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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World of Warcraft fans toast the game’s 15th anniversary
As we head into the fall and World of Warcraft's official 15th anniversary, you best believe that Blizzard is going to be milking this...
One Shots: Familiar and welcome lands
Welcome back home! That feels like the sentiment that WoW Classic gave when it launched recently. Players absolutely swarmed to these servers, many of...
The Game Archaeologist: Is it worth the hassle to update graphics in older MMOs?
"I'd play this game again if the graphics were updated."
"If they re-released this game with modern graphics, it would be way more popular."
"The Game...
The Soapbox: There is no MMO that can fix a broken MMO community
We've heard again and again how the recently launched World of Warcraft: Classic was going to "fix" the MMO community by stripping away modern...
WoW (Classic) Factor: The journal of Nieve Vinther – second entry
It has now been the better part of a week since my unexpected sojourn into the path, and for most of that week my...
Leaderboard: Does Guild Wars 2 need another expansion?
If you've followed NCsoft's quarterly investor reports for the last many years, you've probably seen dozens graphs of Guild Wars 2's revenues and the...
WoW Classic opens more servers for transfer, addressing layer switching
Blizzard is continuing to open up opening up character transfers for WoW Classic to allow folks who rolled on overloaded shards to get the heck off....
First impressions of WoW Classic – from a total World of Warcraft newbie
The gaming world is abuzz with excitement over World of Warcraft Classic. Players around the world are gushing with nostalgia over this trip back...
Vague Patch Notes: How MMO studio communication and player confidence really work
Here's the funny thing about communication from MMO studios: It's vital to the continued feeling of a healthy game, and yet at the same...
WoW Classic: Character transfers, new realms, Twitch records, and most popular classes
If you thought that the second week of WoW Classic's operation would be any less hectic than the first, you're in for some disappointment....
Blizzard confirms Overwatch is launching on the Nintendo Switch on October 15
The rumors were true: Blizzard is indeed porting Overwatch to the Switch in the form of the Overwatch Legendary Edition. The game will run...
World of Warcraft: Classic’s inevitable goldsellers are using modern chat functions to advertise
Gold selling isn't nearly as much of a thing on modern World of Warcraft like it used to be; the existence of the WoW Token...
A retailer release list doubles down on rumors for an Overwatch release on the Switch
With the next Nintendo Direct event for fans in the very near future, the rumors of Overwatch arriving on the Nintendo Switch are flying even...
Here are the realms WoW Classic is opening up for transfer – and the three new servers opening too
Last night, Blizzard announced something it'd previously said it didn't want to do: It's opening up character transfers for WoW Classic so that players...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 236: Guild Wars 2’s dragons and Vikings
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW Classic, ArcheAge Unchained, PlanetSide Arena, Peria Chronicles, SWTOR, Conan Chop Chop, Last Oasis, Caravan Stories, and Champions Online, with a mailbag question on improving boring MMO tasks.
World of Warcraft: Classic is opening up free character moves in the near future
Please, people, if you are on a congested realm in World of Warcraft: Classic, please move off of it. That's the implicit plea in...
Global Chat: WoW Classic impressions mega-compilation
When World of Warcraft launches, the world stops to pay attention.
The recent release of WoW Classic didn't just pull in hundreds of thousands of...
World of Warcraft Classic now has its world-first level 60 player
The rush to endgame in World of Warcraft Classic has crowned the first person to cross the finish line. After a marathon of 79...
WoW Classic: Free character boosts, Onyxia down, and another dev video
Get a lot done in World of Warcraft Classic over the weekend? Probably not as much as the world first level 60 -- or...
Global Chat: MMO roleplaying explained for the rest of us
Game designer Brian Green has been on a writing streak as of late with a whole series of blog posts about roleplaying in MMORPGs....