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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The Daily Grind: Does powergaming ruin the MMORPG experience?
A recent article on Kotaku tells the author's tale of being powerleveled by a friend through Diablo III. "You might think that there's no 'wrong'...
One Shots: Kneel before Zod
As if MMOs didn't already give us big enough heads, what with everyone treating us as if we were the saviors of the world...
The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual’s Star Trek Online
If you're among the legions of Trekkies, then you are almost certainly aware of Cryptic Studios' Star Trek Online. Since early 2010, players have...
WoW Factor: Why Legion’s alpha/beta label is a hair worth splitting
The Legion alpha is back, and it is still an alpha. And I want to to stress, not for the first time, that I...
Heroes of the Dorm returns with $500K in prizes
Put down those textbooks and pick up that mouse and keyboard, kid, because you're going to game for your education this spring.
Blizzard announced today...
Warcraft movie toys hit the shelves
The chill hasn't left the air in many countries, but the excitement is heating up for this summer's Warcraft motion picture release. Director Duncan...
WoW’s latest Legion alpha build revises talent loadouts, glyphs
The alpha testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion is rolling along and getting just a little bit bigger. Another build has been deployed,...
Superdata says League of Legends makes more money than any other game you play
Let's just get this out of the way: Superdata is a research firm that sells its data analysis. It doesn't disclose its methodology or...
Classic Korean MMORPG Knight Online lands on Steam
As promised, Knight Online has officially landed on Steam this week. The classic Korean MMO originally launched in 2004, the same year that World...
Diablo III’s renegade wizard joins Heroes of the Storm
If you love crossovers between fictional universes, then Blizzard's "anything goes" approach to Heroes of the Storm must send you into paroxysms of joy. The...
How Star Wars: The Old Republic won me over with its endgame
I walked away from last week's Star Wars: The Old Republic livestream pretty happy. Considering that I repeatedly say how much I absolutely loathe...
Warcraft rolls out a new TV spot, posts set pics with game references
World of Warcraft fans shouldn't worry too much that the upcoming movie will be devoid of cheeky references to their favorite game. Director Duncan...
The MOP Up: Metal Gear Online comes to PC (January 24, 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...
Diablo III explains damage number abbreviations and colors
Diablo III is a game that deals in numbers, and given the sheer output of digits that a combat counter can produce, Blizzard's engineers have...
Camelot Unchained on new website, animations, and beta crafting
Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs is getting out in front of "Snowniño," the massive blizzard bearing down on the a large swath of the Eastern...
WoW Legion makes major changes to specializations and transmog sets
Are you tired of dealing with dual specs in World of Warcraft? It was revealed at BlizzCon that the existing spec system was going...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO dev brains we’d like to pick
This week's Overthinking question comes to us from longtime Patron Roger.
"If you guys could magically open a connection to any dev team, which team...
Blizzard delays the return of Overwatch’s beta to February
Blizzard has delayed the return of Overwatch's beta, according to a post on the official forums today.
Game Director Jeff Kaplan says that the tentatively...
Heroes of the Storm will add Diablo’s Wizard and Necromancer to its lineup
Do you miss playing a Necromancer in Diablo II? It's not quite the same when you play a round of Heroes of the Storm,...
You’re going to have to purchase World of Warcraft: Legion twice for early access and a physical collector’s edition
Remember all of the absurdity about World of Warcraft's collector's edition with Warlords of Draenor? That was ridiculous. Basically, if you wanted to pre-order...
