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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BlizzCon 2018: Blizzard reveals key panels for Diablo, WoW Classic
We're just a month away from BlizzCon now, and as it's the biggest last gaming con of the year that we focus on, we're...
Massively OP Podcast episode 189: Time traveling to 2004
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, WildStar, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Maplestory 2, Age of Conan, Fallout 76, Guild Wars 2, Star Wars Galaxies, and Trove, with mailbag questions on SWTOR, starting as a true newbie in WoW, and power imbalances in MMOs.
The Daily Grind: What MMO still needs legacy servers?
2018 has seemed like the year of the legacy/vanilla MMO server, thanks to not just World of Warcraft but RIFT and Age of Conan...
Overwatch’s Halloween Terror begins October 9, but don’t expect ‘dramatic new game modes’
Overwatch has joined the short list of online games prepping their Halloween events nearly a month in advance: Blizzard announced this morning that Halloween...
The Daily Grind: What abandoned content in your favortite MMO do you want to see return?
I miss Guild Wars 2's dungeons.
I was trawling Reddit the other day when I saw someone raise a half-hearted complaint about the fact that...
Mark Kern’s crowdfunded MMO shooter Em-8ER has ‘nearly’ finished its demo characters
It's been a while since we checked in on Em-8ER, Mark Kern's frustratingly named "massive planetary wargame," so we're rectifying that today.
MMO players will...
The MOP Up: Blizzard’s new playgrounds
Ranked Season 4 started up in Heroes of the Storm this past week, and that's just the start of the fun with Blizzard's MOBA....
Activision knows the power of cross-play, but it will need some time to implement it
Blizzard is very familiar with the advantages of cross-platform play, because Hearthstone exists and does quite well for it with exactly that. But there...
Vague Patch Notes: World of Warcraft, math, and making choices ‘interesting’ in MMOs
So if you somehow managed to miss it, let me recap:Â World of Warcraft's community manager Lore recently gave some feedback on the many complaints...
Elder Scrolls Legends’ community is not thrilled with the Sparkypants overhaul
This week's reportedly buggy revamp of the Elder Scrolls Legends online card game has not gone over well with the game's active community.
Some backstory:...
World of Warcraft hotfixes out AFK Warfront players and dismisses Azerite armor complaints
Don't you hate when people show up for content in World of Warcraft but then promptly pop AFK and expect everyone else to do...
The Daily Grind: Are you excited with the World of Warcraft Classic playable demo announcement?
There's a lot of interesting stuff to unpack about the World of Warcraft Classic announcement from yesterday. It's been a project that we haven't...
WoW Classic will be playable at BlizzCon – and also with a virtual ticket
Hey remember how on yesterday's podcast we were speculating on what big news World of Warcraft might have for BlizzCon, now that Blizzard's already...
Perfect Ten: The big book of MMORPG death mechanics
Video games will kill your characters. It's inevitable. I still faintly remember my younger brother's first video game death, when he ran full-tilt into...
World of Warcraft unlocks a new Raid Finder wing, the community rallies for a book and a mod creator
The second Raid Finder wing of Uldir is open now for players who have no interest in assembling a standard raid group in World...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 188: Classic-flavored Lineage II
Tina, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Red Dead Online, Lineage II Classic, Secret World Legends, Bless Online, World of Warcraft, and LOTRO, with a mailbag discussion on feeling unwelcome in MMORPGs and a rundown on site bugs we've smooshed.
World of Warcraft made more money than League of Legends last month, SuperData reports
"League of Legends heads towards its worst performing year since 2014." So begins SuperData's August 2018 global revenue report today for the entire video...
The Daily Grind: What if World of Warcraft had never happened?
Yesterday, in the comments of our Daily Grind about nice things we can say about games we don't like, MOP commenter Squid posted a...
Guild Wars 2: Belgian players report gem-buying block, plus more on the bubble tea bans
If you're a Belgian gamer, you should probably take a peek at your Guild Wars 2 account. Multiple Redditors and forumgoers from the country...
Global Chat: Why level in MMOs if you don’t grow?
Using World of Warcraft's latest expansion as an example, many bloggers recently pontificated on the uselessness of adding new levels to MMORPGs if your...
