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Blizzard is considering WoW competitive raiding e-sports again
If you were annoyed by the apparent subsumption of World of Warcraft art and lore panels by other games' e-sports at last year's BlizzCon,...
Perfect Ten: Every MMORPG bestiary ever
I have played a lot of MMOs. It's inevitable, given enough years in this job and hobby. And the sad thing is that I...
World of Warcraft continues to refine Patch 7.2 in test, lays out March plans
When will Blizzard thaw enough to release Patch 7.2? The next big update for World of Warcraft might still be a while away, but...
Global Chat: What powerful memories come from playing MMOs?
Upon seeing how a friend was becoming disenchanted with MMOs, blogger Ravalation hypothesized it was because he was shying away from other players too...
ARK: Survival Evolved rockets up Superdata’s January revenue rankings
The latest Superdata Research report is in for the month of January 2017, and in addition to an increase of 9.8% of digital game...
The Daily Grind: Is an MMO still an MMO if it lacks chat?
In the comments of Andrew's last Soapbox on whether or not Pokemon Go properly constitutes an MMO, veteran MMORPG designer Raph Koster argued provocatively against...
Mark Kern’s Em-8er lore combines Nazis, ghosts, and terraforming
"Welcome to the world of Ember, or as star charts designate it, Em-8ER ('E-M-Eight-E-R')," says a new dev blog from Mark Kern's Em-8ER MMO...
The Daily Grind: How might your favorite MMO capitalize on nostalgia?
It would be an understatement for me to say that I'm stupidly excited to see Morrowind come to The Elder Scrolls Online this summer....
The Game Archaeologist: Earth and Beyond
Personally, I prefer science fiction over fantasy nine times out of ten, even though most of the MMOs that grace my desktop are fantasy...
WoW Factor: Where do we go after WoW Legion?
So at the risk of being dinged for spoiling the current World of Warcraft expansion, let me say this: Azeroth is not going to...
World of Warcraft Q&A covers legendaries, artifact power, and relics; Blizz nixes 7.2 PvP changes
If you missed it, yesterday World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas sat down for another one of his lengthy community question-and-answer sessions.
While no groundbreaking...
World of Warcraft hatches hippogryphs, expands Nighthold, and continues token madness
The expansion of World of Warcraft's token utility continues to ripple across the entire Blizzard ecosystem, as prices remain high and supply occasionally runs...
Chronicles of Elyria shores up PAX East demo, hires WoW cinematic artist
The clock is ticking down to PAX East on March 10th, and the Chronicles of Elyria team is whipping itself up into a frenzy...
The Elysium WoW emulator community is in total meltdown
The Elysium World of Warcraft private server community is in total meltdown, so popcorn at the ready.
Most MMORPG players would probably have never heard...
The Daily Grind: Do you use plugins for your main MMORPG?
As one of Massively OP's resident modding nuts, I am drawn to MMORPGs that offer plugin support and modding APIs. World of Warcraft's modding...
World of Warcraft announces the end of support for Windows XP and Vista
Like the dinosaurs and giant shoulderpads in women's suits, World of Warcraft support for two older Windows operating systems is about to become extinct.
Blizzard...
World of Warcraft increases legendary drop chances, preps PvP class tuning
Despairing that you'll never get a legendary item in World of Warcraft? Have patience, young grasshopper, because it might just happen soon. Blizzard revealed...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever boycotted an MMORPG?
Blizzard Watch ran an editorial yesterday quoting former marine biologist and World of Warcraft Lead Systems Designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street on the subject of...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs designed for ‘low-skill gamers’?
Ages ago on the MMORPG subreddit, a player made a bold statement: MMORPGs are designed for low-skill gamers.
"I remember being dazzled by EverQuest and...
World of Warcraft’s Hazzikostas discusses the goals for future Artifact Power implementation
There has been some back-and-forth about World of Warcraft's Artifact Power system. The problem that people have run into, essentially, is that the game's...
