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BlizzCon 2024 isn't happening

Blizzard says it plans to "bring BlizzCon back in future years," but 2024 "doesn't line up."

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BlizzCon is skipping 2024 in favor for multiple global events to showcase World of Warcraft, Diablo's expansion, and more

Blizzard is skipping its annual BlizzCon event for 2024 in favor of multiple events for World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch throughout the year instead. The firm emphasizes that the classic BlizzCon will return in the future, though.

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can claim a three pack of free skins for Overwatch 2 for a limited time

Overwatch 2 players who are subscribed to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate can pick up 3 free skins, including 2 legendary skins, for Season 10 as part of their Game Pass Perks.

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Blizzard is hiring for a brand new project. What could it be? StarCraft 3? Warcraft RPG?! Overwatch dating sim?!!

Blizzard Entertainment is looking to hire new directors for an upcoming project that's yet to be announced. Read on to learn what kind of directors Blizzard is hiring and our predictions on what this mystery project could be.

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The World of Warcraft Boosting Industry: An Overview

World of Warcraft (WoW), a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Blizzard Entertainment, has captivated millions of players worldwide since its release in 2004.

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Blizzard admits WoW is rough for new players and plans to fix that: 'We know that we have a lot of work to do'

As the MMO enters a new era, Blizzard admits the new player experience could be better.

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Diablo 4 will "probably" get more Public Test Realms, but devs remain torn as they "take away some of the excitement" of new seasons

Blizzard will likely discuss a new PTR prior to each season

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Diablo 4 dev is sending 666 buckets of literal bugs to "meat their maker" at a charity for hungry birds

Duriel the Maggot King "rests easy knowing his brood has been used for good on Earth Day"

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'We know that we have a lot of work to do on new player acquisition,' Blizzard discusses the World of Warcraft new player experience, and plans to improve it

World of Warcraft is hitting 20 years old this year, and its player base is aging right along with it. With that in mind, I asked Blizzard at a recent event what it was doing to address the game's new player experience, which is a far cry from where it…

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Blizzard says it does pay attention to the 'shoutiest of the shouty' but WoW's Plunderstorm mode 'is not a failure'

"We kind of expected it: it's PvP."

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Diablo is donating 6.66 million maggots and counting to a wildlife sanctuary in honour of Duriel the Maggot King

Send them to meet their maker.

PC Gamer

World of Warcraft boss says Microsoft is happy to 'let Blizzard be Blizzard,' but I'm not sure that's entirely true

Microsoft has already made some pretty high-profile changes since acquiring Blizzard in 2023.

PC Gamer

Could 'Diablo' get a TV show like Fallout? We asked Blizzard.

Why should Fallout have all the fun? Could Diablo on Netflix be a thing? It's not entirely preposterous, and rumors have been swirling for many years about 'multiple Diablo projects'. Here, we give some history to the rumors and ask Rod Fergusson, Diablo lead, what he thinks.

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Overwatch 2 is cracking down on 'unapproved peripherals' for console to 'level the playing field for all players'

Play fair.

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Former Blizzard president and Diablo co-leader says new ARPG from Ori devs is "exactly where the ARPG genre needs to go to stay relevant"

He praised the ARPG's "bold direction"

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What does Microsoft's big NetEase-Blizzard partnership mean for Xbox? An analysis.

With NetEase and Microsoft buddying up more than ever before, Blizzard has once again seen its titles return to one of the world's most lucrative gaming markets. To that end, we spoke to Daniel Ahmad of Niko Partners to learn more about what this partnership means for Microsoft, and by…

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I hope Call of Duty's anti-cheat team is paying attention to the latest crack down on unapproved peripherals in Overwatch 2

Blizzard has announced crackdowns are coming to players who use unauthorized peripherals like the Cronus Zen, including a wave of permanent bans for the worst offenders.

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Blizzard backs down on unpopular Hearthstone change, so now weekly quests will 'only' waste twice as much of your time, rather than triple

Maybe don't waste our time at all, hey?

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'The concerns about claustrophobia were a major aspect' of desiging World of Warcraft: The War Within's underground zones, says director

Blizzard didn't want Azeroth's caves to be drab.

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Diablo 4's Season 4 PTR didn't reveal everything; Blizzard teases there are "still a few small items" to reveal that "will round out the season"

Expect to learn all about it in an upcoming developer stream

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World of Warcraft getting an Xbox release is still the 'dream' says executive producer

Blizzard Entertainment has said that it still hopes to bring World of Warcraft to Xbox consoles one day.

TechRadar

Blizzard wants to prove World of Warcraft’s relevance with The War Within

We sat down with World of Warcraft assistant design director Maria Hamilton to learn more about The War Within.

PC Gamer

World of Warcraft: The War Within's art direction leans into Warcraft's history and a 'feeling of nostalgia', says lead artist

Blizzard looked at WoW Classic to inspire the new zones.

PC Gamer

I'm so sick of games that shoot themselves in the foot just to boost phoney player engagement numbers

Someone please take the shotgun away from in-game economy designers who are ruining the goodwill built up by the rest of the team.

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The next World of Warcraft expansion features an ancient race of spider people, so ahead of The War Within, the MMO is getting an arachnophobia mode to turn them into crabs instead

That's good news for WoW fans and plenty on the development team

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