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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Massively OP Podcast Episode 246: When rock bands play MMORPGs
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard and Square's financials, WoW, LOTRO, Pearl Abyss, EverQuest II, AQ3D, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG, and mailbag topics on optional subs and Blizzard's lessons.
World of Warcraft: Classic has all servers down to one layer now
If you're still salty over the addition of layering to World of Warcraft: Classic, you have picked an odd hill to die upon. But you're...
New Overwatch short story details what brought Mercy back into the field
The original Overwatch still has a bunch of heroes who never got a whole lot of further exploration, such as the almost ubiquitous healer Mercy....
Diablo IV opens the Dark Gallery to showcase dark locales of the dark ARPG
Dare you stare into the heart of darkness that is Diablo IV's Dark Gallery? Beware, reader. You can't just look at these pictures. You...
Not So Massively: Overwatch 2 is what Overwatch should have been from the start
Much to my own surprise, the announcement that most excited me at BlizzCon this year was not from any of the franchises I usually...
Diablo IV lead developer confirms cosmetic microtransactions will be in the game
So, just how will Blizzard make sweet, sweet money off of Diablo IV? Expansions, surely. A cash shop, apparently. And that cash shop will...
The Daily Grind: Should World of Warcraft switch to annual expansions?
During last week's Activision-Blizzard investor call, Blizzard executives dodged hard on one analyst's question about WoW Classic retention - no great surprise there, really,...
World of Warcraft adds several arcade games to the Darkmoon Faire
Wanna play a game? In a game? Yes, that's two movie references tied together, which probably should net me some extra bonus internet points...
Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan thinks Blizzard’s Blitzchung punishment was too harsh
Last week, it was players, game industry leaders, and congress against Blizzard in the matter of Hearthstone player Blitzchung's sentencing over pro-Hong Kong statements....
Overwatch’s ‘stagnation’ is the direct result of Blizzard working on Overwatch 2
If it's seemed to you like Overwatch just hasn't gotten as many fun seasonal events or unusual updates for a while, that's because it's true....
WAPO says Activision-Blizzard execs profited from dodgy but legal stock sale
Yesterday we covered Activision-Blizzard's third quarter financial results, which were... not good. While WoW Classic drove a subscription spike and saw Blizzard's MAUs finally...
WoW Factor: The big questions we still have about World of Warcraft Shadowlands
Remember just yesterday when I was all like, "Let's get hyped for Shadowlands, yo!" Well, here's the thing. As much as I'm genuinely excited...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst of BlizzCon 2019
BlizzCon 2019 is behind us, finally, and we're winding down our coverage and trying to put a capstone on the experience. In this week's...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2019: Revenues sink for the third quarter in a row
Activision-Blizzard has not had the best year. In February, the company saw record-high revenues and promptly laid off 800 employees, leading to widespread condemnation....
FFXIV Shadowbringers boosted Square Enix’s financials, Nexon sees 24% YOY revenue drop
Let's talk about money, shall we? The first week of November is always inundated with the last big fiscal report of the year for...
WoW Factor: Getting hyped for World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands
That title up there isn't sarcasm, folks. I want to actually get hyped up about the next World of Warcraft expansion and talk about...
Here’s how WoW Classic influenced the design of Shadowlands for Retail WoW
While World of Warcraft's upcoming expansion has been in the works long before the launch of this past August's WoW Classic, the fallout from...
US politician shades Blizzard over World of Warcraft toxicity
Last week, the gaming world was a tad busy running Halloween events and watching BlizzCon, so it passed almost without notice that a US...
Vague Patch Notes: Ethics, PR stunts, and the BlizzCon apology
Are you all really tired of talking about ethics and Blizzard in the same sentence? I am too, but a large part of that...
Diablo IV’s developers are hoping to get crossplay working for the upcoming Blizzard title
You may or may not think that Diablo IV is going in the right direction overall (our Not So Massively columnist isn't a fan thus...