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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Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick predicts a bleak future for a UK that rejects the Microsoft merger
Probably the last thing you want to see on a Wednesday or any other day that ends in -day is Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick...
World of Warcraft is shutting down its integrated Twitter posting feature
One of the very first stories we covered when Old Massively became Overpowered was World of Warcraft's Twitter integration implementation. It seems like yesterday,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the coziest MMO world out there?
While I've long known that I am very receptive to uplifting environments, it's only been in the last year or so that I've dived...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 408: FFXIV on one side, mods on the other
Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV's great mode debate, WoW's trading post issues, NCsoft's layoffs, Square's and Blizzard's financials, The Crew 3, Quinfall, and Elder Scrolls Online, with adventures in LOTRO and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on MMO beards.
Diablo Immortal prepares to merge servers and welcome its Perils of the Fen event
Blizzard announced a third round of server merges for Diablo Immortal, this time focusing on East and Southeast Asia regions to help player populations...
The Daily Grind: Do you leave MMOs when your friends do?
MOP's Carlo was chatting about the modern endgame situation in World of Warcraft the other day and I had a sharp realization that I...
Overwatch 2 brings Season 3 on February 7th, complete with crossover collaborations
Welcome to Overwatch 2's season 3! What are you hoping to get out of it? If your answer to the question is "the PvE...
Activision-Blizzard Q4 2022: Blizzard revenues, MAUs spike thanks to WoW Dragonflight and Overwatch 2
Welcome back to our inevitable coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials: Today's edition sums up Q4's results, comprising October, November, and December 2022. Let's break it...
IGN’s upcoming Fan Fest features Elder Scrolls Online, Redfall, and Diablo IV
The month of February is usually associated with the cold of winter and not a showcase of game and movie trailers, but the IGN...
World of Warcraft checks in with trading post issue updates, opens a cross-realm raid February 14
The rough week for World of Warcraft's ramshackle trading post is continuing on, as the devs have checked in to note a couple of...
Workers call out Activision-Blizzard management as it reaches $35M settlement with SEC
A Better ABK, the proto-union workers group that supports the developers at Activision-Blizzard, has once more thrown a spotlight on management malfeasance, sharing its...
Overwatch 2’s director maps out the future without map pools and less map frequency
Hey there, Overwatch 2 player! Do you like map pools? No, you don't; basically no one did, and so they're being removed according to...
Global Chat: The seductive appeal of New World
Over a year since its launch, New World remains as rocky and controversial as ever. And while it has its critics, Amazon's MMO also...
Zenith tees up player housing test, picks up former New World creative director and WoW designer
Ramen VR CEO Andy Tsen dropped a letter to the Zenith community late last night with both industry and game news. For starters, the...
WoW Factor: The state of World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight, two months in
On Monday, I talked with MOP's Bree about the idea of doing a piece this week about how World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was doing...
World of Warcraft’s new trading post is back up but still a bit buggy
The keystone of World of Warcraft's newest patch got off to a disappointing start, as the Trading Post immediately hit all sorts of bugs...
NCsoft West loses CEO, lays off 20% of staff, says Throne & Liberty is not impacted
With NCsoft's Q4 financials looming in February, the company has apparently opted to follow Silicon Valley's destructive lead and add to the layoff pile...
World of Warcraft is offline as Blizzard pulls the trading post over bugs
"Hey mister, get out of the way! I have to get home and play World of Warcraft!"
Why, slow down there, Timmy! What's got you...
World of Warcraft dataminers pluck out the new Primordial Gems from patch 10.0.7
"Whatever you might think about Blizzard or World of Warcraft: Dragonflight," cries the fan set, "you have to be happy that the studio has...
Overwatch 2 brings back Overwatch Credits for its third season
In last night's letter to the Overwatch 2 community, Blizzard took some time to evaluate how Season 2 of the team shooter went and...
