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Read More »Activision Blizzard reports $1.64 billion net revenue for Q2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be a Battle.net exclusive on PC
It's also dropping its single player campaign, and adding a battle royale mode
Read More »Hearthstone director Ben Brode leaves Blizzard after 15 years
He'll be working on a new company that will "probably" make games
Read More »Overwatch League fans can unlock in-game items by watching live games on Twitch
Hero skins and Twitch emotes will unlock with fan participation during matches
Read More »Xbox and Blizzard go dog mad for Chinese New Year
Publishers celebrate man’s best friend with cosplay and puppy parties
Read More »Twitch signs third-party broadcast deal for Blizzard’s Overwatch League, for a reported $90m
Late on Tuesday, Blizzard announced a two year streaming deal between Twitch and Blizzard’s Overwatch League that will see every match broadcast on Twitch’s streaming platform. The league, which kicks off on Wednesday 10 January, will be broadcast from Twitch.tv/overwatchleague, with Twitch becoming the third-party streaming provider for Overwatch League’s …
Read More »Blizzard sells out 450-seat arena for first day of Overwatch League
The inaugural season of the Overwatch League is nearly here, and Blizzard has already announced that the first day is now officially sold out. The Overwatch League’s Twitter account announced the news late on Sunday night, revealing that they’d sold out for the day one match between San Francisco Shock …
Read More »A look at some of Kobolds and Catacombs’ new Hearthstone cards
Hearthstone’s next expansion will be with us next month, and Blizzard has already given us a glimpse of some of the new cards it will deliver. The most ridiculous offerings come from the free PvE Dungeon Run mode. Luckily these won’t feature in the main game, as their effects are …
Read More »Dungeon Run could be a good reason for new players to get into Hearthstone
Entry costs are a big problem for Hearthstone. Existing players facing growing expenditure to keep up with the new cards and keep their decks relevant in the constantly shifting Standard meta, while new players face an almost impossible outlay to build a competitive deck. But upcoming expansion Kobolds and Catacombs …
Read More »Addressing Overwatch player toxicity is one of Blizzard’s ‘highest priorities’
Two of the leading Overwatch developers have said that addressing the game’s issue with toxic behaviour remains a key priority. Principal designer Scott Mercer told PC Gamer that the Overwatch team is working on "a multitude of initiatives internally", stressing that player reports are taken very seriously. "It’s super important …
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