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The scenic tour through Hearthstone's Blackrock Mountain continues, as the card game opened up Blackrock Spire yesterday to daring heroes. With the third wing available, there are just two areas left for this solo adventure: Blackwing Lair and the Hidden Laboratory. Players will face off against the Ogre Highlord Omokk, the Dragonkin General Drakkisath, and the Orc Rend Blackhand. They...

Players are not getting a level cap bump with Heart of Thorns; the apex of power in Guild Wars 2 will remain Level 80. But there will be new progression in the form of Masteries, which a new article explores in some depth. The difference is that rather than represent universal power growth, Masteries are entirely contextual character improvements...

Massively OP's Mike Foster said something that resonated with me earlier this week when during a debate about World of Warcraft, he uttered, "I think WoW truly lost me when Blizzard got rid of Shaman totems." I wanted to cheer, but I'm sad about it too. I've never fully quit WoW over its now many years of slowly watering...

MassivelyOP's MJ was torn between starting over to highlight the new player experience or continuing the story with Issue #10. Ultimately the story won out, in no small part due to the ever-increasing anticipation for Issue #11. She's just aching to get into that massive Orochi Tower to explore! So join us live at 9:00 p.m. for a spoiler-filled...

Veteran voice actor Steve Blum is the star of Turbine's latest Infinite Crisis featurette. Blum gives us a bit of background on new champion Lex Luthor's motivation and his kit, and there's some gameplay footage interspersed with Blum's interview. In other IC news, the fastest man alive just got a new costume that's inspired by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Flash...

This week's Massively Overthinking question is posed by Kickstarter donor Winterskorn, who wants to talk about something getting less and less love in MMORPGs lately: PvE. "There are currently a lot of PvP-centric MMOs cropping up. But when companies talk analytics, they always indicate PvPers are small percentage of the population. So the question is why are there no PvE centric MMOs --...

The Guild Wars that started it all will turn 10 years old on April 26th, which means one thing: party time! ArenaNet announced that Guild Wars' 10th anniversary celebration will begin on April 22nd and continue for an extra week until May 6th. Players can participate in several events including dodgeball and rollerbeetle racing. There will be a new pet...

A pair of veteran actors are joining the cast of Star Trek Online. Lisa LoCicero will be reprising her role as Lieutenant Commander Miral Paris, who joins players to fight the Iconians and their heralds in Season 10. Voyager pilot Tom Paris is coming along too, and he's voiced by Robert McNeill. Season 10's Iconian War announcement trailer was released...

Does your MMO have bees? H1Z1 does, thanks to today's patch. The notes posted on Reddit refer to bee boxes that players must craft and place. Once that's done, the bees will make honeycomb which can be eaten and which may also produce wax as a byproduct. Eating honey buffs your endurance, stamina, and energy while eating the raw honeycomb...

There are some games you realize had a long run only after you say goodbye to them. Grand Chase might not have been one of the most important games on your radar, but after seven years of operation, it finally closed its doors yesterday, waving farewell to a longstanding and dedicated player community in the process. While nothing can make...