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Diablo III’s Auction House Gets Comprehensive Details

Blizzard is getting ready to launch Diablo III later this month and, in order to clear things up about the controversial auction house feature, which allows players to sell loot either for virtual gold or real-world money, the studio has posted an extensive guide about the service. Diablo III is getting ready to app...

2 May 2012
18:21 GMT

Global Play for Diablo III Restricts Real Money Auction Houses

Video game developer Blizzard has announced a new feature for its upcoming hack and slash title Diablo III, called Global Play, which will allow gamers to join three different regions and play without restrictions with players from whatever territory they want. The regions for Global Play are defined as follows: Th...

2 May 2012
04:41 GMT

World of Warcraft Gets Priority Item Restoration Service

Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it has introduced a new Item Restoration Service for its MMO World of Warcraft, allowing gamers to get back those prized items that they accidentally delete from their inventory, sell or modify in ways that they later come to regret. The official announcement from Bli...

1 May 2012
03:17 GMT

Diablo III Gets “Evil Is Back” Commercial

Blizzard has just unveiled a special commercial called Evil Is Back for Diablo III, which just aired in the U.S. last night. Diablo III is by far one of the biggest releases of next month, as Blizzard is finally unleashing the role-playing dungeon crawler after an extremely long development time. We’ve alread...

30 April 2012
12:31 GMT

Diablo III Midnight Launch Events Revealed by Blizzard

Blizzard is getting ready to debut Diablo III next month and, besides releasing plenty of videos and details about the game, the studio has now revealed the array of midnight launch events that will be held throughout the world for the game. Diablo III has been awaited for quite some time, with millions of fans count...

30 April 2012
06:51 GMT

Sneak Preview of Heart of the Swarm Available at MLG Pro Circuit Spring Championship

Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it is working with the Major League Gaming in order to allow all those who are interested in attending the Pro Circuit Spring Championship a sneak peek at the upcoming Heart of the Swarm expansion for its strategy title Starcraft II. Pro Circuit Spring Championship wi...

28 April 2012
05:30 GMT

Blizzard Says Diablo III Beta Saw 300,000 Concurrent Players

Video game developer Blizzard has announced that the height of activity during the open beta event for Diablo III has seen more than 300,000 players log into the game at the same time, creating a number of problems with the chat feature and with the creation and joining of new games. The development team also says t...

25 April 2012
20:01 GMT

Diablo III’s Witch Doctor Gets New Details and Video Presentation

After the very successful Diablo III open beta stage last weekend, Blizzard is now continuing its series of video descriptions for the game’s different classes, now putting the Witch Doctor into the spotlight, through a new trailer and some more details.Diablo III allows players to choose from five different ch...

25 April 2012
06:21 GMT

Weekend Reading: On the Fence about Diablo III

Blizzard is running an open beta weekend for Diablo III these days that allows anyone interested in the-role playing dungeon crawler to try it out before its actual release next month. For me, and for quite a lot of my friends, this beta stage is the deciding factor for the long awaited RPG. While I’m not nec...

21 April 2012
15:11 GMT

Diablo III Open Beta Weekend Starts Today

Blizzard has confirmed that it’s going to run a special open beta weekend for its Diablo III role-playing dungeon crawler, which will be held starting today, April 20, until Monday, April 23. Diablo III is eagerly awaited by millions of players from all over the world, with Blizzard giving them small glimpses ...

20 April 2012
06:31 GMT

Diablo III’s Monk Class Gets Showcased in New Video

As part of its new refresher course on the classes of Diablo III, Blizzard has just unveiled a video and some new details about the Monk character class that will be present in the upcoming dungeon crawling RPG. Diablo III is certainly one of the most awaited experiences of the year and fans are getting close to its...

20 April 2012
03:10 GMT

Diablo III’s Free-to-Play Starter Edition Leaked Briefly by Blizzard

Diablo III, the upcoming dungeon crawler game from Blizzard, might go free-to-play soon enough through a special Starter Edition that will be made available to those interested in the experience at no actual cost. Lots of people are eagerly awaiting Diablo III, Blizzard’s newest role-playing game, which should...

19 April 2012
15:31 GMT

Diablo III Beta Closes on May 1

Blizzard has confirmed that it will be bringing the beta stage for its Diablo III to an end on May 1, when the servers will be shut down, in preparation for the release of the full game on May 15. Diablo III is probably one of the biggest games of the year, as the role playing dungeon crawler is eagerly awaited by q...

19 April 2012
12:11 GMT

World of Warcraft Patch 4.3.4 Includes Cheat Reporting from Game Client

Video game developer Blizzard has announced that the upcoming 4.3.4 patch for its MMO World of Warcraft will allow gamers to use the game client in order to report potential cheating, naming violations and any kind of harassment. This means that Blizzard will get reports faster and will then be able to react to them...

18 April 2012
07:25 GMT

Diablo III: The Order Novel Arrives on May 15

Video game developer Blizzard has announced that on May 15 fans of the Diablo universe will be able not only to pick up the third video game based on it, but also to get access to a new novel, called Diablo III: The Order, which will fill fans on the backstory of Deckard Cain and his adventures. The official descrip...

18 April 2012
03:58 GMT

Diablo III Developer Diary Videos Show Off Blizzard’s Creative Process

Blizzard has just released a couple of developer diary videos that show off the creative process at the studio and how Diablo III is taking shape. Diablo fans are eagerly awaiting the third installment in their beloved dungeon crawling RPG series so, in order to satisfy their desire for new details, Blizzard started...

17 April 2012
17:11 GMT

Weekend Reading: Diablo III and Predetermined Paths

I played quite a bit of the Diablo III beta, trying out all the five character classes and getting though all the four quests included, and my initial impression of the game was pretty disappointing and has cooled off my interest in the Blizzard-made hack and slash, which is set to arrive in about a month. I loved t...

14 April 2012
15:41 GMT

Blizzard Details Unit Changes for Starcraft II: Heart of Swarm

The Heart of the Swarm expansion might not yet have a launch date at the moment, but the development team at Blizzard working on it has proven that the game is going full steam ahead by detailing the changes that have been made to the unit rosters since players have seen the game at the Blizzcon during late 2011. Th...

12 April 2012
20:11 GMT

Diablo III’s Barbarian Gets New Details, Fresh Video

Blizzard continues sharing more details about the different classes included in its upcoming Diablo III role-playing dungeon crawler, this time shedding some light on the Barbarian, with new details and a fresh video being released.Diablo 3 is getting ready to appear next month, so developer Blizzard has begun reveal...

12 April 2012
12:11 GMT

Diablo III’s Demon Hunter Class Gets New Details, Fresh Video

Now that Diablo III finally has a release date, Blizzard has begun posting some fresh details about the different classes in the role-playing dungeon crawler, beginning with the mysterious Demon Hunter. Diablo III is eagerly awaited by millions of fans from all over the world, promising to deliver a brand new experi...

6 April 2012
18:21 GMT

Inferno Mode in Diablo III Will Challenge Hardcore Fans

Diablo III will have a re-designed Inferno mode, which will challenge even those fans who have no trouble using the same difficulty to complete the older Diablo II. Bashiok, who is one of the community managers at Blizzard, stated that, “Inferno monster levels aren’t linear any longer. They get progressi...

3 April 2012
05:46 GMT

Diablo III on Consoles Will Be a Quality, Blizzard-Level Experience

Diablo III is still not confirmed for a release on consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, but Blizzard is confident that it will deliver a quality experience, worthy of its brand. Diablo III has finally gotten a launch date for its PC and Mac versions, as it will arrive on May 15, after plenty of delays and lo...

28 March 2012
06:41 GMT

Blizzard Worried About Fan Perception of Mists of Pandaria

The development team at Blizzard working on the Mists of Pandaria expansion is worried that long-term fans of the series might be disappointed by the content that they are working on and by the tone of the new class and race. Greg Street, the lead systems designer working on World of Warcraft, told GameSpy that, &ld...

26 March 2012
03:03 GMT

Blizzard Already Has Framework for Another World of Warcraft Expansion

Mists of Pandaria is not yet out, but the developers working on the most popular subscription based MMO in the world at Blizzard are already ready to start working on a new package of big content for the game. Speaking to CVG, Paul Sams, who is the chief operations officer at Blizzard, said that the core framework f...

24 March 2012
04:59 GMT

Blizzard NetEase Deal Covers Chinese Mists of Pandaria Launch

Video game developer Blizzard and Chinese game operator NetEase have confirmed that their recent deal linked to the MMO World of Warcraft also covers the upcoming expansion Mists of Pandaria, which is set to arrive later during 2012. The deal between the two companies also includes two strategy titles, Warcraft III ...

22 March 2012
21:41 GMT

Blizzard Admits World of Warcraft Players Are Trying Out Star Wars: The Old Republic

Blizzard has admitted that quite a lot of its fans have suspended their subscriptions to its World of Warcraft online game in favor of other titles, like the recent Star Wars: The Old Republic, but it’s confident that many will come back sooner or later. World of Warcraft is still one of the most popular MMORP...

22 March 2012
19:11 GMT

Blizzard Announces Mists of Pandaria Beta Stage

Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it is close to launching the beta stage for Mists of Pandaria, the upcoming expansion for the World of Warcaft MMO, inviting all those who are interested in signing up to opt in via the official forum of the game. Those World of Warcraft players who have bought an Ann...

22 March 2012
09:09 GMT

World of Warcraft Lead Quest Designer Says Some Old Areas Will Be Remade Soon

The World of Warcraft MMO from Blizzard is getting ready to receive the Mists of Pandaria expansion this year and, while the focus has been on the new continent, the new race and the new class, the new package will also make changes to the old areas that players know too well. Speaking to WOW Insider, Dave Kosak, al...

21 March 2012
20:51 GMT

World of Warcraft Might Get More Free-to-Play Content

The subscription numbers for the Blizzard made World of Warcraft have been dropping steadily for some time, reaching a low of 10 million coming from a high of 12, and it seems that the development team has thought about offering more free-to-play content for players in order to reverse the trend. John Lagrave, who i...

21 March 2012
15:21 GMT

Diablo 3 System Requirements for Mac

Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed the system requirements for its highly anticipated dark fantasy/horror-themed action role-playing game of the year, Diablo 3. Mac gamers will be glad to learn that Diablo 3 will not require a truckload of RAM, nor will it ask for a bleeding edge graphics card. Minimum system req...

21 March 2012
14:11 GMT

Blizzard and NetEase Sign Three-Year World of Warcraft Agreement for Chinese Market

Chinese video game operator NetEase has announced that it has entered into an agreement with developer Blizzard and publisher Activision to run the MMO World of Warcraft on the Chinese market for another three years.The deal is valuable for both sides, as it has made World of Warcraft the biggest earner for NetEase w...

21 March 2012
14:01 GMT

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Locations Get New Details, Videos

Blizzard has just deployed a new series of videos and quite a lot of details about some of the locations that will be included in the upcoming World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria expansion. World of Warcraft may not be as popular as it once was, but Blizzard wants to keep players hooked to the online game so it&rsq...

20 March 2012
18:21 GMT

Blizzard Confirms Mass Developer Move to Project Titan

One leading developer working on the MMO genre at Blizzard has confirmed that a number of veteran developers from World of Warcraft have moved to the yet-undetailed Project Titan title in order to help get the game creation process of the ground. Tom Chilton, who is the game director working on World of Warcraft at ...

20 March 2012
10:46 GMT

Female Pandaren from World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Revealed

Blizzard has just revealed the first images of the female Pandaren character from the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft. While WoW has lost some of its subscribers in recent years, the online role playing game is still very popular among loyal fans, so Blizzard is preparing a special expansi...

20 March 2012
05:02 GMT

Mists of Pandaria Dungeons Will Be Challenging for World of Warcraft Fans

Mists of Pandaria was initially coldly received by the World of Warcraft players base, who thought that the expansion was too focused on the new race and class, but this might change when the fans see the changes that Blizzard plans to make to the dungeons and the leveling up system for the popular MMO. Speaking to ...

20 March 2012
04:06 GMT

Blizzard Reveals New Arthas Statue

Video game developer Blizzard and Sideshow Collectibles have announced that they are working on a new statue of Arthas Menethil that will be launched during winter of this year. The official description from Blizzard for the statues reads: “Meticulously sculpted by fine artist Brian Fay (whose body of work inc...

19 March 2012
13:11 GMT

Analyst: Diablo III Will Sell 5 Million Copies During First Year

The analysis firm Cowen & Company has estimated that the upcoming Diablo III hack and slash video game from Blizzard and Activision will managed to sell more than 5 million copies during the first year on sale. Doug Creutz, who is an analyst with the firm, says that about 1 full million copies will be linked to the ...

16 March 2012
20:01 GMT

Diablo III Officially Launches on May 15

After years of waiting and teasing, Blizzard has finally confirmed that its eagerly anticipated Diablo III role playing dungeon crawler will be released on May 15 for the PC and Mac platforms. Diablo III is probably one of the most anticipated games of the last few years, with Blizzard teasing its loyal fans with al...

15 March 2012
09:18 GMT

A Short Guide to the Diablo III Beta Classes

I recently spent some time with the Diablo III beta and came away unimpressed despite choosing what seemed to be the best quality of the bunch, the Demon Hunter, so I resolved to try out the other four classes in order to see whether my experience was in any way affected by the skills and the specific gameplay mechan...

10 March 2012
18:11 GMT

Blizzard Slashes PvP to Make Sure Diablo III Launches on Time

The development team at Blizzard has announced that it has decided to cut the Players versus Players Arena system from the initial release of Diablo III in order to make sure that the hack and slash title is launched on time. The Blizzard developers say that both the campaign and the core single and cooperative mech...

10 March 2012
04:55 GMT

Blizzard Offers Big Bonuses for Scroll of Resurrection Use in World of Warcraft

Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it is offering a range of bonuses to all the players who are ready to return to the MMO World of Warcraft as long as they can convince a friend who is still playing to use a Scroll of Resurrection on their own character. Those affected by the powerful Scroll will see ...

7 March 2012
05:48 GMT

Diablo III Release Date Announcement Coming Soon, Blizzard Confirms

Blizzard’s Game Director, Jay Wilson, has confirmed on his Twitter account that an announcement with the release date for Diablo III is coming soon. Without a doubt, one of the most anticipated games of the year is Diablo III, the long awaited role playing dungeon crawler from Blizzard. After hearing a possib...

6 March 2012
05:30 GMT

Blizzard Prepares Starcraft Master to Drive Up Multiplayer Interest

Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it is close to the launch date of a new mod for Stracraft II: Wings of Liberty, which is specifically designed to allow players to get into multiplayer matches with a clearer understanding of what it has to offer. The Starcraft Master mod will include 30 challenge sce...

6 March 2012
02:25 GMT

Quick Look: Diablo III Beta (with Gameplay Video)

Diablo III has been in development for so long that I was jumping to see what it had to offer during its beta stage even though I have been rather disappointed with what the second game in the series had to offer.The beta stage of the game has seen some pretty major changes during the last few months and, after spend...

5 March 2012
18:31 GMT

Diablo III Out on April 17 According to Retailer

Diablo III might finally be released on April 17, according to the Italian arm of online retailer Amazon, which has just pinned this launch date on Blizzard’s upcoming hack and slash dungeon crawler.Diablo III has been in development for quite some time, with developer Blizzard taking its time to make a great e...

5 March 2012
08:10 GMT

Weekend Reading: On Diablo III and the Complexity

Diablo III was long thought to be coming out during March, the fan base eagerly awaiting to finally get to play the game that Blizzard has been creating for the better part of a decade, but it seems that the development team needs some more time to work on the game and a fall launch date is now expected.The delay see...

3 March 2012
14:21 GMT

Blizzard Lays Off 600 Employees, Development Not Affected

Video game developer Blizzard Entertainment has announced that it will be laying off about 600 of its employees as a result of the completion of a review regarding theorganization’s core needs.600 is quite a high number given that reports from 2009 stated that Blizzard had about 4,600 workers and apparently add...

1 March 2012
05:56 GMT

Rumor Mill: Blizzard Working on Free-to-Play MMO

A report that cites sources inside Blizzard published by Develop suggests that video game developer Blizzard is currently actively working on a new MMO project that will use the free-to-play business model. The source claims that the studio is aiming to expand the business models it uses in order to make sure that i...

24 February 2012
19:41 GMT

Incoming 2012: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

What we know: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is the next expansion for Blizzard’s massively popular online role playing game, which brings lots of new things, including the Pandaren race, and raises the level cap to 90. World of Warcraft, despite seeing its subscriber count decrease in recent times, is ...

24 February 2012
16:41 GMT

Study: World of Warcraft Can Improve Attention in Older Players

A study done at the North Carolina State University has demonstrated that the Blizzard-made MMO World of Warcraft has the potential to improve the attention levels and the spatial awareness for older players. The study involved two groups of volunteers with ages between 60 and 77, one which was given World of Warcra...

24 February 2012
15:01 GMT


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