News Tagged: blizzard

Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that tickets for their show, BlizzCon 2013, are set to go on sale during April in two separate batches. Here's the official word from the folks at Blizz: Mark your calendars—a Blizzard is coming to Southern California! Tickets for BlizzCon® 2013 will go on sale in two batches on Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p...

My life for Aiur! Blizzard has announced that the StarCraft II World Championship Series will be redesigned for 2013. Unlike last year's confusing mess, the 2013 series will feature three mini-seasons for each of the three major regions: South Korea, America, and Europe...

If the formula ain't broken, don't fix it. Jay Wilson, former director for Diablo III, stated during a panel at GDC 2013 that Diablo III's auction house has done more harm than good. He said: [The Auction House] really hurt the game...

Blizzard Entertainment confirmed that their real-time strategy, StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is available. Here's the official scoop: Heart of the Swarm picks up the story where StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty left off, focusing on Kerrigan’s quest to reunite the Swarm and exact revenge on Arcturus Mengsk...

Blizzard announced that the 7th BlizzCon is going to kick off on November 8 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, once again, allowing their fans to dip into the realms of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo. Here's the official word: “BlizzCon gives...

Blizzard and Activision are happily boasting that the ludicrously popular action RPG now sold 12 million copies worldwide, which was confirmed via Activision's Q4 FY2013 financial results. "We’re definitely thrilled that so many people around the world were excited to...

After Jay Wilson's resigned from being Diablo 3 game director, Blizzard's CCO Rob Pardo said a few words on the matter, following the wave of complaints from the game's massive fan-base:  This thread saddens me greatly...

Blizzard Entertainment revealed their third financial results, which were solid, mostly thanks to the release of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. It appears that WoW, the company's MMORPG, once again reached a subscriber base of 10 million...

Following the release of the Diablo 3 1.0.5 patch, Blizzard Entertainment issues a hotfix with the intention of reducing the damage dealt by monsters on 'Inferno' difficulty (with Monster Power enabled). Here's the word: As the title suggests, we're going to be reducing the amount of damage monsters do in Inferno whenever Monster Power is enabled...

Blizzard Entertainment has released a new patch for the action RPG, Diablo 3. The patch updates the game to version 1.0.5, bringing a variety of changes in addition to the new Monster Power system and the Infernal Machine event. Here are a few General changes: Resplendent...

Blizzard Entertainment's Rob Pardo (lead designer of World of Warcraft) feels that single-player games are fast becoming a dying breed. In fact, he refers to single-player games as an "endangered species" of AAA single-player games. "I don't see there being a great business model for it these days...

Although Blizzard Entertainment has kept a tight lid on their secretive game, Project Titan, company VP Rob Pardo commented that they have a rather large development team currently devoted to that. "I don't want to get anyone's hopes up that it's around the corner or anything," Pardo said...

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Blizzard reveals, via the official StarCraft 2 web site, that the beta test for the SC2: Heart of the Swarm is beginning. Here's the word: The Heart of the Swarm beta test has begun! This multiplayer-only test will initially be limited to a select group of pro-gamers, members of the press, Arcade contest winners, and shoutcasters...

Tired of being lvl 60 in Diablo 3? Well, Blizzard seems to have a solution for you - something that'll make the game a bit more exciting for those who have gone beyond the maximum skill level in a particular character class. Here's the word, as posted on Blizzard's official Diablo 3 web site: Introducing the Paragon System The new Paragon system coming in patch 1...