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Blizzard has issued a statement announcing a mutual agreement with Valve regarding the DOTA trademark. Valve is currently developing DOTA 2, but under the terms of the settlement Blizzard will maintain its right to the noncommercial use of DOTA for its players relating to community created maps for Warcraft III …
Read More »Blizzard Entertainment skips E3 2012
World of Warcraft developer-publisher Blizzard will not have a floor presence at this year’s E3, a company rep has told MCV. This makes it’s the fifth consecutive year the company has bypassed the annual games trade show in Los Angeles. Additionally, Blizzard will not be holding one of its own …
Read More »Blizzard in ‘great position’ with 10.2m WOW subs
MMO subscriptions 'give studio the edge' in moving to next-gen
Read More »Old Republic loses 23% of subscribers
Electronic Arts chief downplays loss; Publisher previously denied loss
Read More »Diablo III real-money auction house detailed by Blizzard
Blizzard has unwrapped Diablo III’s auction system, revealing both in-game gold and real-money auction houses. Players will be able to switch between the two houses as they wish, which are separated into three regions independent of one another: The Americas, Europe, and Asia. The full corresponding countries for these regions …
Read More »Vivendi denies break-up reports
Activision Blizzard will not be split from Universal Music, owner Vivendi has strongly asserted. Rumours had started circulating earlier in the week that owner Vivendi was pondering an organisational reshuffle that could result in its break-up. "Vivendi learned with stupefaction of the claims made by Bloomberg in a story published …
Read More »Diablo 3 beta ‘peaks at 300k concurrent users’
Encouraging start for next big MMO
Read More »WoW 2012 Arena Pass announced
Blizzard has announced the 2012 Arena Pass for their MMO World of Warcraft. The pass will offer exclusive rewards, a new title, and even more for those who upgrade to the Mists of Pandaria expansion. The studio has also put together a dedicated arena sandbox for the festivities. Sign-ups begin …
Read More »‘The $1bn Skyrim of free-to-play is coming’
F2P Summit: Story-driven triple-A games will thrive when sold for free, Ngmoco Sweden manager claims
Read More »Brand Map: 31 per cent of Diablo players are female
Almost a third of all Diablo players are female, a new report shows. With 31 per cent of users female, this is close to the volume seen for the average game. The Blizzard RPG series also has more players in the 20-24 (both genders), 25-29 (males) and 30-34 (females) age …
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