Cinematics
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BlizzCon
From melting marines to crucified angels to a Titan kaiju laser-beaming Wyrmrest Temple and more — it’s the BlizzCon 2026 trailer roundup
While the panels at BlizzCon provide deeper looks at the various announcements, they’re almost always kicked off in the form of a flashy reveal trailer or…
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The War Within
New cinematic Threads of Destiny sets the stage for The War Within’s Azj-Kahet and Nerub-ar Palace
As we round the corner on The War Within, Blizzard has been releasing more glimpses of what we can expect from the expansion, this time in…
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Discussion
What are your favorite cinematics or cutscenes in video games?
To this day, I think about the ending cinematic in Diablo. Now, it’s almost 30 years old, and we have to make allowances for that. I still…
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Discussion
What is your favorite Blizzard cinematic?
Please note: This post contains spoilers for the Sanctum of Domination cinematics. For me, the best Blizzard cinematic to date so far is either the one…
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WoW
The astonishing cinematics of Shadowlands’ Maw opening experience left us hungry for more
We’ve talked before about how Battle for Azeroth used cinematics to expand on its storytelling, but I have to say, watching how Blizzard has merged its various kinds…
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WoW
What are your favorite patch downtime rituals?
Ah, patch day in World of Warcraft! The anticipation of new experiences! The thrill of imagining what you’ll do first! The agony of updating your addons!…
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Diablo
What would you want from a Diablo 2 remaster?
To be clear right off the bat, this is just a post of speculation. There has been no official announcement of a Diablo 2 remaster of…
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Discussion
How do you prefer the lore of a game relate to the player experience? How much of it should come from outside the game itself?
Games approach their storytelling in different ways for different reasons. For example, Overwatch has experimented with various ways to tell the story of the game — background…
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WoW
New Ny’alotha cinematic shows how Wrathion plays into the raid
Spoilers follow for World of Warcraft patch 8.3 and the Ny’alotha raid. It’s not a secret that Wrathion is a raid boss in patch 8.3’s Ny’alotha…
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WoW
Anduin punches the physical embodiment of sexiness in new patch 8.3 cinematic
As the servers came up for World of Warcraft‘s latest — and apparently final — major patch of Battle for Azeroth, two new cinematics surfaced to…
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