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Blizzard formally announced today that Brigitte will finally move out of the PTR and into Overwatch's main roster as the 27th hero starting on Tuesday, March 20th The character will be available for all modes of play, but like all updates, will not be included in the Overwatch League until Stage Two is finished Below[...]

The next expansion for Blizzard's Warcraft trading card game, Hearthstone, will include the haunted boughs of The Witchwood, which will bring 135 new cards, complete with some spooky new game mechanics And yes, there will be a witch or two for you to burn in that massive card drop. If you need some background on the titular forest itself,[...]

This includes poses like laughing and making chicken wing poses to call out people, which look alright but kind of funky just sitting on an open plain of existence with nothing to back it up.  Now that this has been revealed, we set our watches to see how long it takes Blizzard to confirm the news[...]

After the incident, TaiRong issued an unprompted public apology, and made a donation to the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, actions which were taken into account when determining the judgment against him. Ted "Silkthread" Wang, of the Los Angeles Valiant, is fined $1,000 for account sharing, a violation of the Blizzard End User License Agreement. Félix "xQc" Lengyel,[...]

The cards were chosen by the attendees of BlizzCon 2017 and will go live with update 10.4. Blizzard also released a video explaining the changes, which is hosted by Lead Systems Designer Kris Zierhut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apVLfBniYLwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Designer Insights with Kris Zierhut: Upcoming Arena Changes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apVLfBniYLw) [...]

The rumour first saw light from a notorious industry insider a few weeks back, and then Blizzard seemingly hinted at the port with a tweet showing a Diablo night light being 'switched' on This fanned the flames with many reading this as a tease for an impending announcement Then that all came crashing down a[...]

StarCraft is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary this month and to give back to fans, Blizzard is bringing goods to all of its games themed around the historic RTS. StarCraft turns 20 years old on March 31 The franchise has an important place in the history of the real-time strategy genre but also in helping to make[...]

Blizzard has posted a new job opening on their site that appears to be aiming for someone with experience in mobile gaming creation who has a passion for RPG work So, by logic, everyone is guessing that Blizzard is making a mobile RPG title We've posted some of the details below for you to read[...]

Diablo fans have a theory going right now, which basically comes down to this: Blizzard was teasing an edition of Diablo III that would be coming to the Nintendo Switch Their proof? This tweet: Sweet dreams pic.twitter.com/tZvCnjjzWb — Blizzard Entertainment (@Blizzard_Ent) February 28, 2018 Now, you might think that the tweet is obviously advertising a Diablo-themed night light with an[...]

Today, Blizzard sent out a short Tweet to their fans revolving around Diablo III which caused much speculation and rumor on news sites, forums, and social media as to what it could mean Below is the tweet that shows a Diablo nightlight being switched off The whole thing lasts five seconds and has nothing else[...]

Blizzard has finally revealed Overwatch's 27th hero and as expected, it is long sought after character Brigitte. This has been coming for a while From the official teases (to the accidental leaks) people have been expecting the long canonised character Brigitte to be the next Overwatch character It turns out, those expectations were well founded as[...]

Turns out, Blizzard's own PR team may have just given it away Earlier today we got this lovely image below, showing off another piece of armor that appears to be a shield of some sorts In standard teaser fashion, it appears the Overwatch team were trolling their fans a bit, making us believe that some[...]

Hearthstone is entering its next year, Year of the Raven, which will come with a new Standard format, a new expansion, and a new druid hero Lunara.

However, when has Blizzard ever made things so simple? This could all be a misleading ploy to take us off the real trail, like how we were teased about the other ape named Hammond who went missing along with Winston (who escaped) after the others killed the remaining human members by locking them out of[...]

Blizzard has revealed that Diablo III's Season 13 will begin soon In addition, they've detailed the changes coming to the game in their latest blog post. As usual, Season 13 will come with new cosmetic rewards which are obtainable by working through the Season Journey objectives This time around, the rewards will be the Helm and Shoulder[...]

Below are the initial details of the large update that Blizzard has just implemented into Warfract III, minus some info on map pools and other minor additions Overall, the reception to these changes has been met with a lot of praise on their own forums with only the most hardcore of hardcore players taking umbrage[...]

Blizzard has responded to a sign in Overwatch League and decided to let Zenyatta walk to rather hilarious effect. Blizzard has been having some social media fun with the Overwatch League audience recently Several fans have been bringing in signs with… inventive suggestions for the development team on how to improve heroes Most famously was a[...]

Welcome back to Overwatch League Spotlight, a little section where we highlight the best matches of Overwatch League just so you can watch the good stuff.

We've been teased about seeing a new DPS character in Overwatch clear back to before BlizzCon this past November until they revealed Moira as the latest attack-support character who caught on like fire with healers looking to also do damage.

Blizzard has released a sudden Warcraft 3 patch for the game ahead of its first Invitational competition, leading many to believe a remaster is on the horizon. credit//Blizzard If you've been following the buzz around Warcraft 3 recently, you will know the community is rife with talk of a potential remaster After StarCraft saw a remaster last[...]

If you've enjoyed watching the Overwatch League matches, you have even more reason to tune in, because viewers will now receive in-game benefits for watching the League. Blizzard has announced that the Overwatch League and Twitch are teaming up again, and starting today viewers will be able to earn skins, emotes, and team-themed items, as well as League[...]

In case you had any worries that Blizzard may not be working on more Overwatch content for years to come, take a gander at this new job listing on their website as the company is looking to hire a new writer to their staff The details of what this position could be in charge of[...]

Overwatch has been out for over a year and a half and people are still coming up with new ways to pay homage to Blizzard's first-person shooter While seeing the game adapted to versions of an RPG, a battle sim, and even a game of Pokémon, none are as epic as the fighting game version[...]

Next thing you know, we have Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl pulling obscene ratings on "Super Bowl Sunday," both during the live broadcast and follow-up rebroadcast. Leave it to the good folks at Blizzard to take it to the next level with Puppy Rumble, an Overwatch-theme game of puppy-vs.puppy capture-the-flag Starting at 6:00 p.m ET/3:00 p.m[...]

When the word got out that the highly skilled Zarya player Kim "Geguri" Seyeon would be joining the Shanghai Dragons int he Overwatch League, making her the first and only woman in the league to join, people saw it as an amazing sign and hope for the 0-12 Dragons. 

A bit of a cool development on the part of Blizzard for Warcraft 3 players, as the company has set up a private event near the end of the month and had invited some hardcore pro players to attend as guests The details of what's going on are a bit sketchy and up to interpretation depending[...]

The first big change comes to Mei, as they'll be increasing her freeze time on her primary shot, as well as giving her additional icicle blasts from her secondary shot as a way to give her a chance to do more damage when people run from her. credit//Blizzard Sombra's getting some major changes to har hack and the[...]

The new season for Capture The Flag in Overwatch has its first update that's sure to anger many a player, as Blizzard has removed the ability for you to use Lúcio to Wall Ride while holding the flag all the way to the goal Why is this an issue? Because players have been using the[...]

So for some time, there has been this rumor going around on Reddit that Blizzard was gearing up to release HearthStone on the Nintendo Switch And why not? The game is super popular and is already made for tablets, why not port it over to the newest console on the market that uses a touchscreen? It makes[...]

Blizzard has a habit of showing off what Overwatch can do every few months and February will be no different as the company will offer another free weekend this week The announcement came out this week via their Twitter feed. HEROES WANTED! Play Overwatch FREE Feb 16–19 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. 💻 🎮 https://t.co/Pq264DygsZ pic.twitter.com/dw31d2Z2Do —[...]