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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ARK: Survival Evolved rockets up Superdata’s January revenue rankings
The latest Superdata Research report is in for the month of January 2017, and in addition to an increase of 9.8% of digital game...
The Daily Grind: Is an MMO still an MMO if it lacks chat?
In the comments of Andrew's last Soapbox on whether or not Pokemon Go properly constitutes an MMO, veteran MMORPG designer Raph Koster argued provocatively against...
Hearthstone confirms April Journey to Un’Goro expansion
Blizzard confirmed this afternoon that Hearthstone's next expansion is indeed Journey to Un'Goro as rumored. Everyone's favorite zone to get knocked off your mount...
Mark Kern’s Em-8er lore combines Nazis, ghosts, and terraforming
"Welcome to the world of Ember, or as star charts designate it, Em-8ER ('E-M-Eight-E-R')," says a new dev blog from Mark Kern's Em-8ER MMO...
The Daily Grind: How might your favorite MMO capitalize on nostalgia?
It would be an understatement for me to say that I'm stupidly excited to see Morrowind come to The Elder Scrolls Online this summer....
The MOP Up: FFXIV’s triple world records (February 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...
The Doomfist has been stolen on Overwatch’s test server
There have been hints of it flying around for quite some time from Overwatch datamining, but now it's happened. A Twitter update first posted...
The Game Archaeologist: Earth and Beyond
Personally, I prefer science fiction over fantasy nine times out of ten, even though most of the MMOs that grace my desktop are fantasy...
WoW Factor: Where do we go after WoW Legion?
So at the risk of being dinged for spoiling the current World of Warcraft expansion, let me say this: Azeroth is not going to...
Hi-Rez addresses the Paladins pay-to-win uproar
The Paladins community has been flipping tables this week over the game's new Legendary cards and Essence currency, which players argue are blatantly pay-to-win....
World of Warcraft Q&A covers legendaries, artifact power, and relics; Blizz nixes 7.2 PvP changes
If you missed it, yesterday World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas sat down for another one of his lengthy community question-and-answer sessions.
While no groundbreaking...
Hearthstone gives a helping hand to arena mode
Hearthstone's arena is getting some much-needed love from the developers in the hopes that players will flock back to this game mode.
The biggest change...
World of Warcraft hatches hippogryphs, expands Nighthold, and continues token madness
The expansion of World of Warcraft's token utility continues to ripple across the entire Blizzard ecosystem, as prices remain high and supply occasionally runs...
Chronicles of Elyria shores up PAX East demo, hires WoW cinematic artist
The clock is ticking down to PAX East on March 10th, and the Chronicles of Elyria team is whipping itself up into a frenzy...
We may have already known about Overwatch’s next hero… for months
The next Overwatch hero is a quadraped Omnic named Anchora, and she appears to be a tank. This isn't a new announcement, though; it's...
The Elysium WoW emulator community is in total meltdown
The Elysium World of Warcraft private server community is in total meltdown, so popcorn at the ready.
Most MMORPG players would probably have never heard...
Overwatch drops a hint about its next hero
The speculation about Overwatch's next hero is going to keep running for a while, but there are some signs that we may have more...
The Daily Grind: Do you use plugins for your main MMORPG?
As one of Massively OP's resident modding nuts, I am drawn to MMORPGs that offer plugin support and modding APIs. World of Warcraft's modding...
Dauntless goes on the hunt for the fiery Embermane
As a co-op monster hunting title, Dauntless will not be wasting players' time with stomping out rat infestations or scavenging for boar livers. Instead,...
World of Warcraft announces the end of support for Windows XP and Vista
Like the dinosaurs and giant shoulderpads in women's suits, World of Warcraft support for two older Windows operating systems is about to become extinct.
Blizzard...
