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Blizzard narrative team votes in favor of union one week after Call of Duty workers did the same, pushing back against mass layoffs at Microsoft that saw 9,000 jobs lost in favor of AI

"With a union, we're able to preserve what makes this place special"

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Overwatch 2 Season 18 release date, mythic skin, and roadmap so far

All the fresh features and big changes coming in the new season.

PC Gamer

Diablo franchise boss Rod Fergusson is leaving Blizzard after 5 years

Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson has announced that he is leaving Blizzard Entertainment after five years.

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Blizzard's ex-CEO says Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" Call of Duty this year because the franchise has "gone downhill" — calls it a victory for players as COD "won't be lazy" anymore

Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons.

Tom’s Hardware

Diablo boss Rod Fergusson is leaving Blizzard for a 'new adventure'

Fergusson joined Blizzard in 2020 after a long career as head of Gears of War studio The Coalition.

PC Gamer

Former Gears of War boss becomes former Diablo boss as Rod Fergusson leaves Microsoft a third time, "sword in hand," after 5 years overseeing the ARPG series: "I'm proud of what we've built"

I look forward to seeing what Fergusson accomplishes at the next studio to be inevitably acquired by Xbox

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Diablo Lead Is Once Again Leaving Microsoft, After Previously Leaving Gears of War — “It’s Time To Step Away From Blizzard/Microsoft.”

Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson is departing Blizzard Entertainment over five years after he joined the company.

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"CoD won't be lazy anymore": Ex Blizzard boss predicts a beating for Call of Duty at the hands of Battlefield 6, says Activision's FPS "has gone downhill for years"

"We'll all get better FPS games for it," says Mike Ybarra

GamesRadar

Former Blizzard president predicts Battlefield 6 is going to 'boot stomp' Black Ops 7 because Call of Duty has become 'lazy'

It's not necessarily that Battlefield is that much better, according to Mike Ybarra, but that Call of Duty kind of sucks.

PC Gamer

Xbox Gear Store Offline: What's Behind the Restructuring and Future Plans?

The fallout from Xbox's mass layoffs last month is continuing, has it claimed another victim?

Windows Central

Three years later, I realize maintenance mode for Heroes of the Storm was a great move by Blizzard

I don't want to mourn a video game.

Destructoid

Diablo 2: Resurrected Expands with New Stash Tabs and Item Set for the Chinese Market

Is the launch of the game in China what the Diablo social media team was referring to when it said more chaos was ahead? Here's what you need to know.

Windows Central

Overwatch 2’s biggest nerf ever comes in its next cute, no-brainer collab and limited time event this week

They finally listened to D.Va.

Destructoid

Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister was asked to review Ozzy Osbourne’s first solo album in 2011 – this is what he said

One late metal legend looks back on the masterwork that launched the solo career of another late metal legend

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WoW Classic's new raid race stumbles off the starting line as Blizzard accidentally releases Mogu'shan Vaults early, then temporarily bans players for its own mistake

The raid was eventually completed after just 36 minutes

Player One

Overwatch 2 Reinvents Itself with 5v5 Battles and Major Pop Culture Collabs

Overwatch 2 is going all in with 5v5 team battles, regular content drops, and massive collaborations—positioning itself as a serious contender in the live-service gaming space.

Windows Central

Activision once again draws the ire of players for new Diablo Immortal marketing that appears to have been made with generative AI

The Diablo Immortal community is calling out Activision Blizzard for sharing marketing images on social media of an upcoming Diablo Immortal x Hearthstone event that features telltale signs of generative AI usage.

PC Gamer

For better or worse, a new single-button way to play World of Warcraft is changing the game: 'We've received overwhelmingly positive feedback'

A full-patch test shows that Single-Button Assistant may fundamentally alter how many gamers play WoW.

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Blizzard's latest AI art controversy suggests the big game studios will never learn

Will it ever get the message?

PC Gamer

Fans claim Blizzard's new Diablo Immortal x Hearthstone art was made with generative AI

Nothing about this looks right.

PC Gamer

ESO devs at ZeniMax reel from Microsoft's 'hollow' layoff emails, with some wondering how a 'carcass of workers' is 'supposed to keep shipping award-winning games'

"I don't care how many times they do it to try and make it seem normal—it's not."

Benzinga

Ethereum Was Born When Vitalik Buterin 'Cried' Himself To Sleep Over This Video Game

The price of cryptocurrency Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) soared over 21% in the last week and is now up over 40% in the past month. With a market capitalization of $430 billion, Ethereum is the second largest cryptocurrency.

Windows Central

Watch Blizzard's insane China drone show for World of Warcraft's 20thanniversary — Blizzard also announces a crazy, China-exclusive "Raid Rush" server that I wish the rest of the world could play

Social media has spotted footage of China hosting an epic drone show in honor of World of Warcraft's 20th anniversary. Around the same time, NetEase, the main operator for World of Warcraft in China, hosted a livestream showcasing new gameplay info for Chinese players and for the world at large.

GamesRadar

"I actually felt heard": Diablo 4 content creators tease exciting things to come for the ARPG after a call with Blizzard, following seasons of complaints about nerfs, endgame, and more

Fingers crossed

PC Gamer

Gear is optional: Diablo 4 player strips their character naked and slides through its most brutal dungeon without a single death

Blizzard wasn't fast enough to stop them.

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