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

The Daily Grind: Which MMO beta (or alpha) made you the happiest?

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Betas used to be a huge thing for me. I was deeply envious of those who got into testing when I was left on...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Last-minute hopes and preparation for Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns

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I swear I've been waiting all year to say this: Heart of Thorns hits this Friday, everyone! Cue the massive in-game parties, mass orders...

Global Chat: Why your MMO pushed me away

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Hey MMO developers, have you ever wondered why players are driven away from your games? Two bloggers took a stab at a list of features...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 34: Rollbacks and breakups

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Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, WildStar, GW2, RuneScape, Marvel Heroes, Black Desert, Nexon/NCsoft, WoW, and Wakfu, with mailbag questions on expansion pricing and horizontal gameplay.

Linkin Park to perform at BlizzCon

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BlizzCon 2015 has its big closing act: Linkin Park. The rock group has signed on to perform a concert for Blizzard's community on Saturday night, November...

First impressions: SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire delivers

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For the last few days, I have been playing the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire. My expectations going...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever been scammed in an MMO?

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One quirk of some early MMORPGs was that character names weren't always unique. It was possible to roll multiple characters with precisely the same name and...

EVE Evolved: Does skillpoint trading make EVE pay-to-win?

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EVE Online's realtime skill training system has been a major point of contention throughout the game's lifetime, being a boon for those with little...

The Daily Grind: Can you ever forgive MMOs?

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The other day I was watching through a YouTube channel of an MMO player who loves lists as much as I do. And while...
Sometimes, less can indeed be more.

World of Warcraft patch 6.2.3 is bringing Valor back

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Between the Timewalking token system and Apexis Crystals, World of Warcraft has been providing players with a variety of currencies to purchase rewards after...
oh no not again

BlizzCon posts its two-day event schedule

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BlizzCon 2015 is less than a month away, and fans of World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Hearthstone, StarCraft II, Overwatch, and Heroes of the...

The MOP Up: Skyforge’s new raid (October 11, 2015)

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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...

Asta plans public beta for November 3

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Will Asta succeed in the west after it failed in the east? That's the question that we're inching toward answering, as Webzen announced that...

The Game Archaeologist: Dark Sun Online

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Computer RPG players in the late '80s and early '90s were surely familiar with Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and its now-famous Gold Box series....
Yeah, this is a thing.

WoW Factor: Cataclysm was bad, but revamping the world isn’t

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For about four years, Cataclysm handily defended its title of Worst World of Warcraft Expansion, coming in behind all of the actual expansions as...

Perfect Ten: Weird questions that I want answered before I play an MMO

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Jumping into a new-to-me MMO can be a heady, nerve-wracking event. I think there's a reason why we find our "comfort" games and feel...

World of Warcraft and RuneScape make Twitch’s top games list for September

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Don't put much stock in what people are playing on Raptr? What about what people are watching on Twitch? The streaming giant recently released its September...

Global Chat: Why is Blizzard so sluggish?

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World of Warcraft: Legion and Blizzard's recent decisions were at the forefront of a couple of recent MMO blog posts as of late, their authors...

Sword and Bored: Costume designer

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Mo gets to mess around with his MMO's cosmetic outfit system. Amilya "helps" him, of course.

The Game Archaeologist: The assassination of Lord British

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At the end of August 2015, the fledgling Shroud of the Avatar community gathered together for a massive PvP fight. This wasn't to be...

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