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

Everybody dies.

WoW Factor: MMORPG raiding is not special

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You all remember The Incredibles, right? I know that these days the hot take is to try to spin the film as some sort...

Raph Koster’s new MMORPG is called Stars Reach, and yes, it’s basically Star Wars Galaxies 2

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It's June 26th, Star Wars Galaxies' 21st birthday, and I'm sitting on Google Meet talking to none other than MMORPG founding father (and SWG...

After a delay, WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery Phase 4 targets July 11

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It might've taken a little while longer than expected to get here, but WoW Classic's next Season of Discovery phase is slated to arrive...
Dragonball Z jokes get you banned.

Vague Patch Notes: Many kinds of challenge and many kinds of fun in MMOs

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Earlier this week, MOP's Bree and I were discussing my plans in Final Fantasy XIV as part of the Dawntrail early access launch. Now,...

Vitae Aeternum: A new theory on what went wrong with New World’s 2024 plans

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The New World fanbase is still reeling from the fallout over the announcement of its soft relaunch on consoles as New World: Aeternum. Something...
It's a fooler.

Perfect Ten: The MMORPG terms we use but never define, from murderhobo to sandpark

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Over in Vague Patch Notes, I have an ongoing series of columns that I describe as being primarily about having useful notes for us...

SGF 2024: Hands-on with The First Descendant, plus a chat with the Nexon devs

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You thought our Summer Game Fest coverage was over, didn't you? Well, in all fairness, Nexon not only brought The First Descendant to SGF but provided...

The Daily Grind: What’s the fastest you’ve ever nope’d out of an MMO?

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Last weekend, I carved out some time to check out the launch of Tencent's Tarisland. I've been mildly interested in this WoW clone ever since...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 474: Taking Tarisland to task

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Justin and Bree discuss Tarisland's launch, Pax Dei's early access, Throne and Liberty's launch plans, LOTRO's new legendary servers, Raph Koster's mystery MMORPG, and Black Desert's Heidel Ball, with a mailbag topic on goofy cross-promos in MMORPGs.

One Shots: Did someone call for a bird delivery?

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Face it: There are a lot of bird delivery services in the world today. Not an hour goes by that your doorbell isn't ringing...

World of Warcraft ignites this year’s Midsummer Fire Festival

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With the longest days of the year upon us here in the northern hemisphere, it seems proper and right to celebrate the sun's bounty...
The gates are closed to me.

WoW Factor: Is The War Within going to be ready for its launch?

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The surprise announcement of the date for World of Warcraft: The War Within prompted what I'm sure is a lovely reader with a large...

Funcom’s Joel Bylos explains why Dune Awakening is an actual, factual MMO

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In an era where game studios are either backpedaling on calling their MMOs "MMOs," it's refreshing to see one studio come outright and take ownership...

Massively Overthinking: Unfair stigmas that follow MMORPGs

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A few weeks back, our team was discussing the intersection of survival sandboxes, MMORPG virtual worlds, and gankboxes - and how hard it is...
Please look forward to it. Or don't. Whatever.

World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas and Morgan Day talk about raid difficulty and defensive balance

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The time-honored practice of World of Warcraft releasing a new raid tuned to challenge people racing to clear it first and then steadily making...

Blizzard promises a ‘robust footprint’ at Gamescom for WoW, Diablo, and Overwatch 2 celebrations

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During not-E3's Xbox showcase, Blizzard hinted very strongly that it would have more reveals and festivities coming later in the summer, which made sense...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 473: How do you define an MMO?

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Justin and Bree discuss EVE Online Equinox, EverQuest and EverQuest II expansions and progression servers, New World Aeternum, and Wayfinder's relaunch, with adventures in Project Gorgon, LOTRO, WoW, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag topics on balancing news coverage, Once Human, and defining MMOs.

SGF 2024: Hands-on with NCsoft’s long-awaited Throne and Liberty, launching September 17

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Most of the games I played at Summer Game Fest were more enjoyable than I expected - including Throne and Liberty, which was probably...

Second Wind: Final thoughts on returning to World of Warcraft in 2024, from community to dragonriding

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At long last, we've reached the fourth and final part of my series detailing my experiences returing to World of Warcraft after six years...
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Vague Patch Notes: Housing is really back in MMORPGs

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I haven't really had anything to say about Guild Wars 2's upcoming Janthir Wilds expansion thus far because... well, I'm not our GW2 columnist,...

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