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

BlizzCon 2019: Opening ceremonies liveblog

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All right, here we go, just like before. It's time to kick off BlizzCon 2019, and we're kicking it off the best way we...

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO will be ‘different at a glance’ from LOTRO

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Even as Lord of the Rings Online prepares to unleash Minas Morgul next week, Amazon Game Studios is working in the background to fashion...
This, uh. This was a thing.

SWTOR has made almost a billion dollars, and EA is pleased. Most pleased.

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It may not be World of Warcraft money, but Star Wars: The Old Republic has done quite well for itself since its 2011 launch....

Our complete BlizzCon 2019 coverage

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BlizzCon 2019 is upon us, set against the backdrop of a boycott over the Hearthstone mess, but we're covering Blizzard's annual fan convention just...

Massively Overthinking: The problem with MMO ‘dailies’

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Longtime MOP Patron and friend of the site Avaera recently posed us an intriguing questions about daily login rewards in MMORPGs. "Recently my game of choice,...
Back in time.

Vague Patch Notes: Does BlizzCon have a future in its current form?

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BlizzCon 2018 was a pretty unnecessary disaster for Blizzard. It managed to demolish any hopes people had about Battle for Azeroth rounding the bend and...
Smart-ish.

Pro esports players criticize Blizzard for sticking gamers with the whole WoW Arena World Champs prize pool

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World of Warcraft players gearing up for the Arena World Championships and the Mythic Dungeon Invitational will have a bigger prize pool than expected,...

Guild Wars 2’s analytics boss on why he hates having to create a ‘fun score’ for games

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We all know that what's fun is pretty subjective, but it's the job of folks like ArenaNet's John Hopson to produce a "fun score"...

Perfect Ten: What I learned about ArcheAge Unchained as a complete newbie

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As I was going through my first evening in ArcheAge Unchained, thanks to the new buy-to-play release, I was kicking myself for going into...

The Daily Grind: Will BlizzCon weaken gamers’ #BoycottBlizzard resolve?

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Two forces are destined to collide at this coming weekend's BlizzCon: the force of fan fury over Blizzard's recent actions and the force of...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Quality-of-life upgrades Guild Wars 2 still needs

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Today, ArenaNet is finally launching the long-awaited build and gear template features in Guild Wars 2. While it has brought with it its fair...
Why.

Blizzard previews WoW’s BlizzCon esports as more Overwatch 2 leaks surface

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Those of you who aren't concerned about esports for World of Warcraft will likely remain unconcerned with the announcement of the precise schedule for the...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most boring MMO dungeon of all time?

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I dunno why I'm even asking this question. It's Oculus. But I'd forgotten Oculus even existed. It popped back into my head the other day...

Developers from World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, and Final Fantasy XIV talk about raid design

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Raids. You either find them to be the apex of MMORPG content and challenge, or liken them as the source of community gatekeeping and...
Was there a guy? I thought there was a guy.

World of Warcraft Q&A will be hosted by popular YouTubers, but the question format is still unclear

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Let's start with the good news: If you're familiar with Taliesin & Evitel, you are also familiar with the pair doing a long-running series...
Here we go again.

New World of Warcraft ‘leak’ continues to fan the flames of assumption for the next expansion

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Those within the World of Warcraft community have already been pondering what the next expansion for the MMORPG is, whether it's something like Shadowlands...

The Game Archaeologist: A brief history of Multi-User Dungeons

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You know that sinking feeling when you get into something that's way, waaaay over your head and you have no choice but to swim...
We're fine.

World of Warcraft will be locking down corruption values on the test server

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The new Corrupted item system being tested for World of Warcraft has already received a fair amount of feedback, generally in the negative. The...
Opposition.

WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s Lich King 2, Tides of Lichness?

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All right, I guess we're doing this now. Yes, this column isn't just about how Blizzard screws up so badly that a lot of...

Massively Overthinking: Niche MMOs vs. everythingboxes

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Earlier this month, veteran MMORPG designer Raph Koster announced that he's finally making a new MMORPG, with a suite of top devs and a...

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