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The Daily Grind: Do you make an effort to be positive and friendly in MMORPGs?
Despite concerns about the pervasiveness of toxicity in gaming, most gamers are not toxic. Outside of extremely social MMOs, I suspect most people probably...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 168: MMOs all higgledy-piggledy
Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, EVE Online, WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Ragnarok, Elite, LOTRO, Star Trek Online, Trove, and City of Heroes' Paragon Chat, with mailbag questions on free-to-play entitlement and whether expansions need new classes.
World of Warcraft needs you to babysit again
Oh great, you're here. We'll be out late, at least until 11, so make sure that the kids are in bed by 7:30 with...
World of Warcraft offers a guided tour of the Zandalari capital, Zuldazar
The Zandalari trolls are allied with the Horde in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, but their society has long endured without outside interference....
Guild Wars blows out 13 candles on its birthday cake – were you there for its first?
Travel back with us to April 2005, when an unknown and unproven studio known as ArenaNet decided to make a play at its own...
World of Warcraft previews two expansion races, nixes Strand of the Ancients battleground
Feeling a little primal and savage? You'll be able to tap into that nature by rolling up one of the new Mag'har Orcs or...
One Shots: A well-rounded Hobbit (breakfast)
With the prodigious and well-known appetite of Hobbits, it's a total surprise to me that the Shire hasn't been stripped bare with these creatures'...
The Game Archaeologist: Red Planet’s Lost Colony vaporware
You know the story of Roanoke, right? That early American settlement that abruptly went missing with only the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree...
Massively Overthinking: How accountable should MMOs hold players for out-of-game toxicity?
Brendan's discussion with CCP Falcon at EVE Fanfest last week included an interesting chat about out-of-game harassment and whether gaming companies had an obligation...
World of Warcraft Q&A covers tier sets and Azerite armor with Artifact power
If the mere mention of the words "Artifact Power" now send you into apoplectic rage in relation to World of Warcraft, we have bad...
Fortnite has become the ‘largest free-to-play console game of all time,’ SuperData says
"Fortnite is now the largest free-to-play console game of all time, in revenue generated and monthly active users," SuperData has declared in its monthly...
WoW Factor: Things that actually worry me about Battle for Azeroth
The Battle for Azeroth beta is here, at long last, and it feels like it might have come a little early in the process....
You can gift people Blizzard Balance now, but not your own Blizzard Balance
If you have a ton of money sitting in your Blizzard account and nothing to spend it on, you have probably eagerly awaited the...
World of Warcraft starts beta testing Battle for Azeroth
Can you beta test a battle? Don't see why not. Just ask everyone to attack very, very carefully and memorize where their starting positions...
Impressions of Project Gorgon from an Asheron’s Call player
It's finally time for me talk about Project Gorgon as a released product. As you might have guessed, I was avoiding the game prior to launch....
World of Warcraft’s new communities system aims to bring players together in Battle for Azeroth
Among the various features and additions coming with World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth this summer, communities has gotten buried in all of the...
One Shots: Tour guides
It turns out that MMORPG players really don't need much prompting to go out and take a bazillion screenshots of their favorite in-game zones,...
The Game Archaeologist: Harry Potter Online
If all goes well, later this year we will finally be treated to an actual Harry Potter MMORPG in the form of Harry Potter:...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth turns on Dark Iron Dwarves and Mag’har for character testing
The first batch of the second wave of allied races are available for testing now on World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth's alpha test....
Massively Overthinking: What we really mean when we talk about ‘difficulty’ in MMORPGs
Massively OP reader Steve wants us to revisit the Daily Grind on making death more meaningful without making it more annoying. His letter was long, so...
