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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Perfect Ten: The challenges of running challenge servers in MMOs
So there has been a bit of a kerfuffle over in the World of Warcraft world, which is a bit like saying that the...
Mike Morhaime’s Dreamhaven is publishing Moonshot’s cute new co-op space extraction shooter Wildgate
Last night, Mike Morhaime's new outfit, Dreamhaven, revealed multiple new games in development, at least one of which touches the orbit of the MMO...
World of Warcraft player Chimneytime has one mission: Stick players in chimneys
In Shadowlands, many World of Warcraft players were annoyed when the Jailer tried to pull the now-tired excuse that he was just attempting to shield...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 511: Heroes shall arise
Justin and Bree discuss Dune Awakening's monetization, Guild Wars 2 expansion delay, Marvel Heroes' rogue server, the decline of extraction RPGs (and demise of Seekers of Skyveil), and new MMOs Crosswind and Spirit Crossing, with adventures in LOTRO, World of Warcraft, and Sims 4.
Blizzard will rez hardcore WoW Classic characters after a DDOS wiped out OnlyFangs streamers
A fascinating firestorm of events and controversy erupted in WoW Classic's hardcore scene over the past 24 hours, starting with a DDOS attack that...
Recapping the Warcraft 30th anniversary tour’s Toronto stop
Despite the event selling out virtually instantaneously, I managed to be one of the lucky few to snag a ticket to the Toronto stop...
WoW Classic’s 20th anniversary servers are already up to Phase 3
It might only be March, but WoW Classic's newest servers are already barreling into their third phase of content.
Phase 3 landed on the servers...
Fight or Kite: PvPvE extraction game Legacy Steel and Sorcery is already showing promise in early access
Love 'em, hate 'em, or pine for the good old days, we are most certainly in the age of extraction RPGs. Just as spring...
Vague Patch Notes: If you have my money, you’d better have my video game
So over the last couple of weeks Lord of the Rings Online has made itself quite a mess to clean up. It's not the...
Hearthstone prepares for the Emerald Dream by refreshing its rewards track
Hearthstone is about to head into its next expansion on March 25th, but there are some housekeeping duties to be performed before this happens....
NetEase is slapping the wrists of nearly 12,000 WoW China cheaters – but it did name-and-shame most of them first
Veteran MMORPG players might recall that last year, Blizzard and NetEase renewed their once-broken partnership to run World of Warcraft (and some of Blizzard's...
Perfect Ten: Short but mighty playable MMO races
I like short races in MMOs. Not exclusively, but if there is an option to go small or go home, you can bet that...
Casually Classic: Are the new WoW Classic servers actually a Burning Crusade ‘waiting room?’
When Blizzard abruptly announced last November that it was launching the 20th anniversary servers -- WoW Classic Classic -- the studio gave many assurances...
Overwatch 2 collaborates with Kpop’s Le Sserafim (again) and previews Freja this weekend
Overwatch 2 is betting big on Korean cross-appeal as it hosts another collaboration with girl group Le Sserafim this month. The team shooter is...
World of Warcraft adds the Scarlet Enclave raid in Season of Discovery phase 8, coming April 8
We're just going to head off one piece of speculation at the pass: The real Scarlet Crusade was decidedly not the friends you made...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 510: Defiance defies the odds
Justin and Bree discuss the return of Defiance, the sale of Pokemon Go, World of Warcraft's housing, BlizzCon 2026, and Pantheon's PvP, with adventures in WoW and LOTRO, plus a mailbag topic on Dungeon Fighter Online and other deep-cut MMOs.
Diablo Immortal’s Writhing Wilds update releases this week with a new region and battleground
Last week, NetEase and Blizzard previewed Diablo Immortal's 2025 roadmap - and more specifically, the Writhing Wilds update that is literally on deck this...
Microsoft backtracks on its idea to use its generative AI Copilot to help Overwatch 2 players get good
Welcome to the age when gaming companies have constructed entire AI departments that are desperate to prove themselves relevant. That's why Microsoft was pushing...
First Impressions: Undermine(d) continues World of Warcraft’s winning streak
As my colleague Justin said in his piece on World of Warcraft's recent Undermine(d) patch, comedic content in MMOs can be divisive. I'm someone...
World of Warcraft walks back some earlier nerfs to Brann Bronzebeard’s tank spec
Last week, World of Warcraft decided that Delve companion Brann Bronzebeard's tank spec was making life a little too easy for players, so Blizzard...
