Being a gamer in China might not be fun soon, as Blizzard announced that most of its games will stop working in the country starting January 23, 2023. The reason for this is that Blizzard is not renewing its licensing agreement with NetEase for the Chinese market. This is big news, as NetEase is the […]
With all the troubles Activision Blizzard is facing lately, Microsoft surprises everyone by announcing that they will acquire the embattled game studio at a value of $68.7 billion. For reference, that’s way above the amount Microsoft paid to acquire LinkedIn, which was around $26 billion back in 2016. The acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft […]
With Blizzard Entertainment celebrating its 30th Anniversary, the top American Developer is giving a new twist to its annual BlizzCon, this time hosting it entirely online with BlizzConline 2021. A fully virtual version of its annual conference, BlizzConline 2021 will bring in Blizzard’s latest news and game announcements to fans and enthusiasts for free. During […]
Mobile Games for all their IPs? One of the big announcements during this year’s Blizzcon, much to the delight or dismay of the public, was the announcement of Diablo Immortal; a mobile version of the popular Action RPG that they’ve been working on with NetEase Games. While they’ve had Hearthstone available for iOS and Android […]
Content made from the original Warcraft III will work in this “remastered” version Aside from a mobile version of Diablo, Blizzard announced at Blizzcon 2018 that there will be a remastered version of Warcraft III with Warcraft III: Reforged. Based on Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne expansion, Reforged has a full visual makeover that includes […]
Blizzard just dropped what could be their most epic video game cinematic trailer yet for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. The film features a glorious clash between the Horde and the Alliance with Sylvanas on the defensive as Anduin leads a siege against her. We see a full range of races in the battle: […]
The classic RTS is getting a facelift for the modern age Few games have managed to influence gaming quite like Blizzard’s sci-fi real-time strategy classic, StarCraft. But the 20 year-old game is fast becoming unplayable on modern PCs, and is an eyesore (compared to modern games) when people do get it running. Well if you’re […]
A few months ago Blizzard announced a strategic partnership with Facebook that allowed gamers to quickly and easily stream Overwatch and any other Blizzard game to their timeline. Today that partnership has borne fruit, and Blizzard has announced that the new streaming feature is live. The Facebook streaming feature is now open and available to […]
Show off your skills to your friends If you’ve always wanted to show off your Genji skills to your friends but can’t be assed to setup a Twitch account, you’ll be happy to know that Facebook and Blizzard has teamed up to provide deeper integration between your social account and Battle.net. Blizzard is now trying […]
The new expansion is proof that Blizzard listens to its players While Diablo III was one of the most anticipated games when it came out back in 2012, and while it managed to stay true to the franchise, it had a lot of glaring issues that irked many longtime players. One of the most […]
Blizzard Heroes of the Storm! Blizzard finally took the wraps off their new multiplayer online battleground arena game and they named it “Heroes of the Storm”! Think DOTA except with real characters from the Blizzard universe. They did make key changes in the mechanics though like shifting the focus to map objectives, having dedicated support […]
Blizzard DOTA coming soon Alongside the showing of the new StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Preview Trailer, Blizzard also showcased a new project that they’ve been working on — Blizzard DOTA. It’s literally DOTA except that you play with characters from the Blizzard Universe. In the trailer below you’ll see Nova (SC2), Thrall (Warcraft), […]