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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How Project Titan and Overwatch prompted Chris Metzen to leave Blizzard
Months later, the World of Warcraft community is still coming to grips with the absence of Chris Metzen, who decided to retire from Blizzard...
Massively Overthinking: The many ‘NGE’ moments across MMORPG history
Eleven years ago this week, the New Game Enhancements patch descended on Star Wars Galaxies, forever changing the trajectory of the game, SOE, and...
Perfect Ten: Messed-up aspects of MMORPGs we mindlessly accept
When we engage in the collective fantasy of playing MMORPGs, we accept certain structures and tropes that have been in place since the early...
World of Warcraft celebrates its anniversary with corgis and trivia
It's been twelve years since World of Warcraft launched, and that means it's time to log in, earn anniversary achievements, and pick up some...
Battle Bards Episode 86: World of Warcraft: Legion
With all of the unbridled love for World of Warcraft’s soundtrack on Battle Bards, historically, you know that we couldn’t let a new expansion...
World of Warcraft datamining points to new WoW Token use in patch 7.1.5
Do you remember BlizzCon 2016? It was just a couple of weeks ago, surely you do. One of the topics on discussion was letting...
Overwatch content update adds Sombra and Antarctica
Are things cooling down or heating up? If you're playing Overwatch this week, the answer is "both, baby!"
Yesterday's content patch went live for all...
Heroes of the Storm highlights Varian Wrynn and his multiple specs
King Varian Wrynn in Heroes of the Storm is a Warrior. Not just in the MOBA-specific terminology, either; he's a Warrior in the classic...
Hearthstone previews the machinations of the Kabal
What happens in Azeroth when a spellcaster goes too far? Obviously, said spellcaster has to turn around and try to make the right turn...
Diablo III’s anniversary patch is available for testing
Looking forward to making Diablo III feel like the original Diablo for just a little while? The game's most recent patch has hit the...
World of Warcraft’s post-BlizzCon debrief
It's safe to say that Ion Hazzikostas has emerged as the face of World of Warcraft's development team, particularly following his rundown of all...
Leaderboard: How would you rate BlizzCon 2016?
During this past week's podcast, Justin, Eliot, and I debated the overall tenor of BlizzCon 2016 -- and found it more or less lacking....
The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 1
When you bring up the name "Mythic Entertainment," chances are that most gamers are going to immediately think of the studio's two major MMOs,...
Niantic on Pokemon Go’s community struggles and WoW-like MMO nature
It's no secret that the Pokemon Go playerbase has been falling off since its summer pinnacle, and if you dig around on Reddit or...
World of Warcraft shares behind-the-scenes secrets of its newest raid
With the Trial of Valor raid open for business in World of Warcraft, Blizzard wanted to share a few behind-the-scenes insights from the creation...
Massively Overthinking: Nickel-and-diming in MMORPGs
Massively OP reader and listener Suikoden79 recently wrote in to the podcast with a gem of a question I thought would be more fun...
Overwatch hosts a free play weekend starting November 18
All the talk about new playstyles and new heroes in Overwatch doesn't mean much if you never play the game. Are you tempted to...
Perfect Ten: The worst patch naming in MMORPGs
Patches should, in all honesty, be the easiest thing in the world for online games to handle. You have a word that means patch,...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online roleplay with the Human Floyd
Those who follow my columns here know that I'm a big roleplayer, but I don't exactly roleplay in the Elder Scrolls Online. I love...
A blizzard is sweeping over The Division
Just when you thought that the plague-ridden city of The Division couldn't get any worse, a blizzard is heading in with a vengeance.
Ubisoft has...
