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: The MMO annoyances that provoke ragequits

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I'm going to do something I don't do a lot in Massively Overthinking -- or anywhere, really. I'm going to ask you to whine. MOP Kickstarter...

Perfect Ten: The top 10 healthiest live MMOs

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One question that consistently pops up across the MMO gaming circuit is, "What are the most popular/healthy/active MMOs out there?" Every time I see...
Yes, it's really weird to talk about Warlords in the context of a success, for me as much as you.

Everything you need to know about being on a boat in World of Warcraft’s next patch

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The next major patch for World of Warcraft is pitting players against what remains of the Iron Horde in the Tanaan Jungle, but unfortunately...
Something to (shadow) crow about.

World of Warcraft to allow flight in Draenor in a post-6.2 patch

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If you had given up on flight as a lost cause in Warlords of Draenor, there's good news. World of Warcraft's developers posted a...

See World of Warcraft’s oldest surviving screenshots

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Here's a treat for MMO history buffs. Dave Wilson, who works at Blizzard doing recruitment marketing, posted a series of captioned pictures on Twitter...

One Shots: The infinite summons

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One of the stranger Final Fantasy tropes is that the more powerful a summoned creature is, the longer it would take for any given...

The Game Archaeologist: The Matrix Online

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It's not every year that a movie comes along that captures the pop culture zeitgeist so powerfully and so quickly as The Matrix did....

World of Warcraft inducted into World Video Game Hall of Fame

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If you had to pick six of the most influential video games in history, what would they be? For a panel of experts at the...
Startlingly lacking in curiosity.

World of Warcraft previews the bosses of Hellfire Citadel

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It's been said that World of Warcraft's patch 6.2 will not be the end of the expansion's patch cycle, but boy, it sure does...
I'd rather have the mount, honestly.

World of Warcraft and Hearthstone get Heroes of the Storm cross-promotion items

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Do you have any desire to play the newly launched Heroes of the Storm yet? What if we told you that you could get a...

The Daily Grind: Are MMOs in a cultural decline?

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An editorial over at Rock Paper Shotgun attempts to tie two topics together as one: why there will never be a World of Warcraft...

Global Chat: Blizzard’s war on flying

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How is the MMO blogging community reacting to Blizzard's proclamation that flying mounts are grounded -- perhaps permanently -- in World of Warcraft? In...

A guide to Heroes of the Storm for MOBA newbies and MMORPG fans

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So you've heard about MOBAs by now, right? Maybe you tried League of Legends, or the idea behind DOTA 2 was too confusing to inspire a...
Barfalo Wild Wings.

World of Warcraft’s Ashran expands to a new area in patch 6.2

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If you've been taking part in the battles over Ashran in World of Warcraft, it's understandable that you could be a little tired of...

What World of Warcraft would look like in Unreal Engine

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Many words have been spilled about World of Warcraft's relative immunity to aging due to its stylized graphics. And while that art style is...

MMO Week in Review: WildStar is saving itself (May 31, 2015)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review! Just...
Let's dig our way out!

Is World of Warcraft’s decline tied to the rise of mobile gaming?

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So what knocked World of Warcraft's subscribers down so quickly between the launch of Warlords of Draenor and now? Most people playing the game...

The Game Archaeologist: Mythic’s Imperator Online

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It is a truly difficult thing to create something completely new and original, especially in storytelling and setting. It's perhaps impossible in this day...
Which one of you is the Juno Reactor and which one is the Don Davis?

Massively Overthinking: When IPs are wasted on mediocre MMOs

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This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Aldranis, whose query neatly dovetails with the IP-related question we answered on the...

The Daily Grind: If it were 2003 again, which MMO would you play?

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Fun hypothetical: Let's say that all of us -- including Massively Overpowered -- were thrown back in time 12 years to 2003. There's no...

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