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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Why WB Games should make a new Asheron’s Call game in 2021+: The mechanics
Just based on lore alone, WB Games should make a new Asheron's Call game. As I argued last time, AC has the qualities of an underutilized...
The best Massively OP community leaderboard polls, 2020 edition
We didn't do quite as many Leaderboard polls this year as in previous years, largely because... well, we've already asked a lot of the...
Leaderboard: What’s the best classic MMORPG still running at the end of 2020?
It's been a longstanding problem that end-of-the-year awards for MMORPGs aren't ideal for honoring "classic" MMOs, especially the really old games, really small games,...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best inappropriately sexy MMO post
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best inappropriately sexy MMO post. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie...
World of Warcraft rings in the new year with Wrath of the Lich King timewalking and the Darkmoon Faire
The new year is almost here, and World of Warcraft intends to celebrate the way that it's always celebrated, with a lot of drunken...
Rumor: The Burning Crusade expansion is arriving to WoW Classic in early May, beta in mid-February
Got your grains of salt at the ready? Tinfoil tricorns fashionably formed and atop your heads? Very good, then let's hop into the rumor...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2021
All right, let's do this one more time. Yes, it's that time when we look ahead to the next year and ask which games...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMORPG of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMORPG of the Year, which was awarded to Elder Scrolls Online last year.
Longtime...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO Expansion of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMO Expansion of the Year, which was awarded to Final Fantasy XIV's Shadowbringers...
The Daily Grind: What MMO will change its business model dramatically in 2021?
Years ago, it was a MOP tradition around the end of the year to speculate on which MMORPG that hadn't yet gone free-to-play would...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Not-So-Massively Game of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for the Not-So-Massively Game of the Year, which was awarded to No Man's Sky...
The Game Archaeologist: Seven ways EverQuest reshaped MMO history
To many veteran MMO players, the opening horns of EverQuest's score are enough to trigger vivid memories, violent hallucinations, and an unstoppable desire to...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best MMO troll
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for the best MMO troll of 2020. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Music of 2020
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Music of 2020, which last year wasn't directly awarded; instead, we...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2020
Earlier this week, we named our biggest MMO story of the year and gave it an award, though we imagine it's hard for a...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2020
With so many delays, it's a wonder that anything released this year at all! And while new patches and expansions trickled rather than flowed...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 302: Your MMO mail, our MMO opinions
Justin and Bree tackle an all-mailbag show, with topics including gaming music and writing mainstream awards, MMO exploration, crafting and EVE Online, vanilla Guild Wars 2, the "one MMO" gamer, MMOs that make you want to play other MMOs, WoW transmog, Raph Koster's brain, and Shadowbane.
Blizzard offers a plethora of game discounts with its holiday sale this year
We don't really like advertising sales consistently here on Massively Overpowered because we already have actual advertising on the site and that costs money....
The Daily Grind: What MMO has the brightest future right now heading into 2021?
A Massively Overthinking roundtable about MMOs with bright future that we did a few years ago was so popular that we decided to make...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO Story of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMO Story of the Year, which was awarded to the Blizzard boycotts last...