Tag archive: blizzard

A little update on the status of Diablo III; as expected, a quarter one release is not going to be happening. In fact, don't expect any game releases from Blizzard in the first quarter of this year. The good news is that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says the new year is looking to be a good one for the company, and for consumers as well. “Our extraordinary employees around the world are focused on making 2012 another great year for our… Read More

It’s pretty safe to say we are all eagerly awaiting the official announcement and release date of Blizzard’s upcoming sure-to-be-mega-hit, Diablo 3. But according to PC Gamer, it looks like the folks over at Blizzard had to wait for an announcement themselves as one of the more seemingly controversial aspects of the upcoming sequel, its real money in-game auction house, was a stumbling block in Blizzard’s quest to get South Korea’s ratings… Read More

Blizzard Entertainment used its annual BlizzCon fan festival to tease fans of its massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, World of WarCraft, with the latest expansion to Azeroth. Dave Kosak, lead quest designer for World of Warcraft, talks about what’s in store for WoW fans with this latest expansion pack, Mists of Pandaria. “We have the Pandaren race and the Monk class, which lets everybody live out their martial art movie fantasies,” said… Read More

After teasing StarCraft II fans with the prospect of expansion packs over a year ago and a trailer earlier this past summer, Blizzard Entertainment used its annual BlizzCon fan festival to unveil the latest details on Heart of the Swarm. Chris Sigaty, production designer on StarCraft II, said the event makes the perfect announcement platform because Blizzard can get immediate feedback from its most passionate fans. Players are a resource For… Read More

Oh Blizzard. You love to tease us. The developer's upcoming PC RPG Diablo 3 has been a hotly anticipated since before it was even announced, thanks to the popularity that its two predecessors enjoyed and still do enjoy, albeit with a much smaller audience now. The third game in the series is meant to win back fans of the previous game, which is now more than 10 years old. Consoles have become a much bigger deal in the time since Diablo 2,… Read More

Diablo fans, you've waited 11 years for Blizzard to release the third Diablo game, and you may have to wait a bit longer. Though the closed beta just began on Sept. 20, Activision Blizzard has revealed that Diablo III will not hit shelves until 'early 2012.' Blizzard plans to extend the closed beta test, and add more testers than it originally planned. “With every game we make, the temptation is always very strong to… Read More

We knew that beta testing was going on, and there wasn’t a thing we could do about it. It has been 11 years since the last Diablo game, and the scrutiny on the upcoming sequel has been fierce. So when rumors began that Blizzard was planning a beta test, fans rejoiced. When it was announced that the beta was officially on the way, and would debut sometime between June and September, fans rejoiced harder. Then when a private beta for employees and… Read More

For most video game enthusiasts, the release of Diablo III can’t come quick enough.  Most recently, Blizzard said that it hoped to get the game out in 2011, but did not rule out 2012 being a possibility.  IGN was able to interview Blizzard’s Jay Wilson to talk about the five playable classes in the game.  The classes are Wizard, Demon Hunter, Barbarian, Monk, and Witch Doctor. There are five separate videos, one for each class, so you can pick… Read More

Down about 600,000 players in about seven months during the last report, Blizzard reported another loss in the second quarter. Subtracting another 300,000 players from  the player base, the subscriber base for the World of Warcraft massive multiplayer online game has dropped by nearly one million users in about nine months. This decline may have been slowed by the recent move to convert the game to a free-to-play model. Players can play for an… Read More

MMORPG titan Blizzard has announced new information about the developer's highly anticipated Diablo III title, and it's sent the gaming community reeling. There are some big changes coming to the third major installment of a franchise that's been hugely popular since its 1996 birth. First, players can now officially buy and sell in-game items for real money. Diablo III's auction house will include both in-game and real… Read More

The online games space is rapidly evolving. There’s a reason that Blizzard Entertainment recently opened up its World of Warcraft (WoW) massively multiplayer online (MMO) game world for free to anyone who wants to play up to Level 20. The reigning champion of subscription games is feeling the repercussions of a growing wave of free-to-play games from companies like Riot Games, GamersFirst and Turbine.

The king of of pay-to-play massively multiplayer online RPGs is becoming a free-to-play game, kind of. Leaving behind the 14-day free trial promotion it has used to attract new users since its launch in 2004, Activision Blizzard is now allowing gamers play World of Warcraft until they reach level 20. World of Warcraft has always had a 14-day free trial for new users, but Activision Blizzard has, after seven years on the market, lifted the time… Read More

World of Warcraft is such a tremendous force in the gaming industry that many simply take its dominance for granted. Like any other business though, it sees its share of ups and downs. Blizzard Entertainment is dedicated to following those trends for reasons that should be fairly obvious, and one thing that's been noted is a dip in subscriber numbers during the time between expansion pack releases. More alarmingly, the window between an… Read More

Last we heard, Blizzard was trying to find a console producer for Diablo 3, meaning when the thing was finally finished PC and console gamers alike would finally get their hands on the game. It was interesting news, but without a timetable or launch date of any sort, there hasn't been too much to get excited about. At least until today, when Blizzard's CEO, Michael Morhaime, announced a beta version would be available sometime… Read More

China's government may not allow people access to the full and open Internet most of us enjoy here in America. And it really doesn't care much for video games in general. But that doesn't mean the country is entirely negligent of the needs of the computer-savvy crowd. In China's Wunjin district, workers are currently constructing an amusement park modeled entirely after Blizzard's World of Warcraft and StarCraft,… Read More