Official Site:Â World of Warcraft
Studio:Â Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date:Â November 23, 2014
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Massively Overthinking: Are you a random reward disliker in MMOs?
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us via a phrase MOP's Eliot dropped back in April that leaped out at me. He was discussing...
Vague Patch Notes: Challenge and rewards in MMOs are made up
All right, folks, pop quiz. I want you to name for me the first major raid in Ultima Online. That was the first game...
Casually Classic: World of Warcraft retail vs. WoW Classic – which is better at what?
These days, I prefer to game with one foot in both versions of World of Warcraft. It's kind of like Almond Joy and Mounds;...
Perfect Ten: MMOs (and MMO moments) that live in infamy
To a certain degree, MMOs have always existed in a state of infamy. People assume that the game requires hours of sitting and scowling...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 517: We are EVE Legion
On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about EVE Online's upcoming expansion, the return of Camelot Unchained, WoW's...
World of Warcraft previews Patch 11.1.7: Legacy of Arathor and a return to the Arathi Highlands
Even as World of Warcraft is coming off a pretty terrible mid-tier update from last month, the fantasy MMO is getting ready for another...
One Shots: The MMO grand tour
Have you ever taken a step back from your endless endgame chasing to go back through the entirety of your MMO from start to...
WoW Factor: Down with raid nonsense addons, up with built-in rotation assistance
It might not stun you to learn that when we found out that World of Warcraft is adding a new rotation assistance tool into...
World of Warcraft’s anniversary classic servers are back to Zul’Gurub again
Hang on a second. Didn't we already talk about going back to Zul'Gurub in World of Warcraft, only this time it's for the WoW...
World of Warcraft previews new rotational assistance UI tool, nixes some automating addons
The first big thing announced in an extra-long special episode of World of Warcraft's irregular Wowcast videos is the addition of a new rotation...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 516: New World of Equinox Awakening Online
Justin and Bree discuss Equinox Homecoming, Dune Awakening, LOTRO, World of Warcraft, and New World, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on the best ways to honor MMO devs.
World of Warcraft’s Children’s Week festivities have returned through May 5
There is no shortage of ways to generate orphans in World of Warcraft, and players need that because where else are you going to...
World of Warcraft promises its upcoming housing will offer decor from every possible gameplay source
The slow drip feed of details for World of Warcraft's upcoming housing system continues. Following a post about how decorations are placed, this past...
Just about nobody’s happy with World of Warcraft’s Patch 11.1.5
If Blizzard was hoping to keep spring hopping with interesting content and exciting additions for World of Warcraft, this past week's reception to Patch...
Storyboard: Dealing with the things your MMOs characters can’t do (but still can)
In the middle of Final Fantasy XIV's post-Stormblood patches, there's a scene where the characters need to purchase a specific katana. An exact price...
World of Warcraft is kicking Season 2 of The War Within into turbo mode on May 13
On May 13th, World of Warcraft is lighting Season 2 of The War Within's gear progression on fire and thrusting it at the scream while a...
The Daily Grind: What are the tipoffs that mark gamers out as veteran MMORPG players?
Back during the first weekend of the Lord of the Rings Online transfer mess, I spent an inordinate amount of time in the game's...
The Soapbox: I love that MMOs allow me to live in the past
I used to think that the notion of a "mid-life crisis" was somewhat ridiculous... until I found myself deep in one. It kind of...
Vague Patch Notes: Not every MMO mechanic you dislike is a bad one
There is a category of responses to any column about mechanics, and it came up with the recent couple of columns about level scaling,...
World of Warcraft’s staggered Update 11.1.5 lands with catch-up buffs and the Nightfall scenario
A very odd and scattershot patch landed on World of Warcraft's retail servers last night, with Update 11.1.5 offering time-gated new content and a...
