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WoW
Blizzard seems to confirm a level squish is coming to WoW… via a random survey
Keeping in mind this isn’t exactly an official confirmation, it’s still a pretty big deal. Reddit user Nivens posted about a survey Blizzard asked him to…
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Discussion
How much of a game should be changed when a game company chooses to remake or remaster it?
Blizzard, as we all know, is not averse to doing game remakes or remasters. We’ve seen StarCraft get the treatment, we know Warcraft 3 will get a Reforged remake…
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BlizzCon
Blizzard is skipping Gamescom this year… but what does it mean!?
In 2017, Blizzard did a really big Gamescom reveal, with Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and World of Warcraft all seeing fairly large announcements, as well as Overwatch dropping…
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WoW
You may never notice this tiny change to World of Warcraft, but it could fundamentally change the community
When WoW’s patch 8.2 was released on the PTR, dataminers found something distressing: most of the descriptive filenames in the game’s database have been removed. It’s…
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Editorial
How Blizzard has managed to make their game store feel optional
The big dirty not-a-secret secret of modern game development is that it costs more than ever, but people absolutely refuse to pay more than they did…
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News
Activision Blizzard has record profits, so it’s cutting 8% of its staff
Good news, everyone! Activision Blizzard had a fantastic year and is absolutely rolling in money (possibly literally). In today’s quarterly earnings call, CEO Bobby Kotick opened…
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News
Mike Morhaime will step down from advisory role in April, leaving Blizzard for good
Mike Morhaime was one of the co-founders of Blizzard Entertainment. In fact, his tenure predates the existence of Blizzard, since the company he helped create back…
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News
Overwatch Contenders player quits after criticism over her gender [Updated]
Update: The player “Ellie” has been confirmed to be a fake by Blizzard. Second Wind released a statement, and a chunk of information about the player…
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Overwatch
Over 18,000 Korean Overwatch players banned for toxicity
Blizzard recently published a gigantic list of Korean Overwatch player account names that have been banned for toxicity. The list includes over 18,000 Korean players who…
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News
Blizzard’s Black Friday sales will devour your wallet with savings
Whenever I hear the term ‘Black Friday’ my imagination goes less to ‘a really big sale’ and more to ‘the dread times are nigh’ but apparently…
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