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A couple of years back, Blizzard announced a bold change to its World of Warcraft development plans. For the first time, WoW is getting a trilogy of inter-connected expansions. The first released to plenty of praise from fans, now, Blizzard is gearing up to reveal expansion 2, titled Midnight. World …

Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard back in late 2023, after fighting off an injunction from the US Federal Trade Commission that threatened to blow up the deal. Since then, the FTC has been appealing the original decision, looking to split Microsoft and Activision up after the fact. Now …

As leaked by Blizzard, following the likes of One Punch Man; Diablo IV; Cowboy Bebop and more, Overwatch 2 is set to crossover with Street Fighter 6.

Since wrapping up work on StarCraft 2, Blizzard's famed strategy franchise has gone dark, with little news coming out about new content or new games in the series. That is starting to change. We've already heard rumours that a new StarCraft shooter is now in development and it turns out …

Despite publishers flocking to the upcoming Switch 2, Blizzard’s Diablo IV may not make it onto the system due to the “challenge” of live-service titles.

Ever since Marvel Rivals launched late last year, fans have been waiting to see whether the game’s contemporary – Overwatch 2 – could compete with what seemed to be a genre-shifting entrant into the market. In a welcome announcement, the upcoming Season 16 for Overwatch 2 is set to add a surprising amount of new content.

Blizzard just recently revealed its roadmap for Diablo 4 in 2025, with some teasers for what's to come in 2026, like a new expansion. Now, Diablo franchise manager, Rod Fergusson, has shared that internally, the team has a ten-year roadmap.  In an interview with Game File, Fergusson said “we're here …

Marvel Rivals was clearly gunning to take on Overwatch and now months on from its December 2024 release, analysts reveal that the game was largely successful at eating into the Overwatch player base.

Ahead of Diablo 4's next season, Blizzard has now revealed the roadmap, detailing the updates coming through the rest of the year, and teasing what's next in 2026.  Starting this month with Season 8, Belial, the Lord of Lies returns to Sanctuary. Aside from the new boss fight, players can …

Blizzard has done little with the StarCraft IP since rounding out the StarCraft 2 trilogy. However, South Korean studios are desperate to get their hands on it to produce a new game themselves.  According to Asia Today (via IGN), a number of Korean studios have pitched ideas for StarCraft games …

BlizzCon is coming back in 2026! The ultimate celebration of Blizzard's games and the vibrant community that unites players will again grace the Anaheim Convention Center on September 12th and 13th, 2026. BlizzCon is a cherished tradition for Blizzard and its fans. For many, it goes beyond simply showcasing games. …

Since launch, Blizzard has been hard at work on improving Diablo 4 but the game is facing increased competition in 2025 thanks to Path of Exile 2. As a result, Blizzard is taking some extra time with its next season. 

Fans of Overwatch have been calling Blizzard out for their missteps in the transition to Overwatch 2. Now with Marvel Rivals dominating the hero shooter space, the director behind Overwatch 2 has admitted that the game has not "evolved as much as it should have" over the past couple of years.

When Blizzard made the jump from Overwatch to Overwatch 2, 6v6 gameplay wasn't the only thing it left behind. Overwatch 2 also launched without loot boxes, which were the original game's primary source of revenue. Now two years later, Blizzard is bringing them back. 

Soon, gamers will be able to go back and revisit the ARPG in its original form once again, as Diablo 1 is reportedly set to drop on Game Pass.

Blizzard is unleashing the hordes of hell for free this holiday season with a Diablo 4 trial that grants access to the full base game, including the recently released Spiritborn class from the Vessel of Hatred expansion. Until January 3rd, 2025, you can dive into the dark world of Sanctuary …

In a move that has raised eyebrows among classic gaming enthusiasts, GOG is delisting Warcraft 1 and 2 from its store at Blizzard's request. This comes just weeks after the games were added to GOG's preservation program and, perhaps not coincidentally, shortly after Blizzard released remastered versions of both titles …

Blizzard appears to be reviving its plans for a StarCraft shooter, with multiple job roles now up for grabs on an unannounced open-world shooter.

After 20 years, World of Warcraft players will finally be able to buy their own virtual homes. WoW will get player housing as part of the upcoming expansion, Midnight.

The classic Warcraft RTS trilogy is now fully playable in remastered form, with Blizzard surprisingly dropping remasters for Warcraft 1&2 this week.

Blizzard is bringing back the original 1.0 version of Overwatch for a limited time. Overwatch: Classic is now live in Overwatch 2 until December 2nd.

With Marvel Rivals just over a month from launch, the team at NetEase have shared what makes their game different to the likes of Overwatch.

During the transition to Overwatch 2, Blizzard made the controversial decision to move away from the 6v6 gameplay of the first game. This was replaced with a streamlined 5v5 format and a limit of just one tank per team. Now, Blizzard is planning a pivot back to 6v6 gameplay.  Blizzard …

An anti-trust lawsuit levied against Microsoft over its merger with Activision Blizzard has been settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.

As part of industry insider Jason Schreier’s latest book, the leaker revealed that Blizzard is currently working on a mobile version of Overwatch.

With Bobby Kotick officially gone from Activision, comments on his ill-fated strategy for Guitar Hero have come to light.

Blizzard appears to be spinning up a new attempt at a StarCraft shooter. Similar projects have been cancelled previously..

Recently, we have seen Blizzard bring an increasing number of anime-themed crossovers to its free-to-play Hero Shooter Overwatch 2, including One Punch Man and Cowboy Bebop. In a surprise announcement, the team have revealed the next crossover, with Overwatch x My Hero Academia set to arrive in October. Making the …

Concord marked the latest attempt by Sony to capitalise off of the hype and perceived popularity surrounding live-service games. Released on the 23rd of August, the Destiny x Overwatch like Hero Shooter lasted less than two weeks before being fully shut down by Sony – refunding all of the roughly 25,000 copies which were estimated to have sold during that time. In the immediacy following this monumental failure, there have been a variety of opinions on just why this game flopped so spectacularly. While certainly not the only reason, I believe that the primary cause of its failings is simple: Hero Shooters are boring.

Back in 2020, Blizzard co-founder and former CEO, Mike Morhaime, returned to the games industry with a new company, Dreamhaven. With ambitions of being both a publisher and a game developer, Dreamhaven is now ready to reveal its first projects. Lynked: Banner of the Spark, a new co-op action game …