MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for leakiest MMO studio. (We call these silly awards the Golden Yachties in honor of that dank meme about how games bloggers sail around on a golden yacht with all their blogging money. Obviously, our yacht is constructed from rhodium-encrusted moonrock, not mere gold.)
And the winner is…
BLIZZARD
Holy crap you guys. Even if we limit this award to just 2022, Blizzard saw half a dozen major leaks this year: two for Diablo IV, one for Overwatch 2, one for Wrath Classic, and two for WoW Dragonflight itself. That last one was another self-own, even, as a line of code in WoW’s web code gave the name away, which was followed by a deluge of leaks on Reddit. All of that follows the massive 2021 leak in which Blizzard managed to post all of the press releases for its big reveals on its press website in full view of the public, thereby spoiling BlizzConline. Oof.
Want to nominate another winner? Let us know in the comments, and don’t forget to check out our serious MMO awards while you’re at it.
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Best worst MMO transmedia synergy
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Leakiest MMO studio
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Dumbest thing added to an MMO this year
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Most wholesome MMO cosplay
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: The best very good boy in MMOs this year
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Weidest thing people used to play an MMO this year
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Most belated MMO apology
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Best MMO bug we didn’t want fixed
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Most impressive discovery in an MMO this year
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: The ‘are we the baddies’ MMO award
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Favorite MMO site even madder about the P2E invasion than we are
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Most inadvisable MMO name
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Best worst post
