Major gaming studio, responsible for World of Warcraft and the Warcraft franchise, Diablo III and the Diablo franchise, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and Overwatch.
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Diablo IV’s Sins of the Horadrim transgresses our way on July 1st
You best put your affairs in order, for you may not be long for this realm. Diablo IV is bringing its next chapter to...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that have fun with dinosaurs
A great perk of being an MMORPG developer is indulging in your inner child's greatest fantasies. Been a life-long fan of pirates or ninjas?...
Microsoft’s Xbox division faces the possibility of significant layoffs soon – again
"Microsoft" and "layoffs" are never strangers to each other in headlines, as the megacorp has been known to ruthlessly cull its worker base, presumably...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 523: Course-correcting into the future
Justin and Bree discuss World of Warcraft, BitCraft Online, the possible sale of CCP Games and EVE Online, LOTRO, DDO, Palia, Dune Awakening, and Chrono Odyssey, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, Palia, and the land of Steam Decks.
World of Warcraft’s Patch 11.2 will be the last major War Within update
World of Warcraft: The War Within isn't long for this world, but it's going to make a big splash before it exits the stage...
Blizzard readies bigger World of Warcraft: Midnight reveal at Gamescom 2025
When Summer Games Fest came and went without a hoped-for reveal of World of Warcraft's next expansion pack, all eyes turned to August's Gamescom...
World of Warcraft warms June up with the annual Midsummer Fire Festival
Just in time to ring in the summer solstice, World of Warcraft brought back its Midsummer Fire Festival for another short run. This year,...
Diablo Immortal’s Prince of Freedom update is live with new quests, items, helliquary, and events
It's time to re-read the title for Diablo Immortal's newest content update released this week and realize that, yes, it is indeed called Prince...
Massively Overthinking: Finding flow states in MMORPGs
In this week's Massively Overthinking, I want to talk about flow in MMOs - the psychology concept, not zone or progression design flow. Here's...
Greg Street explains how Project Ghost’s proc-gen blue zones will give Grizzly Hills vibes without the expense
Episode the third of Fantastic Pixel Castle's aptly named Ghost Stories has arrived today, allowing studio boss Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street more space to discuss...
Vague Patch Notes: Control archetypes in MMORPGs are dead, but also they aren’t
Recently, we got a very fun podcast question from Merp asking if control/debuff archetypes in MMORPGs were dead. This is a good question! It's...
World of Warcraft previews its next major update, The Ghosts of K’aresh
With World of Warcraft having just deployed its most recent update, you might assume that the game is going to kick back and let everyone...
Overwatch 2 brings new mini-events, map voting, and several Stadium updates with Season 17
This week begins another new season in Overwatch 2, which means that there are a bunch of new things going on to kick off...
Perfect Ten: 10 awesome reasons to go back to older MMORPGs
Because this site is staffed by us Olds, we tend to remember the history of this ridiculous genre pretty well. This is materially helped...
World of Warcraft activates Legacy of Arathor, explains Pandaria Classic’s celestial dungeons
Don't let the double decimal points in the update fool you: World of Warcraft's latest content drop is anything but insignificant. Legacy of Arathor...
World of Warcraft’s anniversary realms are bringing Phase 5 to the servers on July 10
Has it really been so long since you got to gather Runecloth in the Plaguelands to turn into cities for reputation and progress toward...
Overwatch 2 talks balance tweaks including nerfs to Freja and a slightly ensmallened Bastion
Balancing in a competitive shooter like Overwatch 2 can often feel like less of a tightrope walk and more like attempting to tap dance...
Diablo Immortal’s Prince of Freedom update arrives this week
If Diablo Immortal slipped off your radar a while back, you might be amazed to hear that this mobile MMORPG is cranking out its...
Gachapwned: How gacha games drown us in progression and randomness
Over the past three weeks of the Gachapwned column, we've talked about the three main prongs that keep people invested in gacha games in...
World of Warcraft posts update notes for next week’s Legacy of Arathor
World of Warcraft players looking for a summer vacation from The War Within will soon get their wish thanks to next week's update. Patch...
