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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.

Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Online games and internet addiction

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Massively OP's overview of Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate last month was just the beginning of our coverage of the...

Perfect Ten: The most innovative RuneScape experiments

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RuneScape seems to be an MMO that's incredibly easy to dismiss by the wider MMO community for being "too kiddy" or being a little...
Just whenever you get around to us, it's cool.

World of Warcraft won’t have a hard Valor cap in 6.2.3

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The return of Valor as a currency in World of Warcraft's patch 6.2.3 brings a lot of questions with it. Once you get past...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO beta (or alpha) made you the happiest?

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Betas used to be a huge thing for me. I was deeply envious of those who got into testing when I was left on...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Last-minute hopes and preparation for Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns

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I swear I've been waiting all year to say this: Heart of Thorns hits this Friday, everyone! Cue the massive in-game parties, mass orders...

Global Chat: Why your MMO pushed me away

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Hey MMO developers, have you ever wondered why players are driven away from your games? Two bloggers took a stab at a list of features...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 34: Rollbacks and breakups

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Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, WildStar, GW2, RuneScape, Marvel Heroes, Black Desert, Nexon/NCsoft, WoW, and Wakfu, with mailbag questions on expansion pricing and horizontal gameplay.

Linkin Park to perform at BlizzCon

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BlizzCon 2015 has its big closing act: Linkin Park. The rock group has signed on to perform a concert for Blizzard's community on Saturday night, November...

First impressions: SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire delivers

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For the last few days, I have been playing the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire. My expectations going...

Not So Massively: Gamers rally around Total Biscuit (October 19, 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...

EVE Evolved: Does skillpoint trading make EVE pay-to-win?

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EVE Online's realtime skill training system has been a major point of contention throughout the game's lifetime, being a boon for those with little...

Nexus Telegraph: Six little WildStar elements that I love

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With the free-to-play launch calming down somewhat (look man, I can log onto the server!) and fall events kicking off in WildStar, I've been...

The Daily Grind: Can you ever forgive MMOs?

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The other day I was watching through a YouTube channel of an MMO player who loves lists as much as I do. And while...

Overwatch’s beta starts on October 27

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Blizzard has announced that Overwatch's beta will begin on October 27th. The company is dividing testers into two groups: a closed beta crew and...
Sometimes, less can indeed be more.

World of Warcraft patch 6.2.3 is bringing Valor back

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Between the Timewalking token system and Apexis Crystals, World of Warcraft has been providing players with a variety of currencies to purchase rewards after...
oh no not again

BlizzCon posts its two-day event schedule

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BlizzCon 2015 is less than a month away, and fans of World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Hearthstone, StarCraft II, Overwatch, and Heroes of the...

Overwatch debuts on Twitch this week

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Curious about Overwatch? If so, you'll probably want to watch Blizzard's Twitch channel on Thursday, October 15th. The studio will air 90 minutes of...

Not So Massively: Star Citizen’s map is amazing (October 12, 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...

The MOP Up: Skyforge’s new raid (October 11, 2015)

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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...

Asta plans public beta for November 3

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Will Asta succeed in the west after it failed in the east? That's the question that we're inching toward answering, as Webzen announced that...

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