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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Blizzard cracks down on Overwatch porn
Surprising exactly no one familiar with Overwatch's art style, people are already making porn of it. Rule #34, guys. PCGamesN ran the numbers and...
Mark Kern says Blizzard took his vanilla WoW petition meeting ‘very seriously’
Mark Kern, who this weekend went to Blizzard's campus armed with the printed vanilla World of Warcraft server petition, has returned from his meeting...
The Daily Grind: Show us your favorite MMORPG outfit!
I'm willing to guess that more than a few of you spend gobs of time in MMOs assembling the perfect outfits to wow, shock, or...
Perfect Ten: Apologies I must make to my fellow Overwatch players
Fellow players of Overwatch, I am sorry. I don't know your names because I tried very hard to forget them, but I am still...
Mark Kern says he’d buy Firefall back if it sunsets
Mark Kern, most recently recalled to MMORPG audiences for volunteering himself as a spokesperson in the Nostalrius World of Warcraft vanilla server ordeal, told...
Analyst argues game devs are abandoning free-to-play in some genres
Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has another piece on Gamasutra this week, this one arguing that video game developers are "backing away from...
The Daily Grind: Do we have a right to play the games we actually buy?
Yesterday's Extra Credits video sends the RC team diving into the Nostalrius issue, but don't start groaning yet: The video initially zips past the...
Get a quick rundown of the lore relationships in Overwatch
With 21 characters, 12 maps, and 0 actual in-game story, it can occasionally be difficult to place what's happening in Overwatch within the context...
World of Warcraft’s latest patch aims to clean up low-level play
The lower levels of World of Warcraft are kind of a mess and a half. Once you get to Outland at 60 or so,...
The first Warcraft movie reviews are in, and they’re not good
It may be that you were still holding on to some hope somewhere in your mind that Warcraft was going to be a good...
The Daily Grind: What race are you dying to play in your MMORPG?
There are few things more aggravating than to see an awesome race in your MMO -- and then being told that you can't play...
Global Chat: Snap judgments of Overwatch
The talk of the blogger town has definitely been abuzz with impressions, thoughts, and snap judgments of Overwatch as it heads to release. Is...
Overwatch shares plans for bringing back competitive play
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 Daily Grind: So are you playing Overwatch?
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....
Overwatch’s launch day has arrived; here’s our giant roundup
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
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
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?
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....
Beta testers actually used Overwatch’s commendation system for good
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...
WoW Factor: Alternative content release models for WoW and beyond
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...
