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Massively OP Podcast Episode 377: Isle thing, you make my heart sing

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online High Isle, FFXIV patch 6.15, Elite Dangerous Odyssey update 12, Albion Online's Into the Fray, Overwatch 2, Diablo IV, Starkeepers, and Lord of the Rings Return to Moria, with adventures in LOTRO, SWG Legends, and Life is Strange, plus mailbag topics on Diablo Immortal, opt-in flag PvP, and MMO character backstory bios.

Diablo IV goes gaga for the Necromancer in its quarterly update

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Have you heard the word on the dark, grimy streets of Tristram? Apparently the Necromancer is the latest (and final one for launch) class...

Diablo IV devs take to Twitter to get ahead of monetization fears spawned by a job posting

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With all of the monetization headlines springing up around Diablo Immortal, it'd be easy to understand why fans watching the development of Diablo IV...

Overwatch 2 launches early access October 4, Diablo IV is slated for 2023

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One of the big news stories of 2021 was the revelation that Blizzard had to delay both Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV. As of...
Mister World Orlando Fontaine Warcraft, with a tip of the hat to our commentariat.

Activision-Blizzard Q1 2022: Revenues plummet, Blizzard loses another 2M players

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Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this morning, we have Q1's results, comprising January, February, and March 2022, a...
Look, ma, no colors!

Diablo IV’s quarterly update shows off the washed-out and muted colors of its open world

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As we all know, the key to making a game look appropriately Diablo-like is a forcible walk away from color and silliness. (What's Whimsyshire? Never...

The Daily Grind: Is the MMO market too segmented?

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Back in November 2021's Activision-Blizzard quarterly investor call, Blizzard's Mike Ybarra spoke about the company's vision for the Diablo franchise. He essentially said that...
Cackle cackle scheme sneer.

WAPO’s latest Bobby Kotick article lays bare his vindictive litigation history

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Rumor is, the secret final boss of Diablo IV will be a creature far more vile and Faustian than Diablo himself. And in a...

Activision-Blizzard Q4 2021: Blizzard lost another 2M monthly actives as ABK revenue holds steady

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Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As readers are aware, the company, its leadership, and its games have been the...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: Bad takes about Microsoft buying Activision-Blizzard and why they’re wrong

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Sigh. So today's column is one that I really didn't have an urgent desire to write, but then we started talking about the various...
Same old story.

Activision-Blizzard submits useless Microsoft buyout FAQ for employees

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We sure hope you're not tired of hearing about Activision-Blizzard and its labor messes, discrimination and harassment scandal, and pending sale to Microsoft -...
Among all the many, many ways you are terrible.

Activision-Blizzard claims it fired still more employees but disputes scope of misconduct

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Activision-Blizzard is being bought out by Microsoft, but that doesn't mean its problems have been solved. Bowing to pressure from investors and its own staff,...

Diablo IV talks itemization, customization, and visual effects in latest dev blog

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Soooo the last time we got a Diablo IV quarterly update, it was before the massive newsbomb that Diablo IV, along with Overwatch 2,...
It just keeps happening.

WoW Factor: BlizzCon is BlizzGone, so what’s next for WoW?

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If you needed a sign of just how bad things were getting at Blizzard HQ, that sign came with the announcement that BlizzConline was...

Blizzard talks Diablo 4 sound design and finds a new game director in Joe Shely

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Blizzard's quarterly update for Diablo IV comes at an unfortunate time, given that the studio is still mired in a massive sexual harassment and...

Blizzard apparently ousted three more key devs, including Diablo IV’s game director

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Kotaku is reporting that Blizzard has parted way with several more high-profile developers this week: Luis Barriga was game director on Diablo IV, while...

Massively Overthinking: Has Blizzard’s sexism lawsuit changed your gaming plans?

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Following last week's disturbing revelation that Blizzard has been covering up more than a decade of abuse and that the state of California is...
Want to look cool, do we?

Diablo IV quarterly update shines a light on character art

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There's a lot of work that goes into making sure that characters in Diablo IV look cool. No, really; the latest quarterly update on...

Diablo II Resurrected executive producer talks about alpha feedback, beta features, and other Diablo title developments

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Shortly after Diablo II: Resurrected got its time in the E3 sun to unveil its launch date, Blizzard's Rod Fergusson went into greater detail...
Yes, it's really weird to talk about Warlords in the context of a success, for me as much as you.

New Blizzard analysis chronicles the studio’s five-year decline and developer exodus

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The slow decline of Blizzard has been exhaustively covered over the last couple of years, but sometimes, it's more jolting to see it all...

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