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Co-founder of Blizzard North, David Brevik has released the original pitch doc for the game It's 8 pages long, making it a pretty brisk read, and it's fascinating to see the first step to what would go on to become one of the most important tiles ever released. If you want to grab a look at[...]

Yesterday, Overwatch's release date was supposedly leaked via an IGN advert that ran too early evidently. Well, just as some clean up, that has now been confirmed, with Blizzard confirming that the release date is indeed May 24th However, the beta is now set for May 5th-9th for those who pre-order that game, so you can[...]

Overwatch has had people jazzed for years at this point. From the brilliant looking art style, to great word of mouth from those who've played it. We've

Dear Blizzard Fans, prepare to indulge this April as Funko releases Warcraft collections of Mystery Minis, POP!s, and Dorbz In light of the movie which is set to release this June, it's only fitting that some products are released for the already huge fanbase. For those of you who don't know, the Warcraft movie follows orc warriors fleeing their dying home[...]

Blizzard are one of the biggest developers int he world, with one of the most rabid fanbases That really became apparent with the launch of World of Warcraft back in 2004, but the company has a history much richer than that In fact, the developer/publisher/entertainment heavyweight is turning 25 years old this year and to[...]

Blizzard Entertainment is celebrating their 25th anniversary (as of yesterday) and have released this thank you video featuring CEO and Co-Founder Mike Morhaime and CDO and Co-Founder Frank Pearce In that 25 years they created multiple popular franchises including Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone and in the next year we'll get[...]

Blizzard's new IP has people jazzed and I really can't wait to get hands on with it. If you are lucky enough to be in the closed beta probgram, you'll be happy to know the beta is coming back next week It will launch on February 9th, sporting AI private matches, new maps, a new mode[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors closed their home office early on Friday, as the blizzard hit the East Coast The only major comic book distributor remains closed today, dealing with the effects of the snowstorm and current thaw flood. We're not sure what of this week's comics have made it out, But one way of another – be[...]

Being Blizzard's first new IP in a hell of a long time, that's probably to be expected though. If you were hoping to be invited into the next beta that was set for 'mid-late January', know you will be waiting a little longer Speaking on the Overwatch forums, director Jeff Kaplan said that the data from the last[...]

One of the products coming out of CES 2016 ties into very popular MMORPG from Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft and their upcoming Warcraft film IGN took at look at two of the products, the first being a battery bank that is shaped like the Doomhammer or an Alliance Shield and then there are statues[...]

Blizzard is running a promotion that if you adopt the in-game pet Brightpaw, 100% of its adoption fee will go to the Make-A-Wish foundation. The pet is actually quite adorable and cat-like From the video below it also looks like a trouble-maker You can use it to battle other pets, and all of your W.O.W[...]

Blizzard really do seem to be putting a lot of stock in the game, and from the sounds of it, it's really paying off. And hey, this should please fans even further In a new developer video, it was revealed that there are new ideas for maps and characters post-launch, and Blizzard, instead of offering these[...]

But if you want to be a swashbuckling scoundrel… say hello to Outlaw. For more information on the proposed changes to Rogues, check out this write up by Blizzard. And after a week's worth of articles we come down to the last of the character classes, but certainly not the least The stealthy and dangerous Rogue[...]

Mastery is focused on Razor Claws, increasing the bleed damage done by your attacks while on of the talent specific traits is Jagged Wounds, a passive talent that doesn't change the damage your Rip, Rake and Thrash abilities does… but it makes it happen 33% faster. There are some great themes behind the Guardian Druids but[...]

The role based arena shooter is really garnering a ton of word of mouth at the moment, which isn't entirely surprising given the Blizzard name attached I've not yet got my invite, which is sad, as I really do want to give the game a whirl. It seems I and those of you who haven't been[...]