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Massively Overthinking: That moment when you realize an MMO is truly something special
MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission:
"Wanna know...
Vague Patch Notes: Diversions are what makes the MMO
I am going to put forth a theory today in the Vague Patch Notes column. It is potentially an odd theory, and as sometimes...
World of Warcraft hints at Orc heritage armor questline, talks shop with trading post developers
Sharp eyes on World of Warcraft's test realm spotted a special cave that may be the launch pad for a new Orc heritage armor...
World of Warcraft is shutting down its integrated Twitter posting feature
One of the very first stories we covered when Old Massively became Overpowered was World of Warcraft's Twitter integration implementation. It seems like yesterday,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the coziest MMO world out there?
While I've long known that I am very receptive to uplifting environments, it's only been in the last year or so that I've dived...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 408: FFXIV on one side, mods on the other
Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV's great mode debate, WoW's trading post issues, NCsoft's layoffs, Square's and Blizzard's financials, The Crew 3, Quinfall, and Elder Scrolls Online, with adventures in LOTRO and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on MMO beards.
The Daily Grind: Do you leave MMOs when your friends do?
MOP's Carlo was chatting about the modern endgame situation in World of Warcraft the other day and I had a sharp realization that I...
Activision-Blizzard Q4 2022: Blizzard revenues, MAUs spike thanks to WoW Dragonflight and Overwatch 2
Welcome back to our inevitable coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials: Today's edition sums up Q4's results, comprising October, November, and December 2022. Let's break it...
World of Warcraft checks in with trading post issue updates, opens a cross-realm raid February 14
The rough week for World of Warcraft's ramshackle trading post is continuing on, as the devs have checked in to note a couple of...
Workers call out Activision-Blizzard management as it reaches $35M settlement with SEC
A Better ABK, the proto-union workers group that supports the developers at Activision-Blizzard, has once more thrown a spotlight on management malfeasance, sharing its...
Global Chat: The seductive appeal of New World
Over a year since its launch, New World remains as rocky and controversial as ever. And while it has its critics, Amazon's MMO also...
Zenith tees up player housing test, picks up former New World creative director and WoW designer
Ramen VR CEO Andy Tsen dropped a letter to the Zenith community late last night with both industry and game news. For starters, the...
WoW Factor: The state of World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight, two months in
On Monday, I talked with MOP's Bree about the idea of doing a piece this week about how World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was doing...
World of Warcraft’s new trading post is back up but still a bit buggy
The keystone of World of Warcraft's newest patch got off to a disappointing start, as the Trading Post immediately hit all sorts of bugs...
World of Warcraft is offline as Blizzard pulls the trading post over bugs
"Hey mister, get out of the way! I have to get home and play World of Warcraft!"
Why, slow down there, Timmy! What's got you...
World of Warcraft dataminers pluck out the new Primordial Gems from patch 10.0.7
"Whatever you might think about Blizzard or World of Warcraft: Dragonflight," cries the fan set, "you have to be happy that the studio has...
World of Warcraft looks deeper behind the scenes of Veritistrasz’s quest
It's a bit of a shame that one of the most emotionally engaging quests in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is one of the expansion's...
The Soapbox: Subscriptions might actually be the next big innovation in digital card games
What started earlier this week as a rant on how bad an idea a subscription model in Hearthstone would be evolved into something more:...
One Shots: Five easy steps to dragon enslavement
Step one: Find a dragon that's been shunned from the rest of its pack. Step two: Befriend the dragon with copious amounts of ripple-striped...
Vague Patch Notes: Floaty, samey, and janky – a treasury of MMO terms for bad combat
Any time you bring up The Secret World or Secret World Legends's bland, floaty combat, at least one person is going to chime in...
