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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Rumor: Blizzard’s new WoW Classic survey once more raises hopes for a Classic Plus launch
If you're anywhere even adjacent to the WoW Classic playerbase, then you've probably seen rumblings about a "Classic Plus survey" making the rounds in...
PSA: Hackers hit World of Warcraft emulator TurtleWoW’s account database
As regular readers know, it's not our policy to report on emulators for MMORPGs that are actively running, and there are few that are...
The Game Archaeologist: A look back at proto-MMOs through the 1980s
Today I want to try something a little different as we look at MMORPG history. Rather than focus in on a single title or...
Hearthstone apologizes for the past 18 months, shares ‘Fun, Focus, and Fearless’ vision
While Hearthstone's brand-new Perils in Paradise expansion should be the talk of the game these days, Blizzard is instead doing damage control over an...
One Shots: Retrofuturism for rent
Here's your two-step process to make anything old look all futurey like something out of the Jetstons. Step one: Take a normal thing. Step...
World of Warcraft debuts the official cinematic trailer for The War Within
Are you ready to get hyped? Possibly confused? Perhaps you're going to wonder just who these people are? There's a little something for every...
Warcraft Rumble touches grass with the Cenarion Family, which you can earn in this week’s event
This summer's all about the Druids in Warcraft Rumble. Blizzard's mobile RTS released Season 7 this week, and with it, the first members of...
Overwatch 2 is pondering a potential return of the 6v6 format, but only after running some tests
When Overwatch 2 announced it would feature a change in team size from 6v6 to 5v5 in 2021, it was presented as a fundamental...
Massively Overthinking: How much research do you do before playing a new MMORPG?
On this week's MOP Podcast, Justin and I discussed our experiences in No Man's Sky (again), and both of us came to the conclusion...
Activision-Blizzard artists express anxiety and disgust as the studio foists AI tools on existing workers
Like it or not, AI tools are proliferating throughout gamedev, and the human cost is already being showcased. According to reporting from Wired, which...
Global Chat: Looking back at 15 years of World of Warcraft blogging
Fifteen years is a huge chunk of time to devote to both a video game and an ongoing blog covering it, but that's exactly...
Vague Patch Notes: Everything in an MMORPG is time-limited
Today, I want to talk to you about an event that you can no longer participate in within Final Fantasy XIV. It's an event...
World of Warcraft’s pre-patch for The War Within disables both warbanks and cross-realm trading because of bugs
If you look at the pre-expansion patch World of Warcraft delivers ahead of expansions as a dry run of the expansion itself, The War...
Stars Reach’s Raph Koster: ‘We’re going into space, and it’s going to be awesome’
Playable Worlds' Raph Koster is back with yet another batch of Stars Reach game pillars, the driving concepts behind the MMORPG sandbox's design. We've...
Blizzard’s World of Warcraft team just formed a wall-to-wall multidisciplinary WoWGG union
Man, it's been a long, long time coming, but Blizzard Entertainment workers have finally formed a wall-to-wall union, specifically meaning that it includes everyone...
Hearthstone’s Perils in Paradise expansion has released
It's time for some fun in the sun in Hearthstone, as this week brought the Perils in Paradise expansion to the digital CCG, featuring...
Diablo IV deep dives Spiritborn guardians, Diablo Immortal runs a dungeon event
Which version of Diablo are you playing these days? If it's Diablo Immortal, then you have the opportunity to take part of a "Risk...
The Soapbox: Why MMOs are the ultimate creature comforts
As long as I can remember, I've been an avid fan of re-consuming my favorite forms of media. I used to read the same...
Perfect Ten: 10 times MMOs appeared in TV and movies
It's always surreal when real MMOs cross the divide between niche and mainstream to be referenced in television and films. Depending on how you...
Former World of Warcraft general manager John Hight is named president of WotC and digital gaming
Back in the middle of June, we learned that World of Warcraft general manager John Hight was stepping down from his position in pursuit...
