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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PAX East 2015: Overwatch aims for fall beta, introduces two new characters
Blizzard is breaking out the big guns for Overwatch -- in more than one sense of that term. The studio announced at PAX East...
WoW Factor: A self-defeating genre
Remember when World of Warcraft launched? I sure do. I remember when the game's developers strapped into a helicopter and broke into the building...
PAX East 2015: Hearthstone’s Blackrock Mountain adventure arrives in April
The rumors were true: Hearthstone is getting a new adventure in April.
Blizzard formally announced the new content at PAX East this morning. The Blackrock Mountain adventure...
The factionless WoW player dings level 100
World of Warcraft Shaman Doubleagent made headlines a year ago for leveling his Pandaren up to 80 and then 90 without ever choosing a faction. Now...
Former LOTRO employee dishes out behind-the-scenes secrets
There's always more to every story than is often told, which is why it's fascinating to come across accounts like this one by former...
Choose My Adventure: Right-Click Sampler Platter Edition
It's been a crazy month. Since writing my farewell Choose My Adventure on Massively-X-Joy-Gadget--vs-Capcom-Turbo, I've sent a few hundred emails, helped raise a huge...
Not So Massively: Hearthstone’s MagicAmy drama; Riot rules on SpectateFaker
Riot Games President Marc Merill says he regrets comments made in the heat of the moment regarding the recent SpectateFaker controversy. Riot issued its...
World of Warcraft is getting gold and gametime transfer tokens
Blizzard has just announced that it's introducing a gold-and-gametime transfer token to World of Warcraft. Dubbing the currency the "WoW Token," Blizz writes,
Players will be...
The Stream Team: Storming of the heroes
In last week's MOBA Madness stream, MassivelyOP's Mike Foster struggled to figure out whether he was winning or losing matches in Blizzard Entertainment's Heroes...
Rumor: Hearthstone may be prepping a Blackrock Mountain adventure
What's next for the ever-hot Hearthstone? Hearthhead reported that a data mining expedition has uncovered references to Blackrock Mountain dungeon cards, meaning that card...
World of Warcraft goes live with Patch 6.1
It may be one of World of Warcraft's smaller content updates, but Patch 6.1 still squeaks into that category with several quality-of-life improvements to...
Microtransactions on tap for Diablo III, but not in the US or EU
Blizzard is likely adding microtransactions to Diablo III. The proposed funny money and its associated features won't be coming to European or American versions...
WoW Factor: The Iron Docks and the bare level cap
I really didn't want Massively Overpowered's inaugural column about World of Warcraft to focus on the negatives. But I can't in good conscience ignore the...
Diablo III previews the armor, powers, and rift improvements of patch 2.2
Diablo III's next major patch is a quality-of-life patch, meaning that it's not going to come with a huge influx of new content. If...
Working As Intended: ‘Multiplex monotony’ and the death of the mid-budget MMORPG
Back in December, film editor and author Jason Bailey wrote a piece on Flavorwire called How the Death of Mid-Budget Cinema Left a Generation...
WoW’s Iron Docks have been delayed to patch 6.2
Are you looking forward to the Iron Docks quests in World of Warcraft's patch 6.1? Even though they haven't been mentioned in any patch...
The Stream Team: MOBA madness
It's Thursday night, which means it's too early to start partying but too late to start caring about work. Instead, join MassivelyOP's Mike Foster...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s tavern tunes
One of my favorite aspects of World of Warcraft's soundtrack is its devotion to giving the in-game taverns catchy and cozy tunes. I always...
World of Warcraft’s patch 6.1 goes live on February 24th
There are lots of reasons why you might be looking forward to patch 6.1 in World of Warcraft. If you play a Blood Elf, you...
World of Warcraft dev spills the secrets of Patch 6.1
We can't blame World of Warcraft fans for being in an excitement tizzy (that's a thing, right?) over the upcoming Patch 6.1, as it...
