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Video game developer Blizzard, best known for the Warcraft and Diablo franchises, has launched a case against rival developer Valve, seeking to deny the use of the DOTA name for its upcoming MOBA titles.
The action was lodged at the Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, where Valve... |
11 February 2012
02:45 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced its set of financial results for the fourth quarter of the current year, showing better than expected revenue and profits for the three-month period that ended on January 31.Activision has announced that it has managed to generate 2.41 billion dollars (1.81 billi... |
10 February 2012
22:11 GMT |
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What we know:
Blizzard is finally set to enter the MOBA (Multiplayer Battle Arena) genre with its own game called, what else, Blizzard Dota.
Seeing as how the whole genre originated as a fan-made mod for the studio’s own Warcraft III strategy game, Blizzard wants to make sure that its own effort will deliver ... |
10 February 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Blizzard has confirmed during a recent investor’s call that the new release window for Diablo III is the second quarter of 2012, meaning you might finally get to see the role playing dungeon crawler sometime between April and June. Diablo 3 has been awaited by millions of fans for quite some time, with Blizzar... |
10 February 2012
18:21 GMT |
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The MMO World of Warcraft is the most successful subscription-based game in the world and the development team in charge of it at Blizzard says that they are still dealing with the consequences of its remarkable success.
Frank Pearce, who is one of the co-founders of Blizzard, stated at the 2012 DICE conference that... |
10 February 2012
13:21 GMT |
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The development team working on Diablo III has confirmed that the upcoming hack and slash title will have in-game chat after a community manager wrongly suggested that the function will not be available during a Questions & Answers session on Twitter.
Speaking on the official forums for Diablo III Bashiok stated, &l... |
9 February 2012
07:12 GMT |
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Blizzard has just deployed a fresh patch for its World of Warcraft online role playing game, taking it to version 4.3.2. World of Warcraft’s popularity has been attacked by quite a few big online titles, including DC Universe Online, which went free-to-play last year, and BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Rep... |
2 February 2012
10:48 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has made more changes to the Diablo III beta stage, eliminating both Scrolls of Companion and Scrolls of Reforging from the game.Nethera, a community manager at Blizzard, has written on the official game forum saying, “The companion pets felt like they were mandatory to maximize pl... |
30 January 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Blizzard has confirmed that the traditional BlizzCon gathering won’t be held this year, as the company wants to focus on its array of current projects, while holding just a smaller eSports competition in Asia.
BlizzCon has been going on for quite some time, with Blizzard showcasing the dedication of its commun... |
26 January 2012
14:31 GMT |
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If you were wondering what happened with the old hardware after Blizzard inevitably upgraded its server infrastructure, you just got your answer: charity.
Blizzard just put 350 HP Blade servers up for auction on eBay.
They aren't just any servers, but ones with name plates indicating the realm they maintaine... |
26 January 2012
11:11 GMT |
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We already know that video game developer Blizzard is working on a whole new MMO project called Titan, and it seems that the new game will be ready to deliver product placement to a number of partners, probably linked to the video game industry.
The official website of Blizzard has a link to a new job recruitment ad... |
24 January 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Blizzard has revealed a few more details about the array of changes that it’s recently made to Diablo III, saying that they will ensure the role playing dungeon crawler will be popular for a decade after its release.
Diablo III has been eagerly awaited by millions of gamers from all around the world. As you ca... |
23 January 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Steve Parker, who has been working as a senior producer on the Diablo III project, has announced via Twitter that he is no longer working at Blizzard and that he was already getting ready to work on a new project, although he did not mention exactly what it was.His message says, “Hey Twitter, I’m no longe... |
23 January 2012
04:52 GMT |
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The developement team at Blizzard working on Diablo III has announced that they have made a number of significant changes to the game and that might mean that it will see yet another delay, pushing it back to late 2012 or even further into the future, but one leading developer working on the game believes that this d... |
20 January 2012
22:21 GMT |
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Diablo III is getting a number of significant changes to the game mechanics, including core elements like skills and crafting, which might mean that the game, thought to be launched during March, might now be pushed back to late in 2012. Jay Wilson, who is the director leading the development process for Diablo III,... |
20 January 2012
02:56 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has confirmed that the recently launched big 4.3 update for the Cataclysm expansion for the MMO World of Warcraft is the last big addition to the game before the launch of the next expansion, called Mists of Pandaria.Dave Kosak, who is a lead quest designer working on World of Warcraft, ... |
19 January 2012
20:01 GMT |
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Blizzard has released a new statement about the possibility of seeing Diablo III on consoles, saying that it’s still not officially in development, thus denying a reveal from earlier this week.
Blizzard is a studio that always likes to take its time when it comes to games that are awaited by millions of fans. ... |
12 January 2012
15:51 GMT |
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What we know:Blizzard has been working on Diablo III in some way or another since the expansion for the second game in the series, Lord of Destruction, was launched in late 2001 and everyone is hoping that this spring, finally, we will get to play the latest action oriented role playing game in this ground breaking s... |
11 January 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has officially confirmed that it is working on a home console version of its upcoming Diablo III, with an executive from the company telling the audience that the project was proceeding at a good pace.Micah Whiple, who is one of the community managers working at Blizzard, has answered qu... |
10 January 2012
10:17 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it has cut the price for all expansion of its World of Warcraft MMO, both in the official web based store, which allows for full downloads, and in actual brick and mortar retail stores.
Wrath of the Lich King is now offered for 19.99 Euro (25.3 dollars) while those wh... |
10 January 2012
02:22 GMT |
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A rather complex marketing display from retail chain Best Buy has indicated that Diablo III, the eagerly awaited action role playing game from developer Blizzard, was set to be launched on the PC on February 1 but the company has moved quickly to squash the information, saying that the game still has not official lau... |
9 January 2012
04:54 GMT |
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The global release of Diablo III, the eagerly awaited role playing dungeon crawler from Blizzard, might be in danger. This is due to the South Korean Game Rating Board, which doesn’t want to pass a ruling due to the game’s Auction House feature because it resembles gambling.
South Korea has always had a very hars... |
5 January 2012
15:41 GMT |
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It’s a bit hard to believe but the long running Diablo franchise has turned 15, so Blizzard, its developer, has decided to celebrate this by releasing a special timeline of all the events that happened with the series up until now. Diablo I was released on December 31, 1996, in North America, and soon after th... |
5 January 2012
10:54 GMT |
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As the past is getting ready to swallow 2011 and the present keeps moving inexorably towards 2012 another analyst has offered some information on the trends that he expects to become the norm during next year.Speaking to IndustryGamers David Cole, who is watching the video game industry for DFC intelligence, has stat... |
3 January 2012
02:58 GMT |
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Diablo III is coming to the PC in early 2012, but its developer, Blizzard, is still experimenting with a possible console edition of the game, which has once again been proved through a new job listing posted by the studio. Diablo III has been a long time coming, with Blizzard teasing fans for quite some time while ... |
29 December 2011
19:31 GMT |
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After just releasing Star Wars: The Old Republic into commercial success, at least judging by the crowded servers of the online game, BioWare, its developer, has confirmed that it has several plans to ensure the title’s profitability no matter its actual popularity. BioWare has just released Star Wars: The Old ... |
22 December 2011
19:31 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has introduced the BattleTags feature for all its video games and the forum structure, meaning that all players have the option to adopt an official name that can be used across all Blizzard made products.At the moment players use the character name for each title in order to post on the... |
19 December 2011
05:31 GMT |
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Developer Blizzard revealed the opening cinematic for its upcoming Diablo III hack and slash for all those who are interested in the game, showing old series hand Deckard Cain and his niece Leah as they witness the first stage of a new apocalypse.The first half of the intro is made up of stylish comic book like frame... |
12 December 2011
05:17 GMT |
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A former Blizzard developer who has left the company in order to work on mobile titles has said that the design principles of the World of Warcraft creator are a good base to create the popular social games that will determine the future of gaming.Paul Della Bitta, who has worked at Blizzard for more than seven years... |
12 December 2011
02:53 GMT |
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Blizzard has just kicked off a massive sale on its online store, slashing prices on a variety of content, including World of Warcraft, its various expansions and downloadable content, not to mention StarCraft II, although that offer is just available for European customers.The end of December will be a tough time for... |
8 December 2011
12:11 GMT |
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Blizzard has cut down the price of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty in its online store from 60 dollars to just 30 (44.5 Euro to 22.25) and the offer seems to be linked to both the boxed version and the digitally distributed version, although at the moment the offer is only available for those in the United States unti... |
23 November 2011
08:14 GMT |
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A leaked document from developer Blizzard shows that the company is ready to work with law enforcement agencies when they are interested in obtaining personal information about the players of the most popular subscription based MMO in the industry, World of Warcraft.The document has been leaked by AntiSec, a hacking ... |
22 November 2011
22:31 GMT |
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Blizzard, the studio behind hit franchises like StarCraft or World of Warcraft, has once again talked about bringing Diablo III, its next big release, onto consoles, saying that its current team is still exploring the idea, mainly because the company wants to really build it for consoles from the ground up, instead o... |
22 November 2011
17:31 GMT |
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Blizzard has revealed that its long running World of Warcraft MMORPG will be turning 7 in two days, on November 23, and, in order to properly mark this anniversary, all players who will log into the online game will receive special bonuses.This month was filled with plenty of celebrations, from the 10th anniversary o... |
21 November 2011
17:51 GMT |
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Blizzard is making lots of money with its World of Warcraft online RPG, so much that it's just released a brand new commercial for the game that stars none other than famous Hollywood actor Chuck Norris.Pretty much any Internet user knows or at least is familiar about the famous Chuck Norris Facts, a collection ... |
21 November 2011
12:31 GMT |
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Developer Riot Games has announced that League of Legends, its free-to-play strategy game built around the DOTA mode, now has more than 32.5 million registered players, with 11.5 million of them playing at least one game each month.The numbers more than doubled since Riot Games reported the same statistics during Jul... |
21 November 2011
08:11 GMT |
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Blizzard has started offering free Diablo III beta keys to fans of the game on Facebook through a special month-long campaign on the social network.Diablo 3 is definitely one of the most awaited games of next year, with Blizzard spending quite a long time developing and polishing the role playing dungeon crawler, whi... |
17 November 2011
05:18 GMT |
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Blizzard has revealed that the number of subscribers for its World of Warcraft MMORPG has continued to decrease since earlier this year, now reaching 10.3 million, registering a 10 percent drop that translated in more than 800,000 people deactivating their subscriptions to the online game.World of Warcraft is by far ... |
10 November 2011
14:31 GMT |
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For the second fiscal quarter which ended on September 30 video game publisher Activision Blizzard has managed to beat the expectations of the market by posting sales of 627 million dollars (454 million Euro) which is well above what analysts were expecting to see.Profits were also higher than during the same period ... |
9 November 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that its upcoming hack and slash title Diablo III will have between 13,000 and 16,000 lines of dialog split between the various characters classes and the NPCs that players will meet throughout the experience.Starcraft II, the real time strategy game from the same developer... |
2 November 2011
16:01 GMT |
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This week has again been a busy one in the world of video games and, here at Softpedia, we have managed to get out four full review for some major games, starting with the excellent Batman: Arkham City, continuing with the first person shooter RAGE, then the simulation Football Manager 12 and ending with the DICE and... |
30 October 2011
05:11 GMT |
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The leader of World of Warcraft developer Blizzard has taken the rather extraordinary step of apologizing for a video that was shown at the Blizzcon event last week, which included a number of censored attacks against homosexuals and Alliance players.Mike Morhaime, who is the president of Blizzard, has sent a letter ... |
28 October 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Free-to-play MMO projects are all the rage these days, with developers reporting growing player numbers and higher revenue, but at least one leading MMO developer believes that subscriptions are still important.Speaking during an interview with Eurogamer, Mike Morhaime, who is the president of Blizzard, stated, &ldqu... |
28 October 2011
05:48 GMT |
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Speaking to Joystiq, Samwise Didier, who is the senior art director working on the Blizzard DOTA project, has said, “This is our Blizzard fighter. We can’t make a Street Fighter style game right now, so this is our Blizzard fighter. The Blizzard All-stars, is what I like to call it.”Indicating that ... |
27 October 2011
04:27 GMT |
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Paul Sams, who is the Chief Operations Officer at video game developer Blizzard, has said that the offer of free Diablo III for all those who get an Annual Pass for the MMO World of Warcraft is designed to show the player base how much the developer values them.Speaking to Venture Beat he stated, “We talk about... |
26 October 2011
18:21 GMT |
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Diablo III might be one of the biggest launches for 2012 but Blizzard's decision, linked to the Auction House mechanics, of eliminating any modding possibilities, led to disappointment for some of the long term fans of the series.Talking to GameFront at the Blizzcon event, Julian Love, who is the technical artis... |
26 October 2011
05:51 GMT |
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The announcement that the World of Warcraft MMO is getting a new expansion is usually greeted with excitement by the player base but when Blizzard made the Pandaren the official focus of future content a number of long term fans were annoyed by what they perceived as a joke expansion.Speaking at BlizzCon Chris Metzen... |
26 October 2011
03:07 GMT |
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Diablo III has received quite a lot of details over the weekend after the end of Blizzard's BlizzCon event, and now we get to talk about the special Collector's Edition, which includes a variety of in-game and real life goodies for true fans of the role playing dungeon crawler.Diablo III has been expected a... |
25 October 2011
06:58 GMT |
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Blizzard has revealed that the next chapter in the Starcraft II trilogy, Heart of the Swarm, will have a shorter single-player campaign, cutting down the number of missions to just 20, as opposed to the first installment, Wings of Liberty, which had 29.Starcraft II is among the many great projects that Blizzard hopes... |
25 October 2011
06:08 GMT |
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Blizzard, after unveiling the massive Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft, confirmed another interesting detail about the online role playing game and a new Annual Pass subscription program, which gives loyal players a free copy of Diablo III, the studio's next big game.World of Warcraft, while sti... |
24 October 2011
18:01 GMT |
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