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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World of Warcraft’s next patch offers new options for players suffering from dragonriding motion sickness
Does riding a dragon in World of Warcraft make you feel all funny in your tummy? Could it be true love, or could it...
Diablo Immortal launches a Lunar New Year event and adds a slew of new legendary items
The latest patch for Diablo Immortal is something of a tale of two foci. On the one hand, the update is marking the Lunar...
NetEase lays off staffers who were working on Blizzard games in China
Lest we forget, the falling out between NetEase and Blizzard has a toll greater than either company's bottom line; it also saw a human...
World of Warcraft is offering everyone bonus Trader’s Tender for purchasing Dragonflight
Have you bought Dragonflight yet? The developers of World of Warcraft are really hoping that the answer is yes, and in the game's continual...
Global Chat: The MMO blogs you should be reading in 2023
Welcome to a new year of Global Chat -- and with it, the anticipation of a great assortment of MMO blog essays, questions, guides,...
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight drops its first content patch on January 24
If you've been sitting back and complaining that you're already done with all the World of Warcraft: Dragonflight content there is to explore and...
World of Warcraft adds a new defense event to the Primalist Future on the test server
The Primalists have won, the Dragon Isles are overrun with raw elemental energy, and malicious spirits of said elements are pouring into the world....
Hearthstone revs up Battlegrounds Season 3 for next week
The third season of Hearthstone's Battlegrounds is set to kick off on January 17th under the careful tutelage of Professor Putricide. Wait, where did...
Ulduar arrives for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic on January 19
So, are you excited to start down a new World of Warcraft journey that is actually different than the game's history in WoW Classic?...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2023
Years ago, I did the first version of this yearly column in a one-off format in the middle of the year just because I...
Workers at Blizzard-owned Proletariat say management refused its union and is ‘forcing’ them to go through NLRB voting
At the tail end of December, we reported that Blizzard-owned studio Proletariat was forming a union known as the Proletariat Workers Alliance. The announcement...
WoW Classic tests cross-realm battlegrounds, WoW admits its crafting orders are ‘by no means perfect’
After holding out on the issue for far longer than necessary, WoW Classic is finally bringing cross-realm play to its PvP arenas and battlegrounds.
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Microsoft buys a fluffy ad that talks up CWA unions and tries to smooth things over with the FTC
You could assume that Microsoft's PR department is working extra hard after the company raged in legalese at the Federal Trade Commission when you...
WoW Dragonflight PTR datamining pinpoints account-saving features for Chinese players
Last month we reported on potential next steps for Chinese World of Warcraft players who were being left in the lurch as a result...
Legendary World of Warcraft narrator Earl Boen dies at 81
It's our sad duty today to inform you that Earl Boen passed away this week at the age of 81 after a battle with...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever organized and run an MMO player event?
I seem to recall learning through our Daily Grind conversations that quite a few of you are or have been guild officers and leaders...
WoW Factor: Why is Dragonflight’s crafting not going over well?
For a long time, World of Warcraft has suffered in the crafting department. Basically every single expansion for the game has promised overhauls and...
Overwatch 2’s new free-for-all deathmatch Battle for Olympus has begun
Overwatch 2's first big release of 2023 launched last night, sending the intersection of multiplayer gaming and classical studies fans into a frenzy. There...
Microsoft walks back constitutional rights complaints in re-filed response to FTC antitrust lawsuit
Microsoft caused plenty of eye rolling and head shaking when it filed its response to the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit, claiming among other...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2023
As 2022 drew to a close, we spent our Massively Overthinking roundtables discussing our predictions for 2023 as well as our goals. Now, we're...
