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

Massively Overthinking: Reconsidering the MMORPG daily quest

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Dailies. The word evokes pure hatred from some corners of the MMORPG world. And yet games without dailies are dinged for not having enough content...

Global Chat: An MMO to call home

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Home. It's what many MMO gamers are looking for in a title: to plant down roots and find a place that exudes belonging. What...
Is someone getting the quest, the quest, the quest...

World of Warcraft previews the design of World Quests for Legion

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The next expansion for World of Warcraft is trying something different for endgame. It's not the sprawling dailies of Mists of Pandaria, and it's...
You thought wrong.

WoW hit by DDoS attacks attributed to Lizard Squad [Resolved]

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Bad news for players looking to log into World of Warcraft or Blizzard's other online games. The studio shared that it's been weathering DDoS...

Working As Intended: Busting up the MMORPG nostalgia party

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Last week, a clever Massively OP commenter, SC_Deadline, neatly summed up the ongoing Nostalrius emulator shutdown as Blizzard "bust up someone's nostalgia party," which...
Tasty.

Blizzard to WoW testers: Class orders will not be like garrison missions

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If you've paid any attention to World of Warcraft during its present expansion cycle, you are probably aware that Garrisons have not exactly been...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 60: Nostalrius down

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Justin and Bree discuss Nostalrius, TERA, Black Desert, SWTOR, DDO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, with mailbag questions on Kickstarters and Tabula Rasa.

The Daily Grind: How do you feel about being ‘run’ through MMORPG content?

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The news that Guild Wars 2 is nerfing player-led "runs" through Super Adventure Box made me sit back and ponder the whole concept. Power-leveling lowbies...

The MOP Up: Demons invade Skyforge (April 10, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG expansion you’ve experienced?

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Very few things get me as excited as the announcement of a new expansion for a favorite MMO. Expansions are thrilling events, stirring up...
I don't miss the days without blood elves, not at all.

WoW Factor: Nostalrius, copyright, and player demand

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If you haven't been following the latest Legion testing - which, at the end of the day, is just a series of iterative updates...

The Daily Grind: Would you play on a vanilla World of Warcraft server?

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Word that wildly popular "progressive vanilla" World of Warcraft emulator Nostalrius is sunsetting in the face of a Blizzard legal threat has dominated MMORPG...

Get a look at both sides of World of Warcraft: Legion’s Illidan

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Datamining and expansion exploring continues unabated for World of Warcraft: Legion. Wowhead has several previews of new models posted, including a look at Illidan...

WoW emulator Nostalrius’ sunset renews calls for retro WoW servers

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As we reported last night, Blizzard lawyers issued a legal threat against popular vanilla World of Warcraft emulator server Nostalrius, propelling its administrators to begin...

Blizzard’s legal threat shuts down WoW emulator Nostalrius

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Another World of Warcraft emulator bites the dust this week. Year-old "Progressive Vanilla" WoW emu Nostalrius announced on its official website that pursuant to a...

Battle Bards Episode 72: Listeners’ request anniversary

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Can you believe it -- it's the third anniversary of Battle Bards already! Three years ago, Steff, Syp, and Syl joined forces to create...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 59: This great stage of fools

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 SAB and legendary weapons, WoW, EVE's World War Bee, FFXI, TSW's new issue, and WildStar's Arcterra, with mailbag questions on similar MMO experiences and customer support.

Twitch streamer hits 100 in World of Warcraft using only dance pads

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Over the years, there have been several players who have created unique World of Warcraft leveling challenges for kicks and giggles. One New Zealander...

The MOP Up: Paragon recruits Sevarog (April 3, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you played the longest?

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Is it a disheartening or an uplifting activity to check your /played for an MMO? I usually think it's astonishing that I've been able...

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