MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively

Sometimes you’d like to know that there are other MMOs out there, right? Our sister site Massively can provide you with everything you need to know about all those other shiny MMOs! Check out this roundup of the latest news from the wider MMO world.

Preview of character creation in Final Fantasy XIV
The start of the [...]

Around Azeroth: Red sleigh down

Even during Winter Veil, Azeroth is still a war zone, as warlock Hated of Mok’Nathal found out when attempting to deliver presents to the children of Draenor. A well-aimed Burning Legion fireball over Blade’s Edge took out his sleigh and most of his reindeer. Rudolph should have turned off his glowing nose — it only [...]

Officers’ Quarters: LF guild leader PST

Every Monday Scott Andrews contributes Officers’ Quarters, a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership.

Some guild leaders think we are irreplaceable, but few of us actually are. Who will carry on the Torch of the Damned if we can’t fulfill our duties? I know exactly who would if I ever had to stop [...]

Still time to win the Twelve Days of Grunty contest

With so many sites and stores promoting commercialism and spending, it’s always refreshing to see fansites run contests that are in the true spirit of the season — altruism (and ad traffic, of course). In this case, WoW-Achievements.com is getting into the Winter Veil spirit with their Twelve Days of Grunty contest!
From December 13th to [...]

Time Is Money: Dungeon finder

Kebina Trudough here, offering you the best gold making secrets they don’t want you to know about! I was like you once, poor and homely, before I discovered my patented system. Now you too can fill your pockets with the good stuff without ever breaking a sweat! Why spend all your time toiling when you [...]

The World of Warcraft in numbers

Business Management has a really interesting graphic up (that they say came partly from Eurogamer.net, but I didn’t see it over there) that breaks down WoW “by the numbers.” It features an interesting series of stats about the game, in what I call an Oatmeal-style format, everything from number of players and items (30,000) to [...]

Patch 3.3 goes live tomorrow

We’ve gotten confirmation from our sources that patch 3.3 is set to go live tomorrow. We should be seeing the downloader get the rest of the files after the downtime begins (which hasn’t been announced yet). There are no new patch notes just yet, however those should be coming shortly.
We have been working hard today [...]