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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Massively Overthinking: Do you expect compensation for MMORPG trainwrecks?
Earlier this week, Blizzard admitted that a major bug had resulted in serious and permanent data loss for some World of Warcraft players, including...
Vague Patch Notes: When leveling too quickly becomes a problem in MMORPGs
Last week, I talked about how slow leveling design could become a problem. In that piece (and the one before it - it's become...
Blizzard injects gamers with a double dose of Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 lore
Where do you sit on the spectrum of interest in video game lore? Your answer will determine whether or not you're going to engage...
Perfect Ten: The MMO races that nobody ever seems to choose
Just because an MMORPG offers a wide array of character options doesn't mean that player interest will be equally divided among them. We've long...
WoW Classic puts up the patch notes for Season of Discovery Phase 5’s trio of raids
When Thursday arrives, nothing in WoW Classic will ever be the same... again. Well, that's if you're on the Season of Discovery server, which...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 486: Amazon’s daring October gambits
Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's early access, World of Warcraft's data loss fiasco, SWTOR's Mac client, Guild Wars 2's new PvP mode, Pantheon's December early access, and New World's Aeternum and season, with adventures in GW2, WoW, and LOTRO.
Blizzard releases Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred gameplay trailer ahead of October 8 launch
Diablo IV's Vessel of Hatred is vying for your eyeballs this fall, and that means yet another video drop from Blizzard, this time a...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever bumped into anyone in real life who plays your MMO?
My husband just started up his fall semester, and every year he gets new students to advise. This year, he found out his newest...
World of Warcraft data loss fiasco deletes items out of guild banks – and Blizzard can’t fully restore them
What can be worse than a bank being plundered by thieves? It's when that vault is robbed by the very game code that's supposed...
The Daily Grind: Do you worry more or less about an MMO when it runs a sale or free trial?
This Daily Grind was technically inspired by Diablo IV, but it could really apply to lots of online games. Blizzard just finished up with...
Former Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime’s Dreamhaven will reveal two more titles in the coming months
When you've been the Big Cheese at a studio like Blizzard, you're going to get some serious attention to whatever follow-up project you pursue....
WoW Classic returns to Blackwing Lair and Zul’Gurub for Season of Discovery Phase 5
The endgame of the endgame is almost here for World of Warcraft Classic's Season of Discovery servers, as Phase 5 heads our way next Thursday,...
The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred MMO combat playstyle (as opposed to class or role)?
MMO classes don't merely have to be divided into the traditional tank/DPS/healer categories. There are plenty of other ways to separate classes and even...
Wizard battle royale Spellbreak survives as a free version after Blizzard buyout
When you're a game that's been served a death sentence, you'll take a win anywhere you can get it. Spellbreak was a wizard-themed battle...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO memories we never want to repeat
A random quote I saw buried in the comments on the MMORPG subreddit a while ago really hit hard. Extra_Midnight wrote,
"Some of my most...
Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend
We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...
Ubisoft broadens return-to-office mandate in spite of last year’s blowback over Ubisoft Montreal’s implementation
What do you do when you really want to lay off the people doing all the work at your company, but you also don't...
Perfect Ten: 10 Blizzard games that everyone forgets existed
So by this point I think it's fair to say that most of our readers are aware that I love weird rabbit holes that...
Diablo IV goes down a ‘dark, twisting path’ of story teasers for October’s Vessel of Hatred
One would wisely assume that an expansion named Vessel of Hatred is not going to be HappyFluffyGoodTimes in the realm of Sanctuary. And indeed,...
The Daily Grind: What MMO do you see yourself playing five years from now?
Hey all, it's September 2029! We're just a few months away from the new decade, and against all odds, we're alive and still playing...
