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 shows off the World Quest system
When you reach level 110 in World of Warcraft: Legion, you've got a new sort of content awaiting you. They're not daily quests or...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG whose charms you’ve managed to escape?
Traditionally, Blizzard has but to crook a finger and my whole guild, including me, will flock back to play World of Warcraft's new thing. But this...
Gamescom 2016: World of Warcraft brings out the hard content three weeks after Legion’s launch
For some players, the real fun of World of Warcraft: Legion won't start until a month after its August 30th launch. At the Legion-plus-three-weeks...
One Shots: Wonderful Bree drug
Despite what you may think, libraries can be fascinating places full of mysteries and delights. Even in MMOs, you never know what you'll find...
Leaderboard: What’s next for the Diablo franchise?
Back in July, Blizzard Watch ran a piece wondering whether Diablo III has been abandoned. Matthew Rossi suggested that Diablo's recent seasons have been...
The Game Archaeologist: Highlander Online
One of the things that I love about Massively Overpowered's readership is how fans often bring games to my attention that I never knew...
WoW Factor: Fighting against the Legion and the end of the world
I honestly don't know what the Burning Legion's strategy is in World of Warcraft right now when it comes to picking places to invade....
World of Warcraft further tweaks invasion XP, gives a sneak ‘peak’ of Highmountain
More fine-tuning of World of Warcraft's demon invasions is coming today, as Blizzard said that it is making a couple of fixes to how...
Gamescom 2016: Overwatch’s Last Bastion short
Live at Gamescom today, Blizzard pushed out another animated short for Overwatch as promised. Called The Last Bastion, it covers... well... Bastion. Or uncovers him,...
Children of Ur adds localized weather
What's the weather going to be like today in your game?
You might just have to ask this if you're apt to play Children of...
Gamescom 2016: WoW Legion’s first patch, Return to Karazhan, will include 5-man Kara
At the Legion Cafe event at Gamescom today, Blizzard confirmed that World of Warcraft: Legion's first patch (7.1) will include an epic five-player dungeon...
Global Chat: Deaf gamers and MMO captioning
What is it like to play MMORPGs if you're deaf? Just ask Stars of the Spiral's Kelsey, who talks of her condition and why...
Blizzard makes radical adjustments to World of Warcraft invasion XP
What's scarier than demonic invasions raining down all across Azeroth? According to some players, it's when Blizzard removes incentive for fighting said invasions.
Yesterday's World...
Heroes of the Storm extends its first ranked season until September 13th
Do you feel an icy hand on your back as you play a match of Heroes of the Storm? If so, there are two...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 78: Hot dog!
Justin and Eliot discuss WoW, FFXIV, RIFT, No Man's Sky, Q2 financials, Path of Exile, and Trove, with mailbag questions on turn-based RPGs and console MMOs.
Gamescom 2016: Blizzard plans to show off Legion and new maps for Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
Unless you're living in some sort of video game-proof hole, you are probably aware that the mighty Gamescom is kicking off tomorrow and running...
Overwatch stares down the barrel of buffs, nerfs, and competitive play changes
Buffs and nerfs. Nerfs and buffs. They're a fact of life in any online game, but when it comes to competitive environments, even a...
World of Warcraft: Legion’s Azsuna is a ‘broken land’
It's kind of a little strange to be reading zone previews of expansion areas, as you know that what is largely unknown and foreign...
The Daily Grind: How do you decide when MMORPG class revisions have gone too far?
A bunch of my guildies flocked back to World of Warcraft during its pre-Legion festivities. One of them mentioned in passing that he'd been...
The MOP Up: The Dota 2 forum hack (August 14, 2016)
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...
