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.
blizzard
Overwatch is finally letting you block toxic jerks from your matches
There's very little more infuriating about reporting someone for being toxic, putting him on your mute list, and then finding that same jerk in...
World of Warcraft player knocks out every achievement over six years
For most of us, achievement systems in MMORPGs are either ignorable annoyances, occasional goals, or amusing distractions. For World of Warcraft player Xirev, they...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy XIV gets primal (March 25, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 5
And here we arrive at last in our multi-week countdown to the final seven. It has been a fun and delightful journey through World...
MMO Mechanics: The Fair Play Alliance and mechanising fairness
News of over 30 gaming companies taking a united stand against unfairness and toxicity in online game communities sprung out of GDC 2018 a...
The Game Archaeologist: Shattered Galaxy
War. War never ends. Especially if it was designed and encouraged to wage forever.
One of the most popular computer gaming genres of the late...
Peek into the early development of Hearthstone’s Witchwood – and see which cards survived the Gilnean Express
One of the best reasons to follow Hearthstone is that the devs are willing to do try about anything, including a seven-minute Blair Witch...
WoW Factor: Allied races and a dearth of class choices
Last week, we got confirmation that Kul Tiran Humans and Mag'har Orcs are coming to the Allied Race roster for World of Warcraft: Battle...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth gets its Dark Iron Dwarf mounts, but no First Aid
Another build has arrived for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, and it brought along stuff for Dark Iron Dwarves. For one thing, we've...
Massively Overthinking: Paying for MMORPG emulators, legal or otherwise
MassivelyOp reader Bryan recently wrote to us with a fun question about emulators, a topic that will simply never die as long as MMORPGs...
Earn gobs of free Hearthstone packs for Witchwood expansion
Even if your knees are too weak to think about venturing into Hearthstone's upcoming Witchwood expansion, you might want to venture out of your...
MMO studios form Justice League-style alliance to combat toxicity
After years of trying to crack the serious issue of negative behavior and toxicity among their individual communities, 30 game studios and industry leaders are...
Perfect Ten: Why MMO progression servers are a brilliant idea
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been enjoying the journey through RIFT Prime, the game's first progression server. Trion Worlds surprised and...
GDC 2018: Rend is looking to ‘WoW’ the survival genre
I'm already old and bitter when it comes to survival games. I've killed zombies, dinosaurs, infected bears, maybe even infected dinosaurs, and people. Lots of...
Vivendi has sold its stock in Ubisoft, giving up on its hostile takeover
Winners never quit, we're told. So what does that mean in light of Vivendi divesting itself of Ubisoft shares? The investment in Ubisoft (well-known...
Brigitte smashes into Overwatch
She's buff, she's beautiful, and she's bringing her modern-day squire style into the realm of Overwatch.
She's Brigitte, the goddaughter of Reinhardt Wilhelm who fancies herself...
Heroes of the Storm puts Fenix up for testing
If you've been waiting for the day when you could have a Dragoon storming the battlefield in Heroes of the Storm, the time has...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 162: The Morninglight wants you
Justin and Bree discuss Project Gorgon, RIFT, Trove, Secret World Legends' South Africa, ArcheAge's progression servers, Black Desert on Xbox One, World of Warcraft, and Bless, with mailbag entries on classic Guild Wars and RIFT Prime.
GDC 2018: Game developers push for unionization in Game Workers Unite
Back in 2016, we covered the voice actors guild strike against multiple game companies in its an attempt to secure better compensation and working...
GDC 2018: Hearthstone’s Witchwood goes monster hunting
Massively OP is at GDC 2018 this year, and like Hearthstone, we're kicking things off with a bang: with monster hunting! No, not the dino-esque...