Major gaming studio, responsible for World of Warcraft and the Warcraft franchise, Diablo III and the Diablo franchise, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and Overwatch.
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Storyboard: Never forget that all MMO lore is made up
Let's take a trip back to the dewy slopes of June 2006, when Chris Metzen addressed the question of how the lore of the...
Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce departs the studio
When Blizzard Entertainment was created in 1991, three men were at the center of this new venture: Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham, and Frank Pearce....
The Daily Grind: What MMO challenge took you the most tries to beat?
There's kind of a running joke of sorts that happens in most MMO dungeon PUGs that I've seen, where a group will tolerate exactly...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever forgotten about an MMO character you played?
MOP's Tyler dropped an amusing remark in our work chat a while back about forgetting stuff in MMOs - in his case, an MMO...
Massively Overthinking: Revisiting sheep and wolves in MMOs
One of the meta discussions we've been having here on MOP this week has centered on PvP sandbox titles like Albion Online, specifically how...
Overwatch’s new role queue matchmaking system goes live on the PTS
In Overwatch, getting stuck with an imbalanced team can be rough, and good team composition can often make the difference between a hard-won victory...
World of Warcraft’s Classic global stress test delayed as Operation: Mechagon gets a difficulty nerf
If you were looking forward to jumping into the World of Warcraft Classic stress test next week, then I'm afraid I've got some bad...
Desert Oasis: Taking a swing with Black Desert’s Tamer and her bō staff
When I first started playing Black Desert, it was because I wanted to play a Dark Knight. From her animations, armors, and that sweet...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offering is filling your summer hours?
We're only now in the middle of July, but so far it feels as though summer 2019 has been a non-stop rollercoaster of great...
Overwatch’s 2019 Summer Games kicked off today with Lucioball and new weekly events
Although we aren't slated for another Summer Olympic Games until next year here in meatspace, Overwatch players can prove their own virtual athletic prowess...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 229: Adventures in Albion Online
Justin, Samon, and Bree discuss Daybreak, the new LOTR MMO Amazon is co-developing, EVE Online's comms blackout, Caravan Stories, and City of Heroes, with a sponsored segment on Albion Online's Percival update.
Cheating cheaters and the online video game companies that fight them
I'm so tired of cheaters in video games. Well, I mean, also cheaters at life, but we're on a video game website, so today,...
The Soapbox: Hoping for Amazon to succeed where Lord of the Rings Online failed
It's not often I really get excited about an upcoming MMORPG. Partly this is because of the industry slowing down, and partly this is...
The Daily Grind: What was the last MMORPG you played out of pure nostalgia?
Yesterday, Rock Paper Shotgun penned a piece on video game nostalgia. Editor Brian Caldwell interviewed a pile of game devs about why specifically they're...
World of Warcraft: Free game time, race to raid first, and hotfixes
Curious about World of Warcraft's latest content update, but you are on the fence about whether to resubscribe or not? You may have the...
Isometric co-op OARPG-ish fun: Grim Dawn, Pagan Online, and Darksburg
If isometric online games that aren't quite true MMOs are your thing, then this is a good week for you. We've got so many...
Google DeepMind is dispatching an AI to face EU StarCraft II players in the name of science
So far, I'm not afraid of the Singularity happening if the best AI can do is translate things horribly and create stumbling idiots for...
Lawful Neutral: Dance studios, canvas bags, and ‘false advertising’ in the MMO industry
As I was writing our Lawful Neutral expose of Nerd Kingdom a few weeks ago, I was pretty bothered by the conduct of the...
WoW Factor: What would a factionless World of Warcraft look like?
You know, part of me honestly figured that the speculation around World of Warcraft abandoning the faction split would have died out months ago...
World of Warcraft: Classic outlines the Hunter issues that are being worked on for the game’s launch
Ah, the endless dance of issues and things which are not actually issues in World of Warcraft: Classic. Let's recap quickly. The fact that...
