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Paid Mod Turns StarCraft into a Cartoon

New visual mod from Blizzard and CarBot Animations for StarCraft: Remastered is now on sale. The overlay changes the graphics of the game into a cartoon straight from CarBot's animated series - StarCrafts.

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Julia Dragovic

July 10, 2019

Paid Mod Turns StarCraft into a Cartoon

After Layoffs Blizzard is Recruiting Again... For the Same Positions

After a considerable purge of staff, Blizzard started recruiting Community Managers for Hearthstone. It would not be surprising if it were not for the fact that six months ago, for financial reasons, the company fired all of them. Former employees are not particularly satisfied with this fact, to put it mildly. Some of them are still unemployed.

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Julia Dragovic

July 5, 2019

After Layoffs Blizzard is Recruiting Again... For the Same Positions

Blizzard's Ex-CEO: We Cancel 50% of Games we Start Working on

Mike Morhaime, former CEO of Blizzard Entertainment, revealed at the Gamelab conference in Barcelona that his former company is cancelling half of the projects they team is starting to create. The reasons why productions are abandoned are sometimes very different.

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Bart Swiatek

June 27, 2019

Blizzard's Ex-CEO: We Cancel 50% of Games we Start Working on

WoW: Rise of Azshara; Update 8.2 Goes Live

From now on you can enjoy the biggest update to World of Warcraft so far. The Rise of Azshara has just entered the servers. A new raid and megadungeon will appear in the game on July 10.

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Julia Dragovic

June 26, 2019

WoW: Rise of Azshara; Update 8.2 Goes Live

Former Blizzard Employee on Company Condition and New Projects

Anonymous and disappointed former Blizzard employee allegedly published some sensitive information about the terrible state of his employer. He also provided details of various studio projects, including Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2.

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Michael Kulakowski

June 26, 2019

Former Blizzard Employee on Company Condition and New Projects

Blizzard Presented Diablo 4 to its European Employees

According to the French daily Le Monde, Blizzard Entertainment organised a show of Diablo 4 for the company's European employees in Paris. In addition, the American branch of the company has posted new project-related job offers.

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June 24, 2019

Blizzard Presented Diablo 4 to its European Employees

Blizzard Cancelled StarCraft FPS; Overwatch 2 in the Works?

Blizzard Entertainment worked behind the scenes on a shooter set in the universe of the famous StarCraft RTS series. The project was cancelled after two years of development. The team wants to focus on Diablo 4 and the continuation of Overwatch.

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Bart Swiatek

June 7, 2019

Blizzard Cancelled StarCraft FPS; Overwatch 2 in the Works?

Blizzard Will Lose Even More Employees?

More high-profile employees can leave the ranks of Blizzard Entertainment. According to Dexerto there will be several resignations from the Blizzard E-sports team in the next two weeks. Reason - low morale due to the decisions made by the management.

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Jacob Blazewicz

June 2, 2019

Blizzard Will Lose Even More Employees?

Blizzard CEO: We are Mainly PC Developers and This Won't Change

In an interview for Game Informer, CEO of Blizzard Entertainment confirmed that his company creates mainly PC games. The studio does not intend to give up PCs, although it recognizes the importance of the mobile market.

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Bart Swiatek

May 29, 2019

Blizzard CEO: We are Mainly PC Developers and This Won't Change

Replays Now Available in Overwatch

Three years after the launch, Overwatch has got a replay system. So far it is available only on PC, on test servers. Soon, however, it will also appear on consoles.

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Konrad Serafinski

May 25, 2019

Replays Now Available in Overwatch

Blizzard Working on More Games than Ever Before

The Forbes featured an interview with J. Allen Brack, the current president of Blizzard Entertainment. He revealed that the Irvine studio is now developing more games than ever in its history.

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Milosz Szubert

May 23, 2019

Blizzard Working on More Games than Ever Before

World of Warcraft Classic Players Confuse Features with Bugs

Many participants in the World of Warcraft Classic Closed Beta seem to be unable to distinguish between bugs and properly functioning elements of the game. For this reason, Blizzard Entertainment has prepared a list of the most frequently reported bugs, which are not really bugs.

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May 20, 2019

World of Warcraft Classic Players Confuse Features with Bugs

New Promo Cinematic for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

Blizzard Entertainment has released another high quality animated trailer promoting the latest addition to MMO World of Warcraft, entitled Battle for Azeroth.

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Michael Kulakowski

May 16, 2019

New Promo Cinematic for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

15th Anniversary Collector's Edition of World of Warcraft

Blizzard Entertainment has prepared a special collector's edition of World of Warcraft, which will be available for sale on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the game. In the box, you will find, among other things, a several-dozen-centimetres tall figurine of one of the bosses.

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Bart Swiatek

May 15, 2019

15th Anniversary Collector's Edition of World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft Classic Release and Beta Test Dates

Blizzard Entertainment has announced the release date of World of Warcraft Classic. We also got to know the beta test dates of the project.

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Adrian Werner

May 15, 2019

World of Warcraft Classic Release and Beta Test Dates

Call of Duty Sales Exceeded 300 Million - 76% of Activision Blizzard's Revenue is Digital Distribution

Activision Blizzard has released its financial report for the period from January to March 2019. The company boasted about selling over 300 million copies of Call of Duty games as well as achieving huge revenues from digital distribution, including microtransactions.

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Jacob Blazewicz

May 3, 2019

Call of Duty Sales Exceeded 300 Million - 76% of Activision Blizzard's Revenue is Digital Distribution

Blizzard Skips Out On Gamescom 2019

Blizzard Entertainment studio has just announced that it will not be present at this year's gamescom fair expo in Cologne. The reason is the willingness to focus on current projects. However, the developers point out that in the future they want to take part in the event again.

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Konrad Serafinski

May 1, 2019

Blizzard Skips Out On Gamescom 2019

Overwatch Free Week is Live Again

Overwatch launched another free trial week. At the same time, the game went on sale. Discounts are available on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 alike.

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Adrian Werner

April 18, 2019

Overwatch Free Week is Live Again

Overwatch - New Teaser and Description for Storm Rising

Blizzard published new information on Storm Rising, the new PvE event in the Overwatch Archives series. We've received a short teaser and a description of the upcoming event, which will launch on April 16 and end on May 6.

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Milosz Szubert

April 10, 2019

Overwatch - New Teaser and Description for Storm Rising

Blizzard Reveals PvP Roadmap for World of Warcraft Classic

Blizzard Entertainment has revealed the PvP roadmap for the upcoming, classic version of World of Warcraft. Subsequent updated will provide the players with three battlegrounds and the old-school honour system.

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Bart Swiatek

April 9, 2019

Blizzard Reveals PvP Roadmap for World of Warcraft Classic