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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Heroes of the Storm releases its schedule for the 2016 Summer Season championship
The Heroes of the Storm Spring Championship is coming up very soon, but there's no reason to spend a whole lot of time thinking...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO tracks to make your heart happy
Music doesn't just speak to emotion; it often evokes it, conjuring it out of thin air with notes and tones and those squiggly lines...
Overwatch outlines its progression system and patches in new gameplay
Characters in Overwatch do not level. You can play nothing but Tracer day in and day out, and she's still going to have the...
Rumor: BlizzCon 2016 aims for November 4-5
When is this year's BlizzCon? We don't know. It hasn't even been officially announced yet. But the eagle-eyed folks over at MMO Champion spotted...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 56: Ghillie nation
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, Marvel Heroes, The Division, VR, Landmark, Crowfall, EVE, and Tree of Savior, with mailbag questions on pay-to-win and Black Desert hype.
Heroes of the Storm lets teams ban heroes from draft and custom play
Draft lobbies will soon be treated to a major overhaul in Heroes of the Storm, as Blizzard announced yesterday that it will be revamping...
Gorilla hero Winston headlines Blizzard’s first Overwatch short
For those still lost on the lore of Overwatch, Blizzard's upcoming shooter and brand-new IP, the company has begun pushing out a series of...
GDC 2016: Diablo’s UI was designed to pass the ‘mom test’
David Brevik, one of the original co-founders of Blizzard North and probably best known to MMO players for his long tenure at the helm...
The MOP Up: TERA’s mood clouds (March 20, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and often we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some of...
Second Galaxy puts a space sim in the palm of your hand
Looking to boldly go where no one has gone before as you boldly walk out your front door? Blackjack Studios announced that it's in...
One Shots: Impish greetings
First contact with native tribes and species in MMOs hardly ever goes the diplomatic route; usually there's a lot of stabbing, fire-setting, plundering, and...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Are MMO communities real or fake?
We've come a long way in our discussion of Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological...
Starcraft’s Dehaka is on deck for Heroes of the Storm
Primal Zerg pack leader Dehaka is looking to extend his galactic conquest by invading Heroes of the Storm. The legendary character is currently being...
Diablo III polishes legendary gems in next update
Blizzard's all-seeing eye has turned its attention to legendary gems as one of the foci of the upcoming Diablo III Patch 2.4.1. Basically, the...
Perfect Ten: Why MMORPG studios don’t just reboot their games
Last Friday's WildStar news made me sad. I'm sad because there are two games at war within that title. One of them is a...
See the new Warcraft movie trailer and poster
Warcraft's June 10th movie premiere is coming a lot faster than you'd think, and the promotion machine for the fantasy film is well underway....
World of Warcraft: Legion alpha patch revises class and artifact traits
June 30th release or no, World of Warcraft: Legion continues on with its alpha test program. Today Blizzard patched in several adjustments to various...
Heroes of the Storm’s Lost Cavern is a straight-up one-lane slugfest
One of the big things that makes Heroes of the Storm distinct in its genre is the fact that every single map has a...
Overwatch prepares expanded media universe
As if there isn't already enough excitement over the fact that Overwatch will be launching in a little over two months, Blizzard revealed yesterday...
Rumor: Retailers pegging World of Warcraft: Legion’s release as June 30th
The cycle has begun. Every time a World of Warcraft expansion doesn't have a fixed release date, retailers begin assigning a release date to...
