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.

It's coincidence that the last three expansions have spoken to the exact same vanishingly small portion of the playerbase.

World of Warcraft details the end of the legendary ring questline

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The launch of World of Warcraft's next major patch brings with it the end of the quest to earn a legendary ring for your...
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Perfect Ten: MMO terms that have overstayed their welcome

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My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the...

Jukebox Heroes: An exclusive journey through Aion’s Upheaval soundtrack

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Aion is a game that's well-renowned for both its visual and audio beauty. Among my fellow MMO soundtrack enthusiasts, the title's many soundtracks stand out...

World of Warcraft 6.2 coming on June 23 with Hellfire Citadel raid

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World of Warcraft's Patch 6.2: Fury of Hellfire is coming on June 23rd, we found out today. When it lands, the patch will be...

E3 2015: Heroes of the Storm invites you to the Eternal Conflict

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Heroes of the Storm has been out for, oh, about six minutes now, but we guess that it's never too soon for Blizzard to...

Hearthstone adds tavern brawling, fixes bugs

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Blizzard has updated Hearthstone with its new tavern brawl game mode. You'll need a level 20 hero to participate in the new stuff, which...

Blizzard highlights WoW’s Black Morass for timewalking

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World of Warcraft's 6.2 patch features a series of seven different weekend events, two of which will make timewalking dungeons available to characters at...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 18

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Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Elder Scrolls Online's console launch, SWTOR's new expansion, WoW's flight fiasco, Cabal II, failed Kickstarters, plus mailbag questions on gratuitous complexity and Turbine's future.

An exclusive chat with Path of Exile’s Chris Wilson

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Massively: We're here with Path of Exile Producer Chris Wilson to talk about the state and future of this ARPG. Thanks for joining us...

World of Warcraft acknowledges ’emotional response’ to flying controversy

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The full story on Blizzard's decision and subsequent reappraisal of grounding flying mounts in World of Warcraft is still being revealed. In a new...

MMO Week in Review: SWTOR rumors, ESO on console (June 14, 2015)

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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! The...
Take a walk on the already-done-this side.

World of Warcraft demos its first timewalking dungeon, The Arcatraz

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The next patch for World of Warcraft is sending players back in time, just a little bit. With an expansion based on nostalgia, that...
Good work, great idea.

Overwatch shows off the heights of Pharah’s abilities

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Overwatch's Pharah is a pretty straightforward character in terms of play philosophy. She has a rocket launcher, jump jets, and a wrist rocket to...
Would you like to see something unsettling?

WoW Factor: What the flight changes portend for WoW’s future

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Did anyone else get flashbacks to the Xbox One launch with World of Warcraft's flying announcement? I pictured a lot of arm-folding and sulking...
Making you not concerned with the other person's expenditures on the game would actually be novel for physical card games, too.

How Hearthstone challenges mobile free-to-play assumptions

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Hearthstone is a successful title on phones and tablets. It's successful all around. And yet if you look within the field of mobile free-to-play...
The large old German man is not the villain. Groundbreaking!

Check out Overwatch’s Reinhardt gameplay video

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If Overwatch were a tabletop RPG, Reinhardt is the guy who didn't bother listening to the setting information and just made a knight with...

Perfect Ten: The top 10 healthiest live MMOs

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One question that consistently pops up across the MMO gaming circuit is, "What are the most popular/healthy/active MMOs out there?" Every time I see...
Yes, it's really weird to talk about Warlords in the context of a success, for me as much as you.

Everything you need to know about being on a boat in World of Warcraft’s next patch

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The next major patch for World of Warcraft is pitting players against what remains of the Iron Horde in the Tanaan Jungle, but unfortunately...

Hearthstone gets a new tavern brawling game mode

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Tavern Brawl is the latest game mode for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, according to a new post on Battle.net. The mode is unlocked once...
Something to (shadow) crow about.

World of Warcraft to allow flight in Draenor in a post-6.2 patch

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If you had given up on flight as a lost cause in Warlords of Draenor, there's good news. World of Warcraft's developers posted a...

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