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No Blizzard turns to showcase the Lord of the Fire Elementals himself, Ragnaros This new playable hero has a few unique traits that they breakdown in full during the video… the most notable is an ability to take over an allied or destroyed force, turning him into a raid boss This isn't a heroic ability[...]

Blizzard had cameras following four of the teams competing in the tournament as they went through bootcamp, opening week and Blizzcon itself The last episode of Beyond the Nexus for 2016 focus on four of the team who participated: Team Dignitas, Denial ESports, Fnatic and Astral Autority. This is a really good look at what you[...]

Blizzard has released a new holiday themed video called A Winter Tale based in their popular World of Warcraft game that follows a bit of the classic Dr Seuss tale of the Grinch Who Stole Christmas It's all for a good cause as they are introducing a new in-game pet named Mischief with sales going[...]

Overwatch is close to getting a brand new map as announced at BlizzCon a few weeks ago. In fact, it seems we are very, very close, and some will even be

The latest Man At Arms: Reforged jumps into the world of Blizzard Entertainments newest games series Overwatch The Stagemer brothers of Baltimore Knife & Sword take on making Genji's Dragonblade sword They say that the Dragonblade is the top requested build by their fans The build includes a sword making technique that was created back[...]

So, perhaps this isn't a surprise, but a nice bit of teasing. It looks like Overwatch might be celebrating the Holidays with an event, much like its

Overwatch fan theories are part of the fandom now. Making wild guesses about the story and gameplay fill the Reddit board on a daily basis. This one is

He can move across the battlefield like a ghost and is almost unstoppable in close quarters combat. This week Blizzard has unveiled the first ever Reaper statue which can be pre-ordered on their site The video below shows the piece off nicely This is the second statue they are offering for sale, with Tracer being the[...]

I've seen a few Yule Log videos for folks to put on their TV's or computers that don't have fire places… I have a fire place and I may still be running this new one from Blizzard Entertainment In conjunction with their game Hearthstone, here is a 53 minutes long… yes you read that right…[...]

Game Director Jeff Kaplan sits down and goes through the Developer Update. This one focuses on Symmetra from Overwatch and her recent redesign. In the

On Tuesday, Blizzard Entertainment is going to release the third covert ops mission pack in the trilogy focused on the popular character of Nova Terra Like many of the Blizzard characters, Nova has a deep, rich history that includes growing up in one of the oldest families but losing everyone to alien invaders She discovered[...]

This is just a bit of a highlight for you. Overwatch is currently in its seconrd ever free weekend, and it is cureently free to play on PC, Xbox One and

Blizzard is pushing Heroes of the Storm hard right now The popular MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) is doing a lot of things to change how MOBA's work, varying the game play of different heroes and allowing you to customize each hero through a series of talent trees Which means that even when you see[...]

Armor remains at 400 Movement speed while firing has been increased by 25% Lúcio Amp It Up Healing per second has been decreased by 10% Mei Blizzard Ultimate cost has been increased by 15% Mercy Passive health regeneration now activates when Mercy avoids taking damage for 1 second (formerly 3 seconds) Pharah Rocket Launcher Minimum explosion damage has been increased by 13% Minimum explosion knockback has been decreased[...]

The game features various characters from different Blizzard Entertainment properties like World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Overwatch and more. At Blizzcon 2016, it was announced the arrival of two new heroes for the game: Varian Wrynn and Ragnaros Both of them change the game play in a unique way Today Blizzard released a hero spotlight that focuses[...]

Its now wonder Blizzard has put so much time and effort into building the Esports market and is pushing the new Overwatch League. Putting the argument of whether this counts as a sport or the players as athletes aside… this is a fast growing global market that other companies are now trying to get involved with[...]

Photo by Jimmy Harris. Blizzard has released the compilation of costumes below and there is a video of the whole costume contest at the bottom. https://youtu.be/uOqN-LJ-nE4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: BlizzCon 2016 Warcraft Cosplay Compilation (https://youtu.be/uOqN-LJ-nE4) https://youtu.be/DLIXOjhUxe0 One of the most amazing things at Blizzcon is the cosplayers[...]

It's a really cool highlight system that is just so much fun to watch at the end of a match (provided you won.) However, it is hard to say it always gets it right though, focusing a lot on kills and ults, rather than great play. That isn't lost on Blizzard either Speaking to Kotaku at[...]

Part of Blizzcon is the fan participation. This comes in the form of a cosplay contest, a talent contest, and art contest and a short film contest. Here

Blizzard has released a big of development footage for each of these new elements in the game. Starting off with the former King of Stormwind, fans of World of Warcraft recently watch Varian Wrynn lose his life in battle with the Legion just outside the Tomb of Sargeras It was a crushing blow to players… but[...]

A single company, Blizzard Entertainment, has created a big enough fan base to host an annual convention that takes up more space than the average comic con The price per ticket for two day is over $100 a ticket, yet they give you a swag bag that often includes items that hit eBay for multiple[...]

Okay… Blizzard just roled out a LOT of upcoming news for World of Warcraft They just dropped patch 7.1 and we already know what's coming with 7.1.5 and 7.2… and where they are going after that I'm going to hit the highlights here. 7.1.5 With 7.1.5 we get the return of the Brawler's Guild with two a[...]

And Blizzard just released a video of that. https://youtu.be/bcrPuSRYA4UVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: [NEW HERO – NOW PLAYABLE] Introducing Sombra | Overwatch (https://youtu.be/bcrPuSRYA4U) Well we've seen the announcement for Sombra and her backstory… but the real question is, how does she play Well, she can hack… other players, health packs, turrets… she can[...]

Blizzard has just released the origin story for Sombra, the newest character for Overwatch Sombra is from Mexico and ties into the gang Los Muertos that Soldier 76 took on in a previous animated video Sombra looks at every lock and wants to open it, every mystery and wants to solve it She found a[...]

Blizzard is celebrating a few things right now It's their 10th Blizzcon, it's the 20th anniversary of Diablo… and the 25th anniversary of Blizzard The company has put together a video retrospective of their growth over the quarter of a century. https://youtu.be/phUgzmvBZ3IVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Celebrate 25 Years with Blizzard Entertainment (https://youtu.be/phUgzmvBZ3I) [...]

Not to be outdone by all the other announcements, Starcraft  had a preview for their new Co-Op Commander Alexei Stukov. There will also be a third and

Blizzard announced today at Blizzcon 2016 the start of the Overwatch League, their new E-Sports league They are looking for team owners and players The idea is to have a team represent major cities around the globe This is a league that will compensate their players and offer benefits This could be a whole new[...]

At Blizzcon 2016, it was just announced that Diablo III will be adding a new hero class next year... the Necromancer. This was a class that was playable

After One Night in Karazhan, the Hearthstone game developers wanted to give players a break and take them some place quiet... they didn't though. Instead

Though the character had been leaked online already, Blizzard has just release the first official look at Sombra in this new Overwatch animated featured that just debuted at Blizzcon moments ago. https://youtu.be/Og5-Pm4HNlIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Overwatch Animated Short | "Infiltration" (https://youtu.be/Og5-Pm4HNlI) Though the character had been leaked online already, Blizzard has just[...]