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Blizzard is unleashing the hordes of hell for free this holiday season with a Diablo 4 trial that grants access to the full base game, including the recently released Spiritborn class from the Vessel of Hatred expansion. Until January 3rd, 2025, you can dive into the dark world of Sanctuary …

In a move that has raised eyebrows among classic gaming enthusiasts, GOG is delisting Warcraft 1 and 2 from its store at Blizzard's request. This comes just weeks after the games were added to GOG's preservation program and, perhaps not coincidentally, shortly after Blizzard released remastered versions of both titles …

Blizzard appears to be reviving its plans for a StarCraft shooter, with multiple job roles now up for grabs on an unannounced open-world shooter.

After 20 years, World of Warcraft players will finally be able to buy their own virtual homes. WoW will get player housing as part of the upcoming expansion, Midnight.

The classic Warcraft RTS trilogy is now fully playable in remastered form, with Blizzard surprisingly dropping remasters for Warcraft 1&2 this week.

Blizzard is bringing back the original 1.0 version of Overwatch for a limited time. Overwatch: Classic is now live in Overwatch 2 until December 2nd.

With Marvel Rivals just over a month from launch, the team at NetEase have shared what makes their game different to the likes of Overwatch.

During the transition to Overwatch 2, Blizzard made the controversial decision to move away from the 6v6 gameplay of the first game. This was replaced with a streamlined 5v5 format and a limit of just one tank per team. Now, Blizzard is planning a pivot back to 6v6 gameplay.  Blizzard …

An anti-trust lawsuit levied against Microsoft over its merger with Activision Blizzard has been settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.

As part of industry insider Jason Schreier’s latest book, the leaker revealed that Blizzard is currently working on a mobile version of Overwatch.

With Bobby Kotick officially gone from Activision, comments on his ill-fated strategy for Guitar Hero have come to light.

Blizzard appears to be spinning up a new attempt at a StarCraft shooter. Similar projects have been cancelled previously..

Recently, we have seen Blizzard bring an increasing number of anime-themed crossovers to its free-to-play Hero Shooter Overwatch 2, including One Punch Man and Cowboy Bebop. In a surprise announcement, the team have revealed the next crossover, with Overwatch x My Hero Academia set to arrive in October. Making the …

Concord marked the latest attempt by Sony to capitalise off of the hype and perceived popularity surrounding live-service games. Released on the 23rd of August, the Destiny x Overwatch like Hero Shooter lasted less than two weeks before being fully shut down by Sony – refunding all of the roughly 25,000 copies which were estimated to have sold during that time. In the immediacy following this monumental failure, there have been a variety of opinions on just why this game flopped so spectacularly. While certainly not the only reason, I believe that the primary cause of its failings is simple: Hero Shooters are boring.

Back in 2020, Blizzard co-founder and former CEO, Mike Morhaime, returned to the games industry with a new company, Dreamhaven. With ambitions of being both a publisher and a game developer, Dreamhaven is now ready to reveal its first projects. Lynked: Banner of the Spark, a new co-op action game …

While many besmirch its existence, microtransactions have unfortunately wormed their way into becoming a staple of the video games industry – especially the AAA space. Despite its controversial nature, the added monetisation is clearly not going anywhere, with Diablo IV having reportedly earned Blizzard/Activision/Microsoft over $150 million since the game’s …

A new era for World of Warcraft was ushered in this summer with the launch of The War Within, the first in a trilogy of expansions telling a new story involving Titans and The Old Gods. The expansion already got off to a great start, but now, seasonal content is …

Earlier this month, World of Warcraft's big expansion pre-patch for The War Within went live, bringing with it a new in-game event and several major system updates that transform certain aspects of the game. However, players have been having some issues with the way Blizzard has things set up.  The …

Earlier this week, Bethesda Game Studios became the very first team under the Xbox umbrella to unionise. Now, Blizzard has done the same thing, with the World of Warcraft team forming a union, known as the World of Warcraft Game Makers Guild.  The WoW Game Makers Guild is going to …

Last week, the FTC filed a letter with the court, claiming that Microsoft had begun abusing its market power by changing the way Game Pass works. Now, Microsoft has officially responded, stating that the FTC's argument is “misleading”.  As spotted by The Verge, Microsoft's response has now been filed with …

Overwatch 2 has in many ways failed to meet the expectations of Activision Blizzard, with the free-to-play sequel being continually criticised since its launch back in 2022. That said, those who do actively play and enjoy the game will now be able to access a Spotify-wrapped styled recap video featuring …

Blizzard is about to kick off a new era for World of Warcraft with The War Within, the first in a trilogy of expansions that will explore a new story arc. Ahead of the expansion's launch in August, players will get a pre-patch with a new event to play so …

Though sentiment surrounding the game has ebbed and flowed over the years, there’s no denying that Overwatch has had a notable impact on the industry, for better and for worse. That said, with the 11th Season of Overwatch 2 on its way, the team have revealed that the franchise has …

With GeForce Now finally adding Battle.net integration and gaining access to Activision Blizzard games, we're starting to see major titles like Call of Duty and Diablo supported via the cloud gaming service. This week, Blizzard's biggest game is finally accessible via the cloud, with support for World of Warcraft now …

BlizzCon made its grand return in 2023, after a four year hiatus. Unfortunately, it looks like the event is on the ropes once again, with plans for BlizzCon 2024 being scrapped.  BlizzCon is by no means a cheap event to run, but it has been a core part of the …

For the first time, GeForce Now is getting support for Battle.net titles. This opens the door for many of Blizzard's games to be streamable after years of staying off the cloud. Several Activision titles also joined GeForce Now recently, including Call of Duty. To kick things off, the first wave …

Over the last console generation, MMOs began becoming increasingly popular on consoles, with games like The Elder Scrolls Online and Final Fantasy 14 showing that these types of games can play well with a gamepad rather than a mouse and keyboard. With that in mind, the idea of World of …

In 2022, the relationship between Activision Blizzard and its Chinese publishing partner, NetEase, began to rapidly deteriorate, leading to NetEase being dropped as the publisher for Blizzard titles in China and thus making those games inaccessible in the country. Now after acquiring Activision last year, Microsoft has mended fences. Microsoft …

Earlier this week, Marvel began teasing a new upcoming game announcement, which was quickly rumoured to be a multiplayer game, rather than a single-player, story-driven title. Now, Marvel Rivals has officially announced and surprisingly, parts of it look like they were ripped straight out of Overwatch.  Overwatch has been on …

Diablo 4's third season has been disappointing but the developers have been making it quite clear for months that Season 4 is the one to watch out for, with a bunch of overhauls planned to reinvigorate the game in time for its 1-year anniversary. Last night during a new Campfire …