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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Diablo III abruptly delayed Season 34’s rollout by a week over scheduling issues
Call it the War of the Diablos: Blizzard abruptly announced that it's delaying the start of Diablo III's new season this weekend because it's...
Blizzard donated one million dollars to a relief charity supporting California wildfire victims
The response to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires this past month has been particularly strong from the gaming industry, owing to the fact that...
WoW Classic outlines PTS testing changes for Season of Discovery’s Naxxramus and sanctified gear
As the seventh phase of the Season of Discovery draws closer for WoW Classic, Blizzard has been testing and tuning some of the arguably...
World of Warcraft slips a possible player housing preview into Patch 11.1
With the promise and potential of World of Warcraft player housing on the docket for later this year, players are understandably hungry for more...
Overwatch 2 preps seasonal events, starts new 6v6 experimental team comp, and will rerun the ‘moth meta’
If you're a veteran Overwatch player, the words "moth meta" likely mean something entirely different to you than others; while some people probably envision...
MMO Hype Train: Why it’s hard to hold on to hope for Star Citizen
My very first PC was a 386 Pentium that I purchased with my own money in the early '90s. And I dearly loved that...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with creative idea hooks
There's so much blatant -- and lazy! -- copying in the world of entertainment and arts that anything novel is to be cherished. I've...
Diablo Immortal celebrates the dawn of the Lunar New Year
What's better, the new year or Lunar New Year? It does seem like the second one sees more events in MMOs, such as the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 502: Chronicling all the non-combat content in MMOs
Justin and Bree host the first MMO theme show of 2025 with a deep-dive into the wide range of non-combat content in our genre, plus adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, Stars Reach, and Aloft.
Interview: Notorious’ Chris Kaleiki on the ‘MMO bones’ in extraction RPG Legacy Steel and Sorcery
If you’re a fan of extraction shooters but want more high-fantasy RPG elements then I’ve got something in store for you: Legacy: Steel and...
Lawful Neutral: All the big MMO-related law stories from 2024, from Palworld to Blizzard
2024 was another quiet year on the gaming legal front. I think various AI dramas and associated legislative hand-wringing sucked all the air out...
Diablo IV gets super witchy with next week’s Season of Witchcraft
The next big era for Diablo IV is right around the corner, as the Season of Witchcraft kicks off on January 21st with a...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite classic World of Warcraft dungeon?
Last week, WoW Classic Classic pushed along with its planned release timetable, adding in two old world bosses, refurbing the honor system, and opening...
Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most played MMOs in 2025?
So here we are at the top of another year, looking ahead at what we think we're going to play. Consider this week's Massively...
Rob Pardo’s Bonfire Studios announces Arkheron, a new PvP game he says defies easy description
Way back in 2016, when MassivelyOP was still young and innocent, former World of Warcraft lead designer Rob Pardo announced a new development studio...
Not So Massively: What we’d like to see from a StarCraft shooter
According to the rumour mill, Blizzard is currently working on a shooter game in the StarCraft universe - again. By my counting this would...
World of Warcraft Classic will add the Karazhan Crypts with the next phase of Season of Discovery
Well, they did it. They finally freaking did it. Years after players were finding the hidden crypt segment beneath Karazhan in World of Warcraft that...
Craig Morrison’s new studio is taking test signups for that ‘horse mystery’ MMORPG
Readers might recall that way back in July of last year, former Funcom and Blizzard luminary Craig Morrison announced he was studio director of...
World of Warcraft offers a new snake mount for six-month subscribers
Did you know it's the year of the snake? It's true. If you leave your house, you may at any time be greeted by...
Diablo IV’s Season of Witchcraft finally arrives next week on January 21
Blizzard has set a hard date for Diablo IV's next season, and it's the witchy one that the studio has already been testing since...
