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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Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that took aim at World of Warcraft
The fact that we currently have a Big Five in the MMO space is a big change from not so long ago, when the...
Rumor: WoW Dragonflight launch date and Diablo IV pre-purchase event possibly leaked
A purported internal memo at Blizzard is making the rounds on the internet this week thanks to certain specific dates for World of Warcraft's...
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King launches its pre-patch and fresh start realms on August 30
Still eager to go back to the days of World of Warcraft when everyone was trampling across Northrend? Your journey starts on August 30th,...
WoW Classic adjusts raids while WoW retail creates a trade service channel
What was once a studio steadfastly committed to #NoChanges in WoW Classic has morphed into a free-for-all of tweaks, adjustments, and #AllTheChanges with the...
Global Chat: Dispatches from Blaugust 2022
By now, you may have caught wind of Blaugust 2022 -- the latest season of a community effort to encourage, promote, and educate new...
One Shots: A salute to the world’s pylon-proppers
Heroes come in many shapes, forms, and professions. While nobody typically thinks of them, the pylon-proppers are always selflessly keeping virtual world docks from...
World of Warcraft previews the Ohn’ahran Plains and the upcoming dungeons of Dragonflight
Gosh, you know whom we haven't fought in World of Warcraft in ages? Centaurs. Let's get on that with the Ohn'ahran Plains in Dragonflight;...
Why I Play: Returning to Diablo III in 2022
I don't know if there's a marketing term for this phenomenon, but Diablo Immortal did an excellent job selling Diablo III.
Popular streamers all caught...
WoW Factor: The problem with borrowed power was never new systems
There's a bit of cognitive disconnect that I notice is still tripping up some particular fans of World of Warcraft even at this point....
Warcraft Arclight Rumble focuses on building a ‘stable foundation,’ will have a soft launch
While World of Warcraft's mobile edition is officially dead in the water, Warcraft Arclight Rumble continues to carry the franchise flag into the mobile...
World of Warcraft and Diablo III developer Travis Day passes away at 41
It's a sad week at Blizzard Entertainment and Phoenix Labs as both studios mourn the loss of one of its long-time developers. The news...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is *least* focused on fashion wars?
I've been thinking about this topic ever since Blizzard tweeted a joke about "cursed mogs" in World of Warcraft. Honestly, while vanilla WoW definitely...
Massively Overthinking: What’s so bad about comfort zones in MMOs?
If you've been following the MMORPG meta for a long time, particularly in World of Warcraft, you know there's corner of the industry convinced...
Wrath of the Lich King Classic shows off the starter zones of Northrend, Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord
Despite the achievement name in World of Warcraft, there are actually a lot of things boring about Borean Tundra, although thankfully Coldarra isn't one...
The Daily Grind: What would (or does) get you excited for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight?
There are a lot of factors that are not doing World of Warcraft: Dragonflight any favors in the "player enthusiasm" category. It's being brought...
World of Warcraft previews Ohn’ahran Plains while Wrath Classic zombie plague event undergoes testing
Has there ever been a time in World of Warcraft's history when Blizzard was furiously testing two completely different versions -- and patches --...
World of Warcraft’s Darkmoon Faire is now available to players once more
Fans of the Darkmoon Faire in World of Warcraft who have been waiting for its gates to open have some good news: The park...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 384: The World of Warcraft we’ll never see
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard's financials, the canceled WoW mobile MMO, LOTRO remastered, the Riot MMO, and Legends of Aria's monetization, with adventures in RIFT, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and Fallout 76, plus a voicemail wishing for an MMO amnesia button.
Blizzard addresses Wrath Classic feedback, refuses to budge an inch on dungeon finder decision
In the midst of testing for next month's release of Wrath Classic, Blizzard's lead software engineer posted a lengthy response to a number of...
The Daily Grind: Would you go back to WoW Classic if it had Wrath’s LFD?
Veteran MOP reader Kherova recently tweeted us a lament about World of Warcraft that is likely going to resonate with a lot of our...
