event coverage
Heidel Ball 2024: The streets of the real Heidel of Black Desert
Have you ever wandered around an interesting or beautiful area in a game and wished that you could traverse such a locale in real...
PAX East 2020: Marvel Future Revolution is Netmarble’s new open-world mobile MMO
Yesterday at their panel at PAX East 2020, Marvel and Netmarble announced a new mobile open world online RPG, Marvel Future Revolution. Ahead of...
PAX East 2020: Hands-on with MMO survival sandbox Population Zero
At this weekend's PAX East, I got to sit down with Dmitry Muratov of Enplex Games to try out the studio's upcoming game, Population...
PAX East 2020: LOTRO plans Aragorn and Arwen’s wedding plus 2021 expansion as DDO teases unicorns
If you skipped out on PAX because of contagion concerns, or just missed the Standing Stone party last night because all the MMOs piled...
PAX East 2020: Hands-on with Cryptic’s Magic Legends
I’ll be honest, Magic: The Gathering is one realm of geekdom that I’ve never really gotten into. I know a bit about it, but...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst of BlizzCon 2019
BlizzCon 2019 is behind us, finally, and we're winding down our coverage and trying to put a capstone on the experience. In this week's...
The Daily Grind: Are you bummed about the faction divide in WoW Shadowlands?
During the World of Warcraft Q&A panel this past weekend, Blizzard confirmed that it's not planning on dropping any walls between the factions to...
BlizzCon 2019: WarCraft 3 Reforged previews visual updates, gameplay features, and map tools
With all of the things whirring around BlizzCon this year, perhaps some games got lost in the shuffle, like WarCraft 3 Reforged. Just in...
BlizzCon 2019: Jeff Kaplan hopes Overwatch 2 will change how game sequels work
If you're thinking of Overwatch 2 as basically DLC with new PvE modes and some tweaked character models, that's understandable; while the sequel has no...
BlizzCon 2019: When Blizzard prayed for rain and got a drizzle
So we all knew that this year's BlizzCon needed to be bigger than last year's BlizzCon. That was, on one level, not a high...
BlizzCon 2019: Why World of Warcraft: Shadowlands isn’t adding a new class
If you were wondering why World of Warcraft wasn't adding a new class with its upcoming Shadowlands expansion, you are definitely not alone. After...
BlizzCon 2019: Diablo 4 promises no real money auction house and regular content updates
In the minds of many, Diablo III got a lot of things wrong. Whether it's the anemic update cadence, the decision to use colors...
VKLiooon sweeps the Hearthstone Grandmasters to become the first woman to win a global championship
Yes, a Hearthstone esports event is what put Blizzard into a humongous mess, but let's take a moment away from that for the sake...
Despite BlizzCon apology, Blizzard stands behind ‘Hong Kong liberation’ suspensions
In case you missed it, BlizzCon's World of Warcraft Q&A session this afternoon was peppered with a few vocal protesters who both wore pro-Hong...
BlizzCon 2019: World of Warcraft Q&A liveblog
The thing about World of Warcraft Q&As at BlizzCon is that they're always some flavor of a mess, even when there are no political...
BlizzCon 2019: Diablo 4’s shared open world multiplayer, soloing, and trading
While Diablo Immortal wasted no time labeling itself as an MMORPG, Diablo 4 has been a bit more cagey. At BlizzCon today, developers at...
BlizzCon 2019: Here’s how World of Warcraft is streamlining its leveling process
At BlizzCon today, the World of Warcraft team beat loud and often on the drum of choice during the Shadowlands panel, promising that players...
BlizzCon 2019: World of Warcraft Shadowlands deep-dive panel liveblog
Updates! Improvements! Theoretically making people less upset about still being knee-deep in Battle for Azeroth! The World of Warcraft update panel at BlizzCon day two is...
BlizzCon 2019: Mobile MMOARPG Diablo Immortal gets new content, videos, and preregistration
During this afternoon's BlizzCon Opening Ceremonies, Blizzard didn't so much as breathe the words "Diablo Immortal," in spite of multiple devs (and audience members)...
BlizzCon 2019: Overwatch 2’s progression system allows for customizable playstyles
Don't fall too much in love with the new PvE story missions that are coming with Overwatch 2Â because then you'd miss out on something...
