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The Daily Grind: What did you think of BlizzCon this year?
I am writing this on Tuesday. This means that the version of me writing this has no idea what has been revealed at BlizzCon....
Camelot Unchained builds out deathmatch gameplay for Saturday Night Sieges
Last week, Camelot Unchained posted up its big plans for test hoopla, including its Saturday Night Sieges. In CSE's latest newsletter, it outlines its...
BlizzCon 2017: World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth expansion live Q&A liveblog
Ah, here we go again. It's time for our final liveblog of BlizzCon 2017, and it's the World of Warcraft Q&A. And they're live...
BlizzCon 2017: World of Warcraft art panel liveblog
Remember how last year, we got an enormous amount of art discussion during a panel that really should have been about systems? Or was...
BlizzCon 2017: World of Warcraft’s classic server will be a ‘massive effort’
In the process of picking yourself up off of the floor following Friday's announcement of World of Warcraft Classic at BlizzCon 2017? As your...
BlizzCon 2017: World of Warcraft gameplay and systems panel liveblog
The gameplay and systems panel is always very important to World of Warcraft. You found out long ago (well, a few hours ago) about...
BlizzCon 2017: Everything you need to know about World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth expansion
Blizzard made several major announcements for World of Warcraft today that you probably need to know about if you're a current or even a...
EVE Online expands its free-to-play offerings in the wake of studio instability
Good news, EVE Online fans! CCP is pretty happy with how the game's Alpha clone system has worked out, all things considered. In fact,...
BlizzCon 2017: World of Warcraft announces Battle for Azeroth expansion
Enough of World of Warcraft's two biggest factions palling together on adventures across time and space -- war has come to this game once...
BlizzCon 2017: Overwatch’s new BlizzardWorld map, support toon Moira
During this afternoon's BlizzCon 2017 opening ceremonies, Blizzard announced an epic update for Overwatch that you may not have seen coming, given the paltry...
BlizzCon 2017: World of Warcraft ‘Classic’ finally delivers on legacy servers
World of Warcraft delivered a jaw-dropping surprise to its loyal community with an amazing announcement at this weekend's BlizzCon. Blizzard took to the stage...
BlizzCon 2017: World of Warcraft what’s next panel liveblog
So let's be honest with you, folks: We are writing this before we actually know what happened in the BlizzCon 2017 opening ceremony. We...
BlizzCon 2017: Opening ceremonies liveblog
True confession time: The original version of this post was just the lyrics to Lindsey Buckingham's "Holiday Road" with a poor phonetic transcription of...
BlizzCon 2017: Massively OP’s complete coverage
Check out all of our coverage of this year's BlizzCon, before, during, and after! We'll be liveblogging five of the larger World of Warcraft-related...
The Daily Grind: What would Blizzard need to do to get you back into World of Warcraft?
In last night's Massively Overthinking on hopes and fears for BlizzCon - which kicks off this afternoon! - I laid out my thoughts on...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for BlizzCon 2017
Tomorrowday, BlizzCon will be upon us, and this year we're expecting a full reveal of the new expansion for World of Warcraft, still the...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2017: Destiny 2 tops console charts, WoW monthly users are ‘stable’
If you were expecting big news out of Activision-Blizzard's Q3 2017 financial report... sorry to disappoint you, but you've probably heard the big news...
WildStar patches in Primetime and preps November booster events
The most recent patch for WildStar is Primetime, and it is indeed all about making it the time for Prime. The Genetic Archives raid...
The Daily Grind: What would surprise you from BlizzCon?
There's a difference between predictions and hopes. Predictions are what you think is actually going to be there. Hopes are what you'd like to...
Check out the final product of the Final Fantasy XI community memories
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Final Fantasy XI, and you may recall that the game's fans took the time to assemble an...