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Does Ray Tracing in WoW: Shadowlands Do Anything?

There are screenshots on the web that compare what World of Warcraft: Shadowlands looks like with recently added shadows generated with and without ray tracing. In addition, there are reports that the new effects are putting quite a strain on the PC.

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Milosz Szubert

August 21, 2020

Does Ray Tracing in WoW: Shadowlands Do Anything?
Blizzard Immortalizes Reckful in World of Warcraft

Blizzard Immortalizes Reckful in World of Warcraft

Blizzard Entertainment honoured the memory of WoW streamer Byron „Reckful” Bernstein, who passed away in July, by placing a special character in the Shadowlands expansion.

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Bart Swiatek

August 7, 2020

Blizzard Immortalizes Reckful in World of Warcraft

Blizzard Employees Organise Themselves and Demand Pay Rises

Bloomberg reports of further actions of disgruntled Blizzard employees. More than 870 people have jointly developed a list of demands from the company, including longer holidays and wage increases.

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Jacob Blazewicz

August 6, 2020

Blizzard Employees Organise Themselves and Demand Pay Rises

Activision Hopes Diablo Immortal Will Repeat Success of CoD: Mobile

According to Dennis Durkin, CFO of Activision Blizzard, the success of last year's Call of Duty: Mobile is proof that the company's strategy to publish games based on well-known franchises on phones and tablets works. He is optimistic about the future and Diablo Immortal.

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Milosz Szubert

August 5, 2020

Activision Hopes Diablo Immortal Will Repeat Success of CoD: Mobile

CoD Warzone is Activision Blizzard's Golden Egg-laying Goose

Activision has published a new financial statement. The publisher can boast of large increases in revenues and profits, mainly due to the popularity of Call of Duty: Warzone.

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Adrian Werner

August 5, 2020

CoD Warzone is Activision Blizzard's Golden Egg-laying Goose
Blizzard - Frustrated Employees Fight for Higher Wages

Blizzard - Frustrated Employees Fight for Higher Wages

Employees of Blizzard Entertainment, reached by journalist Jason Schreier from Bloomberg Technology, complain about the amount of wages in the studio. A sheet is circulating around the company, in which people write their salaries anonymously. One employedd also added the remuneration the company's CEO, Bobby Kotick.

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Bart Swiatek

August 4, 2020

Blizzard - Frustrated Employees Fight for Higher Wages

Diablo Immortal - New Trailer Shows Improved Characters

A new trailer of Diablo Immortal has been available on the web. It shows, among others, improved character models in the mobile version of the popular Blizzard series.

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Adrian Werner

August 2, 2020

Diablo Immortal - New Trailer Shows Improved Characters

Scholomance Academy - New Expansion for Hearthstone Announced

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that card game Hearthstone will ger a new expansion, titled Scholomance Academy in August. The DLC will introduce 135 new cards and several mechanics.

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Bart Swiatek

July 15, 2020

Scholomance Academy - New Expansion for Hearthstone Announced
WoW Shadowlands Expansion Will be More Accessible to New Players

WoW Shadowlands Expansion Will be More Accessible to New Players

The director of World of Warcraft announces that the latest expansion for the game - Shadowlands - will provide a very low entry curve for new players. There will be a special storyline, which will introduce fresh users to the world of WoW.

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Damian Strozek

July 13, 2020

WoW Shadowlands Expansion Will be More Accessible to New Players

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Collector's Edition Revealed

Blizzard presented the limited collector's edition of the Shadowlands add-on for the MMORPG World of Warcraft. It will include an artbook, a special mouse pad and a digital soundtrack. The edition costs 119,99 dollars.

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Milosz Szubert

July 9, 2020

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Collector's Edition Revealed

WoW Shadowlands - Content is Ready; Beta-tests and Release Date

Blizzard has announced that all content of Shadowlands, the latest expansion for World of Warcraft, is now ready and the expansion's beta-tests will begin next week. On the same occasion, it was confirmed that the full version of the add-on is expected to be released at the end of this year - namely in the fall.

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Milosz Szubert

July 9, 2020

WoW Shadowlands - Content is Ready; Beta-tests and Release Date

WoW - Blizzard will Reduce Number of Servers

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that it plans to shut down some World of Warcraft servers. Populations of sparsely populated realms will be combined to reach an appropriate level before the launch of Shadowlands.

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Bart Swiatek

July 6, 2020

WoW - Blizzard will Reduce Number of Servers

Reckful Committed Suicide - WoW Community Pays Tribute

Byron „Reckful” Bernstein - one of the best known World of Warcraft streamer - committed suicide yesterday. Reckful has been struggling with depression for years. The WoW community paid tribute to the deceased by organizing memorials inside the game.

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Bart Swiatek

July 3, 2020

Reckful Committed Suicide - WoW Community Pays Tribute

WoW Classic - Gates of Ahn'Qiraj Will Open in July

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that on July 28 this year, the well remembered Ahn'Qiraj event will begin on the servers of World of Warcraft Classic.

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Bart Swiatek

June 30, 2020

WoW Classic - Gates of Ahn'Qiraj Will Open in July

Diablo 2 is Officially 20 Years Old

On this day, 20 years ago, Diablo II was released. The anniversary of the iconic hack'n'slash from Blizzard Entertainment was noted, among others, by director David Brevik.

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Jacob Blazewicz

June 29, 2020

Diablo 2 is Officially 20 Years Old

Diablo 4 - Info on Multiplayer, Open World and Narrative

A note appeared on Blizzard Entertainment's official website, presenting a number of details about Diablo IV. The changes include the narrative, as well as open world and multiplayer mode.

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Bart Swiatek

June 26, 2020

Diablo 4 - Info on Multiplayer, Open World and Narrative

Blizzard Punishes Player for Actions of His Wife

Hearthstone professional player, Janne „Savjz” Mikkonen, revealed yesterday why he wasn't allowed to participate in the latest major tournament. The reason was supposed to be his wife's negative attitude towards company's actions. When this information became known on the Internet, the player was apologized and his ban was lifted.

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Paul Wozniak

June 24, 2020

Blizzard Punishes Player for Actions of His Wife

New 20-Minute Gameplay From Diablo 4

A new, extensive gameplay from Blizzard Entertainment's highly-anticipated Diablo IV has been released on YouTube. The video shows the barbarian class in action.

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Bart Swiatek

June 2, 2020

New 20-Minute Gameplay From Diablo 4

WoW Exploit - Player Without Armor One-shots Enemies

WoW player and youtuber, Rextroy, has found an exploit, thank to which unarmored character can one-shot his enemies.

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Daria Bochenska

May 27, 2020

WoW Exploit - Player Without Armor One-shots Enemies

BlizzCon 2020 Canceled

Blizzard decided to cancel this year's BlizzCon. However, the famous company is considering a replacement in the form of an online event. It will most likely take place early next year.

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Milosz Szubert

May 27, 2020

BlizzCon 2020 Canceled