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How fast do you think content should release in an MMO?
Blizzard currently has two MMOs -- the venerable World of Warcraft, which has been in operation for 18 years (19 this November, and it's a little terrifying to realize WoW could vote if it were a person) and the more recent mobile MMO, Diablo Immortal. Now, over the years I've come to consider a certain pace of content delivery to be the norm, but in reality many MMOs release content at a much quicker pace than World of Warcraft.
Hearthstone Mercenaries gets its last hurrah with a final game update before going into maintenance mode
Hearthstone Mercenaries is getting one big final update, and then the game mode will go dormant.
What takes a game’s monetization from “reasonable” to “unreasonable” for you?
I'm on record as having said that Diablo Immortal was a fun game and that it was possible to play it without spending a cent on it, and I stand by those statements.
Blizzard Watch Podcast: Lessons learned from Blizzard’s battle pass offerings
This week, we discuss the pros and cons of the Diablo Immortal, Overwatch 2, and Hearthstone battle passes, the shift to “some changes” with the launch of Wrath Classic, and the World of Warcraft 2023 Dragonflight road map of more frequent content updates to the game.
What are your 2023 gaming resolutions?
As the year comes to an end, I'm all ready to start 2023 — for to quote Marc Antony: "I have come not to praise 2022 but to bury it".
Blizzard plans to suspend most game operations in China starting on January 23
Earlier this evening, Blizzard announced the suspension of most of its game services in China due to the expiration of its current licensing agreement with NetEase.
What would you think if World of Warcraft adopted a Battle Pass system? What would you want out of it?
World of Warcraft still functions on the "expansions supported by patches" model, where we'll receive 2-3 major patches (and some accompanying minor ones in between) throughout the course of an expansion, then pay for a new expansion up front and repeat the cycle all over again.
Blizzard Watch Podcast: Wrath Classic launch and what’s next for Classic servers
This week we discuss the Wrath Classic launch as well as ideas for future Classic servers, the new Hearthstone mini-set allowing ranked play against AI opponents, the new leveling-friendly Terror Zones in Diablo 2 Resurrected, the Legendary Crest update in Diablo Immortal, and the upcoming launch of Overwatch 2 that comes with a new anti-toxicity feature. You can listen to the podcast directly from this post or click on download icon in the upper right corner of the player below to listen on your own device.
Everything you need to know about the Overwatch 2 Battle Pass
Rather than continue the loot box system from the original Overwatch, Overwatch 2's main system of getting new skins, sprays, voice lines -- and now, Heroes -- will be a Battle Pass.
Can new patch features really revive interest in an old game?
I'm not exactly ashamed of the fact that as soon as I saw a form of transmog was making it to Cyberpunk 2077 I was already downloading the patch before the folks in our Discord could start to ask me questions about it.