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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Gamescom 2015: RIFT brings the Primalist on board as game’s fifth calling
RIFT's most poorly kept secret is now official: The Primalist will join the game's roster as the fifth calling (and the first new one...
World of Warcraft announces Legion expansion with Demon Hunter class, Broken Isles continent; beta this year
The liveblog is after the cut. Here are the highlights!
Blizzard has just announced World of Warcraft's next expansion: Legion. Blizzard's Tom Chilton says that...
We would totally play World of Warcraft: The Beach Party expansion
This video "leaked" by YouTuber Scott Leyes is seriously the World of Warcraft expansion cinematic trailer. Seriously.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGPFmrxRwpk
Man, PvP dance-offs would be awesome.
Hat tip to...
Marvel Heroics: Fighting the inventory blues
Diablo-type games balance on a see-saw of distribution and acquisition; the games explode with loot while giving you limited space to store all of...
Gamescom 2015: Blizzard shows off new heroes and maps for Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm players are going to have quite a bit to look forward to in the near future. The game's newest map,...
Gamescom 2015: Hearthstone debuts cards, Jousting, and rank bonuses
What would a grand tournament be without jousting? The new Jousting mechanic from the upcoming Hearthstone expansion The Grand Tournament pits players against one...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2015: WoW has 5.6 million subbers, Blizzard’s doing fine anyway
Here's a shocker, Blizzard's making a lot of money! Of course, the company's second quarter 2015 financial results go into a bit more detail...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 24: WoW speculation
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's next expansion, Trove, Project Gorgon, DDO, NCsoft's quarterly report, and Neverwinter, with mailbag questions on emotional investment and the state of the site.
Not So Massively: Dota 2’s $18m main event, Hearthstone’s expansion
This week, third-person MOBA SMITE revealed its new support character Khepri, the ancient Egyptian scarab god. League of Legends pushed its HUD overhaul to...
World of Warcraft’s Bashiok has defected to NCsoft [Updated]
Former World of Warcraft Community Manager Micah "Bashiok" Whipple announced he was leaving Blizzard last week to take up a new job this week, leading...
Ex-WoW lead Rob Pardo says industry devs are avoiding the ‘MMO’ label
MMOs aren't going anywhere, but the label may be on the way out. This comes from former World of Warcraft lead Rob Pardo, who...
MMO Week in Review: Blizzard likes your money after all (August 2, 2015)
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!
I...
MMO Mechanics: Brilliant MMO boss mechanics
I love a good boss fight as much as the next MMO player, and I'm sure I'm not alone in favouring fights that really...
Bashiok bids Blizzard adieu
Blizzard's long-time community manager, Bashiok (known in the earlier days as Drysc), is leaving the studio after more than a decade of wrangling the...
Heroes of the Storm bribes players to try it out
Is this the summer of Heroes of the Storm? Blizzard would really like it to be, as the studio is not above a little...
SMITE adds Khepri, its biggest god yet
"This is one big scary bug. Much bug. Wow."
Hi-Rez has a lot to say about Khepri, SMITE's newest god, but perhaps the above quote...
WoW Factor: Speculating on WoW’s next expansion
On August 6th, we now know, we'll be hearing the name and some details on the next World of Warcraft expansion. What we don't...
With Your Destiny and Asta close down
We truly do hate to be the bearers of bad news, especially when that news has to do with the demise of an MMO....
World of Warcraft to reveal newest expansion next week
What will World of Warcraft's next expansion be? Forget speculation -- you'll be finding out for real in a little over a week.
Blizzard announced...
Global Chat: Do you crave human interaction in MMOs?
I've long been an advocate of "playing alone together" in MMOs. While I enjoy grouping and teaming up to a degree, mostly I want...
