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Diablo Immortal snagged only 10M players out of its 30M registrations
Blizzard dropped an infographic last night for Diablo Immortal showing... well, some numbers, though probably not the numbers you're most interested in. Most notably,...
Diablo Immortal delays its launch in China, sending NetEase stock into freefall
It would appear that investors of the Chinese games giant NetEase were pinning a lot of hopes on Diablo Immortal's launch to China. The...
Hearthstone’s latest patch seeks to corral Fel Demon Hunter and Control Warrior decks
Hearthstone is continuing to turn the big giant knobs of balance with its most recent patch, seeking to address metagame concerns related to some...
Diablo IV talks up player choice in PvE and endgame while Diablo Immortal rakes in $24M in revenue
The devs of Diablo IV are hitting the press trail, putting out interviews and previews of the multiplayer ARPG ahead of its 2023 release...
Activision-Blizzard workers on Board’s exoneration of execs: ‘The fish rots from the head’
Remember last year when Riot Games formed a "special committee" to investigate the sexual harassment accusations against its CEO and then amazingly cleared him...
Diablo IV goes gaga for the Necromancer in its quarterly update
Have you heard the word on the dark, grimy streets of Tristram? Apparently the Necromancer is the latest (and final one for launch) class...
Microsoft and CWA union enter into ‘labor neutrality’ agreement that will ultimately apply to Activision-Blizzard
Microsoft is continuing its efforts to look like a decent place for gaming developers to work: It's apparently entered into a "labor neutrality" agreement...
Diablo IV devs take to Twitter to get ahead of monetization fears spawned by a job posting
With all of the monetization headlines springing up around Diablo Immortal, it'd be easy to understand why fans watching the development of Diablo IV...
Diablo Immortal players uncover a ‘hidden’ third form of legendary crest lootbox
It's already been well documented that Diablo Immortal's monetization is off the wall, whaling players for as much as $50K-$80K to earn best-in-slot -...
Its legal options exhausted, Activision-Blizzard finally agrees to negotiate with union after half a year of clowning
As readers will recall, QA workers at Activision-Blizzard's Raven Software have spent the last half a year organizing to form a union following the...
Diablo Immortal players estimate being fully geared up will cost $110,000 in microtransactions
When Diablo Immortal launched on mobile and PC last week, it did so with some truly rancorous levels of microtransaction nonsense, but perhaps most...
World of Warcraft posts previews for Dragonflight’s Druid and Death Knight talent trees
One of the marquee features for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is the return of talent trees for each class, which are meant to bring...
Microsoft promises ‘creative and collaborative approaches with unions’ in official blog post
With Microsoft on the cusp of buying out all of Activision-Blizzard, there's been plenty of governmental scrutiny and a healthy dose of concern for...
Summer Game Fest is set to return on June 9 with over 30 game studios and another indie showcase
The summer season is almost here and that means it's time for Geoff Keighley to once again begin his cryptid transformation into a physical...
Wrongful death lawsuit filed by family of an Activision-Blizzard employee is dropped
One of the many legal clouds that hang over the head of Activision-Blizzard has cleared: The family of Kerri Moynihan, which alleged in a...
Another group of Activision-Blizzard workers has issued demands for corporate change
In just two months, we'll be coming up on the first anniversary of the Activision-Blizzard scandal, and if you're wondering which one, well, that's...
Raven Software QA votes to form union in spite of months of Activision-Blizzard unionbusting
Last December, Activision-Blizzard decided the best thing it could do in the middle of a massive sexual harassment and discrimination scandal that had provoked...
Electronic Arts is reportedly seeking to sell itself off – and has been for a while
Apparently, Electronic Arts wants to become delicious food for a larger corporation. This information is a piece of a larger article about Comcast-NBCUniversal chief...
Hearthstone’s latest patch is all about buffing and nerfing cards, heroes, and minions
It is the way of CCGs to forever chase the dragon's tail of balance, and so it goes with Hearthstone's newest patch, which is...
Overwatch wraps up beta testing for its sequel’s PvP and releases volume 2 of the original’s anniversary event
The devs of Overwatch have called it a wrap for the sequel's PvP beta test round, and game director Aaron Keller would like to...
