Blizzard Announces Storm Rising in Overwatch
Blizzard published a teaser of Overwatch: Storm Rising on Twitter. Storm rising is the next PvE event in the Overwatch Archives series. The event will launch on April 16 and last until May 5.
video games
Milosz Szubert
April 9, 2019
Blizzard Hints Cuba Overwatch Update
Blizzard published a message on the official Overwatch website hinting that a new expansion is coming, and will take players to Cuba. It's probably just another map and event from the Archives series, although a new character is also possible.
video games
Milosz Szubert
April 8, 2019
WarCraft 1 and 2 on GOG.com
GOG.COM offers the first two installments of the cult strategy game WarCraft from Blizzard Entertainment. The games are sold without any major changes to the original editions.
video games
Bart Swiatek
March 28, 2019
Apex Legends the Best Free-To-Play Debut in History
Thanks to SuperData company we learned the results of the digital video game market for the past month. Apex Legends made the best debut in the history of free-to-play games, and Anthem earned over $100 million.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 22, 2019
Diablo on Netflix not Far Away? Blizzard Registers Trademark
Will Diablo join the other video game adaptations and become an animated TV series on Netflix? Blizzard registered a relevant trademark, thus confirming some of the rumors about such a project, which were lately making rounds on the Internet.
movies & tv series
Michael Kulakowski
March 15, 2019
Blizzard Changes Roadmap for World of Warcraft Classic
The team at Blizzard Entertainment shared the post-release support plans for World of Warcraft Classic, the remake of the very first WoW. The game's roadmap presents six phases, each introducing new challenges.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 13, 2019
Blizzard Lays Off 209 Employees
According to EDD, 25% of the 800 people recently laid off by Activision Blizzard were Blizzard Entertainment employees.
video games
March 9, 2019
Original Diablo Back in Sale, Warcraft 1 and 2 Will Follow
The first installment of the iconic Diablo franchise is back in sale, years after its original release. The game is available on GOG.com. Other Blizzard titles are to follow suit.
video games
Bart Swiatek
March 7, 2019
Year of the Dragon in Hearthstone – New Adventure and Forbidden Cards
Blizzard revealed a roadmap for Hearthstone. The Year of the Dragon will introduce e.g. a large new Adventure and three expansions. At the same time, nine cards will be added to the Hall of Fame.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
March 2, 2019
Baptiste is the New Character in Overwatch
Blizzard Entertainment has revealed the game's 30th playable character, which should soon join the roster of the online shooter Overwatch. The newcomer is a former Talon member, the combat medic known as Baptiste.
video games
February 26, 2019
Blizzard Plans No Major Releases in 2019
During a recent investor meeting, the representatives of Activision Blizzard have informed that there will be no major frontline releases from Blizzard Entertainment in 2019.
video games
February 13, 2019
Overwatch gets a lower price - permanently
Good news for all team multiplayer FPS lovers. Blizzard decided to lower the price of the PC version of Overwatch. Now it's available for half the price. Maybe it will encourage some skeptical players to try the game.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
January 26, 2019
AI AlphaStar from Google crushed pro StarCraft 2 players
Google's Artificial Intelligence team - DeepMind reported that their AlphaStar AI defeated two professional StarCraft 2 players from Team Liquid. In both cases, the games ended with a 5:0 result.
video games
Bart Swiatek
January 26, 2019
The Year of Pig in Overwatch and new AMD drivers - news from the world
Today we are writing about Chinese New Year in Overwatch and graphics drivers from AMD, which, among other things, add support for Resident Evil 2 remake. Welcome to the news from the world - daily portions of short news.
video games
Milosz Szubert
January 26, 2019
Cyberpunk 2077 key dev leaves CDPR, joins Blizzard
Sebastian Stepien, co-writer and story designer for the Witcher series and the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077, left CD Projekt RED. His new employer is Blizzard, where the developer took over as Creative Director.
video games
Milosz Szubert
January 23, 2019
Blizzard is looking for people to work on new Diablo
Famous Blizzard Entertainment studio is looking for a dozen or so people to work on the next part of the Diablo series. Experts with very different specializations (e.g. programmers, graphic designers or level designers) are sought after.
video games
Bart Swiatek
January 21, 2019
New patches to AC Odyssey and Fallout 76 and other news from the world
A new patch has been released for Fallout 76, the 1.1.2 update is available in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Final Fantasy X/X2 HD and Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age have been announced on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. Mike Morhaime quits Blizz for good.
video games
Milosz Szubert
January 11, 2019
Stan Lee receives a tribute in World of Warcraft
An unusual situation will take place in the 8.1.5 patch to World of Warcraft. It turned out that Blizzard decided to honor Stan Lee and place a special character which resembles him in the world of Azeroth.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
January 10, 2019
The Darkening of Tristram returns in Diablo 3
A special event in Diablo III returns in this month. It will last until February 1, 2019.
video games
Agnes Adamus
January 5, 2019
Activision fires Chief Financial Officer. Company's shares fall
Activision Blizzard announced in a statement issued to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it will dismiss its financial director, Spencer Neumann. The dismissal is not related to the company's financial performance.
video games
Bart Swiatek
January 3, 2019