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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World of Warcraft aims a round of class balance adjustments (and yes, nerfs) at August 13
It's time once again to hem and haw about classes in World of Warcraft. A patch full of balance tweaks is on the way...
WoW Factor: The black mark of World of Warcraft’s player economy
Sometimes, I like to play a little game with MOP's Bree. I say I like to because the game is "Give Bree An Aneurysm,"...
The Soapbox: If MMO classes aren’t broken, please leave ’em alone
Last week was a pretty big one for Lord of the Rings Online. The 17-year-old MMO opened up a pair of new progression servers,...
World of Warcraft attempts to catch you up on The War Within’s storyline
Considering how convoluted, nonsensical, and expansive World of Warcraft's story has been over the past few decades, we'd say it might be best to...
Massively Overthinking: Is financial honesty the best policy for struggling MMORPGs?
Back in June, at the height of the New World Aeternum announcement debacle, we did an Overthinking about what Amazon was doing - and...
Vague Patch Notes: Is it time for MMORPGs to start embracing romance?
The other day, I was writing about Baldur's Gate 3 celebrating its anniversary with statistics about all the companions that people have smooched over...
Diablo IV’s recipe bug benefits seasonal players – and Blizzard isn’t stopping it
Blizzard's long been the studio that's earned the moniker "Fun Police" as it quite routinely stamped out any enjoyable quirks or non-harmful exploits that...
Perfect Ten: 10 tabletop games based on World of Warcraft
So here's what inspired this particular article: I was thinking about board games based upon MMOs of various scales because the other day I...
World of Warcraft’s latest lore video pays a visit to the Nerubian realm
As we march through the final weeks before World of Warcraft's newest expansion arrives, Blizzard is parceling out a series of lore videos to...
Diablo Immortal’s August update arrives tomorrow with a huge batch of events
Diablo Immortal is two years old and diving into its third year with another modest content update: The release rolls out to American players at...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 479: The MMO that must not be named
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, World of Warcraft, Bungie, Ashes of Creation, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG Legends.
Fight or Kite: Marvel Rivals replaces Overwatch heroes with Marvel flair
I don’t think we’ll ever be certain, but I am pretty sure I can guess exactly how Marvel Rivals was initially created. Someone walked...
Diablo IV brings wave survival and widespread gameplay tweaks in todays Season of the Infernal Hordes
It's pretty clear that Diablo IV is about killing hordes of demons, but as of today's latest Season of the Infernal Hordes launch, there...
Microsoft creates a small team to pump out AA titles of Blizzard franchises
Thought that Microsoft was going to drop $72 billion on Activision Blizzard and then allow the studio to continue operation with no interference whatsoever?...
The Daily Grind: What quality-of-life update revitalized your MMO experience?
You know what, sometimes I don't need a full-fledged expansion to renew my love and involvement in an MMO. Sometimes all it takes is...
Global Chat: Reporting from the land of Throne and Liberty
Heartless Gamer put down a whole lot of thoughts about the recent Throne and Liberty global beta, saying that while the MMO has plenty...
Not So Massively: Stormgate was not ready for early access
As the first of StarCraft II's spiritual successors to make it to a public launch, Stormgate will be releasing free to play for all...
Design Mockument: How to make housing work in World of Warcraft
Editor's note: This column was originally published in August 2024, a full three months before we knew WoW is actually getting housing with the...
World of Warcraft offers a free weekend as the Radiant Echoes event gets revised and pre-patch bugs continue
The good news for World of Warcraft fans - or perhaps we should say lapsed fans - is that if you're curious about how...
Diablo IV shares patch notes and discusses gameplay adjustments arriving with Season 5
Diablo IV is practically gushing with information ahead of its upcoming Season 5 launch on August 6th, with Blizzard offering up a developer livestream...
