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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One Shots: Come on and give us a hug!
Normally I'm all about hugs. Hugs make you feel accepted and protected and -- on a cold day -- allow you to leech heat...
WoW Factor: The real reason World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm world revamp was awful
'Tis the season for all of us, once again, to talk about the deeply unpleasant and disappointing expansion that was World of Warcraft: Cataclysm,...
The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO trend of 2023?
Layoffs.
No, really, I suspect "thousands of game devs being laid off from nearly every major game studio and also some of the small ones"...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2024
It's time once again for the MOP staff and readers to engage in our favorite end-of-the-year MMO: collectively guessing what's going to happen next...
Vague Patch Notes: What you can’t forget in MMOs
Years ago, I had a relationship with someone I met in Final Fantasy XI. It wasn't a good or solid relationship by any stretch...
Diablo IV and Diablo II Resurrected dish out new and returning holiday events, respectively
Just because you're slaughtering the legions of Hell doesn't mean you can't celebrate the holiday season... by slaughtering more of the legions of Hell....
Casually Classic: The seven most important things that happened in WoW Classic this year
What did Blizzard assume would happen with WoW Classic when it rolled out this legacy version of the MMO in 2019? I honestly have...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2023
Some years, it's hard to really cut a distinction between the biggest stories of a year and the biggest surprises. There can be a...
World of Warcraft starts internal dev testing of The War Within
While 2024 looks to be a fashionable year to end your expansion titles on a preposition, World of Warcraft: The War Within already kicked...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 449: We didn’t start the Light No Fire
Justin and Bree discuss MMO holiday events, Light No Fire, The Day Before, and EverQuest, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, WoW Classic, and Project Gorgon, plus mailbag topics on holiday gaming memories and Marvel Snap.
Diablo Immortal’s Spintered Souls update lets players summon helpful (and horrifying) familiars
They're combat pets! They're heavy metal Pokemon! They're familiars, and they're the tentpole feature of the Splintered Souls update of Diablo Immortal! And just...
Diablo IV previews its upcoming Midwinter Blight event in new video
How exactly is the festive season going to look in the blood-drenched OARPG Diablo IV? You can probably guess that there will be some...
World of Warcraft answers community council questions about the future of Season of Discovery
Apparently the lip service payment that is World of Warcraft's community council still exists, Blizzard is still fielding its questions, and the studio is...
Warcraft Rumble brings a new troop, new PvP map, and a wintertime gift in its second season
Warcraft Rumble, Blizzard's recently released mobile multiplayer game that we found to be "slick but shambolic," has moved on to its second season this...
One Shots: Entering the portal to adventure
I'll never get tired of that tiny thrill of rolling a new character and getting that sense of taking the first steps of a...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2023 MMO predictions
We've been offering up an MMO predictions list for Massively Overthinking for years upon years now as our writers and readers prognosticate on the...
WoW Factor: The content issues World of Warcraft must address in The War Within
Last week, I talked about the story issues that World of Warcraft really needs to address in some form as we move forward into...
First Impressions: Nexon’s THE FINALS blends the best features of Overwatch, Valorant, and Titanfall
As a true gamer through and through, I’ve played my fair share of games. By now I’ve probably played every genre of video game...
MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, Twitch Korea, and the FTC’s latest MS/ABK merger appeal
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
The FTC vs. Microsoft and ABK - Surely you didn't think that "signing the...
Vague Patch Notes: Waiting for the MMORPG endings that are never coming
It took some real courage for Naoki Yoshida to get up and announce that Final Fantasy XIV was ending. After an enormously successful run,...
