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.
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The Daily Grind: What’s your one wish/prediction for BlizzCon 2016?
BlizzCon 2016 kicks off today;Â in fact, our first liveblog covering the opening ceremonies begins this afternoon at 2 p.m. EDT. And we've already pretty...
Heroes of the Storm teases next week’s collegiate e-sports documentary
This past April, a team of college students from Arizona State University won full tuition from Heroes of the Storm's Heroes of the Dorm...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2016: Blizzard claims ‘biggest quarterly online player community in its history’
Activision-Blizzard's Q3 2016 financial report PR just released, surprising no one with record-setting piles of money and success.
"The Activision and Blizzard segments had record...
Blizzard responds to feedback on World of Warcraft’s hidden artifact appearances
There are a lot of artifact appearances in World of Warcraft: Legion, at least in theory. If you're not into pushing forward with PvP...
Mark Kern posts new WoW Legacy server petition ahead of BlizzCon
There's yet another petition related to legacy World of Warcraft servers live this week, this one begun by Mark Kern himself.
Kern (more on his backstory...
Overwatch ARG keeps teasing the game’s worst-kept secret
Unless you're a deep conspiracy theorist who has a hunch that Blizzard is preparing to spring the biggest mind-screw of all time, then it's...
Day of the Dead visits World of Warcraft for a short time
Hot on the heels of Hallow's End comes World of Warcraft's Day of the Dead mini-holiday. This event, which runs from today through November 3rd,...
AQ3D level-locks epic dungeons, compensates for Halloween bug
Newly betaing AdventureQuest 3D has decided to place level-locks on some of its dungeon content, a new post on the official site declares this...
Rumor: Diablo III’s Necromancer, Overwatch’s Sombra
As we barrel toward BlizzCon this week, speculation is running high over what reveals Blizzard might make at the show. Two of these are...
Jukebox Heroes: MMORPG music for a haunted Halloween
You simply can't have a good and proper Halloween without a perfect soundtrack to back you up. Sure, you could just pop in one...
Japanese top card battler Shadowverse launches on Steam
Shadowverse might not have the street recognition in the west that, say, Magic the Gathering or Hearthstone does, but over in Japan the digital...
BlizzCon books Game of Thrones’ Kristian Nairn to DJ
Hodor? Hodor? HODOR!
Sorry, we'll translate. Blizzard announced that it has booked a surprise DJ for its anniversary party at next week's BlizzCon: Kristian Nairn,...
The Game Archaeologist: Six Halloween holidays from buried MMOs
There are two things to know about Halloween and MMOs. The first is that just about every online game in the known universe puts...
The Daily Grind: What kind of humor do you prefer in MMORPGs?
Humor has to be one of the most subjective elements (and a sadly neglected Captain Planet powerset). Most of us like humor, like to...
Here’s everything you can expect from BlizzCon 2016 next week
Every year, BlizzCon arrives. And every year, Bree and I sit down and liveblog about the most pertinent event for our readers to follow...
Tencent, Activision Blizzard, and EA among top-grossing game companies this year so far
If someone were to ask you which video game company was absolutely dominating the revenue charts in 2016, what would you say? Unless you...
Weird Al Yankovic will headline this year’s BlizzCon
Satirical music star Weird Al Yankovic will headline this year's BlizzCon, Blizzard announced this afternoon, closing out the convention with his show on November...
Superdata’s September report shows Destiny, WoW, GW2, SWTOR, and TERA doing well
Superdata's September games market report is up, and the console revenue rankings have a new old king: Destiny. Yes, Destiny has returned to the...
Perfect Ten: My demands to MMORPGs after 13 years
I've mentioned many times that my first MMO was Final Fantasy XI. It released in North America 13 years ago as of tomorrow. I...
Going to BlizzCon? Grab the mobile app today
Navigating the labyrinth of next week's BlizzCon activities, panels, and games requires some strategy if you're going to get the most out of your...
