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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The Daily Grind: Which MMO gives you the best choices for character growth?
Between the talent panel and the new Heart of Azeroth interface, World of Warcraft's dev team certainly has embraced the concept of streamlined "interesting...
Gamescom 2018: World of Warcraft dives into Azshara’s backstory and hosts a concert
It turns out that Blizzard was saving something special for Gamescom 2018 after all. At the show, the World of Warcraft studio unveiled the...
Vague Patch Notes: On scaling and meaningful advancement in WoW and other MMORPGs
It seems like pretty much nobody is happy with how scaling is working in World of Warcraft at the moment. The game's scaling means...
World of Warcraft will not be changing level scaling or leveling any time soon
So, remember the issues players are noticing with item scaling in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth? Specifically, you kill things faster by not...
SuperData July 2018: Fortnite is peaking, League of Legends is bested, Overwatch is slipping
"Fortnite’s peak may be behind us," SuperData asserts in its report on July 2018's global video game revenues. "Fortnite revenue is up only 2%...
Hyperspace Beacon: Why SWTOR failed EA
Some have called Star Wars: The Old Republic a failure. And if former Lead Designer Daniel Erickson is correct, then EA is one of...
World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth sells ‘more than 3.4 million’ copies for a ‘day-one sales record’ for WoW
We were just grumbling on this week's MOP Podcast about not having any idea how well World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth had sold...
World of Warcraft buffs Feral Druids, uncovers secret demon goat pet
Feral Druids are enjoying a round of hearty buffs this week in World of Warcraft.
A hotfix yesterday increased the damage of several skills for fuzzy...
Fan video covers the rise and fall of the EverQuest franchise
If you read MJ's recent column covering the history of the EverQuest franchise, you may find yourself quite nostalgic for Norrath. In that case,...
Perfect Ten: Anticipated MMOs I want to know a lot more about
One of the most exciting parts of covering the news here at Massively OP is that we challenge ourselves to stay on top of...
World of Warcraft players are noticing major issues with item scaling and gold inflation
The Heart of Azeroth in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is meant to be a powerful relic containing the very essence of the...
Gamescom 2018: Blizzard’s Overwatch D.Va animated short and Busan map, Diablo comic, and Hearthstone Puzzle Lab
Blizzard's been busy at Gamescom this year. As promised, the studio delivered the Overwatch goods bright and early this morning for the Cologne audience:...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 183: Battle for Battle for Azeroth
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss WoW Battle for Azeroth, Fallout 76, WildStar, NCsoft, Ashes of Creation, MMO Kickstarters, FFXIV, and SWG, with more haiku and mailbag entry on rating WoW for kids.
World of Warcraft: Sylvanas’ future, secret content, and Battle for Azeroth Q&A
If you're concerned that Blizzard is going to regurgitate the Garrosh storyline with the recently genocidal Sylvanas, well, you're part of a very large...
Overwatch teases LEGO crossover with half a dozen minifigs, animated short coming tomorrow
Blizzard dropped a fun teaser in the middle of Gamescom this week that seems to imply an Overwatch LEGO crossover.
The brief video appears to...
Western qualifiers for Blade & Soul’s $135K esports tourney are this weekend
Not many MMORPGs take a stab at true esports these days. There's World of Warcraft, of course, but other titles, like Guild Wars 2,...
First impressions of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, part 4: Conclusions
Part four covers expansion odds and ends plus the conclusion to our series: the problem with Azerite, progression, and why the expansion isn't bad, just weakly executed.
Gamescom 2018: Blizzard announces Diablo’s Mephisto for Heroes of the Storm, Tychus and crew for StarCraft II
Blizzard is rolling into Cologne with a bunch of Gamescom reveals for some of its titles, two of which are on display already today.
First...
One Shots: Supporting characters
When you look for famous characters in your MMO, you may be looking for someone complete different than the rest of the crowd.
Lt. Commander Hikari...
Take-Two scores in lawsuit against Grand Theft Auto franchise hack distributor
US courts have once again aligned with game companies in a lawsuit against cheaters and purveyors of cheat programs.
This time, it's Take-Two Interactive doing...
