Blizzard’s sometimes-annual convention in Anaheim. Official site: BlizzCon
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WoW Factor: This time will not be different
The other day, I got a nasty email from a World of Warcraft fan. This is not inherently unusual; it happens a couple of...
Massively Overthinking: What’s next for Blizzard under Microsoft?
So the Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard is basically a done deal. Oh, sure, the FTC is still fumbling around with hapless appeals, but look,...
WoW Factor: No-selling BlizzCon
On May 4th, 2019, tickets for BlizzCon 2019 went on sale. This was not in and of itself a surprise, with the event happening...
Activision-Blizzard’s latest internal town hall meeting was bizarrely helmed by a celebrity host
We appreciate that making a company meeting interesting is a challenge, but we also have to curl an eyebrow upwards at the choice made...
Lawful Neutral: Reverse engineering World of Warcraft’s subscriber numbers
Do you know what time it is? It's almost quarterly financial report time! We probably won't see a full quarterly report from Activision-Blizzard as...
Warcraft Rumble will officially launch on November 3 at the start of BlizzCon
Well, apparently some of the news about this particular franchise is not actually waiting until BlizzCon. Warcraft Rumble, previously known as Warcraft Arclight Rumble,...
Mike Ybarra says World of Warcraft and its IP will get the most news at BlizzCon
Do you spend far too much time analyzing floor plans for this year's BlizzCon and need to know which of Blizzard's franchises is getting...
Datamining uncovers potential details about World of Warcraft’s next expansion
As BlizzCon inches ever closer, players of World of Warcraft continue to ponder where the MMORPG's next expansion is headed. Some of that pondering...
Blizzard teases BlizzCon’s stage schedule ahead of today’s round of ticket sales
If you really have an earth-shattering need to attend BlizzCon 2023 in person and have $299-$799 to drop on a ticket, you're in luck;...
Overwatch 2 is re-running past content for all three weeks of its first birthday events
Can you believe it's already been almost a year since Blizzard pushed Overwatch 2 out the door without the key thing that set it...
WoW Factor: Potential destinations for the next World of Warcraft expansion
We have a BlizzCon coming up in November. This strikes me as a phenomenally bad idea, like someone proposed it in a meeting to...
Perfect Ten: Every expansion era of World of Warcraft ranked
For a long time, I have been considering this particular column just because, well, it's an obvious one. If you have a column whose...
BlizzCon 2023 tickets are on sale starting at $299
So are you eager to stand in a convention hall in Anaheim pressed shoulder-to-shoulder with a whole lot of Blizzard fans in November? You'll...
BlizzCon 2023 has been announced for November 3-4 in Anaheim
Well, here we go. The past couple of years have not featured a celebration of Blizzard as a company because... well, we have a...
BlizzCon 2023 is still happening, Blizzard’s Mike Ybarra tells Twitter fans
Blizzard's fan-centered live event BlizzCon used to be one of the highlights of the year for the MMORPG genre - until COVID drove it...
BlizzCon 2023 and Blizzard’s unnamed survival game are both still happening
The World of Warcraft roadmap wasn't the only thing Blizzard dropped yesterday just before the holidays: Blizzard president Mike Ybarra also penned an address...
Overwatch 2 outlines global release timing and a pre-launch checklist as the original shooter goes offline
A new era of Overwatch is just around the corner. The sequel to the hero shooter - or at least its PvP portion -...
WoW Factor: Updating our World of Warcraft expansion data set with the Dragonflight release date
Aw yeah, who likes math? I like math. I really like math, and you all know it, and you have to consistently sit there...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 380: A TERAble way to go
Justin and Bree discuss TERA's sunset, Secret World's maintenance mode, Red Dead Online's maintenance mode, Heroes of the Storm's maintenance mode, Skull and Bones' November launch, Elder Scrolls Online's Lost Depths DLC, EverQuest II's prison server, Blizzard's Proletariat buyout, WoW's crafting overhaul, and the return of BlizzCon in 2023, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallout 76, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag lightning round.
BlizzCon will return in 2023, Activision-Blizzard employees plan another walkout
Pop quiz, hotshot: When was the last time that Blizzard held an in-person BlizzCon? If you shouted at your computer monitor "2019!" then you...
