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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Guardians of Ember comes to early access on December 13
Hopefully you weren't cursed by the fact that Guardians of Ember failed to meet its announced early access launch back in September. Obviously, the title...
Overwatch player is the first to hit the level cap on his own
Fancy yourself a pretty good Overwatch player? You probably don't hold a candle to TaZzeRK, a player who has achieved a rather interesting world first:...
Korean MMO from the ’90s returns to life
Have you ever heard of an MMO called Helbreath? Don't be ashamed if you haven't, as it never hit the big leagues and has...
World of Warcraft gives out free emissary chests
If you tried to work on your World of Warcraft world quests this past weekend, you might have found yourself increasingly frustrated with trying...
Mark Kern renames Ember to Em-8ER, picks up Nostalrius programmer
Earlier this month, Mark Kern's "massive planetary wargame" shooter Ember got a new name and logo: Em-8ER.
"While still pronounced 'Ember,' we changed the official...
World of Warcraft player dings 110 without picking a faction
Back in March 2015, we reported on a World of Warcraft player who decided that when the game tried to make his Pandaran character...
Here’s a schedule of World of Warcraft’s new micro-holidays
Think you know all of World of Warcraft's holidays backwards and forwards by now? The MMO says otherwise, as it's preparing to unleash a...
The Game Archaeologist: EA’s Majestic
"This is not a game. Or is it?"
Conspiracy theories and paranoia were hot with pop culture in the 1990s, largely thanks to movies like...
The Daily Grind: Are you a consumables hoarder in MMORPGs?
This weekend of all weekends, it only seems right to ask you about hoarding, although I don't mean just getting stuff to have it...
Perfect Ten: Moments to be thankful for in MMOs
It's the holiday once again, and somehow I've wound up on Thanksgiving Day here in the US. You may not be reading this on...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2016
As you're gobble, gobbling up food today, rooting for your favorite football team, and enduring the uncomfortable political conversations at the dinner table, you...
Three-year-old Warframe broke its concurrency record after The War Within
GIbiz has an interview out with Digital Extremes VP of Publishing Meridith Braun today, who sheds light on how Warframe is doing. It turns...
Massively OP’s 2016 gift guide for the MMORPG bookworm
Hey you! Yeah, the player who actually reads quest text and lore entries when all of the other hooting madmen are furiously clicking past...
Overwatch strives to rebalance Symmetra
Overwatch players who avoid Symmetra like the plague might find themselves gravitating to her with an upcoming patch. Lead Designer Jeff Kaplan sat down...
Turkey tomfoolery targets World of Warcraft
Turkeys really are one of the noblest and most majestic birds of the world, and it is their bold sacrifice to our taste buds...
Massively OP’s 2016 gift guide for the Blizzard fanatic
The holidays are almost here! Seriously, they're rushing forward at a rate of two seconds per second, or something. Which means that it's time...
Global Chat: Recapturing the MMO magic
I suspect that much of the willingness of players to pour money into MMO Kickstarters is out of a strong desire to see games...
What is Blizzard’s secret first-person game project?
There is always a fierce curiosity among the gaming community to know what Blizzard is cooking up in its secret labs. Considering that the...
Hearthstone retires ‘Heroes of Warcraft’ subtitle
Blizzard appears to be tinkering with its branding: Redditors noticed over the weekend that Hearthstone's official site has lost the "Heroes of Warcraft" subtitle...
The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 2
We're back with our second part of an interview retrospective of Mythic Entertainment's early online games with CSE's Mark Jacobs. Last week, we talked...
