Disambiguation:
– World of Warcraft
– Warcraft series, a series of video games that began in 1994
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Perfect Ten: 10 notable MMO developers that shut their doors
When En Masse Entertainment announced that it would be closing its doors this fall, we here at Massively OP came to the realization that...
Unions in Europe call on Blizzard employees in France to strike against the closure of the Versailles office
Last week we had reported the unfortunate news that Blizzard would be shutting down an office in Versailles, France, displacing 285 employees who handled...
World of Warcraft weathers a wild pre-patch launch night
After a very long wait for the servers to come back up yesterday, World of Warcraft officially jumped into the Shadowlands era last night...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 292: Burning down the Amazon gameforest
Justin and Bree discuss Crucible, Star Trek Online, Black Desert, FFXIV, Star Citizen, WoW, MMO Halloween, and new games from CCP and Zenimax, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, SWG Legends, and Torchlight III, plus an audio mailbag topic on ragequitting.
World of Warcraft launches the Shadowlands pre-patch today
As of today, World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is over, because the Shadowlands pre-patch for the game has finally released! And there was much rejoicing....
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs out there could use a level squish of their own?
MOP backer and fellow blogger Terminally Nerdy pinged us a few weeks back with an interesting conundrum: He was trying to think of other...
Not So Massively: Reflections on Blizzard, one year after the Hong Kong fiasco
Almost exactly a year ago, I declared that the Blizzard I loved is dead, in reaction to the Blitzchung/Hearthstone/Hong Kong fiasco.
Twelve months later, that...
The Game Archaeologist: Deadlands Legends, the western MMO that never saw the light of day
The saying goes that there is nothing new under the sun. So while you probably can't write an original setting that's never been seen...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO class makes you feel overpowered?
Obviously, we here at MOP love anything overpowered -- including frappes, meme wars, and MMORPG classes. Sometimes it doesn't even take numerically superior stats...
World of Warcraft director Ion Hazzikostas promises to reverse the Shadowlands ability limitation
It was just yesterday that people found out World of Warcraft: Shadowlands had made a change to Covenant abilities by limiting them to the eponymous...
WoW Factor: The problem with World of Warcraft’s storytelling
Back a long while ago, when I reviewed the prequel novel for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, I noted that my general policy has been to...
World of Warcraft’s free-to-level-20 edition is about to get a ton more content
With next week's World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch, the overall value of the game is about to take a jump up. As we noted...
The Daily Grind: Is there a location you wish your fave MMO could explore – but never will?
I have two examples in mind for today's Daily Grind. The first, of course, is Cantha: I've been a broken record on wanting the...
World of Warcraft drops Shadowlands pre-patch notes, merges Battle for Azeroth into sub
We've got a bundle of World of Warcraft news here to cap off your Thursday.
First, if all the jeering for Battle for Azeroth kept...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands disables covenant abilities outside of the Shadowlands in the latest build
One element of recent World of Warcraft expansions that has come under popular discussion is the concept of "borrowed power," referring to mechanical systems and...
Perfect Ten: What gamers need to understand about MMO mages
So the first two times I tackled this type of topic for the Perfect Ten column here on Massively OP, I had the advantage...
World of Warcraft will still offer 100% drop rates for raid-dropped mounts in the Shadowlands pre-patch
One of the big things that World of Warcraft players have been advised to get done before the launch of the Shadowlands pre-patch is to hunt...
Baldur’s Gate 3 has officially entered early access – with multiplayer (kinda)
With Cyberpunk 2077, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, and Baldur's Gate 3 coming out this fall, it's certainly shaping up to be the season of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 291: Day of Delays
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Shadowlands' and Magic Legends' delays, Torchlight 3's planned launch, PlanetSide 2's big patch, Skyforge's Switch announcement, and HEX's sunset, with a Daily Grind lightning round and mailbag topics on feelung untethered from MMOs, live podcasts, and MMO dailies.
World of Warcraft shares its survival guide for the Shadowlands pre-patch next week
You still have another week before World of Warcraft releases its Shadowlands pre-patch, which marks the end of the game's Battle for Azeroth phase and moves into...
