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 MMOs contrary to their design?
If you play Final Fantasy XIV, you know that it is not a game that rewards players for playing multiple characters. Quite the opposite, in...
WoW, FFXIV, RIFT, and GW2 players gather to mourn Paris
Final Fantasy XIV players and gamemasters on the Balmung server tonight gathered for a vigil to honor the victims of today's attacks in Paris. "Balmung...
Compare and contrast the Warcraft movie trailer to the same areas in World of Warcraft
The landscapes of the upcoming Warcraft movie are not unfamiliar to veterans of World of Warcraft. Heck, they're not even unfamiliar to dabblers within...
WoW Factor: In the wake of BlizzCon’s Legion content
Well, folks, we're officially living in a post-BlizzCon world. Until the next one. The point is, we're done with that convention, and all that's...
The Daily Grind: Is an MMORPG still an MMORPG without gear progression?
A Massively OP commenter recently opined that "without gear progression, is a MOBA not an MMORPG," and I would really love to talk...
Diablo III begins testing Patch 2.4
Diablo III fans, were you perhaps a little giddy to hear at BlizzCon that Papa Blizzard wasn't giving up on your game of choice?...
Perfect Ten: How playing MMOs can make you a better person
I like to think that I'm a better person now than I was when I first loaded up Final Fantasy XI. That's how long...
Blizzard sues alleged bot purveyors for WoW, Diablo III, and HOTS copyright infringement
Back in May, Blizzard's attempts to thwart gold-selling company Bossland GmbH -- perhaps better known to gamers as the unit behind botting group HonorBuddy -- were stymied...
World of Warcraft wraps up its Legion class previews with Druid and Rogue
There are a lot of leather-wearing classes in World of Warcraft at this point, and two of them are sharing the last round of...
World of Warcraft outlines the changes coming to Monk
Monks are the only baseline class that's been added to World of Warcraft since the game's launch - two hero classes have been added...
Hearthstone’s League of Explorers adventure begins tomorrow
Hearthstone's latest adventure will be going live tomorrow (or the 13th "depending on your region"), inviting players to join the fabled League of Explorers...
Ask Mo: The absurd advantages of MMO guilds
A Massively OP reader named Ohnix recently sent us a question just perfect for Ask Mo. Let's debate guilds!
I play EverQuest II quite a...
World of Warcraft outlines the changes coming to Shaman and Warrior in Legion
Big changes are coming to every single class in World of Warcraft when the next expansion goes live. The official site has already shown...
World of Warcraft outlines the Death Knight changes coming in Legion
The next World of Warcraft expansion is adding the game's second hero class to the lineup, but that doesn't mean the first one has...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 38: BlizzCon strikes back
Justin and Bree discuss BlizzCon -- WoW, Diablo III, Hearthstone, and the rest -- as well as NCsoft's Q3 and Funcom's reprieve, plus a mailbag question on cosmetic mounts.
World of Warcraft outlines changes to Paladins and Warlocks
Paladins and Warlocks, together at last! They're like the original odd couple - she's a stalwart defender of the Light, and her roommate is...
The Daily Grind: Did BlizzCon make you want to resub to WoW?
It's a running joke among MMO players that BlizzCon is bad for our wallets, not because we overindulge in murloc plushies but because resisting...
Not So Massively: BlizzCon 2015 (November 9, 2015)
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
World of Warcraft Mages won’t change radically in Legion
Blizzard has released a new dev blog previewing the changes in store for Mages in World of Warcraft's upcoming Legion expansion. Mages are "in a...
World of Warcraft begins its examination of class design with Hunters and Priests
One of the facts repeated throughout BlizzCon was that classes and class fantasies will be getting overhauled in World of Warcraft's next expansion. So...
