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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Rumor: Retailers pegging World of Warcraft: Legion’s release as June 30th
The cycle has begun. Every time a World of Warcraft expansion doesn't have a fixed release date, retailers begin assigning a release date to...
Global Chat: ARK invents new types of griefing
Just when you thought you've seen every type of online griefing known to man, here comes another. In An Age grouses about how ARK:...
Hyperspace Beacon: Should you resub for SWTOR: Disavowed?
Hello, friends. I hope you don’t mind my calling you that. I do respect my readers. Thankfully, most of you are rational and thoughtful....
Hearthstone offers a new hero for World of Warcraft players
Odds are pretty good that if you already play World of Warcraft, you have probably taken Hearthstone for a spin. The game is now...
World of Warcraft outlines the state of PvP in the Legion alpha
The big change coming to World of Warcraft's PvP in Legion is a brand-new honor system, and like anything else that's been changed wholesale...
Working As Intended: The fate of the MMORPG genre
I don't think I'm exaggerating to say that this past weekend was a strange one in the MMORPG community, when gamers across the wide expanse...
Guild Chat: How to tactfully leave a guild
Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, my little corner of Massively Overpowered in which I tackle readers' guild-related problems with the help...
The Game Archaeologist: The sad saga of Stargate Worlds
In 1994, a science-fiction movie called Stargate took the idea of alien portals that allowed people to travel instantaneously across the universe and turned it...
World of Warcraft CM Zarhym leaves Blizzard
Long-time World of Warcraft Community Manager Jonathan Brown has left Blizzard, according to a brief notice on his Twitter account. There was no explanation...
WoW Factor: Levels and legends in the Legion alpha
The alpha testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion rolls on, with the vague hope that we might actually have a beta tag by...
New and tweaked class specs arrive in WoW’s latest Legion build
The testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion is almost finished adding new specs for players to try out as the latest Legion test...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you revisited lately?
While it might be more exciting to check out a brand-new MMO, I find that it's often easier and requires far less energy to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 54: Something fishy is afoot
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, Path of Exile, Guild Wars 2, No Man's Sky, World of Fishing, and AdventureQuest 3D, with a mailbag question on broken dev promises.
The Daily Grind: Where are all the MMORPG themeparks?
A reader named Rogbarz emailed us toward the end of last year, lamenting the fact that we have a lot of upcoming indie games...
Massively Overthinking: The curse of player-generated MMO content
The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for...
World of Warcraft updates its expansion alpha and opens up PvP testing
One of the big elements being introduced to World of Warcraft when Legion goes live is an entirely revamped PvP system, rebuilt from the...
Perfect Ten: Awesome (and unique) MMORPG classes
Class-based systems are one of those holdovers from tabletop RPGs that work surprisingly well in MMOs. I basically put up with class systems in...
ESPN muses on e-sports in Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, WoW
ESPN has a big piece out this week on e-sports in MMOs, chronicling the many (failed) attempts of MMORPGs like World of Warcraft to...
MMORPGs celebrate The Revenant’s Oscars
If your MMORPG has a Revenant class, you'd best not be missing the opportunity to plug it today, as the movie celebrates its three...
The MOP Up: Top raiding guild quits World of Warcraft (February 28, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
