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WoW Classic brings Alterac Valley in for testing but it may not be the battleground you remember
If you are like most World of Warcraft players who started playing more recently -- say, after Cataclysm -- you've probably heard a lot of horror stories about Alterac Valley back in Classic WoW, and I'm here to tell you two things.
Blizzard rumored to have canceled StarCraft FPS game to focus on Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2
As is the case with any rumor, you can't be sure, but Kotaku has posted an article stating that various Blizzard sources have spoken to them off the record about the cancellation of an in-house StarCraft FPS game along the lines of the Battlefield series, in order to focus on both the Overwatch and Diablo franchises, which will be the big focuses of this year's BlizzCon.
Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King could get the WoW Classic treatment
It's been a tough year for Blizzard.
Off Topic: Riot employees hold walkout in protest of toxic work conditions
Many employees of Riot -- developer of League of Legends -- held a walkout today in protest of toxic and sexist work conditions and the company's forced arbitration.
Blizzard isn’t going to Gamescom, Europe’s biggest gaming convention
Five days after finally announcing this year's BlizzCon, Blizzard announced they would not have a booth at gamescom 2019, despite historically using that platform to reveal relatively major developments.
The Queue: Blizzard’s Shareholders, Twitter Community, and Blizzard Watch Tech
In today's Queue I'm going to deep dive into three questions that I think are interesting and I have some unique perspectives on.
Overwatch might have been hiding Storm Rising’s big reveal in front of us the whole time
The Overwatch Archives event, Storm Rising, is coming very soon -- and a clue about what might happen in it could have been in front of the game's players all along.
Blizzard’s April Fools 2019
Blizzard has, of course, been up to their usual amazing self during this year's April Fools' Day activities. The community has gotten in on the fun, too. The highlights: World of Warcraft Patch 8.6.7 "DO NOT POST" Patch Notes. WoWHeaD has datamined Lightbound Undead Allied Race, Void-Touched Customizations, and Pepe Goggles. Blizzard Watch is now Mitch Watch (at least on Twitter, he's still working on his site logo). Chris Metzen is running for President.
Will there be toys for sale via the in-game shop in WoW?
MMO-Champion reports that as of today, the in-game shop now has a Toys category and three new items to purchase, after it was briefly put up and yanked down earlier this morning.
Off-Topic: Valve made a pathetic excuse of a statement against publishing a game about raping women
In an unsurprisingly Valve-like move, the company put out a weak statement against publishing Rape Day -- a game where you can rape women -- on Steam.
