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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Perfect Ten: The MMO franchises that can’t count past two
Back in the day, there was a running joke about how Capcom had shown with Street Fighter that the company could not count higher...
Not So Massively: Stormgate isn’t delivering a revolution (yet)
Stormgate's marketing is laser-focused on studio Frost Giant's plan to deliver an "RTS revolution." With StarCraft II still popular but slowly waning as it...
Scars of Honor is a throwback to the ‘golden age’ of MMOs with a $200K Kickstarter
Another day, another MMO that seeks to "bring back the golden age of the genre." But will the emerging Scars of Honor capture the...
World of Warcraft remains coy about March’s ‘secret’ Dragonflight patch
In what promises to be a diverging year for World of Warcraft, Blizzard already is stirring things up for a complacent playerbase. Curiosity's been...
World of Warcraft begins both Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day events for 2024
World of Warcraft players have not one but two holiday events on deck this week thanks to a quirk of the calendar.
First, the lunar...
World of Warcraft’s February Trading Post is all about having a lovely time of love
It's February, and as far as World of Warcraft's Trading Post is concerned, that means it's time for an entire month of love. This...
Casually Classic: When will WoW Classic stop adding expansions?
This spring, the era of Wrath Classic will officially come to an end when the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch hits ahead of the summer launch....
Vague Patch Notes: Why we drift away from MMORPGs we still love
Why did I stop playing Star Trek Online? Was it because there was some change made to the game that made it no longer...
MMO Business Roundup: Krafton likes AI, Call of Duty moderation, and German lockbox regulation push
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. We've got a lot to cover, so let's dive right in.
Krafton pushes AI...
Wayfinder studio Airship Syndicate is laying off a dozen staff as execs reduce their own pay
If you've seen the rumors on Twitter this afternoon that Wayfinder's team is suffering layoffs, well, I'm sorry to report that they're true, and...
Diablo IV’s brand-new lunar new year event, Lunar Awakening, begins February 6
Diablo IV is joining the long list of online games celebrating lunar new year: On February 6th, Blizzard kicks off Lunar Awakening for the...
Diablo Immortal’s Tong-Shi’s Renewal celebrates Lunar New Year early starting tomorrow
Tomorrow's Diablo Immortal update ushers in the Diablo equivalent of Lunar New Year celebrations with Tong-Shi's Renewal limited-time event.
"Tong-Shi—a god of the Xian pantheon—invites...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 455: Odyssey to the abyss
Justin and Bree discuss Riot's and Blizzard's layoffs, the death of Blizzard's Odyssey, Palworld, Kritika, The Day Before, and Star Trek Online, with adventures in Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on memorable fluff loot.
A Blizzard dev cleverly yoinked a decade of WoW sub time before layoffs
It's one thing to leverage a whole mountain of in-game gold into being able to play World of Warcraft for free, but it's another...
The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too
In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...
The first two Warcraft games and the original Diablo are now on Battle.net
For too long, you have had to live in a universe where your only access to the original Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, its sequel...
WoW Classic Season of Discovery’s next phase includes Gnomeregan raid, but no more GDKP runs
The next phase for WoW Classic's Season of Discovery servers is imminent, and Blizzard is sharing some -- but not all -- of the...
Johanna Faries is the new president of Blizzard following Mike Ybarra’s ouster
Following last week's layoffs, it didn't seem likely that the potentially frozen throne at the head of Blizzard Entertainment would remain vacant for long....
One Shot: Surveying my domain
Good day, captain! Now that you've been beamed down by your mutinous crew and marooned on an ice planet, you might as well enjoy...
Tarisland’s new story trailer takes another cue from World of Warcraft
Tarisland fans have not been wanting for fuel to power the mighty hype engines of this upcoming MMORPG. On top of dev blogs and...
