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Hearthstone welcomes this summer’s Titans card set
It's expansion week for Blizzard's Hearthstone, as the digital card game welcomed its latest 145-card set: Titans. This xpack includes the new Forged and...
Here’s what to expect in Diablo IV’s August 8 update
If you missed out on last weekend's Campfire Chat preview of Diablo IV's next update and aren't willing to wait on the full patch...
Lawful Neutral: Assessing the privacy policies governing World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV
It never fails to surprise me just what some people will say in general chat in an MMO. They'll say things they would never...
UK regulatory body seeks additional comments regarding the Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard merger
The long-tail process of the UK approving Microsoft's buyout of Activision-Blizzard has made one more step forward. As a reminder, the UK's Competition and...
Diablo IV devs discuss updates coming to classes, items, and monster density in August’s 1.1.1 patch
The most recent Campfire Chat video from Diablo IV might have some good news for players of the ARPG, as it mostly zeroes in...
Wow Factor: The future of Blizzard is bleak
So yesterday our Massively Overthinking roundtable asked everyone to sound off on the future of Blizzard because... well, the studio had a plan to...
Massively Overthinking: What’s Blizzard’s next move?
Gamers and pundits talked a big talk about Blizzard's prospects over the last few years. Don't worry about the weak revenues and plunging MAUs,...
Diablo IV devs focus on the latest season’s Malignant Tunnel design in recent video
One of the primary pieces of seasonal content added to Diablo IV is the finding and exploration of Malignant Tunnels around the game world....
Blizzard promises a fix for Diablo IV’s season battle pass ‘dark pattern’ after widespread player complaints
Among the many complaints that players are leveraging against Diablo IV, one of them is arguably far more serious than class nerfs: a bit...
Indie developer takes Activision-Blizzard ‘Warzone’ trademark dispute up the chain to Microsoft
A David-vs-Goliath struggle over a game name trademark jumped on board this month's biggest legal rollercoaster. As we reported a few years ago, the...
World of Warcraft’s technical director departs Blizzard after almost 23 years
Blizzard has seen another pillar of the World of Warcraft team depart the studio: Technical Director Monte Krol announced his departure in a tweet this...
The FTC suspends its administrative challenge of the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard merger
It would seem as if the US Federal Trade Commission has read the suggested writing on the wall: The government body has officially withdrawn...
All hail Glorbo: The WoW community baited and trapped AI scrapers with a Reddit prank
As the editor of this very real website with very real paid humans who every damn month has to deal with scrapers and bots...
Consumers hoping to block Microsoft’s buyout of Activision-Blizzard lose in court yet again
The insanity and activity surrounding Microsoft's imminent acquisition of Activision Blizzard has only ramped up as the deal prepares to be finalized. This month...
Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard file a legal request for the FTC to drop its August hearing
Now that the US Federal Trade Commission has been handed two big losses in its challenge of the $69B merger between Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard,...
Blizzard attempts to mollify Diablo IV players threatening boycott over season patch
Diablo IV players are none too pleased about the game's patch this week, which rolled out ahead of the release of season one today....
Activision Blizzard is laying off workers in its esports division amidst future uncertainty regarding Overwatch League
Amidst all the other signs of robust health that you can see written across the state of Overwatch 2, you can add the Overwatch...
Overwatch 2 arrives on Steam on August 10
So things are all going just super for Overwatch 2, as alluded to within the most recent Activision-Blizzard earnings report. So how do you...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2023: Diablo IV doubled Blizzard’s revenues as MAUs continue decline
Activision-Blizzard has once again released its Q2 financials early as of this morning, but given the fact that this week was meant to be...
Diablo IV’s 1.1.0 patch is live ahead of this week’s Season of the Malignant launch
Diablo IV's Season of the Malignant does not technically begin until July 20th - but you can download and play patch 1.1.0 as of...
