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

Rumor: Hearthstone may be prepping a Blackrock Mountain adventure

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What's next for the ever-hot Hearthstone? Hearthhead reported that a data mining expedition has uncovered references to Blackrock Mountain dungeon cards, meaning that card...

World of Warcraft goes live with Patch 6.1

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It may be one of World of Warcraft's smaller content updates, but Patch 6.1 still squeaks into that category with several quality-of-life improvements to...

Crowfall: The ultimate union of MMOs and strategy

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What do you get when you take a few of the most experienced developers in the MMO industry and give them the freedom to...
Looking closer.

WoW Factor: The Iron Docks and the bare level cap

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I really didn't want Massively Overpowered's inaugural column about World of Warcraft to focus on the negatives. But I can't in good conscience ignore the...

WoW and Destiny topped media mentions in 2014

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This will probably not come as a shock to you, but a lot of press was talking about World of Warcraft and Destiny last...

Working As Intended: ‘Multiplex monotony’ and the death of the mid-budget MMORPG

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Back in December, film editor and author Jason Bailey wrote a piece on Flavorwire called How the Death of Mid-Budget Cinema Left a Generation...
FEEL THE NOISE

WoW’s Iron Docks have been delayed to patch 6.2

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Are you looking forward to the Iron Docks quests in World of Warcraft's patch 6.1? Even though they haven't been mentioned in any patch...

Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs for duoing

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A Massively Overpowered reader by the name of DaBruuzer posed a great question to the team, one I thought we'd have a better time answering as...

Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s tavern tunes

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One of my favorite aspects of World of Warcraft's soundtrack is its devotion to giving the in-game taverns catchy and cozy tunes. I always...
Something to (shadow) crow about.

World of Warcraft’s patch 6.1 goes live on February 24th

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There are lots of reasons why you might be looking forward to patch 6.1 in World of Warcraft. If you play a Blood Elf, you...

World of Warcraft dev spills the secrets of Patch 6.1

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We can't blame World of Warcraft fans for being in an excitement tizzy (that's a thing, right?) over the upcoming Patch 6.1, as it...
Also, I really like a lot of the Iron Horde aesthetic, even if they've proven pretty ineffectual from a narrative standpoint.

This WoW boss fight is causing motion sickness

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When you jump into a World of Warcraft raid, you're hoping to get some keen new armor, maybe a weapon or two, that sort...

MOBAs dominate Raptr’s January rankings as WoW playtime falls

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According to a Raptr press release posted today, MOBA League of Legends dominated the service's January rankings with just under 20% of total playtime...
Not actually my character.

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO character for PvP?

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I've been spending my gaming time lately PvPing in Guild Wars 2 in an attempt to reinkindle my old obsession with World of Warcraft battleground-style...
Stepping back across time.

The Daily Grind: Do you find some MMOs more relaxing to play solo?

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You know, folks, I am all about getting my dungeon ride on in Final Fantasy XIV. I'm a roleplayer, to boot. I like being...

World of Warcraft’s graphics to improve in Patch 6.1

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While many of you World of Warcraft players will be squeeing over your new Twitter integration and making the world a much more dangerous...

Perfect Ten: My favorite MMO pet classes

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Most folks have certain class traits that appeal to them. Some love being that long-range archer sniper, while others get juiced on the feeling of...

The Daily Grind: Do MMO players actually want social media integration?

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World of Warcraft's upcoming publish, we learned this week, will boast Twitter integration. Welcome, WoW, to the year 2011 when we were already complaining about the rise of...

The Soapbox: Facing an industry of change

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Right now I believe that we are on a threshold of change in the MMO industry, and it feels a little uncertain and a...

WoW adds Twitter integration, racing minigame

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Are you doing big things in World of Warcraft that the whole world urgently needs to know about? Maybe not. Do you want to...

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