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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Former Marvel Heroes boss David Brevik launches new game, It Lurks Below, into early access
If you've been finding yourself missing Marvel Heroes - but not all the drama and lies - you might want to mosey on over...
Belgium orders Overwatch, CSGO, and FIFA 18 to remove lockboxes or face criminal penalties
Back in 2017, at the height of mainstream outrage over lockbox shenanigans, Belgium became one of the very first countries to take the problem...
Ohio college begins Fortnite e-sports team and scholarship
E-sports programs and scholarships at universities stopped being newsworthy years ago once they were a dime a dozen, but a new one from Ohio's...
World of Warcraft starts beta testing Battle for Azeroth
Can you beta test a battle? Don't see why not. Just ask everyone to attack very, very carefully and memorize where their starting positions...
Overwatch inadvertently reveals lunar colony revamp for future patch
The relatively new(ish) Horizons Lunar Colony map in Overwatch is getting a revamp -- but don't tell anyone else because it's supposed to be...
Impressions of Project Gorgon from an Asheron’s Call player
It's finally time for me talk about Project Gorgon as a released product. As you might have guessed, I was avoiding the game prior to launch....
World of Warcraft’s new communities system aims to bring players together in Battle for Azeroth
Among the various features and additions coming with World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth this summer, communities has gotten buried in all of the...
One Shots: Tour guides
It turns out that MMORPG players really don't need much prompting to go out and take a bazillion screenshots of their favorite in-game zones,...
The Game Archaeologist: Harry Potter Online
If all goes well, later this year we will finally be treated to an actual Harry Potter MMORPG in the form of Harry Potter:...
Hearthstone Game Director Ben Brode departs from Blizzard to form new game studio
Without a doubt, one of the most vivacious and well-loved personalities at Blizzard Entertainment has been Ben Brode. The Hearthstone game director injected a...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth turns on Dark Iron Dwarves and Mag’har for character testing
The first batch of the second wave of allied races are available for testing now on World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth's alpha test....
Massively Overthinking: What we really mean when we talk about ‘difficulty’ in MMORPGs
Massively OP reader Steve wants us to revisit the Daily Grind on making death more meaningful without making it more annoying. His letter was long, so...
WoW Factor: Speculative classes for the future of WoW
If Allied Races show us anything, it's that World of Warcraft is really in no danger of running out of new races to throw...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that claimed to be the first
We've all been there. We're playing our favorite MMORPG and then self-appointed professors of game history start arguing in world chat about firsts --...
Russia’s Telegram crackdown blocks access to WoW, EVE, and Guild Wars 2
If you play Guild Wars 2, World of Tanks, EVE Online, or World of Warcraft in Russia, you may find that access to these...
Hearthstone’s newest expansion has a new card that’s causing balance issues… with animations
When a new expansion arrives in Hearthstone, there will be balance issues. That's almost inevitable; you know it's going to happen, it's part of...
Bot-maker Bossland’s legit game flops, Germany rejects Blizzard’s US court victory and won’t enforce damages
Are you surprised to be hearing about Bossland again? We're surprised to be reporting on it. The German-based botmaker made headlines for the last...
Tencent is bringing mobile OARPG Raziel westward for your clicking pleasure
If OARPGs with Torchlight-esque graphics are your thing and your mobile device packs a punch, then feast your eyes and wallet on Raziel. Gaming...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the dumbest armor?
Back in February, PC Gamer put out a piece on the absolute dumbest character armor in gaming history. There's more than one MMORPG in...
Blizzard isn’t going to bring back World of Warcraft’s remote auction house any time soon
With just a couple of days to go before Blizzard disables the remote auction house app for World of Warcraft, the studio pretty much...
