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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Mike Morhaime waxes nostalgic about the crunch of early Blizzard
Do you miss Mike Morhaime? The former Blizzard president stepped off the main stage last fall as he handed the reins of the studio...
One Shots: Intergalactic tourists
Do you ever get that feeling that you spend all of this energy and time in MMOs trying to get to the next zone...
WoW Factor: Three thoughts on the latest WoW Classic stress test
It's hard to find a whole lot to say about World of Warcraft: Classic at this point. Not in a bad sense, mind you;...
Massively Overthinking: Always be achievin’ (in MMOs)
A while back, my husband and I were idly chatting about MMO achievements. Neither one of us is much of an achievement hunter, or...
World of Warcraft drives six-month subs with a feathered dragon
The Sylverian Dreamer can show you the world -- shining, shimmering splendor! And it can be all yours for the low, low cost of...
The Daily Grind: Do you want to see WoW’s factions dissolved?
World of Warcraft's latest cinematic has a lot of WoW fans in a frenzy right now because it's dropping some big hints about a...
The cinematic from the latest bit of World of Warcraft’s War Campaign has some definite hints about the future
We understand that some people would prefer not to be spoiled about the newest developments in World of Warcraft, especially as the latest patch...
Mike Morhaime on why Project Titan became Overwatch: ‘It sort of never really came together’
We have a whole stack of these by now: these retrospectives from former Blizzard folks on what Project Titan could've been, had the MMO...
Perfect Ten: The MMORPGs boasting the most expansions
In 2018 alone, the MMORPG industry saw no less than 14 major expansions release for various titles, and in 2019 we've had at least...
Hearthstone is removing Vanish and Mind Blast to reinforce class identities
Class identity is kind of a big deal in Hearthstone, since the decks that any given class can field are limited by a class's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 226: On the cusp of FFXIV’s Shadowbringers
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers, Harry Potter Wizards Unite, WoW Rise of Azshara, SWTOR, Camelot Unchained, and Champions Online, with a mailbag question on XIV's endgame.
World of Warcraft’s Rise of Azshara is live today – check out the cinematic
Today's the day World of Warcraft fans have been waiting for ever since the announcements and reveals last BlizzCon: Patch 8.2, Rise of Azshara,...
Not So Massively: Blizzard cancelled a(nother) game, and I couldn’t be happier
Recently news broke that Blizzard had cancelled an unannounced game that had been in development for several years. This was followed closely by some...
Rumor: Diablo 4 and a new Overwatch game are seemingly confirmed by Blizzard Versailles employees
We've had persistent rumors about development on Diablo 4 for a long time now, thanks to Blizzard job postings and teases and leaks. And...
World of Warcraft offers up a new comic on the subject of Mechagon
Mechagon is a heretofore unexplored part of Gnomish lore in World of Warcraft, having not been mentioned before its inclusion in the game with...
Global Chat: Daybreak is a zombie, walking
What can call an MMO blogger out of retirement? A game studio putting in below the bare minimum of effort in its updates seems...
The Game Archaeologist: Sierra’s Fates of Twinion and Ruins of Cawdor
A few years ago I regaled you with the fascinating tale of one of the very first multiplayer graphical MUDs, the absurdly named Shadow...
Blizzard on World of Warcraft class pruning: ‘We’ve gone too far’
With everything swirling about WoW Classic's stress test this past week and next week's Rise of Azshara content update in regular World of Warcraft,...
The Daily Grind: What are the most nostalgic MMO music tracks for you?
As one of the hosts of Battle Bards and the writer of this site's Jukebox Heroes column, I obviously hold great affection for MMORPG...
SuperData May 2019: Overwatch returns to the top 10 as battle royales duke it out
We're nearing the end of June, and you know what that means: It's time for SuperData to peek back at the global revenue for...
