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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Massively OP Podcast Episode 147: Daybreak but not that one
Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Star Citizen, Guild Wars 2, Skyforge, and the cost of making games, with a lengthy mailbag-inspired discussion on minimaps.
The Daily Grind: Have you ever fallen for an in-game MMO prank?
Stop me if you've heard this one:Â If you fly to the remote Hutton orbital space station in Elite Dangerous, there's a free Anaconda in...
The MOP Up: Pocket PUBG (December 3, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
One Shots: Elves have a weeding problem
You may hold Elves in high esteem, but the truth is that they are bonafide slackers. They live forever and can't even be bothered...
The Game Archaeologist: Vanguard Saga of Heroes
The significance of Vanguard's development, release, long-running drama, second chance, and eventual closure should be of great interest not just to game historians but...
WoW Factor: Why are we going back to factional squabbles after the end of Antorus?
Antorus is out now, and if you want to see the cinematic that ends the very long-running story about the Burning Legion and Sargeras,...
Massively Overthinking: Taking risks in MMORPGs
Last weekend, Brendan wrote a great column on how to stay safe from gankers in EVE Online, noting that the newbies are commonly given...
World of Warcraft’s 7.3.5 begins testing as allied race, environment, and zone scaling spoilers abound
So the latest raid for World of Warcraft is out now, but perhaps you don't have a regular raid group. What will you do...
Bluehole’s CEO on how Ascent: Infinite Realm (A:IR) will breathe life into a stagnating MMORPG genre
Ready for some harsh truths, MMO players? Bluehole CEO Hyo-Seob Kim recently told GIbiz that he wasn't expecting PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds to do so well globally,...
Superdata’s October 2017 revenue report: Destiny 2’s and PUBG’s dominance
Destiny 2 may be fudging up left and right, but it still sold a truckton of copies.
That's according to Superdata, whose most recent revenue...
World of Warcraft’s spoilery raid cinematic sets the scene for Battle for Azeroth
Beware, gentle reader, for World of Warcraft story spoilers lurk after the break!
With the rollout of the Antorus raid over the next few weeks, World...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO stories of 2017
One thing you can say for the MMO industry: It never ceases to surprise all of us. No matter what predictions we may make...
The Daily Grind: What should MMOs do to facilitate your return?
Over the past weekend, I picked up Hearthstone after a year or two away from the game. I certainly didn't remember where I left...
Global Chat: Saying goodbye to Marvel Heroes
Few people are happy to see an MMO go down, especially in the manner that Marvel Heroes is going from a popular and well-liked...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 146: World of Warcraft’s fun police
Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes' death, Darkfall New Dawn, LOTRO 2018, Neverwinter Nights, WoW's fun police, DDO, Hearthstone, and Trove, with mailbag discussions on Disney the lockbox villain and the max we'd pay for MMO subscriptions.
Raph Koster takes Rolling Stone to task over vanilla World of Warcraft
Don't ever test Raph Koster on MMORPG history, because you'll probably lose.
The Star Wars Galaxies and Crowfall designer challenged a recent Rolling Stone article and...
The MOP Up: League of Legends doesn’t want to grow up (November 26, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
One Shots: The rat race
At times, I feel like I must be the responsible adult in the MMORPG genre and sit down some of these artists and tell...
Hearthstone’s Kobolds and Catacombs dungeon run treasures are ‘blatantly overpowered’
Just because Hearthstone is a multiplayer card game doesn't mean that Blizzard is ignoring its solo player community. In fact, the upcoming Kobolds and...
The Soapbox: The long tail of game development isn’t an excuse for gouging
Don't be too mad at Star Wars: Battlefront II. It's a symptom of a problem, not the cause. I mean, be mad at people...
