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Activision Blizzard Plans New IPs and Remasters
Activision Blizzard has published its financial statements for the second quarter of 2019. The company also took the opportunity to reveal that it is working not only on the return of the next iconic series, but also on completely new projects.
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Jacob Blazewicz
August 9, 2019
Major Publishers Agree to New Rules for Lootboxes in Video Games
Many game publishers (including EA, Ubisoft and Blizzard) have agreed to new rules for lootboxes imposed by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
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Paul Wozniak
August 9, 2019
WoW: Classic - You Can Reserve Nicknames and Look For Old Friends
WoW: Classic launch is approaching fast. A few days ago, Blizzard launched an entire forum where users will be able to find their friends they played with in 2004. But the there's more.
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Barth Faryna
August 7, 2019
World of Warcraft Classic - New Test Schedule and Hardware Requirements
Blizzard Entertainment has announced schedule of pre-release tests of World of Warcraft Classic. The final hardware requirements have also been revealed.
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Adrian Werner
August 4, 2019
The Hell 2 Mod for Diablo: Hellfire Launches
A long awaited second part of popular Diablo: Hellfire mod, The Hell, which adds support for 4K resolution, raises the fps cap (to 80 frames per second) and many other improvements to the iconic game, has been released.
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July 30, 2019
World of Warcraft - Queen Azshara Finally Conquered
The European guild Method after 12 days of constant battle (and Blizzard nerfing the boss a bit) has finally defeated Queen Azshara on Mythic difficulty. The players have thus proven themselves to be one of the best teams in WoW.
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Paul Wozniak
July 29, 2019
Blizzard Overdid it? Queen Azshara is Massacring Guild Raiding Parties
World of Warcraft players are still fighting for the title of the first one to defeat queen Azshara in Mythic mode. The new boss turned out to be a big challenge, but WoW's leading guilds are not happy about that.
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Jacob Blazewicz
July 26, 2019
Sigma is the New Hero in Overwatch [Updated]
Blizzard Entertainment introduced a new hero to Overwatch, Sigma. An evil astrophysicist who has gone beyond healthy scientific progress. The character will probably appear in the game at the end of the week.
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Julia Dragovic
July 24, 2019
Frank Pearce Leaves Blizzard Entertainment
The co-founder of Blizzard leaves the company after 28 years of work. In his official statement, he thanks others for the opportunity to fulfill his dream of creating video games.
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Paul Wozniak
July 20, 2019
Are You Cheating in Overwatch? The System Will Stop the Match
Blizzard has announced that the new cheat prevention system will automatically stop an Overwatch match if it detects any player's malicious activity. It's a new way to fight cheaters.
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Konrad Serafinski
July 14, 2019
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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 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
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