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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.

World of Warcraft and WoW Classic hit by another round of DDoS attacks

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If you're having a hard time logging on to World of Warcraft -- either version -- today, you are not alone. Blizzard reported that...
Well well well, how the turntable.

Tencent made bank in Q3 2019 thanks to mobile – not PC – games

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While companies like Blizzard are seeing severe revenue drops this quarter and other MMO companies are trudging along, Tencent is having a rather up...
Oh my.

J. Allen Brack says the Blitzchung incident ‘exposed some immaturity’ in Blizzard

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It's a bit long in the tooth now with BlizzCon well behind us, but the Esports Observer published an interview with Blizzard's J. Allen...

Vague Patch Notes: MMO grind is good (except when it isn’t)

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Some of my fondest memories of World of Warcraft involve Adam Sandler and the Badlands. My wife and I had a pretty steady tradition made out...

NCsoft Q3 2019: Another flat financial quarter as NCsoft pumps money into NCWest

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Given the strange financial quarters that Blizzard, Funcom, Square-Enix, and Nexon had, you're surely wondering how NCsoft fared. And the answer is... about the...
It's a tale as old as time.

Blizzard says it’s listening to Diablo 4 feedback on items and stats

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If you're grumpy about the way Diablo IV's items and stat system was shaping up, you're apparently not alone - and there are enough...

First impressions: Overwatch on the Switch is mostly just Overwatch Mobile

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Before Blizzard's bit of October unpleasantness, I was genuinely excited for the Switch release of Overwatch, though somewhat confused since it's clearly so late...
oh no skellingtons

World of Warcraft’s latest test server build sparks player anxiety over glowing eyes

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The next World of Warcraft patch is in the middle of testing, which has already resulted in some negative player feedback on certain systems. But...

Hearthstone’s eight-player Battlegrounds mode enters open beta

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If you're keen on a little something new in your games of Hearthstone -- say, a mode that doesn't have any cards in it...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 246: When rock bands play MMORPGs

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Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard and Square's financials, WoW, LOTRO, Pearl Abyss, EverQuest II, AQ3D, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG, and mailbag topics on optional subs and Blizzard's lessons.
We remember, to our detriment.

World of Warcraft: Classic has all servers down to one layer now

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If you're still salty over the addition of layering to World of Warcraft: Classic, you have picked an odd hill to die upon. But you're...
Healing girl.

New Overwatch short story details what brought Mercy back into the field

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The original Overwatch still has a bunch of heroes who never got a whole lot of further exploration, such as the almost ubiquitous healer Mercy....

Diablo IV opens the Dark Gallery to showcase dark locales of the dark ARPG

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Dare you stare into the heart of darkness that is Diablo IV's Dark Gallery? Beware, reader. You can't just look at these pictures. You...
Hold your breath and count to ten, fall apart, start again.

Not So Massively: Overwatch 2 is what Overwatch should have been from the start

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Much to my own surprise, the announcement that most excited me at BlizzCon this year was not from any of the franchises I usually...

Diablo IV lead developer confirms cosmetic microtransactions will be in the game

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So, just how will Blizzard make sweet, sweet money off of Diablo IV? Expansions, surely. A cash shop, apparently. And that cash shop will...

The Daily Grind: Should World of Warcraft switch to annual expansions?

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During last week's Activision-Blizzard investor call, Blizzard executives dodged hard on one analyst's question about WoW Classic retention - no great surprise there, really,...
There are more things than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

World of Warcraft adds several arcade games to the Darkmoon Faire

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Wanna play a game? In a game? Yes, that's two movie references tied together, which probably should net me some extra bonus internet points...

Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan thinks Blizzard’s Blitzchung punishment was too harsh

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Last week, it was players, game industry leaders, and congress against Blizzard in the matter of Hearthstone player Blitzchung's sentencing over pro-Hong Kong statements....
fa la la la la la ~

Overwatch’s ‘stagnation’ is the direct result of Blizzard working on Overwatch 2

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If it's seemed to you like Overwatch just hasn't gotten as many fun seasonal events or unusual updates for a while, that's because it's true....

WAPO says Activision-Blizzard execs profited from dodgy but legal stock sale

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Yesterday we covered Activision-Blizzard's third quarter financial results, which were... not good. While WoW Classic drove a subscription spike and saw Blizzard's MAUs finally...

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