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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Global Chat: Recapturing the MMO magic
I suspect that much of the willingness of players to pour money into MMO Kickstarters is out of a strong desire to see games...
What is Blizzard’s secret first-person game project?
There is always a fierce curiosity among the gaming community to know what Blizzard is cooking up in its secret labs. Considering that the...
Hearthstone retires ‘Heroes of Warcraft’ subtitle
Blizzard appears to be tinkering with its branding: Redditors noticed over the weekend that Hearthstone's official site has lost the "Heroes of Warcraft" subtitle...
The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 2
We're back with our second part of an interview retrospective of Mythic Entertainment's early online games with CSE's Mark Jacobs. Last week, we talked...
Overwatch frags its First Strike comic
Overwatch's "expanded media universe" just shrunk a bit this week as the team announced that it has canceled development of the First Strike graphic...
Ghostcrawler reveals the design origins of World of Warcraft’s Death Knights
Just because Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street is over with the League of Legends team these days doesn't mean that he has stopped talking about World...
How Project Titan and Overwatch prompted Chris Metzen to leave Blizzard
Months later, the World of Warcraft community is still coming to grips with the absence of Chris Metzen, who decided to retire from Blizzard...
Massively Overthinking: The many ‘NGE’ moments across MMORPG history
Eleven years ago this week, the New Game Enhancements patch descended on Star Wars Galaxies, forever changing the trajectory of the game, SOE, and...
Perfect Ten: Messed-up aspects of MMORPGs we mindlessly accept
When we engage in the collective fantasy of playing MMORPGs, we accept certain structures and tropes that have been in place since the early...
World of Warcraft celebrates its anniversary with corgis and trivia
It's been twelve years since World of Warcraft launched, and that means it's time to log in, earn anniversary achievements, and pick up some...
Battle Bards Episode 86: World of Warcraft: Legion
With all of the unbridled love for World of Warcraft’s soundtrack on Battle Bards, historically, you know that we couldn’t let a new expansion...
World of Warcraft datamining points to new WoW Token use in patch 7.1.5
Do you remember BlizzCon 2016? It was just a couple of weeks ago, surely you do. One of the topics on discussion was letting...
Overwatch content update adds Sombra and Antarctica
Are things cooling down or heating up? If you're playing Overwatch this week, the answer is "both, baby!"
Yesterday's content patch went live for all...
Heroes of the Storm highlights Varian Wrynn and his multiple specs
King Varian Wrynn in Heroes of the Storm is a Warrior. Not just in the MOBA-specific terminology, either; he's a Warrior in the classic...
Hearthstone previews the machinations of the Kabal
What happens in Azeroth when a spellcaster goes too far? Obviously, said spellcaster has to turn around and try to make the right turn...
Diablo III’s anniversary patch is available for testing
Looking forward to making Diablo III feel like the original Diablo for just a little while? The game's most recent patch has hit the...
World of Warcraft’s post-BlizzCon debrief
It's safe to say that Ion Hazzikostas has emerged as the face of World of Warcraft's development team, particularly following his rundown of all...
Leaderboard: How would you rate BlizzCon 2016?
During this past week's podcast, Justin, Eliot, and I debated the overall tenor of BlizzCon 2016 -- and found it more or less lacking....
The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 1
When you bring up the name "Mythic Entertainment," chances are that most gamers are going to immediately think of the studio's two major MMOs,...
Niantic on Pokemon Go’s community struggles and WoW-like MMO nature
It's no secret that the Pokemon Go playerbase has been falling off since its summer pinnacle, and if you dig around on Reddit or...