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Chris Robert’s studio Cloud Imperium Games has hired on ex-Blizzard producer Alex Mayberry as executive producer of its crowdfunding hit, Star Citizen. Mayberry will join Roberts and his team to wrangle the ever-expanding space simulation game, which currently boasts a purely crowdfunded budget approaching $44m. "After 10 years at Blizzard, …
Read More »Diablo III lead game producer joins Star Citizen team
Alex Mayberry overseeing product development of crowdfunded space sim
Read More »No Hearthstone for consoles as attention focuses on Android version
Blizzard’s epically popular PC, Mac and iPad title Hearthstone is unlikely to appear on consoles in the near future. "It’s not something we’re actually looking at right now," Hearthstone production director Jason Chayes told Eurogamer. We feel like we have our hands full in the short term with getting onto …
Read More »Diablo III: Reaper of Souls sells through 2.7m in week one
Blizzard has confirmed week one sales numbers for Diablo III expansion Reaper of Souls. The expansion ‘sold through’ 2.7m copies to retail between now and its release on March 25th. The studio adds that players have between them stopped Death over 1.5m times and that Diablo III views on Twitch …
Read More »Diablo III and other Blizzard games disrupted by DDoS attack
Online miscreants have chosen to disrupt Battle.net services a week after the launch of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. The actions have left players facing problems attempting to log in to Blizzard’s biggest titles. Diablo, World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Hearthstone players may be impacted by high latency and disconnections …
Read More »Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition in development for Xbox One but release not guaranteed
Blizzard is currently developing Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition for both PS4 AND Xbox One. However, a release for the game on Microsoft’s console has not yet been agreed upon. "I don’t know where we are with Microsoft right now so I can’t really comment on what that contract looks …
Read More »Hearthstone officially released
Blizzard’s popular digital card game Hearthsone: Heroes of Warcraft has exited beta. The free-to-play title is now available across PC and Mac, whilst an iPad edition will launch soon. Blizzard has also revealed iPhone, Android and Windows tablet versions of Hearthstone are currently in development and will receive a future …
Read More »Blizzard adding $60 in-game purchase to World of Warcraft
Character boost enables those who pay to instantly reach level 90
Read More »World of Warcraft subscriptions rise by 200,000
Subscription MMO still going strong 2004 release
Read More »Diablo III sells 15m units across all platforms
Diablo III has sold a lifetime total of 15m units, Activision Blizzard has revealed. The announcement came during the publisher’s annual earnings call this week. The game had moved 14m as of November—meaning it’s racked up another million copies sold between then and now. The steady numbers this far out …
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