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

A pet you can no longer have.

World of Warcraft: Classic outlines the Hunter issues that are being worked on for the game’s launch

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Ah, the endless dance of issues and things which are not actually issues in World of Warcraft: Classic. Let's recap quickly. The fact that...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO suffers the most from powercreep?

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Last month, an MOP reader named Swifty replied to our Daily Grind about the last MMO he'd quit by calling out EverQuest II -...
Take a walk on the already-done-this side.

Massively Overthinking: What would you want out of a potential WoW sequel?

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It's a rare MMO player who's never played World of Warcraft, which makes this particular summer an interesting one for the whole genre. Even...

Take a tour of a chunk of World of Warcraft remade in Unreal Engine 4

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There are a lot of landscapes in World of Warcraft that players can't readily forget. The cliffs, valleys, and scrubland of Durotar. The surreal...
Who could have seen this coming.

Vague Patch Notes: Why live MMOs struggle to onboard new players

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There are, at the time I write this, two basic approaches for getting new players up to speed in existing MMOs. Both of them...
It's fine, everything is fine, this is fine.

Perfect Ten: Reasons why I quit your MMORPG

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We have all been there with subscription MMORPGs, where we go to unsubscribe and after a mild guilt trip, the cancellation screen asks us...

That new Lord of the Rings MMORPG is still happening, now with Amazon’s New World team on board

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Hey remember last September when Athlon Games - owned by Leyou Technologies, which also owns Warframe studio Digital Extremes - announced that it was...
Sort of draconic.

The Daily Grind: How can MMOs better guide you through endgame activities?

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One of my constant frustrations with MMOs is that they are generally good at explaining the game, its systems, and means of progression early...
Celebration of whatever.

More eyeballs lingered on League of Legends than Fortnite this year – so far

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So, battle royale - was it just a fad? Probably not, or at least, if it is, it's not even close to being over....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 228: Justin, interrupted

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Justin and Bree discuss anticipated MMOs, Warframe, FFXIV, WoW Classic, Pagan Online, Fallout 76, RuneScape, Blue Protocol, and Elite Dangerous, with mailbag questions on how MMOs find audiences and how we pick which MMOs to cover.
Hang on, what were we doing here again?

The new item level season in World of Warcraft starts today

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The musical Rent suggests measuring a year in seasons of love, which doesn't seem particularly easy to quantify. World of Warcraft, meanwhile, measures a...
Good car, bad game.

Naoki Yoshida wants to collab with Blizzard to bring Diablo and WoW to Final Fantasy XIV

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As any Final Fantasy XIV fan can tell you, the game is known for its bevy of crossover events that range from the logical,...

Not So Massively: Gaming genre elitism isn’t a good look on anyone

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As I noted when I first took over the Not So Massively column this past spring, we live in a time of great change...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s third anniversary report card

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Well hey, it seems like it's another birthday for Pokemon Go, so you all know what we have for the anniversary party: another report card!...

Global Chat: Stressing about WoW Classic’s community

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Late June's World of Warcraft Classic stress test gave many MMO bloggers plenty to talk about, with pros and cons being lobbied about from...
This took some work.

The Game Archaeologist: Ironman modes and elective permadeath

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One facet of video games that's been around almost since the very beginning is difficulty levels. This allowed the player to choose how hard...
Why.

World of Warcraft hotfixes introduce Battle for Nazjatar improvements, tone epic gems down a notch

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Following the launch of World of Warcraft's major Rise of Azshara content update last week, Blizzard has issued a small series of hotfixes to...

Desert Oasis: Finding the Shai’s place in our Great Valencian Black Desert

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Black Desert is no stranger to controversies. Whether because of the addition-and-removal of its battle royale or its enchantment mechanics, it does a pretty...

Hearthstone players cry foul over card artwork changes

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Some Hearthstone players are accusing Blizzard of censorship after the game's latest update, which changed the artwork on a number of older cards. Although...
Very mature.

WoW Classic’s closed beta will end with an in-game event in July 12

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World of Warcraft Classic beta testers, do you think, after your 17000+ bug reports, that the game is ready to finish up its fixes...

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