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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The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs as the designers intended, or do you go your own way?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes courtesy of MOP's resident meme-maker, Schlag Sweetleaf, who urged me to write about this after the piece we did...
The MOP Up: Valorant fights against the smurf invasion
What is Valorant doing to fix its matchmaking? The studio explains its system in a community Q&A session, in particular addressing the problem of...
One Shots: Flowers love the sun more than you do
Mental note: If I ever want the legions of readers to flood our One Shots comments with submissions, I merely need to ask for...
Diablo Immortal and World of Warcraft lead artist Glenn Rane leaves Blizzard
Blizzard suffered another high-profile defection this past week, as art lead Glenn Rane departed the studio. Rane joined several of his former Blizzard colleagues...
The Game Archaeologist: Dragon Empires, Codemasters’ abandoned MMO
The name "Codemasters" is far more familiar to European players than North American ones, as the British developer and publisher was active on the...
WoW Classic backs down on cloning prices, connects soon-to-be-desolated servers
You see, it wasn't just us complaining about the obscenely high price point of WoW Classic's upcoming cloning service. The $35 option received so...
WoW Factor: What would it take for big changes in World of Warcraft?
The last time I wrote an installment of this column, it was in specific response to an interview that contained no small number of...
Four Winds: Final thoughts on Elyon’s first closed beta test
Elyon's closed beta test came and went, and boy am I happy with what I played. It was unfortunate that the test fell on...
WoW Classic will re-enable character transfers after Burning Crusade Classic’s pre-patch goes live
WoW Classic players scrambling to get ready for Burning Crusade Classic's release in a few weeks may be feeling some anxiety over being locked...
Valheim gets a mod to bring the World of Warcraft landscape into the game
If you've ever found yourself playing World of Warcraft and wishing that it were a little bit more like Valheim, or (perhaps more accurately) wandering around...
Overwatch 2 plans to discuss PvP gameplay in a livestream on May 20 and host an AMA on May 24
If you've been worried by the abject silence coming out of Overwatch 2, then your worries may be eased starting later next week. The...
World of Warcraft’s lead system designer Morgan Day talks about Torghast, raid design, and class tuning
When is patch 9.1 arriving for World of Warcraft? According to a new interview with lead system designer Morgan Day, the answer is still "soon."...
Elder Scrolls Online offers Blackwood backstory in a dramatic new lore trailer
Blizzard might be trying to horn in on its launch window, but Elder Scrolls Online is marching onward anyway with hype for the Blackwood...
The Daily Grind: Why won’t World of Warcraft add player housing?
Out of all of the many frustrating decisions that Blizzard has made, its stubborn refusal to add a proper player housing system to World...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 321: Bespin and Burning Crusade
Justin and Bree SWG Legends Bespin, WoW Classic Burning Crusade's launch date, Blizzard's financials, Elyon's beta, Elder Scrolls Online's Blackwood, Corepunk, and adventures in DDO, plus a mailbag topic on why people leaving MMOs.
Casually Classic: Yeah, those Burning Crusade Classic prices are stupid high
If there's anything that Blizzard excels in doing these days, it's taking a slam-dunk publicity announcement and turning it into a hurricane of poop....
WoW Classic begins one final massive Burning Crusade test tomorrowday
With just three weeks to go until the launch of WoW Classic's Burning Crusade jaunt, Blizzard is firing off beta invites like mad. If...
Ashes of Creation delays alpha because of ESO Blackwood and WoW Classic Burning Crusade
Oh no! You've got a big band-aid on your knee! Let's quickly rip that puppy off and see what's underneath it... yeah, just a...
Activision-Blizzard wins a nine year-long patent infringement lawsuit
Today in "our legal system is absurdist and utterly broken probably beyond any and all hope of repair" news, Activision-Blizzard can now officially claim...
World of Warcraft players croon over glasses, riot over Burning Crusade Classic prices
No matter where you turn in the World of Warcraft community these days, it seems like there's a whole lot of depression and anger....
