blizzard

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.

Moth fight.

Choose My Adventure: Final Fantasy XI in review and choosing our next MMO

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Here's the weird part about this week's column: I'm going to tell you, in short, that Final Fantasy XI is still a good game...
Go away.

Twitch is cracking down on high-profile streamers using inappropriate language

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Twitch is working overtime by going after big-name streamers who use inappropriate language in chat. The platform's community policies have landed popular streamer Destiny...

Destiny 2 is free-to-play on PC this weekend

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Eyes up, Guardians: From July 6th until July 8th, Destiny 2 is free to play on PC through Blizzard's Battle.net program. Whether you're a...

Blizzard wants you to crush your enemies for a Battle for Azeroth beta key

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Can't wait until August 14th to get your hands on World of Warcraft's upcoming Battle for Azeroth expansion? Then you might be in luck:...
Oh gosh why.

The Daily Grind: How early should an MMORPG’s hype cycle begin?

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GIbiz put out an interesting piece this week looking 10 years into the past to see where the buzz was in the game industry...
Nothing can ever stay the same.

Heroes of the Storm tests out two hero reworks while prepping new skins

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The latest patch for Heroes of the Storm is up on the game's test realm, and it contains a new set of hero reworks....
Because the franchise is being brought back from the dead, you see.

Stay Awhile And Listen II is on Kickstarter covering the development of Diablo II

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Would it be wrong to call Diablo II the most influential sequel ever? Maybe. But it undoubtedly had a huge impact on the game...
I can stop any time I want.

World of Warcraft is banning ads on the Group Finder moving forward

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Quick question: What is the Group Finder in World of Warcraft intended for? If you answered that it's for finding groups, possibly with an...

MMO business roundup: Virtual reality, Niantic, WoW emu hacking, and what Google’s up to

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We've got some MMO industry topics you shouldn't miss, so welcome back to our MMO business roundup! • Last week, Pokemon Go company Niantic previewed...

Pokemon-inspired MMORPG Temtem just funded on Kickstarter with over half a million bucks

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Temtem has just fully funded on Kickstarter to the tune of just about $573,919, with 11,715 backers (the counts will keep fluctuating for a...
Yes, it was this bad. It was always this bad.

Online games are avenues for hate group recruitment, according to former white supremacist leader

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Playing a game of linking awful online activities to white supremacist movements is like the worst possible variant of the old Six Degrees of...
Is this the ugly one or the pretty one, it's hard to tell.

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best user interface?

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In the comments of my last Daily Grind about Star Wars Galaxies, there erupted a lively debate about the game's user interface in the...
What if, instead of random chance, we just... let you work on things?

World of Warcraft shows off its War Mode benefits

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It seems only fair that World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth will give players a bit more reason to go to war. So it...

Global Chat: A starting point for WoW Classic

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The recent announcement of WoW Classic's starting point -- Patch 1.12 -- started to make the prospect of this legacy server a lot more...

One Shots: Better virtual homes and gardens

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Lately I've been overdosing on some serious Sims 4 time (blame the Seasons expansion announcement for this!) and indulging in my long-standing passion for...

The Game Archaeologist: Raph Koster on MUDs and Privateer Online

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The release of Raph Koster's monster book of game essays, Postmortems, was of high interest to Bree and me for different reasons. For her,...
Numbers get smaller.

Ion Hazzikostas on World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth’s design philosophy

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If you felt like World of Warcraft: Legion hit the random chance button too hard (likely as one of the many players who waited...
This seems like more of a half-move.

Vague Patch Notes: On balance and differentiation in MMOs

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Do you like fighting games? I don't. Let's talk about fighting games. But bear with me because you'll get where this is going. While I...

Overwatch’s next hero is a… hamster ball?

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Remember Blizzard's tease from earlier this week, the one that set the internet to speculating on whether a wrecking ball might be Overwatch's next...
I'm kind of a contradiction.

World of Warcraft gets its epic ducks in a row for Battle for Azeroth

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With the Midsummer Fire Festival roaring through July 5th and artifact weapons on their way out of the game, World of Warcraft is heating...

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