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Lineage 2: Revolution recruits Conan O’Brien for western domination
What is the mobile game that everyone will be talking about this holiday season? Netmarble is confident that the answer to that is "Lineage...
The Daily Grind: Are you thinking of WoW Classic as a totally new MMO?
Early on in all the WoW Classic hoopla, I'd been thinking of World of Warcraft legacy servers as the sort of gimmick servers that...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth sets a world record for its diorama
Turns out that World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is already setting records well before it releases. How? Well, it had a very nice...
Pantheon devs meet up at TwitchCon and make a convert
It took a convention to bring together a development team.
Visionary Realms shared in its November newsletter that many of Pantheon's team members -- some...
StarCraft 2 unlocks free-to-play options, but it’s not completely free
First announced at BlizzCon earlier this month, StarCraft 2 is now free-to-play for anyone who would like to engage in Blizzard's hit real-time strategy...
Trove’s Adventures expansion is live now with a new biome and huge club upgrades
Cutesy voxel sandbox Trove has just pushed out its long-awaited club update to PC, Xbox One, and PS4, and yep, it's free for all players,...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst of BlizzCon 2017
Last weekend, even Massively OP was obsessing over BlizzCon, and we thought it would be fun to poll the writers, including those who watched...
The Daily Grind: What’s the funniest MMORPG?
During last weekend's BlizzCon opening ceremonies, nothing got me like Hearthstone's expansion presentation, and it's not the first time Blizzard's card game has done so....
Global Chat: World of Warcraft BlizzCon reactions
Whether you play it now or not, chances are that your paths have crossed with World of Warcraft in the past. This is true...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s CCP Games is gambling with the livelihoods of employees
Last week we broke the story that EVE Online developer CCP Games is backing out of the virtual reality games market, closing its Altanta...
World of Warcraft Classic starts hiring for its team
It may be a ways away, but World of Warcraft Classic is on the road to becoming a reality. Blizzard posted at least two...
Closers Online’s closed beta has officially begun
Closers' closed beta servers are open! But only open to those in the closed beta. So not really open. Just live. I'm making the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 143: BlizzCon strikes back
Justin and Bree discuss BlizzCon, WoW's Battle for Azeroth expansion and legacy servers, Marvel Heroes' drama, the fate of Motiga and Runic, DCUO, WildStar, Kritika, and Wild West Online, with a mailbag question on MMOs that lock classes and races behind paywalls.
Overwatch brings Moira to the test server
Fans of certain Blizzard games are going to be waiting a while - possibly even a year - to start playing the cool stuff...
World of Warcraft Classic announcement sends shockwaves through the vanilla emulator community
As the World of Warcraft community grapples with the surprise BlizzCon announcement of a classic server, one subset of players in particular are feeling...
The Daily Grind: Will you be playing World of Warcraft’s Classic servers?
I think it's safe to say, after all the Nostalrius and legacy server drama from last year, that Blizzard has surprised a lot of...
BlizzCon 2016: Where’s the love for Diablo II and Warcraft III?
We were all prepared for the lack of Diablo III news from BlizzCon, in spite of the franchise's huge following. But what we we...
Game devs react angrily to ESA’s support of government tax proposal
Last week, the Entertainment Software Association, the video game trade association you probably know best from its stewardship of E3, released a contentious statement...
BlizzCon gamers react to, reflect on Overwatch toxicity
Toxicity in online gaming is easily one of the biggest stories of the year, particularly in Overwatch, where Blizzard has been focusing its anti-toxicity...
WoW Factor: Understanding World of Warcraft’s upcoming Heart of Azeroth system
The release of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is going to bring with it a lot of core system changes. This is neither...