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Overwatch 2 plans to combat player toxicity and secure accounts with a ‘defense matrix’
Wrath what? Blizzard doesn't have time to think about the immediate past when it has another launch coming right around the corner. Next week,...
Diablo II Resurrected’s PTR adds more Terror Zones and new sundered charms, confirms second ladder season’s launch date
The public test realm of Diablo II: Resurrected is the news hub for what's coming to the ARPG (obviously), which means that an update...
WoW Classic’s abruptly started Zombie Plague event is already over
Last Friday night, the WoW Classic servers experienced some unexpected timing for its Scourge Invasion event, with the whole affair starting off hours ahead...
Wrath Classic servers unexpectedly experience the Scourge Invasion ahead of schedule
In one of those "happy accidents" that Bob Ross liked to talk about, WoW Classic's servers experienced what's described by the devs as "a...
Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick downplays regulatory scrutiny, says Microsoft deal is on track for 2023
Skepticism over Microsoft's takeover and buyout of the beleaguered Activision-Blizzard group is mounting across the industry, as multiple of news outlets have pushed stories...
Hearthstone launches the new battlegrounds season and its wildly unpopular new monetization model
If you thought the gnashing of teeth and brandishing of pitchforks was going to be enough to dissuade Hearthstone away from its new monetization...
World of Warcraft’s Darkmoon Faire is now available to players once more
Fans of the Darkmoon Faire in World of Warcraft who have been waiting for its gates to open have some good news: The park...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2022: More revenue dips for WoW, ABK, and Blizzard in spite of Diablo Immortal
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q2's results, comprising April, May, and June 2022; let's...
Overwatch esports teams protest a mid-match rules change by not playing each other on-air
Recent action in the Overwatch European Contenders Summer Series was spicy, but not for the reasons one might expect out of an esports competition,...
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight moves into third alpha phase, makes barber free forever
World of Warcraft shifted into the third alpha test phase for Dragonflight yesterday with plenty of additional features and content added into the mix.
This...
It’s been exactly one year since Activision-Blizzard’s sexual discrimination and harassment scandal broke out
One year ago today, I was puttering around in the evening, probably playing video games, when our tipbox exploded with the news that a...
Diablo Immortal adds a class change feature, Hero’s Journey endgame activity, and new Helliquary boss
Players of Diablo Immortal have some new content to sink their teeth in to with this week's update, with some events, endgame activities, and...
Overwatch 2 will officially be a replacement for the original shooter when it launches October 4
A recent AMA held by the devs of Overwatch has officially confirmed what many people perhaps anticipated: When the sequel goes live on October...
Diablo Immortal snagged only 10M players out of its 30M registrations
Blizzard dropped an infographic last night for Diablo Immortal showing... well, some numbers, though probably not the numbers you're most interested in. Most notably,...
Activision-Blizzard workers on Board’s exoneration of execs: ‘The fish rots from the head’
Remember last year when Riot Games formed a "special committee" to investigate the sexual harassment accusations against its CEO and then amazingly cleared him...
Its legal options exhausted, Activision-Blizzard finally agrees to negotiate with union after half a year of clowning
As readers will recall, QA workers at Activision-Blizzard's Raven Software have spent the last half a year organizing to form a union following the...
Another group of Activision-Blizzard workers has issued demands for corporate change
In just two months, we'll be coming up on the first anniversary of the Activision-Blizzard scandal, and if you're wondering which one, well, that's...
Hearthstone’s latest patch is all about buffing and nerfing cards, heroes, and minions
It is the way of CCGs to forever chase the dragon's tail of balance, and so it goes with Hearthstone's newest patch, which is...
Diablo III makes the Echoing Nightmare permanent, Overwatch 2 discusses support hero adjustments
Whether you're a fan of hacking up demons in Diablo III or testing out the new PvP meta in Overwatch 2, there's some news...
WAPO calls out gaming industry for lack of support for reproductive health as workers strike
The Washington Post has a new article out this week ripping into the gaming industry for its "silence" on the likely overturn of Roe...
