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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WoW’s latest Legion alpha build revises talent loadouts, glyphs
The alpha testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion is rolling along and getting just a little bit bigger. Another build has been deployed,...
Superdata says League of Legends makes more money than any other game you play
Let's just get this out of the way: Superdata is a research firm that sells its data analysis. It doesn't disclose its methodology or...
Classic Korean MMORPG Knight Online lands on Steam
As promised, Knight Online has officially landed on Steam this week. The classic Korean MMO originally launched in 2004, the same year that World...
How Star Wars: The Old Republic won me over with its endgame
I walked away from last week's Star Wars: The Old Republic livestream pretty happy. Considering that I repeatedly say how much I absolutely loathe...
Warcraft rolls out a new TV spot, posts set pics with game references
World of Warcraft fans shouldn't worry too much that the upcoming movie will be devoid of cheeky references to their favorite game. Director Duncan...
WoW Legion makes major changes to specializations and transmog sets
Are you tired of dealing with dual specs in World of Warcraft? It was revealed at BlizzCon that the existing spec system was going...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO dev brains we’d like to pick
This week's Overthinking question comes to us from longtime Patron Roger.
"If you guys could magically open a connection to any dev team, which team...
You’re going to have to purchase World of Warcraft: Legion twice for early access and a physical collector’s edition
Remember all of the absurdity about World of Warcraft's collector's edition with Warlords of Draenor? That was ridiculous. Basically, if you wanted to pre-order...
Working As Intended: What Star Wars Galaxies got wrong
If you've listened to Massively's staff and readers talk about Star Wars Galaxies a little bit, you might come away with the impression that...
The Division will take up a chunk of your hard drive space
Looking to get into The Division's beta this month? Then you'll need to clear up a nice little chunk of hard drive space if...
Improbable wants to build better MMO worlds
If you're looking for signs of what the next generation of MMOs could look like, then you might want to start checking out the...
Betawatch: The Division enters beta this month at last (January 15, 2016)
It seems like The Division was going to forever be the title that didn't quite make its way to an actual beta test, but...
WoW Factor: The importance of class fantasies
Here's a fun thought exercise for you all: explain the differences between Fire Mages and Destruction Warlocks in World of Warcraft. But before you...
Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?
Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...
Perfect Ten: Top 10 obscure MMORPGs
I've seen a lot of desperate requests in my day in which players are asking for games outside of the normal sphere of popularity...
EverQuesting: A 2016 franchise forecast for EverQuest Next, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Landmark
We've looked back at 2015 for the launched games EverQuest and EverQuest II, the long-lasting beta of Landmark, and the MIA-and-presumed-dead (by some) ...
World of Warcraft’s design philosophy for tanks and healers in Legion
Good news, World of Warcraft tanks - you'll be taking more damage in Legion! And that really could be the good news, depending upon...
World of Warcraft: Legion’s alpha will be back online today
Good news to those of you testing World of Warcraft's next expansion - the alpha for Legion will be coming back online today! No...
WoW celebrates Diablo III’s latest patch with Demon Hunter tmog gear
In honor of Diablo III's latest patch, Blizzard has something special in store... for World of Warcraft players who also play Diablo III:
We’ve added something...
The Daily Grind: Are you a one-MMO gamer?
A year ago, Kotaku published a piece called The People Who Only Play One Game. The author was talking about the rabid, cult followings that blockbuster...
