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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BBC news reports on World of Warcraft Nostalrius server shutdown
The shutdown of Nostalrius is not going quietly into the night. The wake of the World of Warcraft vanilla emulator's closure under the threat...
Global Chat: An MMO to call home
Home. It's what many MMO gamers are looking for in a title: to plant down roots and find a place that exudes belonging. What...
World of Warcraft previews the design of World Quests for Legion
The next expansion for World of Warcraft is trying something different for endgame. It's not the sprawling dailies of Mists of Pandaria, and it's...
WoW hit by DDoS attacks attributed to Lizard Squad [Resolved]
Bad news for players looking to log into World of Warcraft or Blizzard's other online games. The studio shared that it's been weathering DDoS...
Overwatch opens up all heroes for final closed beta weekend
Gotta play them all! If you've been itching to try out any specific Overwatch hero, this weekend might be your chance. On Friday and...
Working As Intended: Busting up the MMORPG nostalgia party
Last week, a clever Massively OP commenter, SC_Deadline, neatly summed up the ongoing Nostalrius emulator shutdown as Blizzard "bust up someone's nostalgia party," which...
Blizzard to WoW testers: Class orders will not be like garrison missions
If you've paid any attention to World of Warcraft during its present expansion cycle, you are probably aware that Garrisons have not exactly been...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 60: Nostalrius down
Justin and Bree discuss Nostalrius, TERA, Black Desert, SWTOR, DDO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, with mailbag questions on Kickstarters and Tabula Rasa.
Arizona State University team wins Heroes of the Storm’s Heroes of the Dorm
Four college teams faced off at the Heroes of the Dorm championship, and now one team has emerged as the winner. Heroes of the...
The Daily Grind: Does your guild or family govern which MMORPGs you play?
A few podcasts ago, I lamented that my time in Black Desert would probably be brief, at least for now, because my guildies weren't...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about being ‘run’ through MMORPG content?
The news that Guild Wars 2 is nerfing player-led "runs" through Super Adventure Box made me sit back and ponder the whole concept. Power-leveling lowbies...
The MOP Up: Demons invade Skyforge (April 10, 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...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG expansion you’ve experienced?
Very few things get me as excited as the announcement of a new expansion for a favorite MMO. Expansions are thrilling events, stirring up...
WoW Factor: Nostalrius, copyright, and player demand
If you haven't been following the latest Legion testing - which, at the end of the day, is just a series of iterative updates...
The Daily Grind: Would you play on a vanilla World of Warcraft server?
Word that wildly popular "progressive vanilla" World of Warcraft emulator Nostalrius is sunsetting in the face of a Blizzard legal threat has dominated MMORPG...
Overwatch walks players through the addition of competitive play
Are you ready to compete against other Overwatch players to see who is truly the best person playing the game? If you answered in...
Get a look at both sides of World of Warcraft: Legion’s Illidan
Datamining and expansion exploring continues unabated for World of Warcraft: Legion. Wowhead has several previews of new models posted, including a look at Illidan...
WoW emulator Nostalrius’ sunset renews calls for retro WoW servers
As we reported last night, Blizzard lawyers issued a legal threat against popular vanilla World of Warcraft emulator server Nostalrius, propelling its administrators to begin...
Take a look at Hearthstone’s biggest minion yet
The next expansion for Hearthstone will feature a big minion. Very big. Whispers of the Old Gods brings out the Ancient One, a minion...
Blizzard’s legal threat shuts down WoW emulator Nostalrius
Another World of Warcraft emulator bites the dust this week. Year-old "Progressive Vanilla" WoW emu Nostalrius announced on its official website that pursuant to a...
