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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Casually Classic: Is it worth playing into World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm Classic?
Do you know that feeling of flipping through cable channels or endless Netflix menus only to suspect there's nothing on that would hit the...
World of Warcraft previews eight more Hero Talent Trees
If you're eager to check out the Hero Talent Trees in World of Warcraft's next expansion, well... you're going to have to wait until...
One Shots: What am I looking at here?
Sometimes a screenshot ends up in my lap that I stare at for a long time and still have no idea what's going on...
Emmy-winning composer Russell Brower talks about making Tarisland’s soundtrack
Whatever concerns or qualms you might have about Tencent's upcoming Tarisland, the soundtrack shouldn't be one of them. That's because the game signed on...
Vague Patch Notes: What does the future of MMORPGs look like?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the history of MMORPGs as a market and PC gaming in general, suggesting at...
WoW Classic Hardcore schedules self-found mode for Leap Day
It's not every year that you get a Leap Day, so why not make that bonus day a little extra special? WoW Classic is...
WoW Classic dev explains sharding and layering strategies for Season of Discovery
As WoW Classic left #NoChanges abandoned on the side of the road hundreds of miles ago, the legacy server trekked on to forge its...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs stop making us heroes?
The other day I was watching a rather excellent 40-minute video of a RuneScape player who dived head-first into all of the versions of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG’s graphics hold up long past their due?
When Dark Age of Camelot first hit beta a million years ago, I remember being super impressed with its graphics. Up until that point,...
Argentinian World of Warcraft players say the game is ‘dead’ after January pricing changes
Argentinian fans of World of Warcraft are sounding the alarm over Blizzard's decision to change both the cost of subscription to the MMORPG and...
The Soapbox: Why I’m OK with ‘missing’ attacks in City of Heroes
The other day in the MassivelyOP work chat, we were talking about City of Heroes. Shocking, I know. But I've mentioned before that I...
Global Chat: What are the top dragons in EverQuest?
If you were pressed to put together a top 10 list of the most famous and infamous dragons in EverQuest, which beasties would you...
WoW Classic details class changes coming to Season of Discovery February 20
The second phase of the Season of Discovery in WoW Classic is already well underway by now, but players may want to pay attention...
WoW Factor: Steve Danuser was not really the problem with World of Warcraft
So I don't want to sit here and say "oh, things were going so great" before the news that Steve Danuser had actually left...
Narrative director Steve Danuser quietly left World of Warcraft last fall
It turns out that World of Warcraft's narrative director left Blizzard last November and no one said anything about it. No, that doesn't mean...
Perfect Ten: The 10 phases of MMORPG pre-launch hysteria
One of my private theories about MMO players -- one I'm now making public -- is that we all have the collective memories of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 457: Sailing into February with cannons blazing
Justin and Bree discuss Skull & Bones, FFXIV on Xbox, WoW Classic, New World, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on day and night cycles and getting out of MMO gaming ruts.
World of Warcraft fans can snag a free Fiery Hearthsteed mount in March when Hearthstone turns 10
Pop quiz, hotshots: How old would you say Hearthstone is? If you said 10, well, you probably cheated because it's right there in the...
World of Warcraft’s Classic Hardcore mode is bringing in the Self-Found mode on February 29
Are you all proud of yourself because you reached max level in World of Warcraft? You don't really deserve to be proud of yourself...
The Daily Grind: Do any old MMORPGs provoke trauma for you?
A while back I fell down a rabbit hole digging into Blade and Soul NEO Classic (trying to figure out whether the NEO was...
