world of warcraft

Official Site: World of Warcraft
Studio: Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date: November 23, 2014
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

I'm going to master letting this play instead of me.

The Daily Grind: Do you bother reporting miscreants in MMORPGs?

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Retired MOP writer and all around epic human Mike Foster (yo Mike!) recently tweeted about his days working as a GM for World of...
Snoooooow

There are multiple heroes planned for Heroes of the Storm this year, and there’s snow falling now

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It's been a quiet first half of the year in Heroes of the Storm, but players have been promised that there are multiple new...
Let's dig our way out!

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG sees the most multiboxing as of 2020?

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A couple of months ago, I read a post on the Nomadic Gamers, Eh! blog where Stargrace begins her post talking about multboxing in...

The MOP Up: Granado Espada got a brand-new server

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Have you completely forgotten that Granado Espada -- also called Sword of the New World -- still exists? It does, and in fact, the...
Scratching an itch.

Global Chat: Phantasy Star Online 2 tips and tricks

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As you... may have heard, Phantasy Star Online 2's PC launch was all sorts of horrible, especially from an installation perspective. Belghast over at...

One Shots: Do you have a few moments to talk about Jediism?

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Here's a player housing pro-tip that is useful when striking up a settlement in a risky location: Make a door. A big door. A...

The Game Archaeologist: Were sequels ever a good idea for MMOs?

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From movies to books to video games, sequels (and all related spin-offs) are a common sight when a property is sufficiently successful enough. Even...
Some elves have no eyes any more. Be sensitive.

WoW Factor: Behind blue (elf) eyes (in World of Warcraft)

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Players were very excited when blue eye options were datamined out for Blood Elves in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, then less happy when it was...

Massively Overthinking: Deleting pieces of MMOs to save them

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Two ideas floated across my virtual desk in recent weeks, neither directly relating to MMORPGs, but they put the nugget of an idea in...
Burnsauce.

Storyboard: Making fights matter in MMOs (and in roleplay)

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You know what's fascinating about the original Guild Wars release, later redubbed as Guild Wars: Prophecies? The Prince Rurik fight works. Yes, these are spoilers for a...
Can I come out yet?

World of Warcraft previews the region of Ardenweald and the Night Fae

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A land of perpetual twilight, overseen by the Winter Queen, Ardenweald is a forested portion of the afterlife players will be exploring in World of...
This isn't how it had to be.

Perfect Ten: An entirely accurate and unassailable history of pet classes in MMORPGs

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Pet classes! They're a very important part of MMORPGs, the opportunity to not just go into combat alone but to march in alongside a...
Paladinhood.

Global Chat: The right gear for the right occasion

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Some of us are the types of players who are more than satisfied to get one be-all, does-all suit of gear and wear that...

World of Warcraft offers up a new short story about a… poetry contest

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Thalyssra and Lor'themar are about to have a poetry slam! Okay, not really, but in a new short story from World of Warcraft, the...

Global Chat: Does SWTOR fail in the end for (Han) soloers?

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As his name suggests, FibroJedi is a big Star Wars: The Old Republic player -- but even so, he is not above criticizing the...
All right, here we go.

Betawatch: Torchlight III wraps up its closed testing

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So it appears that Torchlight III has finished its round of closed testing! Great! And what happens next for the game? When is the next round...
All over again.

WoW Factor: Shadowlands needs an excitement boost it’s not getting

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Back in February, I wrote about how Blizzard could help restore some player confidence about Shadowlands. And we're a few months in, and... yeah, that's...

Massively Overthinking: Are MMO developers stuck in the past?

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Earlier this month - so what feels like at least a few years ago - the MMO community amused itself jousting over comments from...
Lies, damn lies, and statistics.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will allow blue-eyed Blood Elves and Void Elves

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Remember when people got very excited about finding blue eyes for elves in the customization options in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands? And remember when...
Mushrooms.

World of Warcraft celebrates the Glowcap Festival today

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Today in Zangarmash in World of Warcraft neither badgers nor snakes are welcome, because the micro-holiday is all about mushrooms. Yes, it's time for the...

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