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Overwatch 2 Beta Visuals Aren't Helping Perception That It's Barely An Update
9.5.2022
The Overwatch 2 technical beta started on April 26, and players have already started mining the build for content. One player even made a side-by-side lighting comparison video of the differences between the beta and the original game, which recently took off on Twitter. The two video captures...
First Overwatch 2 Patch Introduces Big Changes To Multiplayer Beta
6.5.2022
Blizzard shared a lengthy list of Overwatch 2 patch notes today detailing changes it’s making to the first-person shooter a little more than a week into the player-versus-player mode’s closed beta.Read more
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...
New World Of Warcraft Expansion Lets You Fly Dragons
19.4.2022
Blizzard pulled back the curtain on the next chapter in World of Warcraft in a developer livestream Tuesday, and it’s all about dragons. The appropriately titled Dragonflight expansion will unleash players upon the Dragon Isles and let them roll as a new playable dragon race called the Dracthyr....
Former Xbox Boss Remembers Microsoft Trying To Buy Blizzard, Westwood Back In The Day
19.4.2022
It’s 2022 and Microsoft is in the process of tying up a deal to purchase Blizzard. This isn’t the first time the computing giant has tried to buy the company, though; according to Ed Fries, who led development of the first Xbox console, it’s actually the third.Read more
Blizzard Boss Tries To Shut Down Player Speculation After NFT Survey
18.4.2022
While some companies are doubling down on the lucrative scam behind NFTs, others are trying to head off any association right from the start. After an Activision Blizzard survey went out polling players on their interest in the blockchain technology, Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra was quick to shoot...
Jamie Lee Curtis Will Officiate Her Daughter’s Wedding In World of Warcraft Cosplay
24.3.2022
Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jamie Lee Curtis announced that, not only will she officiate her youngest daughter’s wedding in the actress’s backyard, but she will do so while wearing World of Warcraft cosplay. Read more
Lost Ark, As Told By Steam Reviews
19.2.2022
Breakout PC action MMORPG Lost Ark was first released in South Korea all the way back in 2019. Only earlier this month was it finally released in the U.S. and Europe. It’s quickly become one of the most popular games in the entire history of Steam, with over 1.3 million active players last weekend....
Lost Ark Has Over 500K Players On Steam, But What Is It?
11.2.2022
Lost Ark, despite just now being experienced by a great many players for the first time, isn’t a new game in the traditional sense. It was first released in South Korea back in 2019 for PC. After finding huge success there, Lost Ark publisher Smilegate has partnered with Amazon to bring the MMOARPG...
Horde & Alliance Players Will Soon Be Able To Raid Together In World Of Warcraft
31.1.2022
Since 2004, World of Warcraft players have been asked to pick a faction and run with it. If you were Horde and your best friend was Alliance, your options for doing stuff in-game were practically zero, which made for a thematically strong experience, but also one that could kinda suck if family...
Microsoft Is Bringing Activision Blizzard Games To Game Pass
18.1.2022
Alongside news that Microsoft is preparing to acquire Activision Blizzard for $70 billion, the Xbox console maker has confirmed that games from the recently troubled Call of Duty and Warcraft publisher will make their way to Xbox Game Pass.Read more
World Of Warcraft Turmoil Around Sudden Appearance Of People Of Color Is Surprisingly Complex
18.12.2021
An unofficial World of Warcraft Discord server has been lit ablaze in recent days. Right now, Twitter is full of screenshots showing people decrying Blizzard adding people of color to the MMORPG, with one particular comment complaining about how there are “too many Black humans in Stormwind.” This...
Blizzard Games Aren’t Doing So Great Lately
3.11.2021
Blizzard is in the eye of a storm. In the wake of a departing studio head and two major delays of anticipated games, the Diablo and Overwatch developer is bleeding players across the board, as it revealed during an Activision Blizzard earnings call last night. Across its portfolio, the studio’s...
Blizzard Is Already Losing Its First Female Studio Co-Head
2.11.2021
Jen Oneal, who recently assumed the top position at Blizzard in the wake of a significant reckoning at the company, will step down at the end of the year, she wrote in a statement today. Her co-lead, Mike Ybarra, will take over the rest of her responsibilities.Read more
Overwatch 2 And Diablo 4 Delayed Into 2023
2.11.2021
Activision Blizzard announced during an investor call today that Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 won’t be arriving as soon as originally planned, but didn’t provide a new timeframe for when the two big sequels will eventually come out. Read more
Blizzard Forms World Of Warcraft Community Council To Solicit Player Feedback
2.11.2021
Blizzard announced yesterday that it will be forming a new player organization called the WoW Community Council. It’s aiming to help the MMORPG’s developers get more detailed feedback on all aspects of the game, from players of different backgrounds and playstyles. The move comes as the game...
World Of Warcraft’s Latest Mount Is A Giant Kitty Cat
28.10.2021
I don’t know, folks. Between trying to keep up with Amazon’s New World and the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker expansion, I just don’t think I have time for World of Warcraft any more. Wait, I can ride a giant kitten with tufted ears that chases its tail? You son of a bitch, I’m in.Read more
Former World of Warcraft Devs Start Studio Where Only Female Staffer Is A Dog
27.10.2021
Ex-Blizzard developers who started Notorious Studios seem to have exactly zero women on their development team. The staff page shows nine developers and two advisors, all of which are men, and one canine “Chief Morale Officer” named Ellie. Which means that the studio has more dogs than women....
Blizzard Cancels Online BlizzCon 2022
26.10.2021
It’s been a rocky couple of years for Blizzard’s annual fan celebration, with the 2020 and 2021 shows canceled due to the ongoing covid-19 epidemic. Now, as fallout continues from the California lawsuit over the studio’s culture of abuse, discrimination, and harassment toward women, Blizzard...
Fixing The Diablo II: Resurrected Servers Sounds Like An Absolute Nightmare
15.10.2021
Diablo 2: Resurrected launched, it’s authentic as all hell—but then the D2 servers took an instant trip to the Seventh Circle. For the last week, players have faced constant login issues and outages. And by the sounds of things, the poor server engineers must be absolutely hating life.Read more