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World of Warcraft details the new zones and new Heart of Azeroth upgrades for patch 8.2, Rise of Azshara
It's almost time for players to start testing World of Warcraft's patch 8.2, the Rise of Azshara. But you won't be going into testing...
World of Warcraft previews the Crucible of Storms raid ahead of its release next week
Something sinister stirs beneath the Shrine of the Storm, and in World of Warcraft's upcoming Crucible of Storms raid, it will be up to...
Perfect Ten: Suggestions to make World of Warcraft Classic feel more authentic
One of the things that I tell people going back to Final Fantasy XI now is that the game is, well, a different animal...
Adventure Academy is an ‘educational massively multiplayer online game’ launching May 1
Adventure Academy is going to mystify the typical gamer: There are no dragons to fight and no lockboxes to fight over. But if you're...
Blizzard lays out its plans for PvP in World of Warcraft Classic, teases Rise of Azshara stream
Last month, Blizzard dished out the deets on how World of Warcraft: Classic's content will be divvied out in six discrete phases, but the...
World of Warcraft welcomes the Darkmoon Faire and its new rollercoaster
The faction war is supposedly more urgent than it's ever been in World of Warcraft. We say "supposedly" because, well, it's hard to believe...
Global Chat: Do you think you could design a better game than World of Warcraft?
Let's be honest: We all are so egotistical and opinionated that we totally think we could design a better MMO than World of Warcraft....
Massively Overthinking: If an MMO item is buyable with gold, does that excuse its presence in the cash shop?
This week's Overthinking topic comes from longtime MOP reader and commenter Sally Bowls. It's about monetization, but it's a nuanced argument we don't see...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas explains the philosophy behind Azerite now and in the future
It turns out that even if you liked World of Warcraft's Artifact Weapons and how they were designed, their front-loaded nature was very bad. That's...
Perfect Ten: MMO celebrations that didn’t rip off real-world holidays
Does it ever slightly bother you that in these alternate fantasy and science fiction worlds that we explore there just so happens to have...
World of Warcraft Classic is all about old-school spell batching
In the quest to bring back as close to an authentic vanilla era experience as possible, Blizzard is returning a system that players probably...
World of Warcraft continues to speed up Heart of Azeroth level acquisition
Are you still struggling to get your Heart of Azeroth leveled to catch up with the World of Warcraft crowd? The good news is...
Massively Overpowered feature patch notes for April Oneth
Here at Massively Overpowered, we're always doing our best to make use of our staff's particular talents. We make sure to have Justin saying...
The Daily Grind: Should AAA companies expect gamers to fund esports prize pools?
The esports industry is absolutely no stranger to watcher-funded prize pools. I know this. We've watched as companies like Riot Games and Hi-Rez have...
The Game Archaeologist: The Chronicles of Spellborn
Hey! Hey you! Yeah, you the I'm-so-bored-with-all-of-these-MMOs gamer! You've been grousing about for years how MMOs never take risks, never innovate, and are merely...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO’s lore confuses the heck out of you?
Fantasy authors (aspiring and published) are renowned for their tendency to create elaborate and often labyrinthian backstories and world histories. And while this lore...
WoW Factor: Why people are mad at Battle for Azeroth, part 5: Conclusions and peeling the mask
This week, after some 7000 words on this particular topic, I'm starting off by acknowledging what should be a rather obvious fact: My series...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about ideas like the cottage rule and class fantasy in MMO design?
Who among our readers played City of Heroes and remembers the cottage rule? The idea was that developers were reluctant to change the fundamentals...
Massively Overthinking: Thoughts on the holy trinity in MMOs
One of MOP's bright new columnists, Tyler Edwards, blogs over at Superior Realities, and he recently brought to my attention his pieces on the...
Remember Booty Bay in World of Warcraft? It’s back! In Sims 4 form!
If you've ever wandered through Booty Bay in World of Warcraft and thought that it'd be much cooler if the town featured a bunch of...
