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Global Chat: Reactions to BlizzCon’s World of Warcraft announcements

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Even as BlizzCon 2023 recedes into the distance, the reverberations of its announcements for World of Warcraft and WoW Classic continue to be felt....
Yay, a thing we didn't want.

Overwatch 2 digests its PvP-focused BlizzCon reveals, promises more ‘surprise and delight’ events for all

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Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller is using his usual Director's Take blog post to take a breath and process the reveals made by the...
such economy, very player

Battle of the betas: Tarisland enters second closed beta as Pax Dei kicks off Home Valley test

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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...
Thank you for your service, as always.

The next PAX East is scheduled for March 21 to 24 in 2024

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It would behoove someone to make sure that PAX as a convention is not run by Dracula from Castlevania. It's basically the same thing,...

Blizzard says it’s ‘held back surprises’ for WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery

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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...
Yesterday~

World of Warcraft will see three more updates after 10.2 in the lead-up to The War Within

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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...

Pax Dei announces ‘Home Valley’ alpha for next week, focusing on player housing

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During its stream this afternoon, Mainframe Industries announced that it's kicking off the "first large-scale" alpha for sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei. It's set to...
The clear winner.

Vague Patch Notes: BlizzCon 2023 wasn’t a disaster, but it needed to be better

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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...

Massively Overthinking: Did BlizzCon do what it needed to do?

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Given the last couple of years, which have been inarguably rocky for both the company and its games, Blizzard needed a big win at...

The Soapbox: Will Diablo IV’s Vessel of Hatred be a sufficient answer for Path of Exile 2?

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Everyone loves a good enrage timer, right? It puts pressure on everyone involved in a raid or boss fight to pull their weight and...
Another Overwatch L.

The Overwatch League appears to be dead after six seasons

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The Overwatch League appears to have lived up to its nickname, as it's yet another Overwatch L in light of the news that it...

ArcheAge 2 confirms another delay and a focus from large-scale factional PvP to small group PvE and guild PvP

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It appears that servers aren't the only things constricting in ArcheAge: The game's sequel is also going to be shrinking its general focus, as...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 444: The return of BlizzCon

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Justin and Bree discuss BlizzCon 2023, World of Warcraft The War Within expansion, the Worldsoul Saga, WoW Classic Cataclysm, WoW Classic's Season of Discovery aka don't call it Classic Plus, with a few bits about Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, and Diablo IV, plus adventures in Warcraft Rumble and My Time at Sandrock.

Blizzard president confirms a focus on mobile and live service games, briefly discusses studio’s ‘new era’

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The tide of change is continuing to slip its way across the shores of Blizzard, which is the general tone of a BlizzCon interview...

Casually Classic: BlizzCon took WoW Classic into the ‘plus’ era

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While the three-expansion revelation of World of Warcraft's Worldsoul Saga stole the show at BlizzCon this past weekend, I was even more excited --...

WoW Classic won’t be keeping Wrath Classic realms, debates what to do with Season of Discovery characters

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The reverberations from all of WoW Classic's announcements at this past weekend's BlizzCon continue to be felt across the MMO community. And for every...

BlizzCon 2023: Overwatch 2 previews competitive updates, Clash game mode, and upcoming heroes

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The "What's Next" panels continue to spill forth from this year's BlizzCon as Overwatch 2 talked up its next several seasons' worth of updates,...

BlizzCon 2023: Diablo IV compares its Vessel of Hatred expansion to a bacon BBQ burger

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What's Next for Diablo IV? More than just the game's first expansion, as the OARPG's panel took a look at its next couple of...

BlizzCon 2023: World of Warcraft’s War Within systems deep dive

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If you were entranced by all of the promises unveiled as part of World of Warcraft: The War Within's reveal at BlizzCon on Friday,...

The Game Archaeologist: Firefall, an MMO tragedy about more than just a bus

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Back when I first started writing for Massively and was energetic enough to go on trips to trade shows, I hit up a PAX...

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