world of warcraft

In honor of Diablo III's latest patch, Blizzard has something special in store... for World of Warcraft players who also play Diablo III: We’ve added something...

A year ago, Kotaku published a piece called The People Who Only Play One Game. The author was talking about the rabid, cult followings that blockbuster...

Massively OP reader Damonvile recently sent us a link to a Medium piece on Steam declaring 2015 the best year for Steam -- ever. Sales...

In 1999, the year that EverQuest released, work was already underway for another fantasy MMO called World of Warcraft. It wasn't until a couple...

Mounts might have once been a practical mode of transportation and a not-so-transparent speed buff for slow-moving MMO characters. Nowadays it's more about personal...

The good news for eager VR fans is that EVE: Valkyrie's first alpha test will start up on January 18th for use with the...

Indie sandbox Chronicles of Elyria captured MMORPG players' attention last autumn when it began revealing details about some of its more unusual mechanics, including...

Last week, MMO designer Raph Koster made a Twitter comment that's stuck in my mind: https://twitter.com/raphkoster/status/682380531934322688 Hell yes it has. It's getting mainstream and indie attention left...

Over the winter holidays, we wrote about game analytics consulting firm Quantic Foundry, which has published what it calls its "Gamer Motivation Model" --...

The first year of Massively Overpowered had its ups and downs, like anything does, but I think we had some pretty great content in...

Lately, a friend was asking me where he should start with collecting MMO soundtracks. "Pretty much anywhere and everywhere" was my initial reaction, although...

There's still no word on exactly when the test servers for World of Warcraft: Legion will come back online following the winter break, but...

Today's big news is that you can copy as many characters from World of Warcraft as you want without any legal penalties whatsoever. Blizzard's...

It's no secret that Hearthstone takes its inspiration from World of Warcraft. The former is meant to be inspired by the latter. That means...

Guild Wars 2 isn't the only game to have recently been smacked with a spate of raiding guild drama: The normally unassuming MMO themepark...

How would you World of Warcraft fans like to live on Ashenvale Way in real life? What about moving into a house on Stormwind...

It might not be World of Warcraft's most content-filled event, but it is its most explosive. The New Year celebration for Azeroth kicked off...

I've been paying rapt attention to the ongoing-though-paused World of Warcraft Legion alpha tests  because said tests are looking good. That's a positive. Whilst the actual...

Imagine you have a friend who wants to play an MMO but doesn't want to get involved in a game that's in decline or...

This year, we're taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head...