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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.

Wayfinder studio Airship Syndicate is laying off a dozen staff as execs reduce their own pay

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If you've seen the rumors on Twitter this afternoon that Wayfinder's team is suffering layoffs, well, I'm sorry to report that they're true, and...

Diablo IV’s brand-new lunar new year event, Lunar Awakening, begins February 6

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Diablo IV is joining the long list of online games celebrating lunar new year: On February 6th, Blizzard kicks off Lunar Awakening for the...

Diablo Immortal’s Tong-Shi’s Renewal celebrates Lunar New Year early starting tomorrow

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Tomorrow's Diablo Immortal update ushers in the Diablo equivalent of Lunar New Year celebrations with Tong-Shi's Renewal limited-time event. "Tong-Shi—a god of the Xian pantheon—invites...
I live through killing!

Massively OP Podcast Episode 455: Odyssey to the abyss

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Justin and Bree discuss Riot's and Blizzard's layoffs, the death of Blizzard's Odyssey, Palworld, Kritika, The Day Before, and Star Trek Online, with adventures in Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on memorable fluff loot.
It's sort of like compensation.

A Blizzard dev cleverly yoinked a decade of WoW sub time before layoffs

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It's one thing to leverage a whole mountain of in-game gold into being able to play World of Warcraft for free, but it's another...

The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too

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In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...
WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO KISS

The first two Warcraft games and the original Diablo are now on Battle.net

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For too long, you have had to live in a universe where your only access to the original Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, its sequel...
Oh look, quick development.

WoW Classic Season of Discovery’s next phase includes Gnomeregan raid, but no more GDKP runs

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The next phase for WoW Classic's Season of Discovery servers is imminent, and Blizzard is sharing some -- but not all -- of the...
Blue-green complement!

Johanna Faries is the new president of Blizzard following Mike Ybarra’s ouster

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Following last week's layoffs, it didn't seem likely that the potentially frozen throne at the head of Blizzard Entertainment would remain vacant for long....

One Shot: Surveying my domain

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Good day, captain! Now that you've been beamed down by your mutinous crew and marooned on an ice planet, you might as well enjoy...

Tarisland’s new story trailer takes another cue from World of Warcraft

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Tarisland fans have not been wanting for fuel to power the mighty hype engines of this upcoming MMORPG. On top of dev blogs and...

What we knew about Blizzard’s now-dead survival game, Odyssey

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The history of Blizzard's game development includes a graveyard full of titles that never made it to launch, including the likes of Starcraft Ghost,...
WHOOPS

Microsoft lays off 1900 workers: Blizzard sheds Mike Ybarra, its survival game, and its customer support in one day

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We've updated this story at the bottom with some of the latest news that has come forth about the scope of the layoffs and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 454: MMO roadmap roundup

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Justin and Bree discuss the 2024 roadmaps for Lord of the Rings Online, Lost Ark, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, EVE Online, Elder Scrolls Online, New World, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Wayfinder, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, and City of Heroes.

Diablo IV’s robot-filled Season of the Construct is live – here are the patch notes

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Diablo IV's Sanctuary is already a pretty dangerous place what with all of the demonic threats crawling around it, but as of today its...

Blizzard revives Overwatch 2 esports with the newly announced Overwatch Champions Series

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Remember back before Christmas when it became clear that Overwatch League, the bajillion-dollar esports league that embroiled global investors and players and then was...

Global Chat: The EverQuest Fippy Awards

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The EverQuest Show is starting the year with a for-fun awards ceremony featuring the two EverQuest MMOs. Who will win? Who will lose? Will this be...

Order and Chaos franchise returns with Guardians, a team-based RPG with ‘MMO-style advancement’

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To channel the spirit of one Obi-Wan Kenobi, "Now that's a name I haven't heard for a long time. A long time." The name in...

Warcraft Rumble gets heated with next week’s Season 3 patch

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Blizzard's mobile Warcraft spin-off is warming up to 2024 -- quite literally. The studio announced that the third season for Warcraft Rumble is set to...

Diablo IV fleshes out the Seneschal companions coming in Season of the Construct

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Last night's Blizzard stream on Diablo IV's already well-fleshed-out Season of the Construct dropped both eyecandy and details on the upcoming content. "Associate director...

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