blizzard entertainment

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.

Blizzard, Snail Games are part of a Russian nesting doll-type lawsuit

Justin Olivetti - July 8, 2015 13

Blizzard. Lawsuit. The World of Warcraft studio seems to be constantly dealing with some legal action or another. But now it may have gotten...

Hearthstone has a big announcement coming in two weeks

Justin Olivetti - July 8, 2015 18

Something is afoot over at Hearthstone, but the developers are holding their cards close to their chests, as it were. /rimshot Several media outlets have...

World of Warcraft walks through time to Gundrak

Eliot Lefebvre - July 8, 2015 26

The current expansion for World of Warcraft takes place on a world where there are no trolls, which means that it's unlikely we'll get...

Marvel Heroics: Ten Marvel Heroes resources to bring you from zero to hero

Justin Olivetti - July 8, 2015 24

Before a few months ago, the time that I spent in Marvel Heroes was largely uninformed and aimless. I figured it was just a...

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Overwatch unveils the mysterious Soldier: 76

Eliot Lefebvre - July 8, 2015 21

The big lore dump for Overwatch yesterday did not come from nowhere. Hot on the heels of that article connecting the mysterious Soldier: 76 to the...

The Daily Grind: What keeps you from crafting in MMOs?

Justin Olivetti - July 8, 2015 124

To this day, I've really only been a "crafter" in a small handful of MMOs: Fallen Earth, World of Warcraft, and Lord of the...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 21

Justin Olivetti - July 7, 2015 59

Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes, Final Fantasy XIV, RIFT 3.3, WoW's patch cycle, Cabal 2's launch, Skyforge's soft launch, and TERA's update, with mailbag questions on hero picks, names, and character gender options.

Let 'em all go to trial, except Soldier 76!

Overwatch blog details the legend behind Jack Morrison

Eliot Lefebvre - July 7, 2015 8

It's a little bit odd, on some level, that Overwatch takes place after the eponymous organization is dead and gone. Not unheard of, no,...

World of Warcraft asks why you use the Black Market Auction House

Eliot Lefebvre - July 7, 2015 28

It turns out that you can bring the Black Market Auction House to your very own Garrison in World of Warcraft if you so...

Not So Massively: Dota 2’s $15M compendium, Vainglory’s Android launch

Brendan Drain - July 6, 2015 7

Star Citizen started delivering weekly progress updates on its overdue FPS module this week, and two developers talked about how you'll be able to...

Former WildStar dev Stephan Frost is now WoW’s design producer

Jef Reahard - July 6, 2015 108

WildStar lost a lot of dev talent over the past year, but at least one ex-Carbine staffer has landed on his feet. Former WildStar...

That guy who redesigned Guild Wars 2’s UI is now tackling WoW’s website

Jef Reahard - July 6, 2015 18

Remember back in January when an ArenaNet forum user named Amax redesigned the UI for Guild Wars 2? As it turns out, Amax is Gradinar Razvan, who...

The Warcraft movie might become a trilogy

Justin Olivetti - July 6, 2015 123

Movie stills aside, we're still waiting to see our first real look at 2016's Warcraft film. The good news is that this will happen...

MMO Week in Review: Playing devils, punching dinos (July 5, 2015)

Bree Royce - July 5, 2015 14

Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review! Trion...

The Game Archaeologist: The 4th Coming

Justin Olivetti - July 4, 2015 13

Over the years that I've been writing The Game Archaeologist, I've received more than a few requests to cover a game that was completely...

WoW’s last major Draenor raid is Hellfire Citadel

Jef Reahard - July 2, 2015 136

Warlords of Draenor's last major raid will be Hellfire Citadel, according to an interview with World of Warcraft lead game designer Cory Stockton. Patch...