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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.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 247: Shopping for MMO guilds

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Justin and Bree discuss Dark Age of Camelot, Path of Exile, DDO, WoW Classic, FFXIV on Xbox One, and Anthem, with a sponsored segment on Kingdom Under Fire 2, and mailbag topics on the feel of old MMOs and shopping for guilds.

Leaderboard: Are you still playing WoW Classic?

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On today's MassivelyOP podcast, Justin and I briefly discuss WoW Classic and how quiet the buzz around it's gotten lately. It actually irks me that...
Let the dead bury their dead, they will come out in droves.

World of Warcraft adds in catch-up gear tokens in the latest 8.3 test server patch build

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So now you're level 120 in World of Warcraft and you want to start doing stuff. If you want to start doing stuff on your...

Global Chat: EverQuest II’s 15 years of being in WoW’s shadow

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For just a few short weeks of its now 15-year lifespan, EverQuest II existed apart from a launched World of Warcraft. Then late November...
Dagrons!

WoW Classic activates PvP honor and world bosses

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You better savor these content updates, WoW Classic players, because there are only a finite number of them left. Out of all of the...

Overwatch’s latest PTR build brings an overall buff to armor and nerfs to shields

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The latest PTR patch for Overwatch is bringing some pretty big changes to the tanking game. The latest patch notes outline some tweaks to...
I want a milky way.

WoW Factor: A brief history of flight (in World of Warcraft)

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Flight has been a part of World of Warcraft as long as the game has existed. No, not just flying mounts, even though you could...
I believe we have a spaceship.

The Alliance has a fully staffed and functional spaceship in World of Warcraft and never uses it

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Who doesn't like a nice big spaceship? The Alliance in World of Warcraft, apparently. A recent article on Polygon points out that in Battle for Azeroth,...

Massively Overthinking: Do MMO betas rob you of launch joy?

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I use to think of betas as being unpaid labor for video game companies, but maybe I've been going about it all wrong. On...

World of Warcraft and WoW Classic hit by another round of DDoS attacks

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If you're having a hard time logging on to World of Warcraft -- either version -- today, you are not alone. Blizzard reported that...
Well well well, how the turntable.

Tencent made bank in Q3 2019 thanks to mobile – not PC – games

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While companies like Blizzard are seeing severe revenue drops this quarter and other MMO companies are trudging along, Tencent is having a rather up...
Oh my.

J. Allen Brack says the Blitzchung incident ‘exposed some immaturity’ in Blizzard

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It's a bit long in the tooth now with BlizzCon well behind us, but the Esports Observer published an interview with Blizzard's J. Allen...

Vague Patch Notes: MMO grind is good (except when it isn’t)

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Some of my fondest memories of World of Warcraft involve Adam Sandler and the Badlands. My wife and I had a pretty steady tradition made out...

NCsoft Q3 2019: Another flat financial quarter as NCsoft pumps money into NCWest

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Given the strange financial quarters that Blizzard, Funcom, Square-Enix, and Nexon had, you're surely wondering how NCsoft fared. And the answer is... about the...
It's a tale as old as time.

Blizzard says it’s listening to Diablo 4 feedback on items and stats

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If you're grumpy about the way Diablo IV's items and stat system was shaping up, you're apparently not alone - and there are enough...

First impressions: Overwatch on the Switch is mostly just Overwatch Mobile

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Before Blizzard's bit of October unpleasantness, I was genuinely excited for the Switch release of Overwatch, though somewhat confused since it's clearly so late...
oh no skellingtons

World of Warcraft’s latest test server build sparks player anxiety over glowing eyes

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The next World of Warcraft patch is in the middle of testing, which has already resulted in some negative player feedback on certain systems. But...

Hearthstone’s eight-player Battlegrounds mode enters open beta

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If you're keen on a little something new in your games of Hearthstone -- say, a mode that doesn't have any cards in it...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 246: When rock bands play MMORPGs

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Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard and Square's financials, WoW, LOTRO, Pearl Abyss, EverQuest II, AQ3D, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG, and mailbag topics on optional subs and Blizzard's lessons.
We remember, to our detriment.

World of Warcraft: Classic has all servers down to one layer now

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If you're still salty over the addition of layering to World of Warcraft: Classic, you have picked an odd hill to die upon. But you're...

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