Official Site:Â World of Warcraft
Studio:Â Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date:Â November 23, 2014
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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World of Warcraft’s Morgan Day addresses class tuning and design for Dragonflight
Class tuning in World of Warcraft is something that has been argued about basically since the game first launched and continues to be debated,...
WoW Factor: So Blizzard just lost China
Sometimes it's not fun to work in this particular industry. Not in the sense that it's horrible, but in the sense that you've written...
WoW, Overwatch, Diablo, and more to sunset in China following failed Blizzard-Netease licensing deal
Last week, as part of its Q3 2022 investor report, Activision-Blizzard included what we described as an ominous note about its apparent difficulties negotiating...
Why I Play: World of Warcraft, 2022 edition
Have you ever watched The Good Place? If you haven't, I suggest you stop reading right now and go watch. Your life will be...
World of Warcraft moves into its second Dragonflight pre-patch phase with Dracthyr Evokers
Azeroth is closed for the time being while Blizzard prepares the second phase of its World of Warcraft: Dragonflight pre-patch for later today. This...
The Daily Grind: Should the MMO genre take another stab at esports?
A few years ago, there was a concerted push in the MMO genre to design, amplify, and boost esports, and I don't just mean...
Riot MMO lead still cagey about game details as he talks about career and online RPG design
While it is not the detail-laden treasure chest of information that fans of Riot's upcoming Runeterra MMORPG were hoping to hear, a recent interview...
One Shots: Officially up to no good
Hey, I hope everyone had a good week of recovery from all of those MMO Halloween festivities because One Shots is back -- and...
Wow Factor: Welcome the desert of the real Blizzard
This entire column came about because our team was discussing World of Warcraft at work and I observed something kind of odd: The Dracthyr...
The Daily Grind: How frustrated do you get with MMO delays?
With all of the MMO releases happening this month, I was banking on the rollout of New World's fresh start servers, LOTRO: Before the...
World of Warcraft shows off the Evokers ahead of the second half of the pre-patch next week
Next week will let players turn on the dragon-related firehoses in World of Warcraft, at least insofar as letting players make their very own...
Perfect Ten: 10 metrics to check to gauge MMO success or failure
There are a lot of MMOs out there. How do you know which one of them is the most popular and therefore the best...
World of Warcraft covers more of the Dracthyr history with the latest installment of Legacies
So we've had a tour through draconic history in World of Warcraft over the first couple of installments of the Legacies animated shorts. But...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2022: Blizzard MAUs and revenues are up as NetEase dispute looms on the horizon
Welcome back to our trimonthly coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q3's results, comprising July, August, and September 2022....
Vitae Aeternum: Tackling New World’s endgame as a solo player
After nearly a year of stopping to smell the roses, I finally made it to level cap in New World shortly before the launch...
World of Warcraft Retail throws an 18th anniversary bash full of returning foes and new quests
This week marks the 18th anniversary for World of Warcraft, which naturally means that there's going to be a celebration that marks the milestone...
The Daily Grind: What would you say is the best item rarity system in MMOs?
Let's talk about rarity systems in MMOs! The first one I remember was Ultima Online's, and it was text-based without colors and hardly counts....
WoW Factor: Breaking down the ‘third era’ of World of Warcraft development
We are, at the time of this writing, less than a week out from the second part of the Dragonflight pre-patch for World of...
World of Warcraft’s freebie Feldrake mount causes fan outrage as Dragonflight’s dungeons are previewed
Normally a Twitch drop item isn't something we'd call headline news, even if that drop comes from the 500-pound gorilla that is World of...
Massively Overthinking: Would you do hard MMO content without rewards?
Are you here for the challenge or here for the shinies? That's the core question the MOP team and audience is tackling this week...
