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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WoW Classic prepares for old-school battlegrounds next month
When it comes to PvP in WoW Classic, the honor system and battlegrounds are meant to go hand-in-hand. But while the honor system arrived...
Remembering the life and work of legendary MMO designer Brad ‘Aradune’ McQuaid
When the news hit last night, it brought everything to a screeching halt in the Massively OP office: At the age of 51, veteran...
The Covenant abilities for Death Knights in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands have been revealed
When World of Warcraft: Shadowlands arrives, every individual class will be choosing between four different class-specific abilities via the Covenants. Of course, enterprising fans on...
Perfect Ten: When MMO lore is at odds with the game
Lore is made up. We all know that. People who write the lore for games are not doing research into the real story and...
Hearthstone’s Battlegrounds mode rotates heroes and tweaks minion tiers
The Battlegrounds mode of Hearthstone isn't as concerned with balance so much as it wants to provide a wild set of auto-battling madness. So it's...
Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick downplays the role of politics in games
Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick clearly doesn't fear the Blizzard boycott that is still technically ongoing following Blizzard's October decision to penalize a Hearthstone esports...
Diablo IV’s design team touches on BlizzCon feedback
Undoubtedly, there is a lot of time between now and Diablo IV's launch, whenever that will be. This means that the online ARPG is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 247: Shopping for MMO guilds
Justin and Bree discuss Dark Age of Camelot, Path of Exile, DDO, WoW Classic, FFXIV on Xbox One, and Anthem, with a sponsored segment on Kingdom Under Fire 2, and mailbag topics on the feel of old MMOs and shopping for guilds.
Leaderboard: Are you still playing WoW Classic?
On today's MassivelyOP podcast, Justin and I briefly discuss WoW Classic and how quiet the buzz around it's gotten lately. It actually irks me that...
World of Warcraft adds in catch-up gear tokens in the latest 8.3 test server patch build
So now you're level 120 in World of Warcraft and you want to start doing stuff. If you want to start doing stuff on your...
Global Chat: EverQuest II’s 15 years of being in WoW’s shadow
For just a few short weeks of its now 15-year lifespan, EverQuest II existed apart from a launched World of Warcraft. Then late November...
WoW Classic activates PvP honor and world bosses
You better savor these content updates, WoW Classic players, because there are only a finite number of them left. Out of all of the...
Overwatch’s latest PTR build brings an overall buff to armor and nerfs to shields
The latest PTR patch for Overwatch is bringing some pretty big changes to the tanking game. The latest patch notes outline some tweaks to...
WoW Factor: A brief history of flight (in World of Warcraft)
Flight has been a part of World of Warcraft as long as the game has existed. No, not just flying mounts, even though you could...
The Alliance has a fully staffed and functional spaceship in World of Warcraft and never uses it
Who doesn't like a nice big spaceship? The Alliance in World of Warcraft, apparently. A recent article on Polygon points out that in Battle for Azeroth,...
Massively Overthinking: Do MMO betas rob you of launch joy?
I use to think of betas as being unpaid labor for video game companies, but maybe I've been going about it all wrong. On...
World of Warcraft and WoW Classic hit by another round of DDoS attacks
If you're having a hard time logging on to World of Warcraft -- either version -- today, you are not alone. Blizzard reported that...
Tencent made bank in Q3 2019 thanks to mobile – not PC – games
While companies like Blizzard are seeing severe revenue drops this quarter and other MMO companies are trudging along, Tencent is having a rather up...
J. Allen Brack says the Blitzchung incident ‘exposed some immaturity’ in Blizzard
It's a bit long in the tooth now with BlizzCon well behind us, but the Esports Observer published an interview with Blizzard's J. Allen...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO grind is good (except when it isn’t)
Some of my fondest memories of World of Warcraft involve Adam Sandler and the Badlands.
My wife and I had a pretty steady tradition made out...
