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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World of Warcraft’s hidden and hotfixed patch 7.3 changes
With such a massive update as was delivered with last week's World of Warcraft Patch 7.3, it's pretty obvious that some stuff was going to get...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs do you wish would come to Steam?
I was poking through my Steam library this weekend hunting for an old game I wanted to install to see whether it still worked...
The MOP Up: Warframe battles cancer (September 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: In the altogether
Warning: After the break is a shocking depiction of human nudity and the bravado of a squirrel that seeks to save you from nightmares...
Global Chat: Has No Man’s Sky finally arrived as a full-featured game?
It's been a year since the disastrous and controversial launch of No Man's Sky, a game with failings that included, among many others, a...
Massively Overthinking: Female characters and gender-locked classes in MMOs
One of the reasons I gravitated to and stick by the MMORPG genre in spite of its many ups and downs (oh, so many...
Hi-Rez and WESA announce 10-member Paladins Premier League
Blizzard isn't the only studio having a go at a massive pro league for its star shooter: Hi-Rez announced this morning what it's calling...
World of Warcraft tokens reach record prices thanks to Destiny 2
Remember back in World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, when a shave and a haircut cost you a nickel and a WoW token was...
Overwatch opens up Junkertown and major changes to heroes on the test realm
The test realm for Overwatch is going to get trashed. The latest test realm patch is bringing players to Junkertown for a new escort...
Battle Bards Episode 104: Something wicked this way comes
And lo, as the Battle Bards walk through the zone of the shadow of death, they will fear no evil, but they will listen to evil’s...
Perfect Ten: The 10 saddest MMORPG stories
Every MMO tells a story through the run of its life. A lot of those stories are pretty happy, too. Ultima Online may not...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 133: Gaming Gamescom
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, sunsets for Ghost in the Shell Online and SkySaga, Closers, ArcheAge 4.0, Star Citizen's Gamescom demo, SWTOR, and WoW Argus, with mailbag questions on Marvel Heroes and MMORPGs as a drug, plus a PAX West preview.
World of Warcraft rockets to Argus in patch 7.3 today
At last year's BlizzCon, when Blizzard first announced World of Warcraft fans would someday be trekking to Argus, it seemed so distant to many...
Raph Koster on roleplaying consent and emotes in Star Wars Galaxies and WoW
MMORPG designer Raph Koster has a fun piece out today, ostensibly about what he's dubbing "consent systems" in multiplayer games that include roleplaying --...
World of Warcraft slashes Legion’s price ahead of 7.3 Shadows of Argus
Displaying a level of pomp and hype that is normally reserved for an MMO expansion or perhaps the impending visit from the Queen of...
World of Warcraft shows off the Seat of the Triumvirate dungeon on Argus
When players land on Argus in World of Warcraft's next major patch, they will be walking through a place with plenty of history and...
The MOP Up: State of Decay 2’s multiplayer mayhem (August 27, 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...
The Game Archaeologist: Furcadia
Let's face it: There isn't really a huge pool of MMORPGs from the 1990s to explore in this column. By now I have done...
Overwatch is overhauling Mercy’s Resurrect to fix counterintuitive mechanics
Blizzard's latest Overwatch dev video suggests big changes for everybody's favorite pocket healer Mercy. For starters, her ultimate -- Resurrect -- will move down to...
SuperData’s July 2017 report sees PC rank reshuffle, Pokemon Go’s return, and GTAO’s console dominance
SuperData's July 2017 revenue report isn't going to surprise anyone, I suspect, but it's worth a look. On the PC side, there are no new...
