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World of Warcraft: Midnight Continues the Trend of Average Expansions
This is a review about Midnight, the eleventh expansion for World of Warcraft and the second part of the World Soul Saga.
World Of Warcraft Just Got Its Most Expensive Housing Microtransactions Yet
World of Warcraft continues to expand its real money shop offers, with developer Blizzard now selling home exteriors for $40. Housing is WoW's latest and greatest new feature, having arrived in full with the MMO's recent Midnight expansion (though players who preordered Midnight got early access to...
World Of Warcraft Finally Has a Nice-Looking Housing Exterior, But It Costs $40
I already *have* a mortgage, Blizzard!
"Absolutely ridiculous, and completely unjustifiable": World of Warcraft causes a stir — new cosmetic 'houses' cost as much as an entire expansion
World of Warcraft's housing system was a deep investment for the game, and is purely cosmetic offering no power or progression to players ... but, increasingly expensive additions have users questioning the value proposition here.
The Daily Grind: Have you ever felt like an MMO announced an update too far in advance?
Back when World of Warcraft announced the entire Worldsoul Saga as its next expansion plan for the next few years, I remember seeing some people who were annoyed that they now had no expansion reveals to look forward to for the next few years. This struck me as kind of silly, but in the broad...
World of Warcraft Reveals May 2026 Trading Post Rewards
The rewards coming to World of Warcraft's Trading Post for May 2026 include some stellar fashion items that will have players barking at the moon.
WoW Factor: The times when World of Warcraft’s story did everything right
There’s been a lot of criticism of the story in World of Warcraft‘s latest expansion, Midnight, especially from yours truly. There is often a sentiment that Warcraft‘s story has always been bad, but as someone who has genuinely loved the story at many points, I think that’s both untrue and a bit...
World of Warcraft brings Overlords of Outland to WoW Classic Burning Crusade on May 14
World of Warcraft fans who are playing Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition: Turbo World Warrior Fighters Alpha Plus have a new calendar date to jot down. Thursday, May 14th, will be when the server brings its Overlords of Outland patch online with a bunch of things for players to look...
"Brewmaster is a little ahead right now": World of Warcraft has a serious tank shortage — instead of nerfing monks, BUFF everything else
Blizzard seems to be getting the wrong message on the state of balance in World of Warcraft. The tank shortage in WoW seems worse than ever, and Blizzard seems to be hinting at nerfs to make things even more miserable?
World of Warcraft Brings Back Children's Week With a New Reward
Children's Week returns to World of Warcraft: Midnight for a short time, bringing a brand-new reward for fans to collect in 2026.
Children’s Week has returned to World of Warcraft with new Silvermoon City content
One of the most unusual in-game events in the entire MMORPG sphere is surely World of Warcraft’s Children’s Week, which honestly is less about children and more about trolling players – and seemed a lot more amusing back before I actually had children. But if you’re not already wincing at the...
World of Warcraft’s Anniversary Classic realms start up phase 2 testing on the test server
Despite the rumors, you are probably prepared at this point for World of Warcraft’s latest round of The Burning Crusade. You have had a lot of time to prepare. WoW Classic’s Anniversary realms are still in need of more preparation, though, which is why the second phase of the content update is...
World Of Warcraft 2 Was Something Former Blizzard President Advocated For
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has reacted to World of Warcraft's recent string of issues, saying the long-running MMO needs a "reset." He also commented that the "reset" he advocated for when running Blizzard included a whole new game called World of Warcraft 2. Posting on social media,...
Guild Wars to make its mobile debut with the launch of Guild Wars Reforged this summer
The great MMORPG wars of the 2000s produced many cult classics that sought to topple World of Warcraft from its throne. None succeeded, but while WoW has gone on to live something of a half-life, many still fondly recall its contemporaries, including Guild Wars! Now, for those of you who enjoyed...
Ex-Blizzard boss says World of Warcraft's devs are "accountable" for its struggles, as patch 12.0.5 woes persist
Mike Ybarra's at it again. The former Blizzard president loves nothing more than popping off on social media, and this time he's taken aim at the developers currently working on World of Warcraft. After detailing his ideas for the game's direction, including making WoW 2 (that worked out great for...
Ex-Blizzard boss says World of Warcraft's devs are "accountable" for its struggles, as patch 12.0.5 woes persist
Former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra has taken to social media to fire shots at current devs after a buggy new World of Warcraft update.
In lamenting World of Warcraft’s decline, ex-Blizzard boss is trying to find the guy who did this
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra, who was installed for his brief tenure after the ouster of J. Allen Brack for reasons I’m sure everyone here remembers and then removed after Microsoft bought Activision-Blizzard, is building up quite a reputation for talking smack about World of Warcraft on...
Lord of the Rings Online now lets you follow in Bilbo's hairy footsteps by buying up property and retiring to an iconic city
While World of Warcraft is still struggling to wrap its head around player housing, ageing MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online - a game I convinced myself had released a Witch King expansion alongside WoW's own Lich King DLC all those years ago - is finally letting players buy up real estate in one of...
The Legend of Zelda and World of Warcraft shaped Fable 2's no-death system, but Peter Molyneux had to fight for it
"There was a lot of eyebrow-raising about the no-death feature, internally"
The Legend of Zelda and World of Warcraft shaped Fable 2's no-death system, but Peter Molyneux had to fight for it
"There was a lot of eyebrow-raising about the no-death feature, internally"
The Daily Grind: Do you still have any MMO boxes in your home?
On some level, I am kind of sad that I don’t have my old World of Warcraft boxes sitting around. Now, I know why I don’t have them; it’s no mystery, I got rid of them. If I am going to be sentimental about things I put up for display, those things are going to be plastic […]
After 21 years, Guild Wars Reforged now lets you name yourself like a World of Warcraft character, so now I'm just John
The gift of Guild Wars Reforged just keeps on giving. That is, if you're the type to fixate on naming your fantasy roleplay characters something super-specific - or love to find creative ways to link your name to something that'll make grown adults chuckle like Beavis and Butthead. It's a good time...
After 21 years, Guild Wars Reforged now lets you name yourself like a World of Warcraft character, so now I'm just John
After forcing us to conjure up first and last names, Guild Wars Reforged says no more, while adding its second new dungeon in a month.
Blizzard Apologizes for World of Warcraft Update Issues
World of Warcraft has issued a formal apology for the troubled launch of Midnight Patch 12.0.5 and has committed to fix its myriad problems and “do better” in subsequent releases. This statement came shortly after the release of World of Warcraft: Midnight Patch 12.0.5 on April 21, which was...