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: What’s your favorite game to decompress with?
Moving is absolutely awful, as we all know, and I would be very happy to never move ever again. Once my computer was all...
WoW Factor: The design slide from start to present
After more than a decade of operation, a curious thing has happened to World of Warcraft: It's circled back around on an awful lot...
Pre-purchase Hearthstone’s Blackrock Mountain for free card back
Even though it's not out yet, you can go ahead and pay for Hearthstone's Blackrock Mountain adventure pack to have it waiting for you...
Choose My Adventure: Path of Marvel
In last week's Choose My Adventure, we learned a few magic spells and set off to conquer a tiny portion of Diablo III's hellish...
Working As Intended: Six things I expect from serious MMO PvP
With PvP-encrusted MMORPGs like Camelot Unchained, Crowfall, and even Revival on the genre's horizon, I have a glimmer of hope that the future of MMO...
Not So Massively: HoN’s Grimm Hunt, HEX’s 100k tourney, and Descent’s reboot
It's been a packed week in the world of online multiplayer gaming, with competitive tournament announcements, patches, and tons of new videos. Microsoft may...
MMO Mechanics: Navigating fast-travel systems
I'm delighted to resurrect the column that brought me to Massively-that-was, MMO Mechanics, for the ravenous readers of MOP. The column focused on the...
Hearthstone celebrates its first birthday
Hats and helms off to Hearthstone, as the Warcraft-themed online card game is one year old this week. The team is encouraging the community...
BlizzCon 2015 is coming this November 6 and 7
Any uncertainty over whether Blizzard was going to throw a convention this year is now over, as the studio announced that BlizzCon 2015 will...
Choose My Adventure: Diablo of Exile
This month's Choose My Adventure is like no Choose My Adventure that has come before. Instead of deep-diving one game for four weeks, we're...
Not So Massively: PAX East 2015 MOBA roundup edition
It's been a huge week for online gaming, with GDC drawing to a close and PAX East being packed full of reveals. We heard...
The Stream Team: Diablo III is a game we are playing
Diablo III and its ilk are normally safely tucked away in our Not So Massively column, but this month's Choose My Adventure is offering...
WoW Factor: A self-defeating genre
Remember when World of Warcraft launched? I sure do. I remember when the game's developers strapped into a helicopter and broke into the building...
PAX East 2015: Hearthstone’s Blackrock Mountain adventure arrives in April
The rumors were true: Hearthstone is getting a new adventure in April.
Blizzard formally announced the new content at PAX East this morning. The Blackrock Mountain adventure...
The factionless WoW player dings level 100
World of Warcraft Shaman Doubleagent made headlines a year ago for leveling his Pandaren up to 80 and then 90 without ever choosing a faction. Now...
Former LOTRO employee dishes out behind-the-scenes secrets
There's always more to every story than is often told, which is why it's fascinating to come across accounts like this one by former...
Choose My Adventure: Right-Click Sampler Platter Edition
It's been a crazy month. Since writing my farewell Choose My Adventure on Massively-X-Joy-Gadget--vs-Capcom-Turbo, I've sent a few hundred emails, helped raise a huge...
Not So Massively: Hearthstone’s MagicAmy drama; Riot rules on SpectateFaker
Riot Games President Marc Merill says he regrets comments made in the heat of the moment regarding the recent SpectateFaker controversy. Riot issued its...
World of Warcraft is getting gold and gametime transfer tokens
Blizzard has just announced that it's introducing a gold-and-gametime transfer token to World of Warcraft. Dubbing the currency the "WoW Token," Blizz writes,
Players will be...
The Stream Team: Storming of the heroes
In last week's MOBA Madness stream, MassivelyOP's Mike Foster struggled to figure out whether he was winning or losing matches in Blizzard Entertainment's Heroes...
