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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.

Battle Bards Episode 228: Cheery MMO dungeons

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Not every dungeon has to be a drab and dour affair — a fact that sent the Battle Bards searching for the cheeriest tunes...

Casually Classic: Six reasons hardcore servers make WoW Classic worthwhile

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The first time that I heard about the unofficial "Hardcore Classic" scene for WoW Classic, I didn't get it. The idea of voluntary permadeath...

Tencent’s not-a-WoW-clone Tarisland snagged a former World of Warcraft composer for its score

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It's not every day that a new MMORPG even talks about its composer or score, let alone sends 'round a press release talking up...
It's all the money we don't have!

Layoffs hit Blizzard’s Hearthstone team as Chris Metzen upgrades to new World of Warcraft exec title

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Tuesday marked another dark day for the teams at Blizzard once again, with news coming out that the studio is being hit with more...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 438: EverQuest what’s next?

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Justin and Bree discuss the potential for EverQuest 3, the LOTRO remaster's cancelation, EVE Fanfest's EVE Online Havoc and EVE Vanguard reveals, WoW Classic's about-face on LFD, Pantheon's new art style, and Marvel Heroes' code leak, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and Glitch Odd Giants.

Not So Massively: The growing field of StarCraft II spiritual successors

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StarCraft II ranks very highly on my list of my favourite games of all time, but while it remains popular, it is in maintenance...
Call of Boredom.

Diablo’s Inaris and Lillith are among the guest characters being sold in Call of Duty Season 6

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The current iterations of Call of Duty are apparently going to be absolutely awash in things when Season 6 arrives to Modern Warfare II...
Cutty time

Global Chat: Coming around on WoW Classic’s hardcore mode

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With World of Warcraft Hardcore Classic out for a month now, it's continuing to show no quarter while it captures the interest of prior...
well then

UK government body ‘opens the door’ for Microsoft’s buyout of Activision-Blizzard in preliminary approval

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The long shoving match between Microsoft and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) looks to be nearing its final stretch. The CMA has...
NOW KISS

Vague Patch Notes: So what actually kills MMO communities?

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Since we're busy getting a front-row seat to World of Warcraft adding the dungeon finder again, only this time it's WoW Classic, we are...

This year’s World of Warcraft Brewfest event includes new quests in the Dragon Isles

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On the very brink of autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere, MMORPGs are breaking out the pumpkin spice... and the Oktoberfest brews. So it...
Just absolute galaxy brain

WoW Factor: So Blizzard backtracked on WoW Classic’s dungeon finder

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So in April last year, I wrote a whole article about how World of Warcraft's development team was taking a gigantic misstep when it...

EG7 hopes to develop a new EverQuest MMORPG (EverQuest 3?) for 2028 after years of rumors

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So, who had EverQuest 3 announcement on the 2023 predictions list? We award you half points for your prescience tonight. Admittedly, a new installment in...
Hey-nonny-nonny

Perfect Ten: 10 MMO things you can just stop waiting for

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Sooner or later we all have to face facts and accept that something we wanted at one point is never actually going to happen....
zoop badoop

Massively OP Podcast Episode 437: The MMO moving-in blues

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Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online Incursion, WoW's Guardians of the Dream, LOTRO's River Hobbit housing and the Mariner, and Elder Scrolls Online's update 40, with a podcast topic on the financial barriers to returning to MMOs.

Overwatch 2 is re-running past content for all three weeks of its first birthday events

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Can you believe it's already been almost a year since Blizzard pushed Overwatch 2 out the door without the key thing that set it...
COME ON, CRAIG

World of Warcraft PvP ‘kick macro’ exploit sends Blizzard scurrying to fix it

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The competitive scene in World of Warcraft is, well, fairly competitive, and players often look for any edge they can get over the competition....

Talk Like a Pirate Day around the MMO world, 2023 edition

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When the internet was younger, Talk Like a Pirate Day was a huge event, the kind of harmless fun every brand and MMO got...
Everything old is claimed to be new again.

WoW Classic pits players against the Lich King – with the dungeon finder – on October 10

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Finally, at long last, players will get a chance to kill the Lich King in World of Warcraft! That is, if you somehow missed...

Diablo II Resurrected outlines modes and timing for September 28’s Ladder Season 5

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It's almost time to climb the ladder once again in Diablo II: Resurrected once again, assuming you're the sort who likes ladder climbing: Ladders...

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