They survived the MMO massacre of 2025, but 2026 is going to be a tense year for WoW and FF14: And for completely different reasons

2025 was a bloody year for MMORPGs as a genre. And by bloody, I actually mean catastrophic: New World announced it'd be closing, Greg Street's MMO had its funding pulled, that ZeniMax game was killed ...
The Escapist

World of Warcraft: Midnight is bringing one of the most controversial changes in the game’s history

Midnight is set to make a lot of changes to the game. Most of them are great, but one decision has split the WoW community.

WoW devs plan to 'whitelist' spells for use in combat mods and addons, and while it looks like Blizzard's going soft, I'm not sure that's the whole picture

World of Warcraft, as you might've heard, is taking combat mods (addons) to task —the philosophy being that combat addons ...
The New York Times

World News

Bashar al-Assad’s long, brutal reign ended swiftly, but he and his close circle have had a soft landing in Russia. By Erika SolomonChristiaan TriebertHaley Willis and Ahmad Mhidi Two new London murals ...
Reuters

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Trump pulls 30 envoys in ‘America First’ push, critics say it weakens US abroad The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 ambassadors and other senior career diplomats to ensure embassies ...
NPR

State of the World from NPR

Immerse yourself in the most compelling and consequential stories from around the globe. The world is changing in big ways every day. State of the World from NPR takes you where the news is happening ...