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Nearly 400 Battle.net workers vote to unionize, inspired by other Blizzard teams

Nearly 400 Battle.net workers vote to unionize, inspired by other Blizzard teams

This week, just ahead of Microsoft's neutrality deadline, nearly 400 workers at Blizzard have voted to unionize; this time, it's the team behind Battle.net.

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Matt Buckley

October 17, 2025

Nearly 400 Battle.net workers vote to unionize, inspired by other Blizzard teams
Blizzard takes it seriously and plans to completely overhaul Diablo 4. Important changes are coming that prepare the ARPG for the second expansion

Blizzard takes it seriously and plans to completely overhaul Diablo 4. Important changes are coming that prepare the ARPG for the second expansion

There are a lot of changes heading to Diablo IV, which include fundamental mechanics. The new season promises to be one of the most crucial.

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Martin Bukowski

October 17, 2025

Blizzard takes it seriously and plans to completely overhaul Diablo 4. Important changes are coming that prepare the ARPG for the second expansion
Blizzard announces „important PTR” for Diablo 4. Major changes are coming to the game that will affect its whole future

Blizzard announces „important PTR” for Diablo 4. Major changes are coming to the game that will affect its whole future

Blizzard will announce the next Diablo 4 PTR sooner than usual. This is because very significant changes related to, among other things, the item system are heading to the game.

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Martin Bukowski

October 8, 2025

Blizzard announces „important PTR” for Diablo 4. Major changes are coming to the game that will affect its whole future
From a canceled MMO to a smash-hit shooter. How a huge failure was turned into one of Blizzard's best decisions

From a canceled MMO to a smash-hit shooter. How a huge failure was turned into one of Blizzard's best decisions

Although this is not true of all setbacks, some of them can lay the groundwork for success. This was the case with Blizzard Entertainment's Titan project, without which we might never have played Overwatch.

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Christian Pieniazek

October 5, 2025

From a canceled MMO to a smash-hit shooter. How a huge failure was turned into one of Blizzard's best decisions
„The expectations are super high.” Blizzard legend talks about why it's so hard to work on games like Diablo 4

„The expectations are super high.” Blizzard legend talks about why it's so hard to work on games like Diablo 4

The father of the Diablo series believes that developing big AAA games these days is extremely risky. Developers face the difficult task of meeting players' expectations.

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Martin Bukowski

October 2, 2025

„The expectations are super high.” Blizzard legend talks about why it's so hard to work on games like Diablo 4
Player found a way to deal infinite damage in Diablo 4. Blizzard responded in a few hours

Player found a way to deal infinite damage in Diablo 4. Blizzard responded in a few hours

Players have once again discovered a way to deal infinite damage in Diablo 4. However, Blizzard reacted quickly and blocked the exploit.

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Martin Bukowski

September 30, 2025

Player found a way to deal infinite damage in Diablo 4. Blizzard responded in a few hours
Annoying Diablo 4 mechanic is even worse in Season 10 and is destroying a popular player activity

Annoying Diablo 4 mechanic is even worse in Season 10 and is destroying a popular player activity

Players have criticized changes to the mechanics of the Soulspires in Diablo 4, which, according to some of them, might as well not exist now. Blizzard has already announced improvements.

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Martin Bukowski

September 29, 2025

Annoying Diablo 4 mechanic is even worse in Season 10 and is destroying a popular player activity
Diablo 4 Season 10 launched and there is silence. „Lack of news is good news”

Diablo 4 Season 10 launched and there is silence. „Lack of news is good news”

Season of Infernal Chaos attracted quite a few players, but so far it hasn't resulted in much discussion (or many complaints).

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Jacob Blazewicz

September 25, 2025

Diablo 4 Season 10 launched and there is silence. „Lack of news is good news”
Blizzard is going to total war with WoW's private servers. Their owners announce the shutdown

Blizzard is going to total war with WoW's private servers. Their owners announce the shutdown

Blizzard continues its fight against private World of Warcraft servers. After Turtle WoW, two more projects have been targeted by the company.

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Martin Bukowski

September 11, 2025

Blizzard is going to total war with WoW's private servers. Their owners announce the shutdown
450 Diablo devs fear for their future. „None of us should have to live with that constant worry that we might be let go at the drop of a hat”

450 Diablo devs fear for their future. „None of us should have to live with that constant worry that we might be let go at the drop of a hat”

Some developers of the Diablo series have voted to form a labor union. The reason is job insecurity in the face of massive layoffs at Microsoft.

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Martin Bukowski

August 29, 2025

450 Diablo devs fear for their future. „None of us should have to live with that constant worry that we might be let go at the drop of a hat”
WoW's new feature is a challenge for devs, also in terms of optimization

WoW's new feature is a challenge for devs, also in terms of optimization

In an interview, a designer from the Blizzard studio explained how challenging it was to introduce the option for players to buy houses and freely decorate them.

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Adrian Werner

August 26, 2025

WoW's new feature is a challenge for devs, also in terms of optimization
First the boss quits, and now this. Blizzard is changing the way it interacts with Diablo 4 players

First the boss quits, and now this. Blizzard is changing the way it interacts with Diablo 4 players

The cancellation of the Campfire Chat ahead of the start of Diablo 4 season 10 testing might have pleased players after the recent streams, but fans are concerned amid other news from Blizzard.

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Jacob Blazewicz

August 12, 2025

First the boss quits, and now this. Blizzard is changing the way it interacts with Diablo 4 players
Diablo general manager quits Blizzard. „It's time for me to step away, sword in hand, and see what's next”

Diablo general manager quits Blizzard. „It's time for me to step away, sword in hand, and see what's next”

After five years at the helm of the Diablo franchise, Rod Fergusson has announced his departure from Blizzard Entertainment. During that time, he oversaw the release of key installments and expansions in the series' history.

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Kamil Kleszyk

August 11, 2025

Diablo general manager quits Blizzard. „It's time for me to step away, sword in hand, and see what's next”
Blizzard punished players for its own mistake. WoW Classic community doesn't hide its outrage: „This is absurd, it's your fault”

Blizzard punished players for its own mistake. WoW Classic community doesn't hide its outrage: „This is absurd, it's your fault”

Due to a bug, the community around the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Classic DLC briefly had the opportunity to prematurely raid the Mogu'Shan Vaults. Blizzard decided to suspend all players who took advantage of this.

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Krzysztof Kaluzinski

August 4, 2025

Blizzard punished players for its own mistake. WoW Classic community doesn't hide its outrage: „This is absurd, it's your fault”
First glimpse at the Diablo tabletop RPG corebook has surfaced from Gen Con

First glimpse at the Diablo tabletop RPG corebook has surfaced from Gen Con

A Diablo tabletop RPG, in the vein of something like Dungeons & Dragons, has been in the works for a few years. Now we are getting a look at the core book.

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Matt Buckley

August 1, 2025

First glimpse at the Diablo tabletop RPG corebook has surfaced from Gen Con
Blizzard planned a survival revolution, but ambitious Odyssey outlived Diablo and StarCraft creators

Blizzard planned a survival revolution, but ambitious Odyssey outlived Diablo and StarCraft creators

Blizzard was trying to enter the survival game market with a bang. The project, with the working title Odyssey, had been in development for more than six years, but caused enough problems for the developers that it eventually received a red light from the studio's parent company.

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Christian Pieniazek

July 27, 2025

Blizzard planned a survival revolution, but ambitious Odyssey outlived Diablo and StarCraft creators
Blizzard is going wild like never before. No more nerfs: all classes in Diablo 4 will be buffed

Blizzard is going wild like never before. No more nerfs: all classes in Diablo 4 will be buffed

Blizzard has released a list of changes in the latest update for Diablo 4. All character classes will receive enhancements, and Barbarian players have the most to look forward to.

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Martin Bukowski

July 14, 2025

Blizzard is going wild like never before. No more nerfs: all classes in Diablo 4 will be buffed
Overwatch 2 director talks about bringing story content back to the game

Overwatch 2 director talks about bringing story content back to the game

Overwatch 2 never recovered from the cancellation of its PvE content. But the director still sees story and lore as an essential part of the game.

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Matt Buckley

July 11, 2025

Overwatch 2 director talks about bringing story content back to the game
Migration season of MMORPG players is in motion. Thanks to OSRS, surprised WoW fans are rediscovering the genre

Migration season of MMORPG players is in motion. Thanks to OSRS, surprised WoW fans are rediscovering the genre

I guess even from the most engaging game, you sometimes have to take a break. WoW players have packed their bags en masse and moved to OSRS.

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Danuta Repelowicz

July 11, 2025

Migration season of MMORPG players is in motion. Thanks to OSRS, surprised WoW fans are rediscovering the genre
Diablo was supposed to be a turn-based game, but the dev clicked on a skeleton and thus an action RPG was born

Diablo was supposed to be a turn-based game, but the dev clicked on a skeleton and thus an action RPG was born

The Diablo series might have looked very different if David Brevik, the game's creator, had pushed through his vision of the combat system.

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Maciej Gaffke

July 10, 2025

Diablo was supposed to be a turn-based game, but the dev clicked on a skeleton and thus an action RPG was born