blizzard

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.

Overwatch 2 previews Season 18, Hearthstone launches Lost City of Ungoro and a new-old podcast

0
There are a lot of moving gears that keep Overwatch 2 ticking, and there will be more coming when Season 18 kicks off, but...

Diablo IV’s new $5 microtransaction bundles are getting the cold shoulder from the community

2
We already knew that Diablo IV was making a killing on cash shop purchases, with over $150 million in revenue generated by September of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 525: Microsoftpocalypse

3
Justin and Bree discuss Microsoft's layoff binge, Project Blackbird, Warcraft Rumble, the fate of the MMORPG genre, Ship of Heroes' launch plan, John Smedley's Reaper Actual, and Guild Wars 2's elite spec teases, with adventures in World of Warcraft, WoW Classic, and Palia.

World of Warcraft slots The War Within’s last big patch, Ghosts of K’aresh, for August 5

2
Just in case you thought that you'd be able to catch your breath from World of Warcraft's breakneck releases this summer, we're here to...
This is half a knock.

Heroes of the Storm knocks out a patch about knockback

1
While Heroes of the Storm long ago got knocked back into maintenance mode because it was not knocking open enough wallets to knock on the...

Diablo Immortal’s devs talk about making the new Druid class ‘better, cooler, and more unique’

3
When Diablo Immortal dropped the news that the nature-loving Druid was coming to the game, you could hear the devs say, "Don't you guys...

One Shots: Chugga chugga choo choo

6
You know what's a great reason to screenshot your MMO adventures? Because it encourages you to stop dashing to your next destination and slow...
a ghost is holding the hot dog

Massively Overthinking: Is vertical progression still sustainable for MMOs?

25
Back in May, Project Ghost's Greg Street got MMO players buzzing over the state of MMOs in the West vs. the East. That isn't...

Blizzard is putting Warcraft Rumble into maintenance mode following the Microsoft gaming purge

2
The Microsoft purge of 9100 people and a growing list of games live and in-development games continues to widen this evening. We'd thought maybe...

Casually Classic: The eight WoW Classic Plus ideas I love from Blizzard’s survey

23
I'm about a month late to this particular World of Warcraft discussion, but I've had time to chew on the survey that Blizzard sent...

Microsoft just laid off 9000 more workers and canceled ZeniMax Online Studios’ in-dev MMORPG

79
We were expecting Microsoft layoffs today, but that doesn't make them any more pleasant or justified, and as you're about to find out, they...
This is the third file for a World of Warcraft prepatch in July on my hard drive. What does that mean? Nothing at all.

WoW Classic’s Mists of Pandaria pre-patch is now live with a special mount to earn

5
Do you miss the days when World of Warcraft was dealing with the aftermath of a dragon blowing up the world? No, probably not. How...

Diablo IV deploys Sins of the Horadrim, Hearthstone preps Lost City of Un’Goro

2
This week has more Blizzard games things for Blizzard games fans. Specifically, the Sins of the Horadrim update for Diablo IV is now live...
It's sort of like compensation.

World of Warcraft is still tinkering with the specifics for pre-pull mechanics in Mists of Pandaria Classic

0
It's a big deal who starts the fight in World of Warcraft, and that's true as WoW Classic moves into Mists of Pandaria with its current testing....

Path of Exile co-creator Chris Wilson forms a new studio, Light Pattern

1
In the field of action roleplaying games, Chris Wilson is a name that is pretty well-known by now thanks to the success of Path...
aeiou

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV has said farewell to the older world, it seems

18
There was a thread I noticed through Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker that stuck in my mind with the general trajectory of the stories in that...

One Shots: The perils of misallocating your stats

5
Back when the MMORPG genre was a more wild and wooly place, developers would let you fling your stat points into your character all...

Massively Overthinking: How many MMO alts is too many?

30
A few weeks back, I asked our readers how they manage their MMORPG alts (the joke being the LOTRO player who said "log out...

The best MMO and multiplayer deals from Steam’s summer sale and beyond

21
I usually put a pithy line or two snarking about the annual Steam summer sale in this post, but this year, I can't bring...

Hearthstone is adding its first in-game pet, but you get it only with a gacha pull mechanic

10
Hearthstone is setting up a pet adoption agency in its game -- but it may cost you more than you'd like. The digital trading card...

THE LATEST POSTS

TOP CONTENT