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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Battle Bards Episode 146: More vocals
In another theme sequel, the Battle Bards return to the notion of vocal tracks in MMORPGs. Does singing hold a special place in online...
World of Warcraft’s foxy Vulpera look more likely as a playable race
Along with the proposed "level squish," the evidence for the addition of the fox-like Vulpera as a playable race in World of Warcraft is...
EA held a summit about toxicity and healthy video game communities at E3
In March of last year, a whole truckton of video game companies announced the formation of what they called the Fair Play Alliance, a...
WoW Factor: Does World of Warcraft have a plan?
One of the recurring jokes I use in this column's comment section is the statement that it'd just be sad to think that fans...
A recent World of Warcraft player survey apparently confirms an incoming level squish
The nature of World of Warcraft's expansion releases and design philosophy means that every expansion adds another stack of levels on top of the...
World of Warcraft shows off the new mounts and pets of Rise of Azshara
Yes, we still do not have an actual date for World of Warcraft's next major content update, so if you're waiting for Rise of Azshara...
World of Warcraft Classic preps a weekend battleground test
At this point, WoW Classic already has been tremendously successful in recreating the same frenzy over beta testing that veterans of The Long Wait...
Perfect Ten: How WoW Classic could advance beyond its phased content rollout
It's far too early to say that World of Warcraft: Classic will get more updates beyond the planned phases of vanilla content. It could be...
World of Warcraft releases details for its upcoming Arena World Championship esports season
For those of us who dare enjoy esports events, the summer has a lot to look forward to, what with The International, DreamHack, the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 224: Black Desert, Bless Online, and boats
Carlo, Bree, and Justin discuss Black Desert, Bless, Phantasy Star Online 2, E3, LOTRO, SWTOR, GW2, POE, City of Heroes, and boats.
Storyboard: Exploring religion in MMOs
One of the things I wanted to do in bringing back Storyboard was to expand a little bit beyond just roleplaying to the stuff...
Global Chat: The NecroKitties of Elsweyr
Raise your hand if you're playing Elder Scrolls Online's newest expansion this week! Elsweyr has drawn many back in to Tamriel with the most...
One Shots: Prime real estate
The rich elite enjoy their luxurious mansions located on scenic shores, remote islands, or exclusive metropolis neighborhoods. But the rich elite with connections to...
Vague Patch Notes: The curious case of the esports bubble
I've been thinking a lot about esports lately. This is not actually something IÂ like to think about, mind you; my general attitude toward esports...
Into the Super-verse: Why didn’t Champions Online do better?
A while back I was flipping through the backlog of my personal gaming blog, looking at the history of my gaming trends, particularly in...
Mad World’s alpha footage features hungry frogs and players freaking out over cheese
Even as Diablo-clone Mad World debates whether or not to dip its toes into crowdfunding, the action MMORPG is chugging along in its alpha...
Massively Overthinking: Does the MMO genre have too many games for its own good?
Last month I saw a video from YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes with an eyebrow-raiser of a thesis: He essentially argues that we have too...
Blizzard cans another secret game after two years of development, this one a StarCraft shooter
Add another game to Blizzard's development graveyard.
According to Gamespot, the World of Warcraft studio decided to cancel an unannounced game project that has been...
Desert Oasis: Comparing Black Desert and Blade & Soul’s design philosophies
One of my favorite MMO stories is how I got into Black Desert in the first place. It was right after I tried out...
World of Warcraft clarifies Battle for Azeroth season timeline, still no date for Rise of Azshara
I don't know why since I'm not even going to play it, but not knowing when Rise of Azshara is launching for World of...
