Official Site:Â World of Warcraft
Studio:Â Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date:Â November 23, 2014
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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World of Warcraft is going to make you work hard for your pretty artifact skin
Are you chasing those bright and pretty artifact weapon skins in World of Warcraft? Even if you have assembled the whole set and can...
The Soapbox: What the Mass Effect Andromeda kerfuffle ought to teach us about games criticism
Today is the official release of Mass Effect: Andromeda, which was preceded by the frankly baffling decision to allow people access to an early...
The Daily Grind: Will World of Warcraft hold its 7.2 patch until June?
On October 24th, World of Warcraft launched patch 7.1, which contained a lot of not-quite-ready-for-launch Legion features and a bit of content. Since then,...
World of Warcraft plans to add unobtainable transmog appearances in the future
Items are a big part of playing World of Warcraft. Sure, dropping ancient elves and demons and dragons to 0 health is its own...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs ever retire classes?
Last week, I asked the Massively OP readers whether World of Warcraft needed another class (I want the Bard, obviously). But one Facebook fan...
Massively Overthinking: When social play in MMOs is predatory by design
Blogger Tobold recently wrote a provocative piece on social play in MMOs, as pointed out to us by our dear tipster Sally. In a...
World of Warcraft previews the Broken Shore experience for patch 7.2
The Broken Shore in World of Warcraft is no one's idea of a vacation hangout. For one thing, it's covered in demons; for another,...
Blizzard seeks $8.5M from cheat software company Bossland
It's all fun and games... until you start selling software to help players cheat, then it's all lawsuits and court dates.
Blizzard is asking the...
Global Chat: Fare thee well, Landmark
Believe it or not, there were actually people who played and enjoyed Landmark -- and were saddened to see it taken offline. To kick...
Tamriel Infinium: Battlegrounds will change Elder Scrolls Online PvP forever
I've read all the impressions from the PAX East show that I could find, and they were all overwhelmingly mild -- including ours. As you...
World of Warcraft attempts to balance legendaries for Patch 7.2
Hold on to your butts: The wild ride of World of Warcraft's Patch 7.2 public test realm hasn't come to a full and complete...
The Daily Grind: How should MMOs repurpose older content?
Recently World of Warcraft introduced Mists of Pandaria timewalking dungeons, which allowed me (believe it or not) to experience these dungeons for the very...
World of Warcraft steps into the desecrated Cathedral of Eternal Night
The story of World of Warcraft: Legion is only just ramping up, as players prepare to move on to the Broken Shore to continue...
What ever happened to Darkfall, Fallen Earth, and Runes of Magic?
It bears repeating that here on Massively OP, we cover an immensely wide field of live games -- so many that it can sometimes...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #24-19
What are the best and most popular MMO theme songs of all time? A couple of weeks ago I posed this question to the...
One Shots: No more worlds to conquer
There's that special joy that every screenshotter knows when you're able to get that perfect angle, that photogenic pose, and then capture it for...
The Daily Grind: How often do you play outside your comfort zone in MMORPGs?
During the first couple of years I played MMORPGs, I was a pretty timid gamer in terms of my comfort zone for actual content. It...
World of Warcraft makes regaining flight a bit easier
There's a spot of good news for World of Warcraft players looking to regain their pilot's license in Legion. Blizzard clarified a couple of...
World of Warcraft expands its arena world championship series
World of Warcraft is cranking back up its Arena World Championship series for another run -- and this year it looks to be bigger...
Massively Overthinking: That moment when your MMO looks like a ‘fire sale at an exotic pet store’
Massively OP Podcast listener John recently sent us a really great question that saw Justin and me sharply divided in terms of our responses,...
