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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World of Warcraft reactivates all lapsed accounts this weekend
With a surprisingly solid patch out the door this month, World of Warcraft no doubt wants to get as many eyeballs on its game...
Not So Massively: Welcoming a new era of online games and gaming
Hello, Massively Overpowered readers! Not So Massively is back, with a new captain at the helm.
My name's Tyler. If you're active in the MMO...
The MOP Up: Aion’s cherry blossoms signal the arrival of spring
The Cherry Blossom Festival is in full bloom over at Aion Europe, with this spring festival offering a hero trial, a "topsy-turvy" laboratory, a...
One Shots in Smell-O-Vision!
Have you ever had an odd moment where you wondered what your favorite MMO would... smell like? If aromas could waft out of your...
WoW Factor: The good and (very minor) bad of World of Warcraft patch 8.1.5
We've spent three weeks explaining, in no small amount of detail, why people are unhappy with the current state of World of Warcraft. We're going...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs as distraction vs. culture
Earlier this month, there was a fascinating conversation swirling around a Gamasutra article by Bryant Francis, specifically a quote from game dev Patric Mondou. "We're moving away...
Overwatch explores the lore and mechanics behind Baptiste before his live release
Good news, Baptiste fans, the new healer is going to be deployed to Overwatch's live servers within the next couple of weeks according to the...
New Blizzard trademark filing rekindles speculation about Diablo TV series
You may remember that last year, there was a brief but passionate firestorm of speculation that Blizzard was gearing up to produce a TV...
World of Warcraft hotfixes Allied Race issues along with various balance tweaks
The newest Allied Races in World of Warcraft had some issues. Not game-breaking ones, perhaps, but being unable to complete any quests up in Northshire...
It’s good to be bad in Hearthstone’s new Rise of Shadows expansion, coming April 9
Hearthstone is inviting players to give in to the dark side in its newly announced expansion, Rise of Shadows, which will be stepping into...
Vague Patch Notes: The philosophy of challenge in MMOs
Today, I want to start thing off by talking about Final Fantasy. This is not entirely surprising. What may be surprising is that I'm talking about Final...
World of Warcraft lets slip the Tides of Vengeance today
Druids, pirates, and trolls, oh my! It's patch day over at World of Warcraft, and even if this isn't one of the major ones,...
World of Warcraft offers discounted race changes, faction changes, and character transfers ahead of tomorrow’s patch
Tomorrow, World of Warcraft's newest allied races -- the Kul Tiran Humans and the Zandalari Trolls -- join the Battle for Azeroth, and after...
Heroes of the Storm discusses ranked mode and hero changes in an AMA
Considering the rollback in operations for the MOBA Heroes of the Storm, fans were very likely eager to hear from the game's devs. The...
World of Warcraft: Classic is now planned to get six phases of content over time
As we approach the planned launch of World of Warcraft: Classic, it turns out we're getting a larger number of content updates than were originally...
One Shots: Rack ’em up!
I have to say that I would be much more likely to take up the crimefighting life if there was a really hip rec...
World of Warcraft posts a survival guide for patch 8.1.5 incoming on March 12
Do you feel sufficiently prepared for the arrival of patch 8.1.5. in World of Warcraft? Complete with new allied races, new profession-based questlines, and...
WoW Factor: Why people are mad at Battle for Azeroth, part three: Leveling and scaling
Remember earlier this week when I was talking about the difference between leveling as a part of the game vs. leveling as a chore?...
Massively Overthinking: The paradox MMO
Back in February, the MMORPG subreddit offered up yet another fun thread: User Friendly_Fire told the MMO community that what it really wants is...
Vague Patch Notes: It’s not the MMO endgame – it’s the sudden stop at the end
When I first pitched the Vague Patch Notes that ran a couple weeks back, it prompted a big long discussion with MOP's editor Bree...