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There May Never Be Another Game Developer as Successful and Chaotic as Blizzard
Jason Schreier, author of Play Nice, describes the rise and fall of Blizzard Entertainment, the massive sexual harassment scandal, and sweeping games industry layoffs. Blizzard, the developer ...
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Blizzard has made it impossible to die while levelling in World of Warcraft, for some reason — at what point does being too easy become boring?
Microsoft acquired the game when it purchased Activision-Blizzard, which was finalized last year. Over the summer, World of Warcraft gained its latest expansion, The War Within, and it has been ...
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It's been 12 months since Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard, so what's changed?
It has been one year since Microsoft finally acquired Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn, making history as the biggest company buyout in the video games industry to date. Finally, on 13th October ...
PC Gamer21d
Blizzard is reportedly 'incubating' a StarCraft shooter again, which would be the developer's 3rd attempt at the accursed concept
Hay joined Blizzard back in 2022. "Most of the developers were laid off, while a few would remain with Hay to begin incubating, of all things, a new StarCraft shooter … Perhaps after Ghost and ...
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Blizzard of 2015
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AV Club22d
Read This: The Activision Blizzard downturn is a familiar tale of late capitalism
For our millionth example of this truism, look no further than Bloomberg ‘s excerpt of Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, And Future Of Blizzard Entertainment. It paints a picture of one boss ...
IGN21d
Blizzard Reportedly Working on a StarCraft Shooter — With Ex-Far Cry Chief Dan Hay at the Helm
Blizzard is reportedly making a third attempt at developing a StarCraft shooter, with former Far Cry executive producer Dan Hay, who joined Blizzard in 2022, leading the charge. Hot on the heels ...
GameSpot20d
Blizzard Is Reportedly Trying To Make A StarCraft Shooter, Again
StarCraft has largely been dormant since Blizzard stopped updating StarCraft II in 2020 to focus on the future of the franchise. But now, there's a report that Blizzard is taking another stab at ...
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The Games Industry Will Continue to Grow, Former Blizzard President Says on the Eve of First New Game
Morhaime is able to speak from a place of almost unparalleled experience. For almost 30 years under Morhaime, Blizzard released a near constant string of hits that include Warcraft 2, Warcraft 3 ...
Los Angeles Times21d
Activision Blizzard to lay off hundreds in Irvine and Santa Monica starting next month
Video game giant Activision Blizzard will start laying off employees at its Irvine and Santa Monica locations next month as parent company Microsoft Corp. looks to cut costs in its gaming division.
PC Gamer1mon
Blizzard reveals new Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred story details—it's more than just disgusting body horror
It's nice to finally have some real story teasers to chew on before Vessel of Hatred launches on October 8. I'm not sure how much to read into the fact that Blizzard isn't pushing Mephisto as the ...
Windows Central1mon
Diablo 4 has made $1 billion and counting for Blizzard, and a huge chunk of that comes from devilish microtransactions
Blizzard Entertainment's popular action RPG Diablo 4 was one of the biggest games in 2023, and has continued to be a big success in 2024. Now, new details from a developer's LinkedIn profile have ...