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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.

Massively Overthinking: Is open-world housing really a ‘failed’ MMORPG experiment?

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Massively OP's Justin Olivetti has a provocative article on his personal gaming blog, Bio Break, this week on MMORPG housing. "I once again wonder why...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds passes up League of Legends in Korean PC bangs

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If you are not at least keeping an eye on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and how it's currently disrupting the entire online gaming market, you probably...

Here’s how some online game developers justify lockboxes

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Yes, it's apparently the Month of the Lockbox across the internet, as the level of discussion and controversy over how these items manipulate your mind...
HERE WE GO AGAIN

World of Warcraft (briefly) shows off the 8.0 expansion in testing

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Can we officially declare the next World of Warcraft expansion announced yet? Technically, no. But the game's beta version testing very briefly turned to...

World of Warcraft finally lets you be a horse’s butt this Hallow’s End

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Do... do we even need to follow up that headline with anything substantial in this space? Oh, my editor is telling me that I...

Stephan Frost’s Nexon project gains former Amazon gameplay engineer

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The handrubbing intrigue over Stephan Frost's mysterious project at Nexon ramped up this week with the announcement of another member that has signed up...

MMO Halloween: Dark Age of Camelot, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm

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Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to... play? Halloween 2017 continues unabated in online games, so let's see what goodies and...

World of Warcraft’s pink Gnomes raise $16,000 for breast cancer vaccine

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Pink Gnomes as far as the eye can see, a mass of hopping, big-haired lads and lasses all surging together as they run slipshod...
Same old story.

World of Warcraft Elysium emulator disbands, reforms under cloud of corruption

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The drawn-out story of Project Elysium, one of the more notable World of Warcraft emulators that rose to prominence in the wake of last...

The Daily Grind: Is PUBG finally the ‘WoW killer killer’ we’ve been waiting for?

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Say the words "WoW killer" to a bunch of MMORPG players in 2017 and you're bound to get eyerolls, for good reason: Even though...
Big help.

Overwatch dings up to 35M players ahead of quarterly financial report

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Blizzard just announced that it's just counted 35 million Overwatch players - not too shabby for a buy-to-play team shooter that started out by...

The Daily Grind: How should studios solve the gaming-while-rural problem?

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If you've ever read any of MOP's Andrew's coverage of Pokemon Go, you've probably noticed a recurring theme: One of his biggest pet peeves...

The MOP Up: Speedrunning World of Warcraft (October 15, 2017)

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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...

One Shots: Sea horsing around

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When it comes to unusual ways for Massively OP readers to get around in MMORPGs, there seems to be no shortage of bizarre methods...
We continue on, in perpetuity, unaffected by time. When the world is cold and dead and the sun is naught but an ember, we shalle remain. And we will sell you card packs.

Hearthstone changes triggers to help make the game more intuitive

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With hundreds of cards designed at this point, Hearthstone matches are awash in a sea of effects and triggers that activate under certain conditions....
THRILLER NIGHT

Blizzard sues alleged Overwatch clone, bans World of Warcraft cheaters

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Gone are the days when Chinese companies could get away with ripping off games left and right: Blizzard is going after another one of...
And sometimes, it's all about winning.

Massively Overthinking: Three-way RvR and ‘fair’ PvP in modern MMOs

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MOP reader Sally Bowls is on a roll with the good questions lately! She lobbed us one this past weekend that seems a good...

SuperData: ‘The esports market has finally hit the mainstream’

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In promotional materials associated with its new paid "Esports Scoreboard," gaming anaylsis firm SuperData - known best to our audience for its monthly revenue...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: Why no one should recommend World of Warcraft ever

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Last week, MOP's Justin (friend to man and beast alike) posted his list of MMOs he would recommend people play. It was a pretty...
Really studying the heck out of a skull.

World of Warcraft Demon Hunter solos normal Gul’dan

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A Demon Hunter should be able to kill demons. That's their one job description, and so it should be no surprise that World of...

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