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WoW Factor: Winds of Change, a speculative WoW expansion exercise
We still have no idea what the next expansion for World of Warcraft will look like, which is kind of absurd. We didn't even have...
World of Warcraft attempts to diversify its player council as Microsoft prioritizes Activision-Blizzard corporate culture
The player council for World of Warcraft has already been formed and provided feedback, but Blizzard has made it clear that the initial lineup was...
Massively Overthinking: What else could Blizzard do to fix World of Warcraft?
Last time in Massively Overthinking, our writers and readers sure did have a lot of good ideas to fix New World that Amazon won't...
World of Warcraft unveils its Valentine’s Day event for both retail and Classic
Love is in the air in World of Warcraft, and no, in this particular case we're not referring to the begrudging changes being made to...
World of Warcraft Eternity’s End is finally going live February 22
Blizzard has finally put a date on World of Warcraft's 9.2 Eternity's End: February 22nd. The update was originally unveiled back in November, right...
Vague Patch Notes: Looking back on the MassivelyOP magic, seven years in
As of tomorrow, we're seven years out from the launch of this site. This means that we're actually into the point when I've been...
Microsoft says that it will keep Activision Blizzard games on Sony’s PlayStation
If you were worried that the sale of Activision Blizzard might leave a good portion of the gaming console community without their Orcs, superheroes,...
Perfect Ten: Ten reasons your MMORPG creates a bad first impression
While MMOs may ask us to experience them for the long haul, first impressions still count. And if those impressions aren't favorable right out...
Global Chat: Is free-to-play in MMOs universally awful?
I think a lot of us sport a wide range of opinions on free-to-play business models, particularly depending on the way it's applied to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 359: Tearing down the faction wall
Chris, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, World of Warcraft, Blizzard's financials, Star Citizen's roadmap mess, Mortal Online 2's rollback, New World's merges, and Lost Ark's headstart, with adventures in WoW Classic, Zenith, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and Monster Hunter Rise, plus a mailbag topic on the future of SSG and Daybreak.
Hands-on: Lost Ark is a solid MMO that falls just short of true greatness
After years of waiting, the MMOARPG Lost Ark launches in the west today, at least for those who bought founder's packs. The rest of...
Lost Ark’s headstart begins today at noon – here’s the new trailer and patch notes
(We've updated the end of this article with the latest on the download issues.)
It's launch day for Lost Ark, sort of, as headstart is...
WoW Classic updates its list of servers offering free realm transfers
Those who are looking to move to new server pastures in WoW Classic but were limited in their choices are waking up to some...
Activision-Blizzard Q4 2021: Blizzard lost another 2M monthly actives as ABK revenue holds steady
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As readers are aware, the company, its leadership, and its games have been the...
Perfect Ten: Ten things you need to understand about MMO healers
It's time for yet another column in Perfect Ten wherein we talk about a given player archetype, but this one's going to be a...
WoW Factor: Pulling the trigger on cross-faction play (in the weakest way possible)
At long last, World of Warcraft is finally pulling the plug on one of the dumbest system decisions that was ever made for the game...
Blizzard’s recently announced survival title has been developing for just over four years
Blizzard's "unannounced survival game," which recently started seeking new roles to flesh out its dev team, certainly came as a surprise to many fans,...
World of Warcraft’s game director defends cross-faction team-ups: ‘It’s time’
Yesterday's announcement that World of Warcraft will, for the first time in its storied history, allow cross-faction raids, dungeons, and rated PvP sent shockwaves...
World of Warcraft is finally getting cross-faction dungeons, raids, and rated PvP
So hey, if you're one of the bajillions of World of Warcraft players who've been agitating for Blizzard to nuke the faction divide for...
World of Warcraft is finally outlawing boosting rings – though not boosting itself
Last fall, the boosting situation in World of Warcraft bubbled up into the mainstream when the new Blizzard co-lead encouraged it and even advertised...
