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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Why World of Warcraft’s item level scaling is really, really, dumb
This has been a very stupid week. I know this because any other week, World of Warcraft completely destroying the reason for acquiring new...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #12-7
It's starting to get serious now.
As we well know, people are highly opinionated about everything, but when it comes to music, there seems to...
Heroes of the Storm introduces Diablo II Amazon, major progression and leveling update
"It's a whole new era for Heroes of the Storm," Blizzard has declared in its new HOTS dev video today. That's because the game is...
World of Warcraft implements undocumented item level scaling in patch 7.2
The reward scaling in World of Warcraft has always been pretty straightforward. At the start of the expansion, everything at max level is a...
World of Warcraft 7.2: Tomb of Sargeras is now live
World of Warcraft 7.2: The Tomb of Sargeras is officially live! As we've previously covered (what feels like exhaustively), you can expect to dive into...
Analysts peg Overwatch League at a potential $100 million in its first year
One of the big announcements from last year's BlizzCon was the addition of the new Overwatch League, a project Blizzard is using to help...
SuperData February 2017: World of Tanks perks up, Hearthstone is sinking
Happy SuperData day! That's the monthly holiday when we pore over the market analysis report, freak out over something doing well, freak over something...
League of Legends’ Ghostcrawler on diversity vs. politics in gaming
Don't think politics belong in games? Maybe your problem is a mangled understanding of what politics is. That's the gist of a blog piece...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most stable MMORPG (besides WoW) right now?
Massively OP reader Gail made an interesting observation in one of the City of Heroes Master x Master drama threads about what she called "corn...
Hearthstone’s upcoming season will see ‘mammoth’ celebrations
As soon as Hearthstone players start trampling through Un'goro Crater (metaphorically), the Year of the Kraken will end. It'll be time for the Year...
The Game Archaeologist: How DikuMUD shaped modern MMOs
Even though there are hundreds and thousands of MMOs spanning several decades, only a small handful were so incredibly influential that they changed the...
World of Warcraft 7.2 Tomb of Sargeras survival guide and patch notes
Blizzard has just dropped its official survival guide and patch notes for World of Warcraft 7.2: The Tomb of Sargeras, which is loading for...
Blizzard is rolling out StarCraft: Remastered for hardcore fans
It's been a very long time since StarCraft was first released. By this point, the original game is just part of the landscape, and...
The MOP Up: ARK’s console editions get a hair-do (March 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: I took a picture THIS big!
When you take the best screenshot in the world and want to impress your friends, do you find that you end up exaggerating a...
The Daily Grind: What long-term MMO tech issues still annoy you?
The other day in Massively OP office chat, Eliot and I were reminiscing about World of Warcraft's launch period and in particular a bug...
Battlenet’s slow retirement, Overwatch toxicity, and Blizzard’s legal history with ‘modding’
Last night's update saw the end of the Battle.net branding on the Blizzard launcher. You probably shed your tears back in September, when the...
WoW Factor: The good and the bad of World of Warcraft’s patch 7.2 date
Boy, this is a time I am glad to be wrong. I was outright worried that Blizzard was going to hold patch 7.2 for...
Blizzard is raising prices for World of Warcraft and Hearthstone players in the EU
If you're playing World of Warcraft or Hearthstone overseas, know that a partial fee hike is in your future.
While subs to WoW and the...
World of Warcraft’s Patch 7.2 is coming next week
The hour is nearly upon us and we, we are not prepared. But we are pretty eager! This afternoon, World of Warcraft announced that...
