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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.

Fan recreates classic Guild Wars’ Ascalon City in RPG Maker

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Remaking your favorite online world in a different program seems to be a hobby of some fans, which is why we get (for example)...

The MOP Up: Grab your Harry Potter nickname now!

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When Harry Potter: Wizards Unite arrives later this year, by which name will you be known and feared? Lord Scooby? Mr. Cheddar? Fluffybutticus? The...

Into the Super-verse: Trying DC Universe Online for the first time

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While this column will no doubt be looking at the superhero MMO releases that are currently in development, it's also here, as we said,...
Mean elf.

Blizzard says negative fan feedback won’t divert the course of its storytelling in World of Warcraft

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Sometimes a statement can be both the right and wrong thing to say at the same time, and if you're thinking that sounds like...
Do you really want to hurt me?

WoW Factor: The level squish isn’t the whole solution for World of Warcraft

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To be entirely honest, you might have expected this column a little bit earlier because it's been a hot minute since Ion Hazzikostas once...

The Daily Grind: Do you have a ‘port in the storm’ MMORPG?

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Yesterday, we covered the news that Elder Scrolls Online is actually implementing queues and adding more capacity and new hardware to handle what its...
Who could have seen this coming.

World of Warcraft details the new zones and new Heart of Azeroth upgrades for patch 8.2, Rise of Azshara

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It's almost time for players to start testing World of Warcraft's patch 8.2, the Rise of Azshara. But you won't be going into testing...
Oh, I see it.

Vague Patch Notes: The community is and is not the MMO

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The community is not the MMO. That should be obvious. There is a game to League of Legends that exists without any of the toxic...
Eyes cream.

World of Warcraft previews the Crucible of Storms raid ahead of its release next week

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Something sinister stirs beneath the Shrine of the Storm, and in World of Warcraft's upcoming Crucible of Storms raid, it will be up to...

Blizzard bribes female employees to track their sex, pregnancy, and moods

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Big Brother was so 1984. Now in 2019, it's all about Big Blizzard. Read this report over at Games Industry based on a new WAPO...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: Suggestions to make World of Warcraft Classic feel more authentic

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One of the things that I tell people going back to Final Fantasy XI now is that the game is, well, a different animal...
Oh gosh.

Hearthstone: Rise of Shadows goes live with plenty of freebies

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Hearthstone has always represented the more light-hearted side of the Warcraft franchise, but now that goofy tone is, well, getting even goofier now that...

PAX East 2019: Elder Scrolls Online Elsweyr makes playing the bad guy feel very good

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During this year's PAX East, freelance games journalist Sam Prell - you might remember him from his time at Joystiq and GamesRadar - took...

Adventure Academy is an ‘educational massively multiplayer online game’ launching May 1

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Adventure Academy is going to mystify the typical gamer: There are no dragons to fight and no lockboxes to fight over. But if you're...

Overwatch announces its upcoming Archives event, Storm Rising, with new lore teasers

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(We've updated the end of this piece with the formal announcement.) The folks at Blizzard have dropped a pair of mysterious Overwatch lore teasers, serving...

Blizzard lays out its plans for PvP in World of Warcraft Classic, teases Rise of Azshara stream

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Last month, Blizzard dished out the deets on how World of Warcraft: Classic's content will be divvied out in six discrete phases, but the...

The Daily Grind: How much does trust for other players matter in MMORPGs?

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My husband is a dedicated Overwatch player, and lately he's been watching videos about improving his skill that frankly seem to have just as...

Diablo III’s Season 17 content hits the public test server

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Considering the last Diablo III update's round of public testing reportedly went over so well, the devs have continued the trend with Patch 2.6.5,...
Whee or something.

World of Warcraft welcomes the Darkmoon Faire and its new rollercoaster

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The faction war is supposedly more urgent than it's ever been in World of Warcraft. We say "supposedly" because, well, it's hard to believe...

The MOP Up: Hearthstone’s pre-Rise of Shadows patch arrives

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The next major expansion for Hearthstone is almost upon us (and will, in fact, be here Tuesday), but for now you can get ready...

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