Official Site:Â World of Warcraft
Studio:Â Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date:Â November 23, 2014
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Participation metrics suggest World of Warcraft’s Mythic+ dungeon runs are at an ‘all-time low’
If you've been finding it harder to form a Mythic+ dungeon group in World of Warcraft: The War Within, it would appear that it's...
WoW Factor: Ranking all 10 of World of Warcraft’s expansions from worst to best
Now that I've played through the entirety of The War Within, I have some strong opinions where this expansion lies in the grander tapestry...
WoW Factor: The ‘tactical era’ of World of Warcraft dungeons kind of wasn’t
One of the things that I like to do, in both this column and elsewhere, is push back against myths that have grown up...
Blizzard invites fan to celebrate 30 years of Warcraft at a world tour of gatherings
Sydney. Sao Paulo. Seoul. Toronto. Boston. London. These six cities all have something in common: They are not Albuquerque. Also, they are all hosting...
Leaderboard: What was the most overrated MMO of 2024?
It's pretty much a given that every year when we announce our MMO of the year, someone's going to hop into the comments and...
World of Warcraft is hiking subscription prices in Australia and New Zealand
Who doesn't like paying more for things? Wait. Sorry. The answer to that is "everyone," and so you can imagine that residents of Australia...
Meet the World of Warcraft hardcore mode guild that turns its gameplay into a roleplayed soap opera
Many of the staff here at MOP grew up in a very special age of soap operas, with shows like Melrose Place, Guiding Light,...
World of Warcraft’s Undermine update is up on the test server – let the datamining begin
If you've long waited to go to the Goblin capital in World of Warcraft, your chance is now here. Not on the live game...
World of Warcraft is adding a third tribute to Mats ‘Ibelin’ Steen in the form of an NPC in patch 11.1
There are already two memorials for the player Mats "Ibelin" Steen, a World of Warcraft player who suffered from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, within the...
Casually Classic: What does WoW Classic’s future look like?
Welcome to 2025, WoW Classic fans! What began as a somewhat reluctant legacy version of this MMO a little over five years ago has...
World of Warcraft player records playing with every single addon loaded
MMO players know there are a lot of World of Warcraft mods after 20 years of live service. In fact, there are nearly 3700...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO goals and resolutions for 2025
Every year when we post this traditional Massively Overthinking roundtable, at least one person on staff dithers because not every one does "resolutions." We...
End-of-year Eleven: The best value MMOs at the top of 2025
So here we are again, at the transition for another year, and let me tell you that I am glad this column went a...
MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Biggest MMO Surprise
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Biggest MMO Surprise, which was awarded to SWTOR's move to Broadsword last year....
LOTRO Legendarium: Digging into LOTRO’s 2025 roadmap and new server panic
There's nothing like being far away from home on a late-December vacation only to get the notice that, hey, Lord of the Rings Online...
End-of-Year Eleven: The top MMO expansions of 2024
Around the Massively OP office, the common consensus is that 2024 ended up being the Year of the MMO Expansion. After all, we got...
WoW Classic players manage to recreate the infamous Corrupted Blood event
One of the most notable community-sparked events of vanilla World of Warcraft in 2005 came back again in 2024.
This would be the Corrupted Blood...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives, 2024 edition
While MMORPGs constitute a shifting, ever-evolving market, their history remains surprisingly evergreen. That's what history is: Facts and stories stamped and preserved for our...
The Daily Grind: Did you hit the level cap in any MMORPGs this year?
As we reflect on the weird and often unpredictable journey through MMOs in 2024, it's always interesting to look back on one's accomplishments (or...
WoW Factor: The pros and cons of stripping timer requirements from World of Warcraft’s Mythic+ runs
So the other day, an interesting topic came up in our feeds: Apparently, at least if you go by the survey, World of Warcraft's...
