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

One Shots: Elves have a weeding problem

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You may hold Elves in high esteem, but the truth is that they are bonafide slackers. They live forever and can't even be bothered...

The Game Archaeologist: Vanguard Saga of Heroes

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The significance of Vanguard's development, release, long-running drama, second chance, and eventual closure should be of great interest not just to game historians but...
Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays

WoW Factor: Why are we going back to factional squabbles after the end of Antorus?

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Antorus is out now, and if you want to see the cinematic that ends the very long-running story about the Burning Legion and Sargeras,...

Massively Overthinking: Taking risks in MMORPGs

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Last weekend, Brendan wrote a great column on how to stay safe from gankers in EVE Online, noting that the newbies are commonly given...
Really studying the heck out of a skull.

World of Warcraft’s 7.3.5 begins testing as allied race, environment, and zone scaling spoilers abound

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So the latest raid for World of Warcraft is out now, but perhaps you don't have a regular raid group. What will you do...

Bluehole’s CEO on how Ascent: Infinite Realm (A:IR) will breathe life into a stagnating MMORPG genre

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Ready for some harsh truths, MMO players? Bluehole CEO Hyo-Seob Kim recently told GIbiz that he wasn't expecting PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds to do so well globally,...
Just fight the thing.

World of Warcraft’s spoilery raid cinematic sets the scene for Battle for Azeroth

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Beware, gentle reader, for World of Warcraft story spoilers lurk after the break! With the rollout of the Antorus raid over the next few weeks, World...

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO stories of 2017

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One thing you can say for the MMO industry: It never ceases to surprise all of us. No matter what predictions we may make...

Global Chat: Saying goodbye to Marvel Heroes

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Few people are happy to see an MMO go down, especially in the manner that Marvel Heroes is going from a popular and well-liked...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 146: World of Warcraft’s fun police

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Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes' death, Darkfall New Dawn, LOTRO 2018, Neverwinter Nights, WoW's fun police, DDO, Hearthstone, and Trove, with mailbag discussions on Disney the lockbox villain and the max we'd pay for MMO subscriptions.

Raph Koster takes Rolling Stone to task over vanilla World of Warcraft

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Don't ever test Raph Koster on MMORPG history, because you'll probably lose. The Star Wars Galaxies and Crowfall designer challenged a recent Rolling Stone article and...

One Shots: The rat race

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At times, I feel like I must be the responsible adult in the MMORPG genre and sit down some of these artists and tell...
Awesome. Very impressive. Great job.

The Soapbox: The long tail of game development isn’t an excuse for gouging

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Don't be too mad at Star Wars: Battlefront II. It's a symptom of a problem, not the cause. I mean, be mad at people...

Australia turns up the heat on lockboxes

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The controversy over lockboxes and their legal status continues to draw more attention from governments, with Australia now weighing in on the issue. Not...

Massively Overthinking: What are you grateful for in the MMORPG genre?

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I've been keeping a gratitude journal for the first time in my life this month, and it turns out that it's freaking hard. Why?...

All the best MMO sales of Black Friday 2017

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Step aside, turkey and fambly rage: It's time to buy stuff. Because we don't already unload our wallets the rest of the year on...

Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2017

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Stately resting between the gaudy purple and orange of Halloween and merry red and green of Christmas is the earth tone-saturated Thanksgiving. While no...
From the past.

The Daily Grind: Are you celebrating World of Warcraft’s anniversary?

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Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, but unlike many such years, it's not "just another Thursday" to everyone else. No, this marks the...
What can I say except ''you're welcome''

Perfect Ten: MMO things to be thankful about this year

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It's kind of hard to be thankful this year. Sure, some good things have happened this year, but we also have some things that,...

MassivelyOP’s 2017 gift guide for the Blizzard fanatic

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With the new expansion, official vanilla servers, and all of the other news from BlizzCon this year, it's a great time to be a...

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