Some time ago, we reported the rumours flying around that Blizzard would be releasing a HD version their classic RTS Starcraft. Despite it not being revealed as expected at Blizzcon last year, it seems the rumour lives on. According to…
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Overwatch Adds Competitive Play Mode
The open beta and release date of Overwatch is almost upon us, but the closed beta just got a significant update with the addition of a Competitive Play mode. According to post from Blizzard on the Battle.net forums, the new…
Overwatch Gets Hearthstone Style Weekly Brawls
The closed beta for Overwatch got a significant update this week that adds a bunch of new character skins, a new map based off of legendary highway Route 66. As well as all this, Blizzard also added Hearthstone style weekly…
Overwatch Closed Beta Finally Returning Next Week
The lucky few who were able to get into the closed beta for Overwatch have undoubtedly been jonesing for it since Blizzard took it down in December. But finally, Blizzard have announced that it will be returning next week on…
Don’t Worry, Overwatch Has Dedicated Servers & Custom Matches
Blizzard may be newbies when it comes to first person shooters, but they definitely know what the PC gaming market wants. And two things they definitely want in an FPS are dedicated servers and custom matches. In a recent interview…
World of Warcraft Subscriptions At Nine Year Low
World of Warcraft subscribers have dropped to 5.6 million, and while that is still a lot of people, that is the lowest they’ve been in nine years. You might remember that the game had 7.1 million subscribers at the end…
Overwatch | Blizzard Confirms FOV Slider
After some concerns that Overwatch would not have an FOV slider, Blizzard has confirmed that it will ship with one. This shouldn’t really need to be a thing that’s announced, as Overwatch is a PC exclusive FPS, but sadly too…
Diablo 3 | Microtransactions Won’t Make It To The West
Recently, we had a peak at the content that will be coming to Diablo 3 in patch 2.2.0 in the future. Now, they have spoken out in response to some concerns at something spotted in these path notes. Basically, they…
Diablo 3 – Cross-platform Play & Seasons Ruled Out For Consoles
Oh dear. After riding a rather nice wave following the hypefest known as BlizzCon, Blizzard has made the announcement that PS4 and Xbox One owners will not be able to play together, and they also won’t be getting any of…
Starcraft 2 Legacy Of The Void Two Player Mode & Trailer Reveal
BlizzCon has barely begun, but we already have some information on the much awaited Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void. This early reveal comes to us courtesy of writer James Blocksom, who posted a photo via Instagram. This picture features…
Warlords Of Draenor Gives WoW A Subscriber Boost
After a period of time where the subscribers only seemed to decrease, Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft subscribers are up to 7.4 as of the 30th September, which is up from the 6.8 reported in June. As I…
Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls Patch 2.1.0 Detailed
Blizzard have given the first major update to Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls, and have also provided some nice details on the update. As befits a Blizzard patch, it is rather large and contains many things, including Seasons Leaderboards,…
Corporate Vice President of Xbox Program Management Now At Blizzard As Chief Tech Officer
This is one piece of news that didn’t make many front pages, but it’s certainly interesting. Ben Kilgore who served as corporate vice president of Xbox program management has officially left Microsoft to serve at Blizzard. He’s taken on the job…
Starcraft 2 Heart of The Swarm – Patch 2.1 Rolling Out This Week
Blizzard has finally confirmed that the long awaited Starcraft 2 HoTS patch 2.1 will begin rolling out this week. Blizzard also graced us with a schedule for the gradual rollout of the patch, which states that the patch will be…
Diablo 3 – Reaper of Souls – Download Now In The Background
Blizzard’s new Expansion for Diablo 3, Reaper of Souls is available right now for background download. Of course, you’ll not be able to play Reaper of Souls until the expansions official release date, but this pre-load will save time in…