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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Hearthstone’s pre-patch for The Great Dark Beyond set arrives today
An observer can get whiplash trying to follow the flurry of Hearthstone expansions every year -- and lo and behold, here comes another one....
Diablo IV’s Halloween event challenges you to meat or treat this week
Is there a better place to spend a virtual Halloween than Diablo IV's Sanctuary? Maybe? Maybe not, but you're invited to trick-or-treat there anyway....
WarCraft III Reforged’s temporary 2.0 version update on an internal PTR sparks rumors of a revival
Four years ago, Blizzard gave the world Warcraft III: Reforged. It was... not good: Our own Eliot referred to it in his first impressions...
Overwatch 2 tests format changes to 5v5 and 6v6 modes
Your game has producer's letters? Good for you, but Overwatch 2 has director's takes! Which are... kind of the same thing, but they sound...
The MOP Up: Fae Farm launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and Windows Store
The magical co-op realm of Fae Farm expanded to even more platforms this past week: "Phoenix Labs today celebrated the release of Fae Farm...
One Shots: The destiny of dragons
World of Warcraft may not be in the Dragonflight era any longer, but The War Within's first big content update had a lot of love for...
World of Warcraft’s Hallow’s End Halloween event returns
World of Warcraft isn't just about marking its 20th anniversary and selling exorbitantly priced dino mounts; it's also joining in the Halloween festivities across...
Design Mockument: Alternate trinities in MMORPGs and the challenge of other roles
The trinity has been a truism of MMO design now for about as long as it wasn't. I came up during the small times...
World of Warcraft is selling a $90 dino mount to ‘celebrate’ its 20th birthday
The Warcraft franchise has been around for 30 years, and so maybe you feel like you have just ridden on as many bats, gryphons,...
Blizzard’s BlizzCon-substitute ‘what’s next’ stream for the Warcraft franchise airs next month
As World of Warcraft is throwing a 20th anniversary rager to end all ragers this week, it's totally not confusing at all for Blizzard...
Diablo IV lets you send a ‘real toxic bouquet’ to a friend (or enemy) for Halloween
Leave it to a game that once figured out how to combine 11 herbs and spices of KFC with the 11 torments of hell...
Perfect Ten: 2024’s MMO soundtrack themes ranked from worst to best
Try not to whip your head around all suspicious-like to check out the past 10 months, but 2024 has been a bonanza for MMO...
World of Warcraft DPS players stage group finder protests over recent balance changes
When World of Warcraft kicked off its latest patch, it was ostensibly focused on the MMORPG's 20th anniversary, which is pretty understandable. However, there...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 490: What’s old is new again
Justin and Bree discuss New World, Wayfinder, Pax Dei, Tarisland, DDO, and Ultima Online, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, New World, WoW, and LOTRO, with a mailbag topic on solo vs. group MMO play.
World of Warcraft launches the ‘biggest anniversary in the history of Azeroth’ today
As promised, Blizzard is kicking off the big 20th anniversary celebration for World of Warcraft this afternoon. Is it actually WoW's 20th anniversary? Well,...
Not So Massively: ZeroSpace is the last hope for multiplayer RTS fans
All right, that headline is a bit of hyperbole, but it does reflect how I'm feeling right now.
A bit over a year ago, I...
The Daily Grind: Do you have a weekly MMO routine or are you more freeform?
World of Warcraft's "weekly reset" on Tuesday eventually became the anchor point around which entire routines were built, including mine. I like the predictability of...
World of Warcraft expands dracthyr classes for its 20th birthday, plus Blizzard patches Hearthstone and Diablo IV
Blizzard is busy this time of year, in just about every one of its online games. Let's start with World of Warcraft, as Blizzard...
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs rely on other people – but what does that really mean?
Now that we're done with Leveling Month in Vague Patch Notes, is there another topic I can turn into a month-and-change of column topics?...
WoW Classic deploys a new test build for the Firelands raid until October 18
Readers likely recall that WoW Classic's PTR testing for the Firelands raid began at the beginning of September, and that testing has once more...
