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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.

Perfect Ten: Utterly silly MMO transmedia synergy over the years

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Remember back when Trion Worlds tried to coin -- or cement -- the term "transmedia synergy" for the relationship between Defiance the game and Defiance the...

The patch notes for tomorrow’s WoW Classic and WoW Classic Classic update are upon us

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If you've done the Silithus war effort before in World of Warcraft or even more recent versions of WoW Classic, you might have a...

The Daily Grind: Are you on board with another ‘fresh’ tour of WoW Classic?

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Well it's that time again, as Blizzard activates another round of fresh WoW Classic servers and puts out the call for new and veteran...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 494: WoW opens the door to player housing

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Justin and Bree discuss Warcraft Direct, World of Warcraft's player housing and Undermine(d) patch, WoW Classic Classic, Guild Wars 2's Godspawn, SWTOR 7.6, and quarterly financials for a bunch of studios (Pearl Abyss, NCsoft, EG7/Daybreak, Embracer, and Nexon), plus adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2.

The Soapbox: The War Within is the best World of Warcraft’s endgame has ever been

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When I delivered my first impressions of The War Within, I was full of praise for World of Warcraft's latest expansion, but I did...
hashtag changes, always changes

Dual spec and no buff/debuff limits are coming to the WoW Classic anniversary realms

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The fresh anniversary realms for WoW Classic are perhaps not as true to World of Warcraft's past as some might want, or perhaps they're...

World of Warcraft admits that it’s the ‘ship of Theseus of video games’

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To mark World of Warcraft's 20th anniversary, Blizzard is granting interviews all over the place (although I do wish they'd stay out of my...

New Blizzard job posting reignites hopes for a potential StarCraft open-world shooter

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Out of all of the IPs that Blizzard owns, few of them seem more underused than StarCraft, which is a shame because the game's...

Diablo 4 will let players trial the overpowered Spiritborn class for a limited time

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It's clear that Diablo IV's Spiritborn class that was added in the Vessel of Hatred expansion is the flavor of the month, but if...

MMO Hype Train: Into the Echo and the wish for a time travel MMO

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Are there any MMO projects that you suspect only you remember and care about -- but everyone else has forgotten? I feel that way...

Blizzard insists World of Warcraft’s housing won’t just be Garrisons 2.0

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So World of Warcraft is getting player housing, and this announcement was so big that nobody seems to remember or be talking about anything...
Ominous.

WoW Factor: Home is where the heart is, even in World of Warcraft

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It has been a curious sensation these last few months, looking at World of Warcraft: The War Within and not wanting to play. That...

Warcraft Rumble Season 10 adds its first ‘split leader’ mini Sylvanas Windrunner

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No, Sylvanas Windrunner being called a "split leader" in the mobile battler Warcraft Rumble isn't a reference to the fact that her story appears...

Fight or Kite: Age of Empires Mobile is a gacha-encrusted, overmonetized monstrosity

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I’ve always been a bit of a fan of the Age of Empires IP despite not being MOP’s resident RTS gamer. That’s an honor...

Here’s everything you need to know about next week’s WoW Classic Classic launch

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With yesterday's surprise announcement that WoW Classic is launching "Classic Classic" fresh start realms next week on November 21st, plenty of questions were raised...
Hardly lonely.

Vague Patch Notes: Going solo isn’t a problem in MMORPGs

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So I'm wrapping up a month of talking about how MMORPGs are by necessity social games. These are games in which you need other...

WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery server gets serious about Ahn’Qiraj next week

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With all of the announcements flying out of the Warcraft Direct stream yesterday, news about WoW Classic's Season of Discovery servers got a bit...

Say hello to Ruckus, the team behind your new favorite co-op smash-and-grab survival game

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If you're wondering who's making all that ruckus this morning, rest assured it's Ruckus Games: It's a new studio put together by former devs...

WoW Factor: Thoughts on World of Warcraft getting housing and Classic Classic fresh start servers

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With no BlizzCon this year and a pretty full and constantly updating roadmap for World of Warcraft unfolding (including this month's 20th anniversary activities),...

Warcraft Direct: World of Warcraft Midnight has player housing, WoW Classic Pandaria in 2025, and WoW Classic Classic

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Friends, today is not-BlizzCon, which is to say that Blizzard decided not to hold a BlizzCon event in the year when World of Warcraft...

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