Another BlizzCon has now come and gone, leaving some folks confused and conflicted after the exciting announcements of World of Warcraft Shadowlands, Diablo 4, and Overwatch 2 coupled with an oddly lackluster WoW Q&A and frustration over the corporate apology.
Read on to catch up with the very best of this week’s MMO news and opinions today as every Sunday in Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!EVERYTHING BLIZZCON 2019
BlizzCon 2019: World of Warcraft officially announces Shadowlands for 2020
BlizzCon 2019: Blizzard officially announces Diablo 4
BlizzCon 2019: Opening ceremonies liveblog
BlizzCon 2019: World of Warcraft Shadowlands liveblog
BlizzCon 2019: World of Warcraft Shadowlands’ Covenants explained
BlizzCon 2019: Diablo 4 reveal panel liveblog
The Daily Grind: So, were you pleased with BlizzCon 2019?
Despite BlizzCon apology, Blizzard stands behind ‘Hong Kong liberation’ suspensions
BlizzCon 2019: World of Warcraft Q&A liveblog
BlizzCon 2019: Diablo 4’s shared open world multiplayer, soloing, and trading
BlizzCon 2019: Here’s how World of Warcraft is streamlining its leveling process
BlizzCon 2019: World of Warcraft Shadowlands deep-dive panel liveblog
BlizzCon 2019: Mobile MMOARPG Diablo Immortal gets new content, videos, and preregistration
BlizzCon 2019: Overwatch 2’s progression system allows for customizable playstyles
BlizzCon 2019: Here’s Blizzard’s apology for its Hearthstone esports disaster
BlizzCon 2019: Overwatch 2 panel liveblog
BlizzCon 2019: Hearthstone Descent of Dragons adds 8-person multiplayer
BlizzCon 2019: Overwatch 2 angles toward PvE with co-op missions and hero leveling
Vague Patch Notes: Does BlizzCon have a future in its current form?
Pro esports players criticize Blizzard for sticking gamers with the whole WoW Arena World Champs prize pool
THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Camelot Unchained isn’t launching this year, delays until at least 2020 - (This piece has been updated at the end with stream notes.) Throughout its long (long) development history, Camelot Unchained has been almost mechanical about its weekly updates - on Fridays.…
Into the Super-Verse: Putting City of Titans’ character builder through its paces - Mark this date in your history books because the battle of superhero MMO character builders is on! Both Ship of Heroes and City of Titans are releasing their character builders…
Perfect Ten: What I learned about ArcheAge Unchained as a complete newbie - As I was going through my first evening in ArcheAge Unchained, thanks to the new buy-to-play release, I was kicking myself for going into this game pretty much blind. I…
Legends of Aria is going semi-free-to-play with sweeping New Dawn update - If you've been feeling a bit confused by all of Legends of Aria's recent changes, my friends, you are not alone. Back in August, Citadel Studios finally brought the game…
Guild Wars 2 fans are super unhappy about yesterday’s build template patch - Yesterday, we covered the release of Guild Wars 2's build template system, which had already come under fire from players grumpy over its complicated nature, the invalidation of hardcore players'…
Guild Wars 2’s build and equipment templates are live – and the extras are not cheap - You know how when a video game studio is about to do something unpopular, like charge a lot of money for a thing, and so the devs float a high…
Not So Massively: Four things Anthem can do to turn itself around - I've been a cheerleader for Anthem from the get-go. I believe BioWare's multiplayer shooter is a good game with huge potential to become a great game. Cataclysm was a strong…
Snoop Dogg has a giant mural of Star Trek Online concept art in his home - If you're only familiar with Snoop Dogg from his rap career, you've probably missed the man's larger career path and general arc of his life, which somehow has managed to…
SWTOR has made almost a billion dollars, and EA is pleased. Most pleased. - It may not be World of Warcraft money, but Star Wars: The Old Republic has done quite well for itself since its 2011 launch. In a recent earnings report, Electronic…
The Project 1999 EverQuest emulator is opening yet another server thanks to demand - The folks behind Project 1999, the officially sanctioned classic EverQuest emulator, have had about a week now to look at how the population of the Green server is growing, and…
Guild Wars 2 kicks off new Icebrood Saga promotion with… Quiznos? - [AL:GW2]If last summer's Guild Wars 2 bubble tea promotion didn't do it for you - and it didn't do it for a lot of people, given what a cluster that…
Ship of Heroes’ character creation tool beta has officially begun - The Ship of Heroes character creator tool beta has officially begun as of noon today, so superhero fans, now you have two chara builders to go try out. "This is…
Australian consumer commission compels ZeniMax and Bethsoft to grant Fallout 76 refunds - Apparently, only Australia's legal system means to hold Bethsoft accountable over Fallout 76. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the ZeniMax Media conglom (that's Bethsoft's parent company; it also…
Anthem loses yet another lead developer as BioWare’s head of live service departs - For those who were in the comments section going "Sure, Jan" at Casey Hudson's pep talk for Anthem, it would appear your cynicism is well founded. Chad Robertson, the head…
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO will be ‘different at a glance’ from LOTRO - Even as Lord of the Rings Online prepares to unleash Minas Morgul next week, Amazon Game Studios is working in the background to fashion its own Middle-earth MMORPG. Now Amazon…
Massively Overthinking: The problem with MMO ‘dailies’ - Longtime MOP Patron and friend of the site Avaera recently posed us an intriguing questions about daily login rewards in MMORPGs. "Recently my game of choice, Lusternia, switched to a model…
LOTRO’s Minas Morgul lockboxes are raising community concerns - Ever since SSG increased its use and contents with the Mordor expansion, LOTRO's lockboxes have been a sore point among players who have heavily criticized the feature. This situation might…
Check out Red Dead Redemption 2’s PC launch trailer ahead of the game’s November 5 release - Know what's happening Tuesday? Well, a bunch of things. Voting tops my own list. And also Red Dead Redemption 2's PC launch, and that means Red Dead Online's semi-MMO version…
Ship of Heroes says its character creator is a ‘huge step up from games like City of Heroes and SWTOR’ - We're just about to see the launch of a character creator tool for our second superhero MMO of the month, as Ship of Heroes' tool launches for backers on Friday.…
Mitsubishi dropped its Blizzard esports sponsorship following the Hong Kong fiasco - Were you thinking Blizzard was going to just coast into BlizzCon as if its "international incident" hadn't gripped the whole damn industry for a few weeks earlier this month? Maybe…
Bethesda says Fallout 76 scrapbox bug is a ‘top priority’ as ‘class warfare’ griefing claims surface - Ah, Fallout 76. Fans went from eagerness for "Country Roads" to using that same song as a backdrop for a year in review video showing off all the clownshoe moves.…
Choose My Adventure: Torchlight Frontiers says goodbye to me with a hearty kick to the butt - It seems that the final week of Torchlight Frontiers wanted to see me out with some bruises on my butt. I don’t know whether it’s because there was some sort…
Flameseeker Chronicles: Quality-of-life upgrades Guild Wars 2 still needs - Today, ArenaNet is finally launching the long-awaited build and gear template features in Guild Wars 2. While it has brought with it its fair share of controversy, I’m at least…
EA is bringing an unspecified number of games back to Steam along with the EA Access plan - While it's not the death of Origin, this bit of news certainly sounds like the dull, wet thud of an axe ramming into its chest. EA's senior VP Mike Blank…
Wisdom of Nym: Prepping up for Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.1 - Here we are, people; the day before Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.1. It's happening tomorrow, so let's hope you've finished up anything you wanted to do with GARO rewards already,…
Final Fantasy XIV launches patch 5.1: Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty - It's patch day once again for Final Fantasy XIV, and if you think that means the game has made tons of things available for players to do once more... well, you'd…
MassivelyOP’s 2019 guide to Halloween across the MMO world - It's creepy and it's kooky, even mysterious and spooky. Reports are in that this year's Halloween is all together ooky, and you're right in the middle of it. Welcome to…
THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS
Massively OP Podcast Episode 244: An Onslaught of news
Battle Bards Episode 155: FFXIV Shadowbringers
The Stream Team: Halloween in Boundless
The Stream Team: Reveling in Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Night Revels
The Stream Team: Mad kings and bunny bounces in Guild Wars 2
The Stream Team: Moons of Madness for Halloween night
The Stream Team: Choose My Alignment is back for SWTOR’s new 6.0 Onslaught
Every week, get caught up on the MMO genre’s latest news and Massively OP’s best content in our MMO Week in Review! Want more roundups of content? Try Friday’s Betawatch for MMO testing highlights, Saturday’s Make My MMO for MMO crowdfunding updates, and Sunday’s The MOP Up, which mops up all the bits of news we didn’t cover anywhere else.
