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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The Daily Grind: Do you play MMORPGs as a single main character or as a stable?
Long ago, I used to be a two-character kind of MMORPG player. I had a main, and then later I'd make a chief alt,...
Global Chat: How should studios sunset MMOs?
When it comes time for whatever reason to put an MMORPG to pasture, how should a studio do it? For Brian "Psychochild" Green, this...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 80: Enter the Legion
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Guild Wars 2, RIFT, Trove, EverQuest II, Wargaming, Funcom, Star Citizen, SOTA, and TERA, with mailbag questions on gaming/life balance and dungeon bookmarks.
Someone is already 110 in WoW Legion, plus faction roadblocks for old Druids
If you were a Druid eagerly looking forward to World of Warcraft: Legion who also had a particularly odd set of pre-expansion decisions, you...
Happy World of Warcraft: Legion launch day and roundup
The time is here. After a few weeks of fighting against demonic invasions, World of Warcraft players can access the Broken Isles and start...
The Daily Grind: What are your first impressions of Legion?
Well, it's here. World of Warcraft: Legion has been out in the US for five hours now (more for Europeans!), which in internet time is more...
New report says South Korean MMORPG companies are ‘facing a crisis’
The Financial Times blog has a doom-and-gloom report out this week on the gaming market of South Korea, specifically the MMO genre.
"The country’s online...
First impressions of World of Warcraft: Legion, part one
It was around the time that I was burning my way through drakes that I found myself nodding in appreciation. This was it, I...
World of Warcraft: Legion launch trailer and launch schedule
Tick, tock.
World of Warcraft's Legion expansion drops in eight hours for EU players, 17 in the US -- which of course is the middle of...
The MOP Up: Going on a pirate hunt (August 28, 2016)
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...
World of Warcraft’s Stormheim stars you in a Norse epic
If you are fascinated with World of Warcraft's winged Vrykrul, then your first stop in the Legion leveling process should definitely be Stormheim. The...
The Game Archaeologist: The silent world of Tibia
If I were to tell you that there's a Western MMO out there that's as old as Ultima Online and yet still has a...
WoW Factor: Sticking the landing of the Legion expansion
Next week, folks, it's go time. The expansion arrives, and so forth. My impressions of the expansion will start going out on Monday, but...
Superdata’s July 2016 data show Guild Wars 2 surging, Pokemon Go on top
Superdata's July report on online gaming revenues is in, and there are some predictable bits and some surprises. On the P2P MMO front, the...
World of Warcraft offers up an introductory course on artifact weapons
Artifact weapons are no doubt one of the tentpole features of World of Warcraft: Legion, yet as a new system, there's bound to be...
Overwatch spawns a mysterious ARG teasing Sombra
Overwatch fans have been chasing clues this month in what appears to be a Blizzard-backed viral ARG revolving around Sombra, the character teased earlier this...
World of Warcraft pumps up invasions, posts Legion dungeon schedule
Times, they are a-changin' in World of Warcraft. As the game sits on the cusp of launching Legion, Blizzard has given the cyber demons...
Heroes of the Storm tweaks Auriel and Gul’dan with a new patch
Balance tweaks are a regular thing for Heroes of the Storm, and not all of them are just there to prevent a character from...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 79: MOP goes to the opera
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, GW2, RIFT, Eternal Crusade, ESO, WildStar, Neverwinter, and Das Tal, with mailbag questions on armor scaling and better guild systems.
World of Warcraft shows off the World Quest system
When you reach level 110 in World of Warcraft: Legion, you've got a new sort of content awaiting you. They're not daily quests or...
