wow classic

The Daily Grind: What was the best MMO emulator or rogue server in 2019?

Bree Royce - December 20, 2019 18

So 2019 turned out to be a pretty damn interesting year for fans of old MMORPGs. Not only did WoW Classic launch and bring...

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2019

Justin Olivetti - December 18, 2019 7

When we sit back to look at the biggest headlines of the year, we don't have to look far. These are the stories that...

WoW Classic has finally begun offering character transfers – for $25

Justin Olivetti - December 18, 2019 11

Did you end up rolling on the wrong server during WoW Classic's chaotic launch? Discover later on that your shard became a ghost town...

Warsong Gulch, Alterac Valley, and plugin nerfs are live in WoW Classic

Bree Royce - December 10, 2019 11

It may be too late for the WoW Classic folks who've already abandoned ship - or at least their PvP servers - but battlegrounds...

At least one WoW Classic PvP server now appears to be 100% Horde

Eliot Lefebvre - December 9, 2019 73

Did you think that the faction war in WoW Classic could never actually be won? Turns out it can, since it appears that the entirety...

Massively Overthinking: Gratitude for the MMO genre

Bree Royce - November 28, 2019 2

Thanksgiving conveniently falls on a Thursday every year, which means it's the perfect topic for our regular Thursday Massively Overthinking roundtable. I've asked our writers what they're grateful for in and around the MMO genre the last couple of years - and now we're gonna do it again.

WoW Classic prepares for old-school battlegrounds next month

Justin Olivetti - November 21, 2019 0

When it comes to PvP in WoW Classic, the honor system and battlegrounds are meant to go hand-in-hand. But while the honor system arrived...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 247: Shopping for MMO guilds

Justin Olivetti - November 19, 2019 6

Justin and Bree discuss Dark Age of Camelot, Path of Exile, DDO, WoW Classic, FFXIV on Xbox One, and Anthem, with a sponsored segment on Kingdom Under Fire 2, and mailbag topics on the feel of old MMOs and shopping for guilds.

Leaderboard: Are you still playing WoW Classic?

Bree Royce - November 19, 2019 41

On today's MassivelyOP podcast, Justin and I briefly discuss WoW Classic and how quiet the buzz around it's gotten lately. It actually irks me that...

WoW Classic activates PvP honor and world bosses

Justin Olivetti - November 16, 2019 3

You better savor these content updates, WoW Classic players, because there are only a finite number of them left. Out of all of the...

World of Warcraft and WoW Classic hit by another round of DDoS attacks

Justin Olivetti - November 14, 2019 3

If you're having a hard time logging on to World of Warcraft -- either version -- today, you are not alone. Blizzard reported that...

World of Warcraft: Classic has all servers down to one layer now

Eliot Lefebvre - November 12, 2019 14

If you're still salty over the addition of layering to World of Warcraft: Classic, you have picked an odd hill to die upon. But you're...

The Daily Grind: Should World of Warcraft switch to annual expansions?

Bree Royce - November 11, 2019 38

During last week's Activision-Blizzard investor call, Blizzard executives dodged hard on one analyst's question about WoW Classic retention - no great surprise there, really,...

WAPO says Activision-Blizzard execs profited from dodgy but legal stock sale

Bree Royce - November 8, 2019 23

Yesterday we covered Activision-Blizzard's third quarter financial results, which were... not good. While WoW Classic drove a subscription spike and saw Blizzard's MAUs finally...

Activision-Blizzard Q3 2019: Revenues sink for the third quarter in a row

Bree Royce - November 7, 2019 78

Activision-Blizzard has not had the best year. In February, the company saw record-high revenues and promptly laid off 800 employees, leading to widespread condemnation....