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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Massively Overthinking: Would you pay for a Guild Wars 1 revival?
WoodenPotatoes had a fun video this past weekend about Classic Guild Wars 1, and I fully admit I clicked on it just to hear...
Hearthstone launches co-op Battlegrounds Duos with April 16’s season 7
Blizzard has taken the stress-free packaging off its new Hearthstone toy, announcing the impending launch of Battlegrounds Duos, which the team first previewed at...
Blizzard’s John Hight on using AI to support World of Warcraft’s artists, not replace them
Franchise director John Hight might have spent some of his GDC time last month drawing a mystery line for World of Warcraft subscriber numbers,...
WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery moves into Phase 3 today with new Sunken Temple raid
The third phase of WoW Classic's Season of Discovery goes live this afternoon, bringing with it yet another endgame shift and evolving scavenger hunt....
Global Chat: What should we be thinking about Guild Wars 3?
The surprising (and not surprising) news that ArenaNet has the go-ahead from NCsoft to develop Guild Wars 3 sent ripples of interest, confusion, and...
The Daily Grind: Are you waiting on WoW The War Within at this point?
Unless you've been playing World of Warcraft fairly faithfully during the Dragonflight expansion, you're probably buried in content and objectives if you've tried to...
Tarisland’s latest beta preview video showcases the male Paladin class
The fact that Tencent's World of Warcraft-lookalike Tarisland has a Paladin class isn't a surprise, both because of the source material and because Tarisland...
World of Warcraft lead dev asks for opinions on whether to merge two US PvP realms
If you're a PvPing player in World of Warcraft - specifically someone who's on the Faerlina or Benediction servers - then you'll probably want...
April Fools’ Day 2024 events and gags from around the MMORPG world
Welcome to weird MMORPG game mode day! I mean, April Fools' Day - not that we're sorry a lot of the "pranks" have become...
LOTRO Legendarium: Middle-earth’s world integrity is an endangered species in MMOs
Back in 2018, Steven Spielberg adapted the popular novel Ready Player One into a film. It seemed like a great pairing: The master director...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs repurpose their old content more often?
World of Warcraft certainly provoked the raising of many, many eyebrows last week when it announced that its secret March patch ended up being...
Diablo IV arrives to Game Pass subscribers, Diablo III reruns Forbidden Archives April 12
This week brought the marquee event that supporters of Microsoft's multi-billion dollar buyout of Activision-Blizzard were likely eager for: Diablo IV is now available...
Osiris New Dawn resurfaces with a new April update after 2023 Steam delisting
It's been almost a year since we heard much from Osiris New Dawn, and it's apparently not just us as the official site hasn't...
Vague Patch Notes: The limits of data in MMORPGs
Yesterday, I went on a rant about data. As you probably guessed from the various columns wherein I attempt to use data to analyze...
World of Warcraft’s Holly Longdale reassures players that further PvE-based experiments are coming
If you're a World of Warcraft player looking at Plunderstorm with some combination of bafflement and trepidation about the possibility that every further "experimental"...
WoW Factor: Blizzard didn’t reveal World of Warcraft sub numbers – it drew a Mystery Line
It will not surprise anyone reading this to learn that there are things which upset me. This is just part of being a human...
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer admits massive layoffs were due in part to gaming’s ‘lack of growth’
Ever since Microsoft announced a wave of layoffs that would affect 1,900 people - over 800 of whom work for Activision-Blizzard - the officially...
Overwatch 2 announces nonbinary geotech hero Venture, trialing this weekend
It surely goes without saying that Blizzard did not see Riot Games announce a non-binary character this past weekend and then decide to announce...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that experienced a surprising comeback
It's hard to pass up a really good comeback story. We love it when a beloved something or someone is counted down and out......
Diablo IV spruces up its looks, Diablo Immortal drops its first 2024 update, and Hearthstone updates its core set
Blizzard's being quite the busy little bee this week, so let's check in with the studio's multiplayer titles to see what's happening lately.
Diablo Immortal...
