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 covers more of the Dracthyr history with the latest installment of Legacies
So we've had a tour through draconic history in World of Warcraft over the first couple of installments of the Legacies animated shorts. But...
European Union’s executive arm begins investigating the Microsoft-ActiBlizz buyout
The mega-deal for Microsoft to buy up Activision-Blizzard is once again under a major microscope. The European Commission, the executive arm of the 27-nation...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2022: Blizzard MAUs and revenues are up as NetEase dispute looms on the horizon
Welcome back to our trimonthly coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q3's results, comprising July, August, and September 2022....
Rumor: Diablo IV could release in April 2023, with pre-orders available during The Game Awards 2022
When can players expect to wander the darkity-dark of Diablo IV? Sometime in the first portion of 2023 if some rumors are to be...
World of Warcraft Retail throws an 18th anniversary bash full of returning foes and new quests
This week marks the 18th anniversary for World of Warcraft, which naturally means that there's going to be a celebration that marks the milestone...
The Daily Grind: What would you say is the best item rarity system in MMOs?
Let's talk about rarity systems in MMOs! The first one I remember was Ultima Online's, and it was text-based without colors and hardly counts....
Overwatch 2’s newest tank character Ramattra arrives along with season two on December 6
During the grand finals event of the Overwatch League, the shooter unveiled the next character that's coming to Overwatch 2: The omnic Ramattra, who...
WoW Factor: Breaking down the ‘third era’ of World of Warcraft development
We are, at the time of this writing, less than a week out from the second part of the Dragonflight pre-patch for World of...
World of Warcraft’s freebie Feldrake mount causes fan outrage as Dragonflight’s dungeons are previewed
Normally a Twitch drop item isn't something we'd call headline news, even if that drop comes from the 500-pound gorilla that is World of...
Raven workers accuse Activision-Blizzard of ‘continued intransigence’ during union negotiations
Yesterday, we went in-depth on some of the ways Activision-Blizzard is attempting to obstruct the union forming within Diablo IV substudio Blizzard Albany, but...
Massively Overthinking: Would you do hard MMO content without rewards?
Are you here for the challenge or here for the shinies? That's the core question the MOP team and audience is tackling this week...
World of Warcraft highlights Exile’s Reach starting experience for Dragonflight
When you start a new character in World of Warcraft at this point, you are expected to go through the Exile's Reach starting experience....
Activision-Blizzard continues obstructing QA worker unionization with latest appeal
A few weeks ago, the QA division of Blizzard Albany - that is, the studio formerly known as Vicarious Visions that is working on...
Diablo IV devs talk up the ARPG’s ‘return to darkness’ in the tonal and literal sense
Dark. Darkity dark dark. Darkness. It's what the devs of Diablo IV have crowed about before, and it's the subject of discussion once again...
World of Warcraft releases another Legacies lore video, adds new mounts to 12-month sub
World of Warcraft is continuing its rollout of lore-centered Legacies videos this week with a second chapter, in which Nozdormu relates how the Dracthyr's...
Day of the Dead returns to World of Warcraft through November 3
Celebrating with the dead might seem a little less unusual in World of Warcraft than it does in some other games, since that can...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 395: The grandma who stole Halloween
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Dragonflight prepatch, New World's fresh start, Ashes of Creation, Secret World's community mess, and AQ3D's Elvira event, with adventures in WoW, SWG Legends, and City of Heroes.
Hearthstone announces March of the Lich King expansion for December 6
Hearthstone is basically built on top of Warcraft universe lore, so Blizzard's announcement today - that the game's net expansion is called March of...
Overwatch 2 dev hints at more support heroes as Blizzard sends out a monetization survey to players
Overwatch 2 is continuing its tuning and adjustment efforts, or at least is planning to by all accounts. After the shooter put out an...
World of Warcraft class nerfs and buffs arrive, with Windwalker Monks taking the worst of it
Don't get too comfortable with those shiny new talent builds, World of Warcraft players. In the weeks leading up to Dragonflight's official launch, Blizzard...
