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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Vague Patch Notes: How does an MMORPG studio rebuild trust it shattered?
Earlier this week, Pantheon cancelled its intensely stupid extraction shooter mode. Now, I don't say that it's intensely stupid because I dislike this sort...
Tarisland devs address the decision to avoid P2W cash shop kit – but not Vigor energy gating
Tencent is apparently continuing to tweak its monetization for Tarisland in response to player angst as it continues charging through its second closed beta...
First Impressions: Warcraft Rumble is a slick but shambolic multiplayer romp
I won't say that Warcraft Rumble was at the top of my most-anticipated games of 2024, but I've been low-key excited about this title...
Don’t look now but Blizzard has been quietly patching up Heroes of the Storm
When it comes to Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard is putting the "maintenance" back in "maintenance mode" as November 16th saw a new patch...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most excessive whaling you’ve ever seen in an MMO?
Every time I think whaling in the MMO industry can't get any worse, some game comes along and proves me wrong. That was the...
Massively Overthinking: Pervasive old MMO ideas that aren’t really true
A while back, Eliot and I were discussing one of his columns, in which he noted that in the eldest of the elder MMOs,...
World of Warcraft previews its next patch update, Seeds of Renewal
It's been like half an hour since the last World of Warcraft update and we still haven't heard about the plans for the next...
WoW Factor: Just by existing, the Worldsoul Saga delivers something World of Warcraft desperately needed
Last week, I argued that a lot of the elements of World of Warcraft: The War Within that at least sound good on paper....
Hearthstone’s Showdown in the Badlands releases, Overwatch 2 patches in a reworked Roadhog
It's another bundle of Blizzard game news tied into one package, and this one is specifically for the digital CCG and team-based shooter fans,...
Battle of the betas: Tarisland enters second closed beta as Pax Dei kicks off Home Valley test
What are the chances that two big MMORPGs start key testing on exactly the same 24-hour period? Well, I don't know, but it's definitely...
The Daily Grind: How dedicated are you to wealth generation in MMOs?
There was a span of time a few years back when I heavily engaged with the World of Warcraft economy to make as much...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 445: Rally for Project Gorgon
Justin and Bree discuss Project Gorgon's community, Wayfinder's layoffs, LOTRO's Corsairs of Umbar, WoW's Guardians of the Dream, and Guild Wars 2's Through the Veil, with adventures in WoW, Fallout 76, LOTRO, and Project Goron, plus a mailbag topic on why more MMOs don't use contemporary real-world settings.
ARPG Grim Dawn preps its ‘most comprehensive free update ever’
Now that the new ARPG smell has faded from Diablo IV, it's entirely possible that fans of the genre are looking to branch out...
Blizzard says it’s ‘held back surprises’ for WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery
The questions keep rolling in about World of Warcraft's future -- and Blizzard keeps fielding them. The studio's recent Q&A also tackled topics related...
World of Warcraft will see three more updates after 10.2 in the lead-up to The War Within
The fallout from BlizzCon's reveal of World of Warcraft: The War Within isn't complete without a post-show Q&A of curated questions for some of...
Blizzard’s art savant Samwise Didier is retiring after more than three decades at the studio
Thirty-two years is a heckuva run at any studio, especially when you've been one of the artistic inspirations for some of that studio's most...
Vague Patch Notes: BlizzCon 2023 wasn’t a disaster, but it needed to be better
The last live BlizzCon in 2019 was not a great show, but it was fundamentally a hype festival for Blizzard just like they've all...
Tarisland’s Shadow Swordsman is the flexible poisoner who takes no prisoners
Today is a momentous day for fans of Tarisland, as the upcoming fantasy MMO announced its Earthspirit Saga, a three-expansion storyline that kicks off...
Massively Overthinking: Did BlizzCon do what it needed to do?
Given the last couple of years, which have been inarguably rocky for both the company and its games, Blizzard needed a big win at...
Diablo Immortal readies the Harvest Bounty event, Hearthstone sets the table for Showdown in the Badlands
Two of Blizzard's two major mobile games - Diablo Immortal and Hearthstone - are getting themselves a pair of content updates, as the former...
