Disambiguation:
– World of Warcraft
– Warcraft series, a series of video games that began in 1994
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Blizzard reassures players that Wrath of the Lich King Classic will in fact have quest helper features in it
So let's recap. Recently, an interview with lead software engineer Brian Birmingham and principal systems designer Kris Zierhut on the WoW Classic team had...
Blizzard bought out Spellbreak’s Proletariat to shore up the World of Warcraft team
Hey, remember Spellbreak? It was a 2020 battle royale that was actually pretty well-liked around here, though it's been quiet the last few months....
Warcraft Arclight Rumble’s mini talents are at the forefront of this week’s beta patch
Testing continues apace for Warcraft Arclight Rumble, Blizzard's attempt to bring the fantasy franchise to the mobile space. In this week's Beta Update 0.9.2,...
Global Chat: Playing TERA before the final bow
"Who in their right mind starts playing a 'dead' game?" asks Virtual Bastion's Cary -- right before Cary jumped into TERA just days before...
WoW Factor: All right, so we’re going to speedrun to Dragonflight after all
Well all right, then. This was unexpected. I honestly did not expect that Blizzard's need for content would overwhelm basic needs of testing and...
Diablo Immortal player outlines how he used 600M gold from World of Warcraft to buff his gems
By now, players of Diablo Immortal are likely familiar with the Redditor Daymeeuhn; he's the guy who first calculated the real money cost to...
Massively Overthinking: The second big five MMOs
So here in the MMORPG genre, we've been working under the assumption for the last few years that the "big five" MMOs that dominate...
World of Warcraft begins Midsummer Fire Festival, WoW Classic previews new group finder
Ah, the Midsummer Fire Festival in World of Warcraft, the time of year when everything feels like it's already on fire so you might...
Blizzard says World of Warcraft Dragonflight will launch in 2022 as preorders begin
When Blizzard took the wraps off World of Warcraft Dragonflight back in April, it did so without a public release date. That, combined with...
For Science: New research affirms online friends provide emotional and informational support
You've probably seen the declaration that "online friends are real friends" somewhere on the internet a few times, and while that can seem pretty...
WoW Factor: How greater-scope villains harm World of Warcraft’s storytelling
Sargeras was really trying to stop the Void Lords. The Jailer was really fighting against some anonymous bigger enemy. Sylvanas was really trying to...
Blizzard tells Wrath Classic players that new fresh start servers might not have transfers open after 90 days
So players who wanted fresh start servers for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic are getting their wish. (Since people who...
Fresh start realms are planned for Wrath of the Lich King Classic when it arrives
If you're looking forward to playing World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic but had no interest in playing any of the...
Tamriel Infinium: Big-name voice actors you didn’t know were in Elder Scrolls Online
When Elder Scrolls Online players dived into the High Isle expansion this past week, among the many new delights was the addition of Billy...
The MOP Up: Profane uses Instant Terra to create rapid landscapes
Upcoming MMORPG Profane revealed that it's elected to use Wysilab's Instant Terra technology to help create procedurally generated landscapes for the game world. The...
World of Warcraft encourages recruiting with free faction change tokens
Blizzard is hoping that its players are game to help recruit friends back to World of Warcraft this summer season. Wowhead reports that emails...
Global Chat: Hot takes from the MMO community on Diablo Immortal’s release
The latest iteration of the Diablo franchise is here with Diablo Immortal, but it doesn't seem to be stirring as much interest among the...
WoW Factor: The shrinking landmass of World of Warcraft’s ‘Azeroth’
Last week in this column, I told y'all a bit of a bluff.
Well, all right, that's not true. Last week's column was about what...
Perfect Ten: The stupid reasons I have had for sacrificing sleep for MMOs
One of the most useful pieces of advice that I've gotten regarding making decisions for the future is also the simplest: Imagine yourself taking...
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’s internal alpha is now listed in the Blizzard catalogue
If you're playing World of Warcraft at the moment you are probably chiefly waiting for that sweet, sweet Dragonflight honey to arrive. (It is...
