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 The War Within launches August 26, Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred launches October 8
As some rightly predicted while looking at the end of Pandaria Remix on August 19th, World of Warcraft's next expansion is coming very soon...
Global Chat: FFXIV’s out-of-control cutscene scene
Here's a terrifying and fascinating fact: Did you know that Final Fantasy XIV's cutscenes now total up to 159 hours of non-interactive, viewable-only content?
Gamer...
Vague Patch Notes: Chasing the metagame in MMOs isn’t the metagame at all
So a few weeks back, I did a column on what the metagame actually is in MMORPG, and then I discussed how noob traps...
Diablo IV and Diablo Immortal mark their respective anniversaries with March of the Goblins events
Blizzard is combining two anniversaries into one this week, as both Diablo IV and Diablo Immortal have been in operation for one and two...
World of Warcraft answers crafting questions about The War Within
World of Warcraft's The War Within beta is in full swing, and that means that this is the ideal time for players to advocate...
Massively Overthinking: If you lost your account in your main MMORPG, would you start over?
The other day, MOP's Justin came into our work chat understandably nervous because he couldn't log into his Lord of the Rings Online account;...
Warcraft Rumble rolls into its first raid with Molten Core
The iconic World of Warcraft vanilla raid now gets its own pint-sized version in Warcraft Rumble, as the mobile title introduced Molten Core this...
World of Warcraft: The War Within begins beta testing
"To preserve our world, we must face the shadow."
With this call to action, World of Warcraft's newest expansion invites in beta testers from around...
Former City of Heroes developers talk design chaos, sequels, and the MMO’s enduring legacy
Last night, I happened to log into City of Heroes Homecoming just as the team was posting up the promised mega Q&A with former...
Perfect Ten: 10 reasons World of Warcraft is pure cozy comfort
There's something weird and fun that happens in my brain around this time of year, which is that I start to get into a...
WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery ‘is cruising along’ as Blizzard delays Phase 4
Remember when WoW Classic's Season of Discovery was the new hotness that had everyone's attention? That era seems to have passed -- at least...
Second Wind: World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight story dragonflies right off a cliff
We come now to the third part of our four-part Second Wind series on revisiting World of Warcraft after quitting at the end of...
New World is rolling out new layered instancing tech Amazon is calling ‘shards’
You might think this is just another post about murdering bunnies in New World, but you're only partly correct. New World is in fact...
First Impressions: Corepunk’s MOBA-esque closed alpha was fun – with lots of room to grow
I've got a pretty good poker face, especially when nobody can see my face. So I've been pretty subtle about my excitement for Corepunk...
World of Warcraft arrives on GeForce NOW’s cloud service, as Blizzard confirms support on the forums
Do you like yourself some cloud gaming? If so, there's a good chance you've investigated or used GeForce NOW's cloud platform, where a single...
The Daily Grind: Ships, mounts, or vehicles – do you have a preferred mount type in MMOs?
MOP's own Chris inspired today's Daily Grind as last week he was drooling all over the newly revealed Elite Dangerous spaceship. "Seeing this new...
The MOP Up: My Time at Sandrock will make you a proper Monster Whisperer
To start off our small news roundup this weekend, let's head over to co-op farm sim My Time at Sandrock, where the devs talked about...
One Shots: Stargazing for incoming asteroids
Now that you've got the Jurassic Park hymn playing in your head from today's headline picture, you're prepared to romp around with dinos, stick...
Blizzard throws anniversary celebrations for Diablo IV and Diablo Immortal
How can you top one birthday celebration? By stacking another one on top of it, of course. And that's the two-hellbirds-with-one-stone approach that Blizzard...
MMO Business Roundup: Activision owned cheatmaker EngineOwning
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news! Business business business and all that.
EngineOwning got owned - File this one...
