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Storyboard: Managing the escalating stakes in MMO storytelling
Everyone who has at least passing familiarity with stories, whether they be in MMOs or elsewhere, roleplayed or canonical, realizes that stories need stakes....
Activision-Blizzard offers (some) hard numbers on its harassment and discrimination problem
Within the Variety puff piece on Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick earlier this week, Kotick insisted that the volumes of harassment accusations against the company...
Former World of Warcraft dev claims he was fired over greedy goblin text lines
So good old Bobby Kotick's interview yesterday made him look really great, if we're using very inaccurate definitions of the words "great" and also...
Bobby Kotick decries ‘aggressive labor movement’ trying to ‘destabilize’ Activision-Blizzard
We're just a few days from the launch of Diablo IV, so naturally Variety has offered up a mushy interview with... Activision-Blizzard's Bobby Kotick,...
Overwatch 2 plans Pride Month celebration with player cosmetics, decorated maps, and a short story
Pride Month is nearly here, and Overwatch 2 is seeking to highlight the diverse nature of the shooter's cast and playerbase with several celebratory...
Brian Holinka is leaving World of Warcraft to join Greg Street at an unnamed studio
You may not immediately remember what Brian Holinka does at Blizzard for World of Warcraft, but if you've followed the game for any length...
Blizzard confirms that it’s working on World of Warcraft dragonriding outside of Dragon Isles
You know what's just plain fun? World of Warcraft's dragonriding. It may well be the most well-received expansion feature since Legion's artifact weapons, and...
One Shots: Welcome to the spider level!
Welcome, welcome, come on in, make sure that nobody's left behind. Do we have the full tour group? Good. Ladies and gents, welcome to...
Global Chat: How insistent are MMOs that you group up?
In a recent essay over at Inventory Full, the author looks back at a couple decades-plus of MMO gaming to recall how fast and...
WoW Factor: Blizzard’s week of bad decisions
First of all, before you clever clogs start in down in the comments, yes, I realize that almost any given week in World of...
World of Warcraft celebrates the Diablo franchise with the Greedy Emissary event
Fans of the Diablo series are likely familiar with the Treasure Goblin that can pop up while delving the maps of the ARPG, but...
Vague Patch Notes: Why do people remember an MMO past that didn’t exist?
Let's just start with the premise out of the gate. World of Warcraft launched to sales of 240,000 units on its first day. The...
Blizzard suggests WoW Token RMT in WoW Classic is ‘for the good of the community’ because of RMT bots
World of Warcraft's WoW Classic community has been on fire for the last few days following Blizzard's announcement that it will port the WoW...
Perfect Ten: 10 old MMO promises that never happened
Developers like to talk a big game. It's expected, it's encouraged by all parties, and it's part of the fun. When a game or...
World of Warcraft’s wrapup quest for patch 10.1 requires killing the last boss of the raid to advance
The final story campaign quest for World of Warcraft's patch 10.1 requires killing the final boss of Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible. This is not...
Blizzard introduces the WoW Token to Wrath of the Lich King Classic
Hello there, fan of WoW Classic who dislikes retail World of Warcraft! Are you still having a fun time watching Blizzard contort itself into...
World of Warcraft’s next update for Wrath of the Lich King Classic will arrive on June 20
Do you miss how retail World of Warcraft has Mythic+ dungeons when you play WoW Classic? Is that what you really wanted to bring...
Vague Patch Notes: The power of perspective in MMOs
So now that Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is out, there is a very funny meme that is going around, but it...
The Soapbox: Raiding isn’t the problem with World of Warcraft
It is by now clear that World of Warcraft's Dragonflight expansion hasn't exactly set the world on fire. This has set off another round...
WoW Factor: Tarisland and the cargo cult of World of Warcraft
We've all made jokes about Tarisland being "we have World of Warcraft at home." That's just a fun thing to make jokes about, and...
