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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.

With Your Destiny and Asta close down

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We truly do hate to be the bearers of bad news, especially when that news has to do with the demise of an MMO....

World of Warcraft to reveal newest expansion next week

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What will World of Warcraft's next expansion be? Forget speculation -- you'll be finding out for real in a little over a week. Blizzard announced...

Global Chat: Do you crave human interaction in MMOs?

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I've long been an advocate of "playing alone together" in MMOs. While I enjoy grouping and teaming up to a degree, mostly I want...
MAKE ME

Diablo III explains the benefits offered by Kanai’s Cube

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Your Diablo III characters lead lives in which every new artifact is judged on its ability to crush, exsanguinate, and electrocute every enemy within...
We'll defend against whoever in the world we're at war with. Probably ourselves.

Is Blizzard’s mystery Gamescom conference about WoW?

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Blizzard being at Gamescom is in and of itself neither unusual nor unique. Gamescom is just one of those conventions that the company attends,...

Not So Massively: HoN Tour season four; cheating in Hearthstone and League of Legends

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It's been a busy week for online gaming, with Star Citizen releasing alpha patch 1.15 and delving into the details of its new audio...

World of Warcraft is really, really big

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One thing we grizzled World of Warcraft veterans tend to fondly remember are the naked gnome races that showed us just how big --...

The Game Archaeologist: Kingdom of Drakkar

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Kingdom of Drakkar, also known as Drakkar or even Kingdom of Drakkar II, is a really odd duck among the annals of MMO history....

The Daily Grind: Have you ever used performance-enhancing drugs while MMOing?

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Last week, a former pro e-sports player went on the record to say that he -- and pretty much everyone else in the top...

Massively Overthinking: Dealing with toxicity in MMO communities

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This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Kickstarter donor Dahui, who asks, "What do you think MMO developers can do to try to minimize...
Always the same.

Diablo III previews the Ruins of Sescheron for patch 2.3

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In one respect, Diablo III is fairly littered with powerful treasures. That's the core of its gameplay. You are assaulted by a rain of...

Hearthstone’s second expansion is called The Grand Tournament

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Blizzard's big Hearthstone announcement is an expansion called The Grand Tournament. It was revealed on a livestream earlier this afternoon, and it's got a...

The Daily Grind: What was your first day in an MMO like?

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Can you remember? Can you recall your very first day playing an MMO? Or has it been so long that time's made a mockery...

World of Warcraft Death Knight solos world boss

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Has your group ever wiped on World of Warcraft's Supreme Lord Kazzak world boss? If so, you're bad and you should feel bad, because...

Blizz releases Heroes of the Storm Leoric trailer

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Heroes of the Storm, "a raucous online team browser starring your favorite Blizzard characters," has just released a trailer for what is presumably one...

World of Warcraft raiding guild wipes 472 times before beating mythic Hellfire raid

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How many times do you usually tolerate a full group wipe before calling it a night? Three? Four? Now imagine if your guild has...
This is not ambiguous. It actually seems pretty straightforward.

World of Warcraft’s patch 6.2.1 will let you betray your faction for queue times

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The factional split between the Horde and the Alliance in World of Warcraft has taken a drubbing for a while, simply because the two...

Raph Koster: Crowfall ‘can feel more like a living world’

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ArtCraft's Raph Koster is the star witness of an in-depth interview in which he discusses the development of Crowfall using the perspective of his...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Trinity dependence in Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns

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I don't know about you lot, but I really enjoy ArenaNet's Points of Interest livestream that airs on its official Twitch channel. It contains a massive...

Warcraft movie footage smuggled from SDCC

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Well, you know that someone had to be the sneaky one and record the Warcraft movie footage from the San Diego Comic Con. And...

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