Official Site: World of Warcraft
Studio: Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date: November 23, 2014
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Massively Overthinking: What important lessons are MMORPGs failing to impart?
MOP reader and Patron Brett has a burning question about the lessons we're learning (and not learning) from playing MMORPGs.
"In his book Theory of Fun,...
World of Warcraft answers pressing prepatch questions in its latest video Q&A
The prepatch for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is out now, but the expansion is still a bit further off, so players have...
Temtem discusses Kickstarter backer rewards, November PC alpha, and 2019 early access
If you backed Temtem's successful Kickstarter, now is the time to collect at least some of your rewards. Spanish developer Crema has posted up...
World of Warcraft’s pre-expansion patch has a rough start as Blizzard levies bans and grants past content to subbers
The rollout of yesterday's pre-expansion patch for World of Warcraft could have gone smoother. Much, much smoother. During the day, many players were completely...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 178: #womenarecosmetic
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Wild West Online, Star Citizen, Defiance 2050, Rend, and Fractured, with a mailbag question on in-game conflict resolution and a special interview on Blaugust Reborn.
World of Warcraft confirms that allied race requirements aren’t changing any time soon
Today is the day of World of Warcraft turning to the first page of Battle for Azeroth with the expansion prepatch going live today....
World of Warcraft kicks off the Battle for Azeroth era
While the expansion won't be here until August, World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth officially begins today. That is thanks to Blizzard's tradition of...
Global Chat: Looking back at World of Warcraft’s Legion
Now that the next World of Warcraft expansion is almost upon us, it's time to say farewell to Legion and all that that entails....
The Game Archaeologist: A history of EverQuest’s expansions
I don't know if EverQuest holds the crown title for the MMO with the most expansions, but I'm sure it's among the top three...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth pre-patch arrives on July 17
Say goodbye to your artifacts and hello to War Mode, because World of Warcraft's expansion pre-patch is almost here. When July 17th rolls around,...
Battle Bards Episode 124: Old MMOs, new music
It’s a catch-all, catch-up episode for the Battle Bards as they dig through new soundtrack releases from MMORPGs that they’ve covered in the past!...
Choose My Adventure: Starting fresh in RIFT
When RIFT first came out, I had very low hopes for it. The game already was launching into a crowded field, and it was...
World of Warcraft’s communities will bring players closer together than ever before (unless they’re in different factions)
The common consensus in the World of Warcraft community is that Patch 8.0 -- the Battle for Azeroth pre-patch -- is due to arrive...
Perfect Ten: Best MMO debuts by year, 2007-2017
Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 177: ArenaNet A-bomb
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 debacle, Trove, The Sims 3, Camelot Unchained, Warframe, Shroud of the Avatar, Temtem, Final Fantasy XIV, Defiance 2050, and Trion's Marvel Heroes promo, plus a mailbag entry on looter shooters as the future of MMORPGs.
Jukebox Heroes: Six more groovy tunes from MMOs you’ve never played
As an MMO music collector, I've gathered some really obscure soundtracks over the years, including ones from games that people don't even remember existing,...
One Shots: My name is Captain Vanity
As I'm off on vacation this week, I knew that I wasn't going to be able to cull through the previous One Shots comment...
Pokemon Go’s second anniversary report card sees high marks for content and innovation
Today is Pokemon Go's second-year anniversary. Last year's report card had to grapple with things like the game's rapid rise and fall as a fad,...
Choose My Adventure: Final Fantasy XI in review and choosing our next MMO
Here's the weird part about this week's column: I'm going to tell you, in short, that Final Fantasy XI is still a good game...
Blizzard wants you to crush your enemies for a Battle for Azeroth beta key
Can't wait until August 14th to get your hands on World of Warcraft's upcoming Battle for Azeroth expansion? Then you might be in luck:...