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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.

Overwatch competitive season 7 begins, PTR sees more Mercy nerfs

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If you missed it in between all the releases about the many e-sports teams vying for the top of the heap in Overwatch's e-sports...

Economist argues that the ESRB is wilfully promoting gambling to children

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If you've been following the lockbox/lootbox controversy over the last couple of weeks (or last multiple years, ahem), then you know that opponents of...
THRILLER NIGHT

The Daily Grind: What would surprise you from BlizzCon?

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There's a difference between predictions and hopes. Predictions are what you think is actually going to be there. Hopes are what you'd like to...
And again, like before.

Diablo III prepares for the launch of Season 12 on November 9

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Just as a reminder, Diablo III fans, you're not getting any announcements at BlizzCon this year. You are, however, getting the game's next season...

DC Universe Online’s artifacts system goes live with GU76 today

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Game Update 76 descends upon the gloomy superhero world of DC Universe Online today. The headline feature going live after the big ol' maintenance?...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 142: The state of the sci-fi MMO genre

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Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Destiny 2, RIFT, CCP's studio closures, Warframe, and Star Citizen's CitizenCon, with tidbits on Guild Wars 2, Trove, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, WoW, and BlizzCon, and a mailbag question on the future of traditional MMORPGs.
Jaina;'s caught her head on the crusher.

BlizzCon 2017 is almost here, and the lineup is set

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Guess what, folks: It's almost that time again. BlizzCon 2017 is almost here, featuring all the stuff Blizzard has to discuss about World of...
So... I mean, you were playing that new expansion, right? Isn't that out today?

Former Blizzard executive Rob Pardo thinks we’re a long way off from VR MMOs

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Rob Pardo is no longer with Blizzard, but he can still count World of Warcraft's success as a big feather in his cap. So...

The Daily Grind: How can individual MMO players combat toxicity?

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MOP reader Tyler sent us a tip over the weekend that keeps bothering me. According to a post made on Facebook this weekend, a...
Community organization is painful.

Halloween events across the MMORPG verse, 2017 edition

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Hey, you. Yeah, you, dude leeching candy from the bucket you bought "for the neighborhood kids." And you, lady still trying to decide between...

One Shots: Mummies making tracks

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Let me tell you, I'm not playing RIFT right now but still I am so very tempted to log on and purchase that squirrel...

Massively Overthinking: The state of early access, alpha, and beta ‘testing’ in the MMO genre

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I remember years ago when then-Massively-columnist Rubi Bayer let loose with a blistering rant on the state of faux beta MMOs. She helmed Betawatch...
When leveling alts was already the plan...

WoW Factor: Speculating about World of Warcraft’s next expansion

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It's really, really weird to me to think that we're getting an announcement about a new World of Warcraft expansion next week. Admittedly, we...
Here's Mei! You like mei, right?

Overwatch reveals its plans to improve its e-sports viewing experience

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Are you a lurker, a spectator, a lookie-loo when it comes to Overwatch? For fans of the game who love to watch matches yet...

World of Warcraft emulator leaders attempt to soothe a skittish community

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Following a nasty bout of corruption and scandal, the Elysium Project -- a World of Warcraft vanilla emulator -- has officially disbanded. In its...
shell

World of Warcraft has a Tortollan pet in its data files

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Because World of Warcraft and Hearthstone ostensibly take place in the same world, the latter frequently gets to fill out the lore of the...
Bang bang.

Choose My Adventure: Not quite farewell to Guild Wars 2

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I am not done with Guild Wars 2. This may or may not come as a surprise to people, but it's still the case regardless....

Battle Bards Episode 108: Vampires and werewolves

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Here’s a musical episode that you can really sink your teeth into! Your… ear teeth? In any case, the Battle Bards are evaluating our...
It's a fooler.

Perfect Ten: 10 reasons MMO characters seem truly insane

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We all like making the occasional observation about the weirdness inherent in video games, but most of us also recognize that what we're really...
Dress-up parties.

Diablo III’s latest patch tweaks class balance and set balance

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While Diablo III is getting a bit long in the tooth, there's still plenty of space for the game to have its balance tweaked....

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