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 wants you to be happy with your class
Are you happy with your World of Warcraft class? Oh, there's always something to complain about, although some players have more legitimate grievances than...
Overwatch players use the 3v3 format to create hide-and-seek; holidays arrive Dec 13
If you've ever played Monopoly with a child who doesn't care about anything beyond getting to play as the hat rather than getting everyone's...
South Korea outlaws creation and distribution of game hacking programs
Think the worst thing that can happen to you for helping gamers cheat in a video game is a ban? Think again, at least...
Nostalrius is resurrecting next week. Your move, Blizzard.
After a yearlong saga that involved the shutdown of an illegal World of Warcraft emulator, fan outcry, Blizzard's high-profile meet-and-greet with the emulator's devs,...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone cruises down some Mean Streets (December 4, 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...
Rawr: Buy a World of Warcraft Mischief minipet — for the children
Let's face it: Almost every single MMORPG out there has useless crap you can buy in the cash shop and parade around in-game. So...
Classic vampire MMO Dark Eden arrives on Steam
After looking for Steam greenlight approval earlier this year, Dark Eden has clinched it and arrived to dwell on the digital platform as one...
WoW Factor: Looking forward to World of Warcraft 7.2
It's been a little while, friends, but that happens. Last time I was making bets about what we'd see for World of Warcraft at...
World of Warcraft’s secondary stats are dropping in power; here’s why
Players who log on to World of Warcraft's 7.1.5 test realm will no doubt have already noticed that secondary stats just aren't what they...
Former BioWare and Blizzard devs announce new online co-op RPG Dauntless
At the 2016 Game Awards last night, gamers laid eyes on Dauntless, a new online multiplayer (but not massively so, alas) RPG from indie...
The Daily Grind: Will players always trump NPCs as MMO PvP adversaries?
Prolific MOP commenter Sally Bowls posted a note last week that stood out to me as something we should all be seriously considering. Most...
Blizzard cracks down on Overwatch aimbot cheaters
OK, cheaters, listen up. You're jerks, you're ruining the game for everyone, you're wasting developer time, which means you're wasting everyone's money, you're not...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMORPG stories of 2016
As we start to come to grips with the fact that we will be turning over the calendar into 2017 in one short month,...
World of Warcraft players petition Blizzard for Warlock changes
Are you playing a Warlock in World of Warcraft: Legion? If so, you've probably seen and experienced a lot of frustration from that class...
Hearthstone patches up for Mean Streets of Gadgetzan tomorrow
The streets of Gadgetzan are not mean right now in Hearthstone. (The game where they originated doesn't even have streets, just packed-dirt paths.) But...
Battle Bards Episode 87: Elves!
It’s high time that the Battle Bards lie prostrate at the feet of their social and intellectual superiors, the high and mighty Elves! Yes,...
Overwatch has traffic on its newest map, and it will kill you
Up until now, all of Overwatch's various shooty maps have taken place without traffic beyond the payload and the armored gaggle of freaks shooting...
World of Warcraft loses lead quest designer to Hearthstone
Azeroth has lost another one of its chief architects to a rival game set in the same universe. World of Warcraft Lead Quest Designer...
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:...
