet, you might as well enjoy...
