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The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming shoots a few rounds in Redfall
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
The Daily Grind: What are you hoping to hear from this year’s BlizzCon?
Perhaps I think or say this every year, but I truly feel that 2023's BlizzCon is setting up for a make-or-break moment for Blizzard....
Massively Overthinking: What’s next for Blizzard under Microsoft?
So the Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard is basically a done deal. Oh, sure, the FTC is still fumbling around with hapless appeals, but look,...
Court docs show Activision-Blizzard helped a gun manufacturer market to ‘young consumers’ in Call of Duty title
Just when you thought that Activision-Blizzard news might finally slow down now that Microsoft's officially acquired it, no less than the Wall Street Journal...
Diablo IV has launched on Steam to ‘mixed’ reviews alongside its Season of Blood update
Diablo IV has kicked off the centerpiece of its autumn today with the launch of Season of Blood and the launch of the game...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 441: A Blizzard trick or treat
Justin and Bree discuss MMO Halloween events, Microsoft's Activision-Blizzard acquisition, WoW Classic's LFD, Embers Adrift, and Ship of Heroes, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on the potential for WoW on console and Gamepass.
Microsoft reaffirms its neutrality agreement with CWA union following Activision-Blizzard buyout
With everything swirling around the events of Microsoft's $69B buyout of Activision-Blizzard, it might have been easy to forget that during the proceedings, Microsoft...
Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard buyout is official, Kotick to stay through end of 2023
After nearly two years of drama, UK regulators have finally approved Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, and Microsoft announced the buyout is official this morning.
The...
Activision-Blizzard’s latest internal town hall meeting was bizarrely helmed by a celebrity host
We appreciate that making a company meeting interesting is a challenge, but we also have to curl an eyebrow upwards at the choice made...
Activision-Blizzard will add more games to Xbox Game Pass in 2024
It's possible to be cognizant that Microsoft's acquisition of Activision represents a worrying ongoing trend of consolidation across the game industry while still be...
Lawful Neutral: Reverse engineering World of Warcraft’s subscriber numbers
Do you know what time it is? It's almost quarterly financial report time! We probably won't see a full quarterly report from Activision-Blizzard as...
Redfall reawakens with a new patch that improves stability, combat, enemy spawns, and gamepad control
The post-launch life of the multiplayer FPS Redfall has been one marred by an icy reception from critics and gamers, reports of a chaotic...
Microsoft eyes October 13 completion date for its Activision-Blizzard buyout
Microsoft appears to be fairly certain that its multi-billion dollar acquisition of Activision-Blizzard will go through, as a company source reports that it's looking...
Overwatch 2 unveils its next control map coming in Season 7
If you missed watching the Overwatch League grand final, you missed out on some news from the shooter itself, as the devs used the...
UK government body ‘opens the door’ for Microsoft’s buyout of Activision-Blizzard in preliminary approval
The long shoving match between Microsoft and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) looks to be nearing its final stretch. The CMA has...
UK CMA confirms block of Microsoft’s acquisition of ActiBlizz, prompting a restructuring of the deal
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority continues to be a hard hurdle for Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard to clear. As a refresher, the UK government...
Diablo IV patches up to address issues with Druid skills, quests, dungeons, and UI
Apparently there were a whole lot of bugs crawling around in Diablo IV, and not the kind that you would explode with your chosen...
Diablo Immortal launches a PvP event, temporarily changes gem drop rates, and makes its PC release
Today marks another update for Diablo Immortal that brings a host of events and updates for the mobile OARPG. Or at least the formerly...
Perfect Ten: Every expansion era of World of Warcraft ranked
For a long time, I have been considering this particular column just because, well, it's an obvious one. If you have a column whose...
Overwatch 2 enlists John Cena to hawk August’s PvE story missions – and the associated bundle purchase
It would appear as if Overwatch 2 is going to some lengths to promote August 10th's Invasion update. Blizzard decided to introduce a hacker...
