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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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Hearthstone announces 50 million registered players

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The latest Hearthstone expansion release coincides with another bombshell for the game, with an official announcement from Activision Blizzard boasting that the game has...
Work it over.

Massively Overthinking: Trinities and quaternities in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic was inspired from Jake, who wrote in to us wondering about roles in MMORPG classes and group content: "What happened to roles?...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: Ten City of Heroes systems every MMO should have stolen by now

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Today, City of Heroes turns 12 years old. Except it doesn't; the game shut down three years ago, it never lived until it reached twelve,...
Under the city.

The Division’s cheating plague may be a result of its bad network model, consultant argues

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The Division just can't catch a break. Glenn Fiedler, a former lead network programmer for Sony and Respawn and current games tech consultant, says that...

Stormwind Park will (finally) be rebuilt in World of Warcraft: Legion

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For the past six years, World of Warcraft's Stormwind Park has been a smoking crater in the otherwise beautiful city thanks to Deathwing. Players...

Massively OP’s guide to understanding video game research

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I noticed two strange things in the comments section of our lengthy Exploring the Video Game Debate series: People were angry at research that...
Barfalo Wild Wings.

World of Warcraft: Legion is bumping the gold cap up to nearly 10 million

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Are you a high roller in World of Warcraft? Do you frequently make it rain on lesser players? Do you see things that cost...
Was this the longest?

The Daily Grind: Would you play Blizzard’s idea of a ‘pristine’ WoW server?

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Yesterday's big news in the ongoing Nostalrius saga was a message from Blizzard's J. Allen Brack, who suggested to players that in lieu of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 62: EVE Fanfest and PAX East

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Justin and Bree are joined by Brendan and Eliot for a full hour of EVE Fanfest and PAX East debriefing.

Hearthstone’s Whispers of the Old Gods means never having to say you’re ‘sorry’

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Hearthstone's Whispers of the Old Gods expansion launches today. First teased via Brooklyn mural last month, the update includes new game formats, friendly challenge meny...
The first dozen of cuts are all equally deep, really.

PAX East 2016: Hands-on with NCsoft’s Master x Master

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Master x Master might very well be the MOBA that I learn to love in spite of any and all preconceptions. I am not, categorically,...
Style.

Diablo III shows off the rewards for the newly arrived Season 6

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It's time to get up and start earning rewards for Diablo III's Season 6! "Now now," you whine. "I have to go to work...
When you're out in the club and you see a fly girl, do the creep!

Blizzard responds to vanilla WoW server requests, considers ‘pristine realms’

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The shutdown of the Nostalrius private server happened some time ago, but the debate it started hasn't stopped, and today the World of Warcraft...
WoW

The Daily Grind: Will Blizzard ever make WoW 2?

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On the heels of Blizzard's announcement that World of Warcraft's Legion expansion will arrive at the end of August, I saw several comments on...

The MOP Up: Richard Garriott’s new book (April 24, 2016)

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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 Daily Grind: Are you ever sad when a long-awaited MMORPG expansion arrives?

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We've been joking about Lord of the Rings Online never getting to Gondor, never mind Mordor, that I've become super sad that it's actually...

The Daily Grind: What are your favorite MMO dungeons?

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If a theme has emerged in my 2016 gaming habits so far, it has to be my renewed love of running dungeons in MMORPGs....
Back to the same.

Diablo III’s sixth season kicks off next week, but seasons aren’t coming to console

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Diablo III's sixth season is bearing down on us -- are you prepared? The fun kicks off on Friday, April 29th, at 8 p.m....

Perfect Ten: What I loved about Dungeons and Dragons Online

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Dungeons and Dragons Online was a very strange game at first glance. Ten years ago, I ventured into Stormreach with no more motivation than a longstanding...

Vanilla WoW petition hits 200K signatures, invokes Mark Kern

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Fans have now propelled the Nostalrius petition asking Blizzard to reconsider World of Warcraft vanilla servers to over 200,000 signatures, which means that former...

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