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Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce is stepping down

14 hours

Frank Pearce, one of the co-founders of Blizzard, has officially announced that, after 28 years with the company, he will be stepping down from his role as Blizzard’s Chief Development Officer. The news came in the form of a...

Overwatch is introducing a role queue system

by Ash

2 days

On the 18th of July 2019, Blizzard announced that it’s introducing a role queue system to Overwatch in order to keep the game ‘fair and fun’ for years to come. As explained in an official blog post and a develope...

Blizzard testing out an anti-cheat system for Overwatch

by Ash

1 week

In a July developer update, Overwatch lead designer Jeff Kaplan said that Blizzard is introducing a new system that, upon detecting hacks or cheats being used in Overwatch, just shuts down the current match. Kaplan said that the s...

Second stress test for World of Warcraft Classic coming soon

by Ash

1 month

Do you have an active World of Warcraft account? Do you live in the Americas or the Oceania region? Are you free on June 19th, 2pm PT? Good news! Blizzard wants you to try and crash WoW Classic’s servers. If you’re not...

Overwatch's Super Smash Bros mode available through the Workshop

Mad Overwatch player turns the game into Super Smash Bros

by Lewis White

2 months

Overwatch’s workshop mode has led to many interesting creations. We’ve seen recreations of Call of Duty‘s gun game, we’ve seen people shooting Torbjorn out of Bastion’s cannon, it’s mental. I ma...

Heroes of the Storm is set to remove real-money gambling

by Ash

4 months

According to a Reddit post from u/DavesenDave, Heroes of the Storm’s next patch is set to remove real-life money gambling from the game. The patch notes for the game simply state that “Loot chests are no longer availab...

DirectX 12 is now available on Windows 7 proving that dreams do come true

by Lewis White

4 months

Microsoft is officially supporting DirectX 12 on Windows 7 despite Microsoft’s prior refusal. Currently, DX12 on Windows 7 is only available for Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. Microsoft is currently working alongside Bl...

More than 100 Blizzard employees have accepted money in exchange for leaving

by Ash

7 months

Over 100 customer support staff at a Blizzard office in Cork, Ireland have accepted contract buyouts in order to leave the company, Eurogamer has reported. Sources from inside the company who have requested to remain anonymous rep...

All seven new Overwatch Winter Wonderland skins have been unveiled

by Ash

7 months

Overwatch’s much-loved Winter Wonderland event is returning on December 11th and with it comes a whole host of new winter-themed skins for your favorite heroes. All seven skins have been revealed, with six Legendaries and on...

Diablo 4 is in its second round of development; Diablo 3 DLC cancelled in exchange for a full sequel

by Lewis White

8 months

Ever since the reveal of the Diablo Immortal phone game, the popular loot-hack-and-slash series has been on the tips of everyone’s tongues. Is there a Diablo 4? Will there be continued support for Diablo 3? Don’t you a...

Blizzard in discussions with Xbox and Sony regarding Overwatch cross-play

by Lewis White

9 months

Xbox has been quite vocal about their new stance on cross-play between consoles this generation. Sony hasn’t. With more games starting to allow cross-platform play, this generation has been less restrictive than what has co...

You have until November 18th to get Destiny 2 for free (PC)

by Lewis White

9 months

Destiny 2 has had a rough time. After a rather successful launch, Destiny 2 has seen constant price cuts, bundle inclusions and free days in an attempt to gather up new players. Now, Destiny 2 has become free on PC. Not free to pl...