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 OP Podcast Episode 406: Ulduar and Umbar
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard vs. NetEase and the demise of WoW China, Wrath Classic, FFXIV 6.3, and LOTRO's 2023 roadmap, with adventures in LOTRO and ESO, plus a mailbag topic on the future of Blizzard.
World of Warcraft preps the Trading Post, begins the Storm’s Fury event, and tweaks classes in latest patch
Today marks the day when World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is getting its first post-launch patching, and while it might not be teeming with top-flight...
Blizzard’s Proletariat ends bid to unionize after unionbusting tactics succeed
Activision-Blizzard's latest efforts to head off worker unions were apparently successful: Union group Communication Workers of America has ended its bid to launch a...
WoW Classic just lost its team lead Brian Birmingham over Blizzard’s toxic evaluation system
Blizzard has apparently opted to pick yet another pointless fight that makes it look absolutely terrible, this time with well-liked World of Warcraft Classic...
Diablo Immortal maps out new class, narrative quests, fishing, and new competitive mode for 2023
If you're invested (hopefully not too monetarily) in Diablo Immortal enough that you're looking forward to more content to the mobile ARPG, then you'll...
The Daily Grind: Has an MMO’s launch ever made you turn ’round and play something else?
When Diablo Immortal launched last year, MOP's Carlo was... not a fan. He actually recommended that folks just go buy six sourdough jacks from...
One Shots: Make sure you sign a waiver before jumping
If MMORPG worlds were anything like our own, you have to imagine that there'd be all sorts of waivers and legal restrictions before allowing...
Diablo Immortal plans to expand stash space and add an in-game events calendar
It may not be a full-featured roadmap of the year ahead, but Diablo Immortal's latest missive does give its fans an idea of what's...
WoW Classic advances Wrath of the Lich King to Phase 2
The second phase of Wrath Classic went live today with the debut of Secrets of Ulduar. The update for WoW Classic issues in an...
Massively Overthinking: What were your three most-played MMOs in 2022?
Last year, we did a piece on what we expected our top three MMOs of 2022 to be. We'll do that again next week,...
Class action law firm probes Diablo Immortal over false advertising claims
This is a story about a gem in Diablo Immortal known as the Blessing of the Worthy, an item that could only be found...
World of Warcraft releases Update 10.0.5 patch notes, Lunar New Year
With a roadmap in hand and an ambitious year of releases ahead, World of Warcraft will take its first step to fulfilling its vision...
Halo Infinite and Elder Scrolls Online teams were hit by Microsoft’s 10,000-person layoff
Yesterday's Microsoft layoffs were just as bad as anticipated - 10,000 jobs slashed in one day - and it gets worse for gamers, as...
NetEase slams Blizzard China’s last-minute WoW proposal as ‘brash, unseemly and commercially illogical’
Earlier this week, Blizzard China took to social media to suggest to Chinese World of Warcraft players that NetEase is to blame for the...
World of Warcraft starts awarding Revival Catalysts after January 24
So you want to get tier pieces for your main character in World of Warcraft. That's a good priority and goal. We commend you....
World of Warcraft is selling a Lunar New Year bunny mount while Wrath Classic moves into Phase 2
To mark the upcoming Lunar New Year festival -- and no doubt be an early year fundraiser -- World of Warcraft is selling a...
Get a first peek at Tencent’s new Chinese WoW clone, Tarisland
I know you'll be shocked to hear it, but people like World of Warcraft enough to try to clone it! Oh, what's that? We...
Overwatch 2 revives three arcade brawls for Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year in Overwatch is not a new concept, largely because Overwatch itself is not a new concept, but 2023 will mark the...
Microsoft buyout faces pushback from the UK as Google and Nvidia express concerns about the deal to the FTC
The billion-dollar buyout of Activision-Blizzard from Microsoft was likely never going to be a smooth transaction, but we suspect all parties involved weren't expecting...
Blizzard claims NetEase rejected a license extension to keep Chinese games (including WoW) up another six months
When Blizzard and NetEase announced the dissolution of their long-running publishing partnership in China - and the sunset of almost all of Blizzard's games...
