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Overwatch Players Spend 30 Hours Watching Games, Get No Rewards
30.11.2022
Some folks watch esports events for the thrill of seeing a game played at the highest possible skill level. Others tune in for promised rewards from developers. If you’re in the latter camp, and you logged a ton of hours of watching the latest Overwatch League event on YouTube, you’re probably very...
Syke: Overwatch 2 Requires Your Phone Number Yet Again
18.11.2022
If you were happy that Blizzard mostly scrapped the SMS Protect requirement, a method to curb the creation of free Overwatch 2 accounts from potential bad actors, I’m sorry to disappoint you but it’s back. Yes, the publisher announced in an updated blog post that SMS Protect has been re-enabled...
Overwatch 2’s Halloween Event Is A Major Downgrade
26.10.2022
On October 25 through November 8, Overwatch 2 celebrates its first seasonal event since its debut earlier this month: The 2022 edition of its yearly weeks-long Halloween Terror extravaganza. Like past years, Halloween Terror will honor the holiday with new skins and a Junkenstein’s Revenge themed...
Overwatch 2 Pre-reviews Think It's Worth A Sequel, But Say The Grind Is A Major Bummer
30.9.2022
Overwatch 2 is almost here, arriving as a free-to-play game on October 4 that will totally supplant the OG hero shooter. While it isn’t playable to the general public yet, a handful of gaming outlets got early access to Blizzard’s upcoming sequel, publishing prereviews just in time for launch day....
Blizzard Gives Overwatch 2 Players Kiriko For Free But Defends Its Battle Pass System
15.9.2022
Blizzard just announced that the new (and widely leaked) ninja character Kiriko will be free for all Overwatch 2 players who already own a copy of the original Overwatch. While that seems like cause to celebrate, the controversial, free-to-play sequel’s move to lock access to most future characters...
New Overwatch 2 Hero Leaks: A Teleporting Fox Girl Who Plays Support
9.9.2022
Well, Blizzard’s surprise has been spoiled. Late last night, a YouTuber named Kuriboh cervantes uploaded a video revealing Overwatch 2's newest hero, Kiriko. The company tried cracking down on the content, an unfinished animated short that gives a bit of backstory to who Kiriko is and shows...
Diablo IV Leaks Send Blizzard Into Damage Control
8.8.2022
It’s been a week since the Diablo 4 beta test started, and players are already leaking footage of the game on the internet. What’s funny is that the screenshots have the testers’ identifying number all over them, which means that Blizzard likely already knows who these people are.Read more
Diablo Immortal Player Says He Can’t Get A Match After Spending $100,000
1.8.2022
Diablo Immortal’s pay-to-win mechanics have been controversial since the game launched back in June. Now they’ve also apparently broken the game for at least one YouTuber who reportedly spent over $100,000 on beefing up his Barbarian character. The player’s win rate is seemingly so good the game...
Hearthstone Is Randomly Awarding Some Players A Ton Of Free Packs
8.7.2022
It’s been a hot minute since I traded rungs in the middle of the Hearthstone seasonal ranked ladder. But some players who recently returned to Blizzard’s take on Magic: The Gathering were greeted with a generous surprise: dozens of free card packs. Before you go getting your hopes up, however,...
Blizzard „je odhodlán“ příští rok vzkřísit akci BlizzCon
8.7.2022
Akce Blizzcon, která oslavuje hry studia Blizzard, tedy značky Diablo, Warcraft, Overwatch a Starcraft by se po tříleté pauze měla vrátit v plné parádě
Blizzard Boss Defends Diablo Immortal, Feels ‘Really Good’ About Its Launch
8.7.2022
Blizzard’s controversial Diablo Immortal launched to big numbers and high revenue. It also set off an ongoing debate about in-game purchases, digital gambling, free-to-play mobile games, and addiction. The massive publisher has mostly remained silent amid the negative headlines and criticism....
Despite Backlash, Diablo Immortal Is Making A Million Dollars A Day
6.7.2022
In its first month of release Blizzard’s controversial new mobile game, Diablo Immortal, has racked up nearly $50 million in reported revenue across 10 million downloads. Even as debates and criticism swirled around the free-to-play RPG, data shows that the game has made at least $1 million a...
Fantasy Battle Royale Spellbreak Shutting Down, Studio Absorbed By Blizzard
29.6.2022
Spellbreak, the magic-based battle royale, is spellbroken, shutting down early next year, developer Proletariat announced in a blog post. Also, the whole studio is getting absorbed by Blizzard, the result of a recent acquisition intended to beef up development on World of Warcraft.Read more
Everything Shown During The Overwatch 2 ‘Reveal’ Event
16.6.2022
Today, Blizzard gave fans a look at how Overwatch 2 will move from its predecessor’s standard $60 pricing toward a free-to-play live service model. The “reveal event” stream also provided looks at the seasonal release roadmap and the newest hero: Junker Queen.Read more
Diablo IV Won’t Be Anything Like Diablo Immortal, Blizzard Promises
13.6.2022
With Diablo IV back in the news and the largely-maligned Diablo Immortal still a topic of conversation, developer Blizzard wants everyone to know that the two games are alike in name only.Read more
Diablo IV Revives The Necromancer For A 2023 Launch
12.6.2022
Diablo IV is still set for a 2023 release, Blizzard announced today. And while that 365-day launch window may not be super exciting, it was also revealed that the fan favorite Necromancer will be the game’s fifth and final playable class (at least for now). Put on your finest bone armor, folks...
Let's All Exploit The Exploitative Games
10.6.2022
There is, and should be, a huge amount of discussion and debate regarding the exploitative nature of so many practices in modern video games. From gacha and lootboxes to in-app purchases and meaningless cosmetics, right up to the recent idiocy regarding NFTs, both game players and the gaming press...
World Of Warcraft Streamer Allegedly Harassed Off Of Twitch By Ex-Cop
26.5.2022
A 29-year-old former airport cop, Evan Baltierra, was arrested this week and charged in federal court with allegedly harassing a World of Warcraft streamer off of Twitch. The two met in person at BlizzCon 2019, according to an accompanying affidavit, but when the streamer declined to be...
Lawsuit: Blizzard Lets Minors ‘Gamble’ On ‘Worthless’ Hearthstone Card Packs
19.5.2022
Blizzard is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit over card packs sold to minors in Hearthstone, its popular World of Warcraft-themed trading card game. A parent in Arizona claims his child purchased hundreds of dollars worth of the cards without realizing how rare it is to get good cards out...
Diablo Immortal Is Hitting PC Because Players Would Just Emulate It Anyway
25.4.2022
Today, Blizzard announced that Diablo Immortal will be out on June 2 for iOS, Android, and PC. The PC version was a surprise as Blizzard had previously said that this new entry in the ARPG dungeon-crawlin’ franchise was built for mobile devices from the ground up. But according to the Warcraft...