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This spring, the era of Wrath Classic will officially come to an end when the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch hits ahead of the summer launch....

I'm in a very strange place in relation to the upcoming Cataclysm Classic. I kind of didn't want this expansion to happen at all for...

With another year debuting this week, Blizzard was more on the ball than some MMO studios by already publishing its roadmap for 2024. Two...

What did Blizzard assume would happen with WoW Classic when it rolled out this legacy version of the MMO in 2019? I honestly have...

Choice is a double-edged sword: Too little of it is restricting and frustrating, yet too much can lead to decision paralysis and feeling overwhelmed....

While the three-expansion revelation of World of Warcraft's Worldsoul Saga stole the show at BlizzCon this past weekend, I was even more excited --...

In the past six months, I've been tracking a very interesting conversation that's arisen over what the MMORPG genre as a whole has lost...

The first time that I heard about the unofficial "Hardcore Classic" scene for WoW Classic, I didn't get it. The idea of voluntary permadeath...

Let's pause for a hot minute to absorb the fact that WoW Classic just hit its fourth anniversary. For the reheated leftovers of an...

It was just five years ago in 2018 that MassivelyOP formally recognized an interesting and heartening trend in the MMO space: the rise of...

"Just one more hour of WoW Classic. One more hour, then I'll go and play something serious. Or be a productive member of society....

While I don't have any hard data on the subject, just observing the World of Warcraft Classic scene (and ABK's financials) over the past...

Recently, along with what seemed like half the population of the globe, I rolled up a brand-new Death Knight in WoW Classic to take...

A week ago I didn't think I'd be sitting here and writing this, but I'm done with WoW Classic -- and with this column. As...

Burning Crusade's Outland shows all the hallmarks of being a playground for developers to flex and try new things. I always was amused at...

With this year's Burning Crusade Classic, the dynamics of leveling in WoW Classic shifted just as they did originally. Before Burning Crusade came along...

Now that we're weeks into Burning Crusade Classic, players are discovering that despite many antiquated design elements, this expansion is still a whole lot...

If I had to sum up what my WoW Classic guild is doing in these first few weeks of Burning Crusade, it would be...

With the launch of World of Warcraft Classic's Burning Crusade this past week, the door has been (mostly) closed on what is now being called...

Now that the pre-patch has arrived for WoW Classic's Burning Crusade, leveling characters are enjoying being able to snag a mount at level 30...