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The Overwatch beta returned from winter hibernation this week, boasting a new progression system, and a look at how competitive games will be established. The custom games mode, replacing private games to better communicate the aim of the tool, allows players and tournament organisers to create their own rulesets and …
Read More »StarCraft World Champion arrested on match-fixing charges
Lee “Life” Seung-Hyun, the 2014 StarCraft World Champion, has been arrested in South Korea on suspicion of match-fixing. The 19-year-old was taken into custody for questioning on Friday, though it was officially announced that he had been arrested and charged on Sunday with ‘receiving money to match-fix’. A report from …
Read More »Hearthstone on smartphones will cross-play with PC and tablets
The smartphone version of Hearthstone, due out this month, will not segment players from the existing user base. The game’s lead designer Eric Dodds confirmed to GameSpot that whenever users partake in multiplayer they could be facing off with someone on any platform. “It will be your exact same account, …
Read More »Blizzcon 2015 dated for November
Anaheim in California will once again be host to Blizzcon, which this year will take place in November. The Blizzard gathering will off on November 6th, with the first batch of tickets going on sale on April 15th – priced at a pretty hefty $199. Virtual tickets will be available …
Read More »Hearthstone hits 75m users with expansion scheduled for April, report claims
Blizzard will release the next expansion for Hearthstone in April, according to a new report. Yahoo Finance editor Tae Kim claims to have word from an Activision Blizzard employee that the card game has now passed 75m players worldwide and that its numbers “are off the charts”. As recently as …
Read More »Blizzard hires Hearthstone player as associate designer
Pro player Ryan Masterson employed by studio to help design updates to popular card game
Read More »Game artbook seeks submissions to raise money for ill Blizzard staffer
Proceeds from volume of fan art to go to Blizzard artist and his fight against rare cancer
Read More »Blizzard’s Project Titan veering away from MMO subscriptions
WoW maker's next MMO changes direction and cuts its team size
Read More »Ex-Blizzard dev: World of Warcraft killed a genre
Mark Kern claims WoW team lowered the MMO difficulty curve too much
Read More »Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm launch dated
The next installment in the Starcraft II trilogy is set to arrive on March 12th, with Blizzard opening up pre-orders for standard and digital deluxe editions starting today. Blizzard solidifies the target date after noting last week in its financial report that the company hoped to launch the expansion sometime …
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