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Free-to-play card battler Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has been announced by Blizzard.The game will be cross platform across PC, Mac and iPad. It takes the established card battle format and injects it with a dose of the popular Warcraft IP. It will be debuted this weekend at US event PAX …
Read More »StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm launch show attracts 1.1m viewers on Twitch
The world of eSports is once again demanding attention after Blizzard’s StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm attracted some impressive numbers. The game’s 21 hour launch broadcast from the Major League Gaming Pro Circuit Winter Championship on Twitch attracted over 1.1m viewers. Concurrent viewers hit a high of over 157k. …
Read More »StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm moves 1.1m units in two days
The second act in the StarCraft II trilogy sold around 1.1m copies worldwide in its first two days of availability, Blizzard has announced. Heart of the Swarm’s good start lags a bit behind StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, which sold 1.5m in its first 48 hours following its launch in …
Read More »Heart of the Swarm rushes to 1m sales in two days
More than a million fans also tune in to Major League Gaming eSports tournament
Read More »World of Warcraft sheds 400,000 subscribers
Exodus resumes as Mists of Pandaria expansion hype fades
Read More »Activision Blizzard posts record revenue, lowers expectation for CoD 2013
Activision Blizzard has released its full year financial report for 2012, recording revenue of $4.8bn thanks to Call of Duty, Diablo, and Skylanders. For the past quarter, ending on December 31st of last year, net revenue was a record $1.77bn – up from 2011’s net revenue of $1.41bn during the …
Read More »Angry mob descends on Diablo III director’s goodbye message
Blizzard CCO Rob Pardo 'saddened' by forum thread as he leaps to developer's defence
Read More »Diablo III game director steps down
Jay Wilson to stay at Blizzard in undetermined role
Read More »Blizzard raises $2.3m for Hurricane Sandy relief
Proceeds from World of Warcraft 'cinder kitten' pet sales donated to Red Cross
Read More »Report: Valve acquires US dev Star Filled Studios
Ex-PopCap and Blizzard staff to open new multi-platform developer on the San Francisco Peninsula
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