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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The Daily Grind: What MMO meme should be retired in 2024?
Jumping back into WoW Classic with the new fresh start servers has been quite the amazing (and nostalgic!) experience. But I was taken aback...
WoW Factor: A World of Warcraft housing wishlist
To the surprise of basically no one who is at least passingly familiar with me over the past several years, I am indeed still...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MOP stories of 2024
As you're reading this, it's Thanksgiving night, and the end-of-the-year insanity is about to begin. You're going to be treated to a whole ton...
Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs are more popular than you think
Last week, I ended the Vague Patch Notes column with something of a tease suggesting that maybe, just maybe, MMORPGs are not an unpopular...
Overwatch 2 heralds a refined and updated Overwatch Champions Series returning in January
Regular readers know that Overwatch 2 isn't done with esports; it's just done with swollen esports leagues, having replaced the cancelled Overwatch League with...
Perfect Ten: Lessons from unsuccessful MMORPGs that I wish designers would learn
I have been writing about this genre for far too long now and seen far too many games with genuinely good elements completely fail...
Casually Classic: WoW Classic Classic is more than just another hit of nostalgia
Out of all of the things that I didn't expect to be on my 2024 MMO bingo sheet was "Getting absolutely sucked into a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have pointless – but fun – PvP?
Eliot's article about World of Warcraft's 20th anniversary festivities reminded me of something dumb I loved to do back in the olden days of...
Warcraft III Reforged 2.0 has been another buggy mess, Warcraft I and II remaster art draws criticism
They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression, but there was some hope held among Blizzard fans when the...
Diablo Immortal launches Eve of Unmaking this week – and a new backlash mechanic
Diablo Immortal is preparing for its next big patch because what could ever go wrong popping in a patch right before Thanksgiving?
The core of...
Perfect Ten: The allure of a fresh start MMO server
This week, WoW Classic activated another set of "fresh start" servers -- something that it's been doing pretty much annually since 2019. Yet even...
Diablo IV to test Patch 2.1’s armory and witchcraft systems in early December
The date is rapidly approaching for Diablo IV to begin testing its first big expansion update, as Patch 2.1 will go onto the public...
So the WoW Classic Classic fresh start anniversary launch last night was pretty smooth
If you're starting to get that déjà vu feeling in WoW Classic, it's because 2024 is looking like 2019 is looking like 2004. The...
Massively Overthinking: Breaking the load-bearing mechanics in MMORPGs
The parable of Chesterton's Fence has been making the rounds on social media this week in a political context, but I want to talk...
WoW Classic Classic launches tonight with fresh progression servers and some changes
It's (re)launch day for WoW Classic, as Blizzard opens the doors this evening to a batch of fresh start megaservers around the globe starting...
Vague Patch Notes: The ridiculous marketing doublespeak around MMORPGs
There is a lot to make fun of when it comes to New World, and it comes in many forms, from excusing bad decisions...
The WoW Classic Classic anniversary rollout is getting an Oceania server after all
When Blizzard announced World of Warcraft Classic Classic would run with megaservers - PvE in US West, PvP and Hardcore in US East -...
Overwatch 2 unveils its newest tank hero Hazard along with a weekend trial for the character
Who's ready for a new tank option in Overwatch 2? And what if that tank option was like Mega Man but big, muscly, and...
Perfect Ten: Utterly silly MMO transmedia synergy over the years
Remember back when Trion Worlds tried to coin -- or cement -- the term "transmedia synergy" for the relationship between Defiance the game and Defiance the...
The patch notes for tomorrow’s WoW Classic and WoW Classic Classic update are upon us
If you've done the Silithus war effort before in World of Warcraft or even more recent versions of WoW Classic, you might have a...
