world of warcraft

We're kind of thinking about the first World of Warcraft expansion around these parts this week. No particular reason, especially in my case; I'm not...

Justin, Bree, and MMO Fallout's Connor discuss April fools' day around the MMOverse, FFXIV's patch and PS5 beta, WoW's 9.1, Trove's Switch port, and Elyon's closed beta, with adventures in RuneScape, Wild Terra 2, Magic Legends, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on starting fresh in WoW Classic and irritating season passes.

With the Burning Crusade Classic beta underway, it's hard not to be dwelling on the near future of WoW Classic. Everyone's maneuvering their accounts,...

The Easter weekend may be behind us, but World of Warcraft's Noblegarden stretches ahead. The annual spring event returns to the fantasy MMO this...

When it comes to feel-good stories in the general media, coming across a positive one about gaming seems harder than finding a four-leaf clover....

If you're a fan of WoW Classic, you have Omar Gonzalez to thank for it. You may not have known about that, but it's true;...

If your experience in the Arena of World of Warcraft has been a little odd in relation to gaining rating, it's not just in...

It was summer, 2001. EverQuest had just rolled out Sullon Zek, a no-rules "penal colony" server where the realm was as lawless as the...

So it looks like World of Warcraft's next patch is going up for testing on the week of April 12th. What the heck is happening? At...

While the mere confirmation that Burning Crusade Classic will feature a level boost option, prompted a whole lot of debate in the community, another...

General chat, sometimes called "Barrens chat" or "zone chat" or "the party line," is both the bane and the secret fixation of my existence....

It's been an unusually long time since the launch of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands for the game to have not released its first major patch...

Justin, Bree, Chris, and Tyler discuss Magic Legends' soft launch, World of Warcraft's price hikes, WoW Burning Crusade's beta, Elite Dangerous' Odyssey alpha, Raph Koster's virtual world manifesto, and Monster Hunter Rise's launch, with mailbag topics on when subs aren't worth it and why MMO currencies are just the worst.

While World of Warcraft certainly made a number of questionable design decisions over the years, for my money one of the absolute best moves...

WoW Classic's Burning Crusade beta took another step toward release last night, as Blizzard expanded the test's scope and made a few crucial fixes...

Every year or so we'll do a conversation topic about the oldest MMO we still play. But realistically, the same couple of MMOs always...

If you're a World of Warcraft player in Russia or Brazil, you have our sympathies when you look at your bill next month. Blizzard...

You might be surprised that I haven't written a piece in WoW Factor yet about the BlizzConline announcement that we would get no new...

Players who obtain their World of Warcraft game time through Blizzard's shop have fewer options this week, as the studio announced that it has...

The Path of Exile community has been roiling over the past couple of weeks, first because of the Harvest crafting nerfs and then because...