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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Casually Classic: Eight legacy MMOs to satisfy that old school craving
It was just five years ago in 2018 that MassivelyOP formally recognized an interesting and heartening trend in the MMO space: the rise of...
Diablo IV promises ‘a level of agency never previously offered’
Diablo IV may not be serving up Burger King's Whoppers, but it too is promising that you can have it your way. Blizzard's upcoming...
That NetEase lawsuit against Blizzard turns out to have been a… bizarre clerical error?
Yesterday, we - and just about everyone else in the industry - picked up a Wowhead story about a lawsuit being lodged by NetEase...
The Daily Grind: How could Blizzard make World of Warcraft more appealing to former players?
Eliot's column about World of Warcraft feeling like a dead mall struck a chord with our commenters, many of whom agreed with the feels...
Call of Duty is getting a board game – with a Kickstarter planned for this fall
There's a point in the movie Spaceballs where it lampooned a certain franchise's merchandising zeal, but it likely didn't account for the Call of...
World of Warcraft discusses goals and plans for Mythic+ affixes and dungeons
The Blizzard developers who make up the team behind World of Warcraft's Mythic+ dungeons took an hour out of their day to hold a...
Blizzard says Diablo IV ‘is not intended to be played forever’ and teases a ‘pinnacle boss’
Those who had daydreams of playing Diablo IV 'til doomsday might be disappointed to learn that there is an apparent end to its progression...
NetEase is suing Blizzard for 300M CN¥ over licensing agreements [Updated]
We've updated this story at the end as NetEase's name has been removed from the lawsuit. The original article follows.
If you thought the NetEase...
Tencent’s World of Warcraft clone, Tarisland, plans global rollout
The vacuum created by World of Warcraft's closure in China back in January created an opportunity for a new title to fill that void:...
Overwatch 2 is fighting cheaters, fixing matchmaking, and saving Lifeweaver
Overwatch 2 has kicked out multiple dev blogs this week, and they touch on matters that are likely important to a vast swath of...
Global Chat: Black Desert is the MMO sandbox to beat
Those who wrote off or skipped by Black Desert on the way to other MMOs may be missing one of the best sandboxes on...
Warcraft Arclight Rumble devs talk XP level curve and exaggerated animations
While most of the eyes in the Blizzard universe are looking forward to WoW's 10.1 or some floofy Diablo sequel, there are a few...
Diablo IV is running a ‘Server Slam’ stress test the weekend of May 12
This morning, we noted the rumor that Blizzard might be plotting another Diablo IV beta, and during the studio's stream this afternoon, that's exactly...
World of Warcraft prepares more UI improvements and Diablo IV events
There's a whole lot coming with World of Warcraft's Update 10.1 early next month, but buried under all of the big ticket items will...
Diablo IV hints that a possible extra open beta test is coming soon [Update: Yep]
Diablo IV is up to something sneaky. You can tell because the game's Twitter account has been dropping some hints that seem to suggest...
Rumor: Throne & Liberty has been delayed to fall 2023, CBT arrives in May
Korean media are reporting today that NCsoft's Throne & Liberty has been delayed yet again, though of course since we've been waiting since 2014...
World of Warcraft previews Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible and flight in Zaralek Cavern
You there! Are you excited for Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible in World of Warcraft? Or, as you more likely remember it being called if...
Perfect Ten: 10 ways World of Warcraft feels like a dead mall
There was a time that I lived next to a very small mall that's tucked kind of out-of-the-way in a part of my state....
BlizzCon 2023 is still happening, Blizzard’s Mike Ybarra tells Twitter fans
Blizzard's fan-centered live event BlizzCon used to be one of the highlights of the year for the MMORPG genre - until COVID drove it...
Here’s how World of Warcraft’s cross-faction guilds will work in Embers of Neltharion
World of Warcraft players who've waited almost two decades to put all their toons from both sides of faction war into the same guild...
