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One of the most iconic Heroes of the Storm maps is returning to the game with a ton of changes. Haunted Mines returns to Blizzard’s MOBA today, and to get you prepared Lead battleground designer John DeShazer went in depth on seven of the biggest changes. You can see his …
Read More »A conversation with cArn part 2: Overwatch
Every day this week will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Yesterday he spoke about Fnatic’s new store in London while today he jumps into Overwatch. Fnatic certainly isn’t a stranger to supporting new games early on, but …
Read More »Dustin Browder leaves Heroes of the Storm team
Dustin Browder has announced that he is stepping down as the game director for Heroes of the Storm. He will now move onto other projects within Blizzard, and will leave Heroes of the Storm in the capable hands of Alan Dabiri who has been a software engineer for the last …
Read More »Dustin Browder steps down from top job on Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm
technical director Alan Dabiri taking the role of game director
Read More »Grandmaster Jackets and No Tomorrow qualify for the NA HotS Pro League
Both Grandmaster Jackets and No Tomorrow have won qualifiers to secure a spot in the upcoming 2017 Heroes Global Championship Pro League. Both teams managed to secure their spot by placing in the top two during last weekend’s North American qualifier. They beat out teams such as Vox Nihili and …
Read More »New $100,000 Overwatch tournament gives NA teams a shot a big money over Christmas
The Overwatch Winter Premiere is the latest big money Overwatch tournament to be revealed, with North American teams getting a chance to shine over the Christmas period. The first stage of the event is four open qualifiers, with the top two teams from each qualifier making it into the next …
Read More »Overwatch scoops five awards at Golden Joysticks
Blizzard’s Overwatch was the big winner at the 2016 Golden Joystick Awards, claiming more prizes than any other title. The multiplayer shooter won Best Original Game, Best Multiplayer Game, Competitive Game of the Year, Best Gaming Moment, and PC Game of the Year. The Witcher 3, meanwhile claimed three gongs …
Read More »Blizzard scraps Overwatch graphic novel plans
Overwatch’s full length graphic novel is no more. Overwatch: First Strike had been set to launch digitally this month and in print via Dark Horse next April. We have decided to cancel the release of the Overwatch: First Strike graphic novel,” lead writer Michael Chu confirmed. While we are grateful …
Read More »Reunited speaking with multiple sports clubs about potential sale says report
Overwatch organisation Reunited is apparently in talks with major sports clubs from the NBA, Premier League, and Bundesliga about a potential sale. A report from The eSports Observer states that Reunited has been approached by or is in talks with multiple clubs from top leagues across the globe regarding a …
Read More »MonteCristo: “Blizzard paid me more in two weeks than Riot has in five”
Caster Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles has revealed that Blizzard paid him more for two weeks work on the Overwatch World Cup than Riot did for a five week long World Championship. In an interview with Yahoo eSports, which can be seen below, MonteCristo revealed that Blizzard was paying what he called …
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