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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Everything you need to know about being on a boat in World of Warcraft’s next patch
The next major patch for World of Warcraft is pitting players against what remains of the Iron Horde in the Tanaan Jungle, but unfortunately...
World of Warcraft to allow flight in Draenor in a post-6.2 patch
If you had given up on flight as a lost cause in Warlords of Draenor, there's good news. World of Warcraft's developers posted a...
See World of Warcraft’s oldest surviving screenshots
Here's a treat for MMO history buffs. Dave Wilson, who works at Blizzard doing recruitment marketing, posted a series of captioned pictures on Twitter...
One Shots: The infinite summons
One of the stranger Final Fantasy tropes is that the more powerful a summoned creature is, the longer it would take for any given...
The Game Archaeologist: The Matrix Online
It's not every year that a movie comes along that captures the pop culture zeitgeist so powerfully and so quickly as The Matrix did....
World of Warcraft inducted into World Video Game Hall of Fame
If you had to pick six of the most influential video games in history, what would they be?
For a panel of experts at the...
World of Warcraft previews the bosses of Hellfire Citadel
It's been said that World of Warcraft's patch 6.2 will not be the end of the expansion's patch cycle, but boy, it sure does...
World of Warcraft and Hearthstone get Heroes of the Storm cross-promotion items
Do you have any desire to play the newly launched Heroes of the Storm yet? What if we told you that you could get a...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOs in a cultural decline?
An editorial over at Rock Paper Shotgun attempts to tie two topics together as one: why there will never be a World of Warcraft...
Global Chat: Blizzard’s war on flying
How is the MMO blogging community reacting to Blizzard's proclamation that flying mounts are grounded -- perhaps permanently -- in World of Warcraft? In...
A guide to Heroes of the Storm for MOBA newbies and MMORPG fans
So you've heard about MOBAs by now, right? Maybe you tried League of Legends, or the idea behind DOTA 2 was too confusing to inspire a...
World of Warcraft’s Ashran expands to a new area in patch 6.2
If you've been taking part in the battles over Ashran in World of Warcraft, it's understandable that you could be a little tired of...
What World of Warcraft would look like in Unreal Engine
Many words have been spilled about World of Warcraft's relative immunity to aging due to its stylized graphics. And while that art style is...
MMO Week in Review: WildStar is saving itself (May 31, 2015)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
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Is World of Warcraft’s decline tied to the rise of mobile gaming?
So what knocked World of Warcraft's subscribers down so quickly between the launch of Warlords of Draenor and now? Most people playing the game...
The Game Archaeologist: Mythic’s Imperator Online
It is a truly difficult thing to create something completely new and original, especially in storytelling and setting. It's perhaps impossible in this day...
Massively Overthinking: When IPs are wasted on mediocre MMOs
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Aldranis, whose query neatly dovetails with the IP-related question we answered on the...
The Daily Grind: If it were 2003 again, which MMO would you play?
Fun hypothetical: Let's say that all of us -- including Massively Overpowered -- were thrown back in time 12 years to 2003. There's no...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 15
Justin and Bree talk about Blade & Soul's western approach, WoW's war on flying, The Repopulation's launch date, EverQuest's progression server, Age of Conan's anniversary, and Guild Wars 2's Lion's Arch rebuild, plus mailbag questions on repellent MMO IPs.
MMO Week in Review: Blizzard doesn’t want your money (May 24, 2015)
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