blizzard

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.

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...

Global Chat: How Marvel Heroes made a dad a hero

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I love a good customer service story, because it reminds me that a lot goes right behind-the-scenes at MMOs that's hardly ever reported. Braxwolf...
Cool times.

World of Warcraft provides a guide to going back in time to the Nexus

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Being a mage wasn't a good thing back in World of Warcraft's second expansion, since the dragon aspect of magic had decided that mortal...

Skeletal King Leoric joins the Heroes of the Storm brawl

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You can't keep a mad king down, they say. Diablo's Leoric is the latest champion to join Heroes of the Storm's roster. Having scrabbled his...

You can’t see the new Warcraft trailer, but you can read about it

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Last week's San Diego Comic Con was of great interest to World of Warcraft fans, as Director Duncan Jones led a panel of the...

Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s Awakening and Heroes of Newerth’s new character Skrap

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This week in not-so-massive online games, third-person MOBA SMITE confirmed that it's raised over $640,000 in competitive tournament prize money through sales and crowdfunding...

Hearthstone drops more possible Argent Tournament clues

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Oh Hearthstone, you tease you! After delivering an announcement about an upcoming announcement, Blizzard posted a cryptic short story on the game's website that...
Great old.

The Daily Grind: What do you do when you ‘finish’ your main MMO goals?

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There's a sense of satisfaction when you wrap up a big set of goals. You're downed the last boss of the last raid tier...

The Game Archaeologist: The Sims Online

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The Sims Online was one of the odder entrants into the MMO genre, an online iteration of an immensely popular game franchise that promised...
And STILL champEEEEN

World of Warcraft timewalks to the Halls of Lightning and reveals SDCC goodies

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If nothing else, the timewalking dungeons in World of Warcraft have proven a great opportunity to look back at dungeons that you may have...
Oh boy, not ready.

WoW Factor: Draenor’s imminent content drought

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We know that Hellfire Citadel is going to be the last raid in World of Warcraft's current expansion. We know that the expansion wasn't...

Perfect Ten: Ten lessons I learned as an MMO healer

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Back in my World of Warcraft and RIFT days, I spent an awful lot of time in dungeon runs as a healer. I even...
Gotta fly these things somehwere, guys.

Take a look at the Warcraft movie scenery VR-style

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Do you want to properly simulate the feeling of flying through World of Warcraft on the back of a gryphon? There's an app for...

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