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World of Warcraft’s Alex Afrasiabi on the possibility of faction unification
During BlizzCon 2018, the folks at Blizzard Watch chatted up World of Warcraft Senior Creative Director Alex Afrasiabi to discuss what lies in store for...
Blizzard talks Overwatch’s Echo character, big-screen ambitions, and crossplay potential
Most of the buzz coming out of BlizzCon's Overwatch reveals centered on the new playable bad-girl Ashe, who is totally not just McCree but...
Blizzard denies claims that Diablo 4’s reveal was meant to punctuate BlizzCon as ActiBlizz stock plummets
So here's some fuel on the raging dumpster fire that is the Diablo scene right now: Kotaku has sources claiming that Blizzard did indeed...
Hearthstone hands out free card packs to celebrate 100 million users
Hearthstone's BlizzCon presence was pretty middle-of-the-road: Blizzard managed not to outright offend anyone, at least, even if some players are a bit grumpy about...
Netease talks up Diablo Immortal to Chinese fans and onlookers
While American fans at this weekend's BlizzCon went into full-on meltdown mode, NetEase was also telling Chinese fans about the upcoming Diablo Immortal. It...
BlizzCon 2018: What the heck happened?
Every year, I cover BlizzCon for Massively Overpowered. This is not new information; you've all seen my liveblogs running every year for quite some...
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest you’ve ever played a WoW expansion?
During BlizzCon this weekend, Eliot and I were chatting about an article series he's working on different periods in MMORPG history. I mentioned 2009...
BlizzCon 2018: Diablo Immortal lore, zone, class, and Q&A recap
Blizzard's Wyatt Cheng and Matthew Burger took the stage for the Diablo Immortal Q&A panel at BlizzCon tonight, clearly aware of the drama swirling...
BlizzCon 2018: Blizzard defends Diablo Immortal, hints at more Diablo projects on the way
"I'd like to thank April Fools Guy for setting off what's sure to be two solid weeks of hand-wringing over the time/place etiquette of...
BlizzCon 2018: World of Warcraft Q&A liveblog
Here's the problem with World of Warcraft Q&A sessions every time we have BlizzCon, which is now just one bad idea away from happening...
BlizzCon 2018: World of Warcraft Classic liveblog
So. World of Warcraft Classic. Did you think you wanted it, but it turns out you don't? Did you think you want it and...
BlizzCon 2018: Diablo fans go into full-fledged meltdown mode over Immortal
It's hard to imagine a more perfect storm of nerdrage than the one that Blizzard concocted at BlizzCon this Friday. Sorely neglected Diablo fans...
BlizzCon 2018: World of Warcraft details Tides of Vengeance and Rise of Azshara
Blizzard just wrapped up its World of Warcraft What's Next panel, and believe it or not, it wasn't a total dud.
While we already knew...
BlizzCon 2018: World of Warcraft – What’s Next liveblog
So what is next for World of Warcraft? Based on the current reception of the game's expansion, my personal prediction is another few months...
BlizzCon 2018: World of Warcraft reveals the classes for Kul Tirans and Zandalari Trolls
Yes, it looks like this got turned on a little earlier than World of Warcraft had expected. We'll probably hear more about this in...
BlizzCon 2018: Overwatch’s new anti-hero Ashe is super into doing crimes and voiced by Jennifer Hale
I happen to live with a relatively serious Overwatch player, and let me tell you, he was not remotely concerned about the fact that...
BlizzCon 2018: Warcraft III: Reforged is a remaster and update of the classic game due in 2019
Fighting Infernals, chopping lumber with Ghouls, managing your Wisps and uprooting Ancients... all familiar to any veterans of Warcraft III. But this year's BlizzCon...
BlizzCon 2018: Diablo Immortal is a ‘mobile massively multiplayer online action–role-playing game’
Hey, Diablo III. Happy Switch launch day. Happy Diablo Immortal day! (So much for that animated series rumor?) As announced during the BlizzCon opening ceremony,...
BlizzCon 2018: Hearthstone trolls players with Rastakhan’s Rumble expansion
Hope you don't mind some serious Trolling because Blizzard is tusking us with a new Hearthstone expansion that's all about the savage jungle race. Rastakhan’s...
BlizzCon 2018: World of Warcraft gets a new charity pet and a new cinematic
The opening ceremonies are over, and we didn't get a whole lot of news about World of Warcraft just yet, but we did get...