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’s infamous Leeroy Jenkins raid gaffe is 15 years old
The date was May 11th, 2005. The guild was known as Pals for Life. The location was the Rookery. And the plan was meticulous,...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas suggests MMO social bonds are formed over ‘friction’
The debate over whether World of Warcraft was more social "back in the day" than now has some more fuel for the fire. In...
The Game Archaeologist: The rise and fall of Landmark and EverQuest Next
The year was 2013. Sony Online Entertainment was still a functioning and seemingly robust MMORPG studio, and its yearly SOE Live convention was a...
Betawatch: Population Zero’s early access is here
Yes, it's true, Population Zero marched its way into early access this past week. It then promptly apologized for how the early access launch...
Destiny’s got an official cookbook now, so now you know what to get the fam for Christmas
Why not turn your looter shooter into a fancy feast? Because nothing about gaming has to make sense any more, Bungie collaborated with Victoria...
First impressions of Fallout 76 Wastelanders from a true newbie to the game
So I did something completely unexpected: I bought Fallout 76. It wasn't my idea. A few people in my guild had been talking about...
WoW Factor: Examining Shadowlands’ Rogue, Death Knight, and Warrior changes
I do find a certain amount of irony in the fact that in this tour of the World of Warcraft Shadowlands class changes, Warrior...
Massively Overthinking: The oldest MMORPGs we still play
When I was still a teenager in my earliest MMOs, the trend in the communities I ran in was to play MMOs sequentially, due...
Working as Intended: Sparking joy in MMOs
On this week's podcast, I mentioned that I'd just finished off Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, something that superficially seems unrelated...
Vague Patch Notes: What causes the preponderance of disconnected MMO endgames?
Yesterday, I wrote a whole column about how WildStar had some really great stuff in it. I did not mention its endgame at all....
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands gets a new alpha build with updated abilities and new models
A new alpha build of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has arrived, and naturally that means it's time to start datamining the heck out of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best Necromancer class?
Do you like to play with dead things? Heck, who doesn't? It's one of the most well-adjusted activities that any person can do while...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2020: Blizzard MAUs flat at 32M, but revenue jumps ahead of Shadowlands
It won't surprise you, given the current global health crisis, that a large portion of Activision-Blizzard's first quarter revenue report and conference call focused...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 270: Words of Warcraft
Justin and Bree discuss Age of Conan, Defiance, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, and COVID-19 delays, with adventures in SWG Legends, LOTRO, and Fallout 76, and mailbag topics on Blizzard and freeform character building.
Game pad support is present now in the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands alpha
Yes, you can now play World of Warcraft with a gamepad... well, if you are currently in the game's alpha test for the Shadowlands...
Global Chat: Suffering through Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box
Guild Wars 2 fans have developed a cult following around the seasonal Super Adventure Box, but as much as some love it, others have...
One Shots: Day of the Cats
As the reluctant owner of a slightly deranged cat, I have nightmares of when felines grow into towering, snide monstrosities and roam the planet...
WoW Factor: Examining Shadowlands’ Warlock, Paladin, and Demon Hunter changes
It's the penultimate column in this particular series! And that's good because if people who used to make World of Warcraft are going to...
Massively Overthinking: Canaries in the MMO coal mine
A few weeks back on the MOP Podcast, reader Danny posed us such a provocative question that we said right then we were going...
Former World of Warcraft developer Ghostcrawler weighs in on Mike Morhaime’s ‘social glue’ discussion
So you remember Mike Morhaime's kind of nonsensical comments that treated "social" as the equivalent to "forced grouping" from a couple days ago, yes?...
