Disambiguation:
– World of Warcraft
– Warcraft series, a series of video games that began in 1994
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Design Mockument: Alternate trinities in MMORPGs and the challenge of other roles
The trinity has been a truism of MMO design now for about as long as it wasn't. I came up during the small times...
World of Warcraft is selling a $90 dino mount to ‘celebrate’ its 20th birthday
The Warcraft franchise has been around for 30 years, and so maybe you feel like you have just ridden on as many bats, gryphons,...
Blizzard’s BlizzCon-substitute ‘what’s next’ stream for the Warcraft franchise airs next month
As World of Warcraft is throwing a 20th anniversary rager to end all ragers this week, it's totally not confusing at all for Blizzard...
Perfect Ten: 2024’s MMO soundtrack themes ranked from worst to best
Try not to whip your head around all suspicious-like to check out the past 10 months, but 2024 has been a bonanza for MMO...
World of Warcraft DPS players stage group finder protests over recent balance changes
When World of Warcraft kicked off its latest patch, it was ostensibly focused on the MMORPG's 20th anniversary, which is pretty understandable. However, there...
World of Warcraft launches the ‘biggest anniversary in the history of Azeroth’ today
As promised, Blizzard is kicking off the big 20th anniversary celebration for World of Warcraft this afternoon. Is it actually WoW's 20th anniversary? Well,...
The Daily Grind: Do you have a weekly MMO routine or are you more freeform?
World of Warcraft's "weekly reset" on Tuesday eventually became the anchor point around which entire routines were built, including mine. I like the predictability of...
World of Warcraft expands dracthyr classes for its 20th birthday, plus Blizzard patches Hearthstone and Diablo IV
Blizzard is busy this time of year, in just about every one of its online games. Let's start with World of Warcraft, as Blizzard...
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs rely on other people – but what does that really mean?
Now that we're done with Leveling Month in Vague Patch Notes, is there another topic I can turn into a month-and-change of column topics?...
World of Warcraft’s new anniversary video recaps the memorable events of the game’s first decade
Do you remember endlessly fighting the other faction in Hillsbrad Foothills for no reason whatsoever in the early days of World of Warcraft? What...
Global Chat: Does the MMO genre need a good rebranding?
As we all seem to love the topic of MMO definitions, it's with little surprise to see blogs discuss it as well. Contains Moderate...
Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn says World of Warcraft helped him kick a drug addiction
Actor and DJ Kristian Nairn is a lovable geek icon of the past decade or so, having made his mark as Hodor in the...
Legacy: Steel and Sorcery is an multiplayer co-op ARPG made by ex-WoW devs
If you, like us, make a hobby of following the various projects that former World of Warcraft devs are creating, then you might be...
World of Warcraft shares where to get currencies and what to spend them on during its 20th anniversary
Tuesday, October 22nd, will be when World of Warcraft marks its 20th anniversary, and that will mean shopping! Apparently! At least in-game shopping, anyway,...
Vague Patch Notes: What is good meaningful leveling in MMORPGs?
All right. So we are here at long last, at the end of Leveling Month, although it's actually more like Month And A Bit....
World of Warcraft’s 20th anniversary update goes live on October 22
World of Warcraft players now have a hard date for Update 11.0.5, which is coming in less than two weeks on October 22nd. The...
The Daily Grind: What’s been your MMO highlight of 2024 so far?
The year isn't quite over yet, but maybe it's time to face the truth that 2024 is in the final quarter. Hopefully it's been...
Global Chat: What’s World of Warcraft Cataclysm’s best zone?
Wilhelm over at The Ancient Gaming Noob kicks off our tour of various MMO essays as he lists and ranks all of the zones...
Massively Overthinking: Has the term MMORPG become toxic?
Back in 2016, when the MMORPG genre had just suffered a brutal one-two punch of losing EverQuest Next and the gutting of WildStar's team,...
Casually Classic: World of Warcraft’s delves have real evergreen potential
Ever since World of Warcraft released back in 2004, there's been an tension in this game between casual, solo play and hardcore group progression. It was...
