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

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Massively Overthinking: Are MMORPG players a minority in their own genre?

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Deep in the comments of the MMOs-vs.-survival-sandboxes thread from last week, reader miol_ produced a beautiful comment about how MMO players have become a...

World of Warcraft’s Dog makes the journey from garrison to Dalaran

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World of Warcraft garrisons these days are a sad, lonely place. They're still there, of course, languishing on Draenor as a monument to yet another...
This. They're this.

Leaderboard: Where do you draw the line between griefing and roleplaying?

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On the Morrowind subreddit a few days ago, a player was recounting a particular roleplay-slash-griefing episode on a hardcore-roleplay Ultima Online emulator. The player...
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Popular World of Warcraft YouTuber passes away from cancer

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On a sad note this week, a much-loved World of Warcraft YouTuber has passed away following a battle with a rare form of cancer. In a...

World of Warcraft’s Hazzikostas on content creep and the future of the game

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Hey, it turns out that designing long-term MMORPGs that aren't pump-and-dump schemes is hard! That's the takeaway from a new PC Gamer interview with Blizzard's...

Global Chat: Which MMO developer do you most appreciate?

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Recently, Ravalation carried on an annual blogger tradition called Developer Appreciation Week. During this week, gamers would put aside their usual vitriol and criticism...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 114: Moving to the big city

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, WoW, Ashes of Creation, Carbine, Marvel Heroes, and Project Gorgon, with mailbag questions on the joys of Trove and the plight of MMO pets.

LOTRO Legendarium: A marvelous decade of Middle-earth

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The first I ever heard of Lord of the Rings Online was flipping through the pages of some gaming magazine back in early 2007....

NetEase soft-launches WoW-like mobile MMORPG Crusaders of Light today

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Soft-launching today on both the iOS and Android markets is a new mobile MMORPG from Netease dubbed Crusaders of Light. It was originally released...
Holy elves, Elfman!

World of Warcraft slightly nerfs the brutal artifact challenge

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A hotfix that went into World of Warcraft yesterday decreased the damage of the new mage tower artifact challenge that has been kicking the...

World of Warcraft expands 7.2.5 testing to include Gnomeregan race, new pet battle dungeon

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Testing continues apace on World of Warcraft's Patch 7.2.5, according to a forum update informing players about some changes and additions. One of the...

Perfect Ten: Time travel in MMORPGs

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Over the years, I've been fascinated with the concept of time in MMORPGs. It's one of those things that developers probably don't want you...

Tamriel Infinium: Why I changed my mind about Elder Scrolls Online

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When I took the trip to ZeniMax Online Studios to check out Morrowind a couple of months back, I was sitting at a table with...

World of Warcraft’s dance party and trial of style look like goofy fun

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Believe it or not, the long-waited dance studio is finally coming to World of Warcraft... sort of. In Patch 7.2.5, Blizzard is adding a new...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 113: Avatar vs. toon

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Trove, LOTRO, TERA, Elite, WoW, Star Citizen, and WildStar, with a mailbag question on MMORPG midcore accessibility.
Smug twit.

World of Warcraft patches in some reward adjustments for Nether Portal Disruptors

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You there! When you play World of Warcraft, are you just focusing on Nether Portal Disruptors on the Broken Shore? Well, stop that; do...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has seen the most improved graphics over the years?

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In each of our articles about Black Desert's upcoming graphics upgrade, there have been a slew of comments about how the game doesn't really...
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Greg Street discusses balancing League of Legends for all skill levels

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How do you balance a video game? It's kind of an ongoing question, but it's also one that Greg Street (aka Ghostcrawler) has been...
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Leaderboard: Are you sick of MMORPG quests?

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When World of Warcraft was in beta and I first gave it a go, I remember being absolutely captivated by questing. It wasn't as...

The Game Archaeologist: SOE’s The Agency

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The graveyard of Sony Online Entertainment and Daybreak Game Company is certainly full enough to be considered a threat if there was ever a...

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