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’s Season 17 content hits the public test server
Considering the last Diablo III update's round of public testing reportedly went over so well, the devs have continued the trend with Patch 2.6.5,...
World of Warcraft welcomes the Darkmoon Faire and its new rollercoaster
The faction war is supposedly more urgent than it's ever been in World of Warcraft. We say "supposedly" because, well, it's hard to believe...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone’s pre-Rise of Shadows patch arrives
The next major expansion for Hearthstone is almost upon us (and will, in fact, be here Tuesday), but for now you can get ready...
Global Chat: Do you think you could design a better game than World of Warcraft?
Let's be honest: We all are so egotistical and opinionated that we totally think we could design a better MMO than World of Warcraft....
Lawful Neutral: The future of MMO game design in a streaming gaming world
It’s been an interesting few weeks for gaming. We saw the announcement of Google’s game streaming service, Stadia, and then Apple’s subscribe-to-access game service,...
Massively Overthinking: If an MMO item is buyable with gold, does that excuse its presence in the cash shop?
This week's Overthinking topic comes from longtime MOP reader and commenter Sally Bowls. It's about monetization, but it's a nuanced argument we don't see...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas explains the philosophy behind Azerite now and in the future
It turns out that even if you liked World of Warcraft's Artifact Weapons and how they were designed, their front-loaded nature was very bad. That's...
Perfect Ten: MMO celebrations that didn’t rip off real-world holidays
Does it ever slightly bother you that in these alternate fantasy and science fiction worlds that we explore there just so happens to have...
Check out this 4K version of the original Diablo II intro cinematic made with AI
We're seeing quite a number of HD remasters in video games and retellings of classic movies, so perhaps it was only a matter of...
World of Warcraft Classic is all about old-school spell batching
In the quest to bring back as close to an authentic vanilla era experience as possible, Blizzard is returning a system that players probably...
Diablo III kicks off testing for patch 2.6.5 on April 5
It's time for a little testing in Diablo III starting on April 5th (that's how you know it's not a joke) when patch 2.6.5 arrives...
World of Warcraft continues to speed up Heart of Azeroth level acquisition
Are you still struggling to get your Heart of Azeroth leveled to catch up with the World of Warcraft crowd? The good news is...
Massively Overpowered feature patch notes for April Oneth
Here at Massively Overpowered, we're always doing our best to make use of our staff's particular talents. We make sure to have Justin saying...
The Daily Grind: Should AAA companies expect gamers to fund esports prize pools?
The esports industry is absolutely no stranger to watcher-funded prize pools. I know this. We've watched as companies like Riot Games and Hi-Rez have...
The MOP Up: Warframe descends to Deck 12 on consoles
Warframe's Deck 12 has unlocked for console players -- and there are deep, dark secrets to be uncovered by descending to it.
"Now is the...
The Game Archaeologist: The Chronicles of Spellborn
Hey! Hey you! Yeah, you the I'm-so-bored-with-all-of-these-MMOs gamer! You've been grousing about for years how MMOs never take risks, never innovate, and are merely...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO’s lore confuses the heck out of you?
Fantasy authors (aspiring and published) are renowned for their tendency to create elaborate and often labyrinthian backstories and world histories. And while this lore...
WoW Factor: Why people are mad at Battle for Azeroth, part 5: Conclusions and peeling the mask
This week, after some 7000 words on this particular topic, I'm starting off by acknowledging what should be a rather obvious fact: My series...
Grim Dawn’s Forgotten Gods expansion has launched with new story chapter and Oathkeeper mastery
Crate Entertainment, take yourself a bow: You just rolled out another expansion for ARPG Grim Dawn. No, it's not an MMO, but it's got...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about ideas like the cottage rule and class fantasy in MMO design?
Who among our readers played City of Heroes and remembers the cottage rule? The idea was that developers were reluctant to change the fundamentals...
