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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Perfect Ten: Incompetent leaders in MMORPGs
Leadership is difficult. You have to get a group of people to work together when they may or may not be naturally inclined to...
Overwatch tops 20 million players in five months of live play
Even if World of Warcraft is back up to 10.1 million subscribers, that's far short of what its studio brother Overwatch has accomplished. The...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 86: One Tamriel, two voices, three expansions
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online, RIFT, Meridian 59, SWTOR, the EQ franchise, ESO One Tamriel, WoW's subs, and Crowfall's SWG tendencies, with mailbag letters on dealing with character boosts and Guild Wars 2's new cadence.
Overwatch introduces the Halloween Terror event with PvE brawling and new item packs
It's time to get into the spirit of ghoulish glee in Overwatch with the new Halloween Terror event, and it's bringing more than just...
Exploring real-life PUGs, the Plus, and the antisocial nature of Pokemon Go
Although Pokemon Go isn't advertised as an MMO, both experts and players have noted it does present some interesting similarities: Both have tons of players on servers...
Epic MMO Battles of History: World of Warcraft vs. Final Fantasy XIV
You know what I usually hate? Superhero fight discussions. Any fight discussion, really. Asking "who would win in a fight between Superman and the...
Overeager Overwatch researchers hack actual accounts to find a fictional character
Account hacks happen. They're unpleasant, but they happen, and you can at least usually point to them happening for logical reasons. Your account got...
World of Warcraft is bringing in new fishing bobbers with patch 7.1
World of Warcraft has decided on its primary competition: Any other video game featuring fishing. Sure, there may be some other game that's out...
Rumor: Overwatch’s Sombra and a new PvE mode have been uncovered
Who is Sombra in Overwatch? In a way, you could say that we're all Sombra, but that statement wouldn't make any sense. A more...
World of Warcraft is revamping its Blade’s Edge Arena PvP map
Blizzard is wrapping up a gift for its World of Warcraft PvP community: a revamped arena map that's ready to be sullied and defiled...
Leaderboard: How many subs do you think WoW has right now?
This past week, Blizzard denied a quote from a Polish print magazine attributing a post-Legion 10.1 million subscription count for World of Warcraft to...
Season 7 is rumbling to a close in Diablo III
For everything, there is a season, and in the case of Diablo III, there are several seasons. One of those seasons is coming to...
WoW Factor: A WoW Legion wishlist
Legion is humming along nicely as we near the two-month mark. It's still got that decent balance of having enough to do that you're...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for Amazon’s New World
The announcement of a new sandbox MMORPG last week -- New World, by none other than Amazon Game Studios itself -- has had both...
Heroes of the Storm appoints the blademaster Samuro to its roster
Heroes of the Storm will eventually spread to encompass every single character Blizzard has ever placed in a game, no matter how obscure. The...
Overwatch has two new heroes in development and more character adjustments planned
What's next for Overwatch? Well, not a version of Symmetra that heals, that's for darn sure. The latest video featuring director Jeff Kaplan covers...
World of Warcraft plans to ease up (slightly) on Legion’s reputation system in Patch 7.1
There's no question that World of Warcraft: Legion came with one heck of a reputation grind. What would an expansion be otherwise, right? But...
Blizzard denies saying WoW Legion has 10.1 million subscriptions
Blizzard has denied part of a translation of a Polish-language magazine article that appears to show World of Warcraft Leader Designer Tom Chilton quoting...
Global Chat: The MMORPG blogosphere reacts to Amazon’s New World announcement
Judging by the number and passion of comments posted on the announcement of Amazon Game Studios' new MMORPG, a lot of you have no...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 85: A whole New World
Justin and Bree discuss New World, WoW, Elyria, Firefall, SMITE, FFXIV, and Destiny 2, with mailbag letters on Star Wars Galaxies' PvP and explorable MMOs.
