blizzard entertainment

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.

Here’s what is in this year’s BlizzCon goody box

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Whether you're attending BlizzCon or not, you can be the proud owner of this year's BlizzCon goody box. Physical attendees get $10 off a...
How do I start to say goodbye.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 135: PAX in the P.M.

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Justin, Bree, and MJ discuss PAX West, Secret World Legends, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, WoW, ArcheAge, and WildStar, plus a mailbag question on Destiny and raiding.
oh no

World of Warcraft is patching in tuning adjustments for the Netherlight Crucible

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Everyone wants the Netherlight Crucible in World of Warcraft... in theory. Everyone is supposed to want it. But when it goes live tomorrow, the...
payyyyyyy meeeeeeee

Hearthstone shines a light on Global Games stats

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All hail the Czech Republic! C-Z-E-C-H! That spells victory! Blizzard is toasting players from the republic for their performance at the recent Hearthstone Global Games...

The MOP Up: Skyforge gets a dark rush with the Revenant (September 10, 2017)

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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...

Guild Chat: Dealing with the ‘it’s me or the MMO guild!’ ultimatum

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Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, the column through which the Massively Overpowered readership can band together to help a gamer-in-need with...

The Game Archaeologist: Climax’s Warhammer Online

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Let's begin with a little personal history. Back in 2008, I decided to get into the blogging scene by jumping on board the latest...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMOs of 2017’s PAX West

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PAX West 2017 has come and gone, and though MJ is still feverishly working on her last few articles, we wanted to pause a...

Global Chat: Overwatch’s stalled story

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With all of the attention, fandom, e-sports, and development given to Blizzard's Overwatch, have you ever suspected that the team shooter has a critical...

Blizzard to open an e-sports arena this fall

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Everybody knows that if you are truly serious about being a legitimate force in the e-sports industry, you have to own your own arena....

World of Warcraft’s Argus hasn’t got flying – and it never will

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So, had you been hoping that at some point World of Warcraft would let you fly in the final zone of Legion? Best give...
Liches do it with nothing.

Heroes of the Storm goes overboard with Kel’Thuzad video docs

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Watch out if you are wandering into Heroes of the Storm territory this month, as a super-nerdcano is erupting thanks to the debut of...
The issues for the game have to do with depth, viability, and being locked in place, not with the business model.

Overwatch: Behind the scenes of the Mei short, 14th comic ‘Wasted Land’

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Everyone loves Mei; she's funny, cute, smart, soft, and just all-around cool. But she's different from the focus of previous Overwatch animated shorts because...
Close enough.

Hearthstone nerfs staple cards to save them

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Sometimes you have to hurt the cards you love in order to save them from a premature death. This is the logic behind the nerf...
I'm so disappointed in what we've done with robots.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds passes 10M sold

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This year's online juggernaut is not, surprisingly enough, anything made by Valve, Blizzard, or Riot, but instead one stemmed from the mind of a...
Gothier than thou.

Underage Overwatch player lands six-figure e-sports contract

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He may not be old enough to vote, but 17-year-old Jay Won is already making more money than you. Probably. Won, an Overwatch player who...

The Daily Grind: What do you think of World of Warcraft’s Shadows of Argus so far?

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It's been a little over a week since World of Warcrafteers (that's a term, right?) jettisoned the world of Azeroth for that of Argus,...
All right, boring is technically an answer.

World of Warcraft opens the 7.3 faucet once more

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Those already done with everything that the initial flood of World of Warcraft's Patch 7.3 had to offer can stop grousing about being bored...
We could have planned better.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 134: You are my… Destiny

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, DDO, Guild Wars 2, Wander, ARK, Funcom, Destiny 2, Cloud Pirates, Perpetuum, EVE Lifeblood, Villagers & Heroes, and helping out with Harvey, with mailbag questions on favorite MMO moments and finding a good guild.
SWEAR TO ME

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG is the worst at balancing difficulty?

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Justin's LOTRO Legendarium article on whether or not Mordor is too difficult struck a chord wth me. "I do not envy devs and their...

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