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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Massively Overthinking: Is every MMORPG with a cash shop pay-to-win?
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from one of our dear Patreon Patrons, Duane.
"There seems to be an ever broadening attitude towards what...
Overwatch is tearing it up in Korea
We know that Overwatch has been more than the talk of the town, as the game almost effortlessly shot past 10 million units sold...
World of Warcraft kicks off the Midsummer Fire Festival
Do you remember the heady days of this time last year, when World of Warcraft had a big meaty content patch dubbed "Patch 6.2"...
Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan explains the functionality of matchmaking
Matchmaking is a big consideration for Overwatch's competitive play. Sure, it's upsetting when a Quick Play match is filled with people choosing Bastion whilst...
Korean Overwatch player is cleared of cheating allegations
Have you ever met someone in a random Overwatch match and been absolutely certain that they must be cheating, that no one is that...
Warcraft has become the most successful film adaptation of a video game
The strength of its success at the Chinese box office has led Warcraft to be the single most successful video game adaptation film to...
E3 2016: Master X Master might be the most MMO-like MOBA around
Despite Eliot's positive experience with Master X Master at PAX East back in April, I went into my demo at this year's E3 expecting very...
Blizzard donates art to Seoul children’s hospital
Blizzard's charity work is legendary at this point, and here's one more beneficiary: a children's hospital in Seoul, South Korea. The company apparently teamed...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO deserves a movie next?
Now that the Warcraft movie is out and about and apparently its handlers are contemplating sequels, I have a burning question for you: Which MMO would...
The MOP Up: League of Legends fights in-house toxicity (June 19, 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...
MMO Mechanics: Zonation and scaling mechanics in MMORPGs
The recent E3 hubub about The Elder Scrolls Online new level syncing mechanics being extended has got me thinking all about the mechanics behind zones in MMOs,...
One Shots: Cave art
True fact: One of the earliest attempts to screenshot the action in an MMORPG took place as prehistoric cave paintings in France. Another true...
The Game Archaeologist: The Shadow of Yserbius
Really, I blame my parents for not being filthy rich.
If they had been, we could've afforded the $130/month unlimited subscription fee to the ImagiNation...
World of Warcraft: Legion’s expansion cycle will be longer with more patches
Remember all of those times that Blizzard said that it was going to speed up the rate at which it produced World of Warcraft expansions?...
Blizzard introduces an incredibly simple one-button authenticator
When it comes to safety, people often weigh the security of taking preventive measures against the annoyance of having to use them. The more...
Guild Wars 2 debates deleting the Desert borderlands map, discusses raid boss fight
Guild Wars 2's fourth and final developer video on the Stronghold of the Faithful features ArenaNet Game Designer Jason Reynolds discussing the design of...
Overwatch expects the new competitive play to change after release
Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan took to the forums yesterday to share some of the plans for the game's continued development.
Primarily on the table,...
Global Chat: Which mobs do you love killing in MMOs?
Everyone has mobs that they particularly enjoy offing in MMORPGs -- sometimes so much so that we go out of our way to get...
Tamriel Infinium: The pros and cons of Elder Scrolls Online’s ‘One Tamriel’ level-syncing
Despite being a two-year-old game, The Elder Scrolls Online has made a good showing at E3, which really shouldn't have surprised me -- but it...
World of Warcraft: Legion’s pre-expansion patch hits the test server
While World of Warcraft players will have to wait until the very end of August to dive into the new expansion, a major event...
