Indie Games

The Quiet Power Struggles of Early Blizzard: How Rogue Designers Shaped Vanilla World of Warcraft’s Crafting Economy

Executive Overview The video game industry of the early 2000s operated in a vastly different landscape than it does today....

Indie Games

Blizzard Probes Player Interest in Groundbreaking Additions for World of Warcraft: Forever Amid Massive Leak

Executive Overview The landscape of classic and retro-styled MMORPGs may be on the verge of a seismic shift. Blizzard Entertainment...

Indie Games

Blizzard Draws a Hard Line: Zero Tolerance for Real-Money Trading and Gold Buying in World of Warcraft: Forever

Executive Overview The landscape of online multiplayer gaming has long been haunted by the specter of real-money trading (RMT). From...

Indie Games

The Bitter Aftertaste of Redemption: How a Mandatory Online Requirement and the Erasure of LAN Dampened Warcraft 3: Reforged’s Historic Comeback

Executive Overview For nearly a quarter of a century, Warcraft 3 has stood as a towering titan in the pantheon...