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: Save the teddy bear, save the world
In any other MMO, a child's teddy bear is usually nothing more than a sign of innocence or an environmental storytelling cue. In The...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why haven’t I burned out on LOTRO yet?
None of what I'm about to write is to meant to be self-promotion - just observation. It really hit me the other day how...
Into the Super-Verse: Looking back on Champions Online, 15 years later
I hadn't even really thought about the fact that Champions Online has been out for 15 years now until I saw the anniversary post...
Diablo IV brings back Diablo II’s Runewords for its Vessel of Hatred expansion
If you heard the earth-shattering rumble of millions of Diablo fans cheering in approval, it's probably because the news came out that Blizzard is...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs without player housing in 2024
Last week, Guild Wars 2 became the latest western MMORPG to finally add proper housing, with pages lifted straight out of Wildstar and RIFT....
Perfect Ten: Underrated MMOs that deserve a second look in 2024
We've all been there at one time or another. We've been playing the same-old favorite MMO for a long time and then suddenly feel...
RuneScape fans revolt over Jagex’s second subscription fee hike in three years
Welp, the party is over for RuneScape fans: Jagex has once again announced that it's raising the price of the game.
"Membership pricing has been...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 482: The war within two expansion launches
Justin, Bree, and Colin discuss Guild Wars 2 Janthir Wilds, World of Warcraft The War Within, Elder Scrolls Online's U43, DDO's Myth Drannor, Dune Awakening, and Path of Exile 2.
The Soapbox: Paid MMO headstarts foster segregation and resentment in exchange for a revenue boost
The weekend before World of Warcraft: The War Within's global launch was not the same as past launches. In the lead up to the...
World of Warcraft cites ‘significant combat advantage’ for today’s War Within leveling nerf
Just because it's a brand-new expansion and era for World of Warcraft doesn't mean that old Blizzard isn't still lurking around. Indeed, the Fun...
World of Warcraft: The War Within racks up player praise and frustrated memes along with hotfixes
Yesterday saw World of Warcraft's latest expansion, The War Within, open to everyone who plays the game (rather than just those who pre-ordered the...
World of Warcraft The War Within officially releases today
If you've managed to dodge all of the pre-order access spoilers both unofficial and official, congratulations: Your reward is the ability to play World...
World of Warcraft’s Holly Longdale on WoW’s missteps: ‘We should have listened more’
While Dragonflight proved to be a turning point for World of Warcraft after two expansions of downward trajectory, Blizzard Vice President Holly Longdale says...
Global Chat: Recapping World of Warcraft’s Pandaria Remix
With Pandaria Remix now officially over and done in World of Warcraft, it's time to move on... right after some post-mortem analysis, of course....
World of Warcraft officially joins in on the War Within spoiler party with major story cutscenes
Yesterday we pointed out how headstart for World of Warcraft: The War Within was already seeing players who were actively spoiling the story ahead...
WoW Factor: Leaving World of Warcraft’s Dragon Isles for good
Vallin didn't like boats. Lots of Dwarves did, he knew he was the outlier in that regard, but he had never cared for them....
World of Warcraft’s The War Within headstart is live – prepare for a long spoiler-dodging weekend
Depending on how much you shelled out for World of Warcraft's newest expansion, this is either the best or longest weekend of the year...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most memorable line of dialogue in an MMO?
A while back on Twitter, during a discussion about ways in which AI can and can't be useful in games writing, MMO dev Damion...
Massively Overthinking: Frames of reference in MMORPGs
Last week on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a heated discussion about terminology in MMORPGs (terminology we'll probably talk about in a separate thread...
Warcraft Rumble brings a new unit and the Scholomance dungeon with this week’s Season 8 launch
Are you ready for a Scholomantic good time? Who cares if that's not a real word? It's the best one we can think of...
