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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.

Global Chat: Snap judgments of Overwatch

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The talk of the blogger town has definitely been abuzz with impressions, thoughts, and snap judgments of Overwatch as it heads to release. Is...
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Overwatch shares plans for bringing back competitive play

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Every match in Overwatch is, by its very nature, a competition. You have two teams struggling to complete an objective; it's not going to...
The rumor, the danger, the threat, the horror.

The Daily Grind: So are you playing Overwatch?

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Sure it's not Project Titan, but Overwatch is the next big thing, and it's well and truly sucked the air out of the room....
Perhaps the bank should be re-evaluated.

Overwatch’s launch day has arrived; here’s our giant roundup

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Blizzard's Overwatch, the shooty remains of what was once destined to be MMORPG Project Titan, formally launches tonight at midnight -- if you're in...

Guild Chat: How to get real-life friends to join your MMORPG guild

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Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, my cosy wee corner of Massively Overpowered in which we can all come together to help...

One Shots: Post-murder spree bliss

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When all of the enemy mobs lie defeated at your feet and you've rifled through their corpses for any valuables, there's this precious slice...

Leaderboard: Do you go light side or dark side in MMORPG factions?

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We’ve been following gaming research firm Quantic Foundry since last year as it's been publishing datasets and conclusions based on its Gamer Motivation Model....
That's a lot of people.

Beta testers actually used Overwatch’s commendation system for good

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Still feeling bereft of Overwatch in this period between the beta and the launch? Can't help you there, but Blizzard has expounded on its...
Do this differently.

WoW Factor: Alternative content release models for WoW and beyond

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It has been noted in the past that I am a big fan of having big, show-stopping expansions released for games. I will not...

Perfect Ten: My highlights from pre-launch MMO hype

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Maybe the hype and anticipation of an upcoming MMORPG leaves you feeling burned out and turned off these days. Considering that some titles can...

World of Warcraft now bundles Warlords of Draenor in with base game

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There comes a time in every boy or girl's life where changes start happening. Yes, it might be scary, but it's also exciting because...
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Heroes of the Storm offers up a Chromie trailer

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The majority of the Bronze Dragonflight is somewhat aloof and mysterious, as befits an entire group of dragons perpetually mucking about in the timestream....
This game really provides no shortage of illustrations we need for this.

Blizzard and Twitch address harassment defiling game event streams

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In case you had forgotten since yesterday's news that RuneScape had to ban players for running around in-game wearing KKK costumes and shrieking racial...
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World of Warcraft will have no gold costs on rearranging talents but will limit it to certain areas

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There is no actual gold cost for swapping around your specs or talents in the next World of Warcraft expansion. That's gone. You want...

The Daily Grind: Do big MMO announcements get you to come back?

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I hate the thought that I'm a wishy-washy gamer, easily influenced by big PR announcements and current trends, but I'd be lying if I...

World of Warcraft will unlock Gnome Hunters before the expansion launch

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World of Warcraft's next new race/class combination will be playable before Legion launches. Blizzard announced yesterday that players will be able to roll (or change...
How are you this way.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 65: Make yourself at home

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Justin and Bree discuss Gigantic, NCsoft, WildStar, KingsIsle, Star Trek Online, Legion, and Crowfall, plus a mailbag question on media embargoes.
Someone thinks this is neat.

Go to see the Warcraft movie, get a free copy of World of Warcraft

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Do you somehow not have a copy of World of Warcraft? It's weird, but it happens. But now you can get it for just...

Mark Kern to deliver Nostalrius petition to Blizzard next week

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The Nostalrius team isn't the only one heading to Irvine to meet with Blizzard: The ex-WoW, ex-Firefall developer Mark Kern says he's locked in...

The story of Overwatch’s Hanzo and Genji plays out in ‘Dragons’ short

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The archer-assassin Hanzo stars in the latest Overwatch animated short, which tells the tale of two brothers locked in eternal struggle. "Dragons explores the history...

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