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Blizzard has licensed the game out for everything from fashion lines to Nerf guns It looks like the next stop will be the world of young adult fiction. After Polygon spotted an Amazon listing for a novel called The Hero of Numbani slated for 2020, a Blizzard representative confirmed that it is indeed legitimate Amazon's official[...]

This week, Blizzard revealed the details of the Halloween-themed event coming to Hearthstone as we all experience Hallow's End: Doom In The Tomb The short version of the event is that you and whatever heroes or E.V.I.L villains you can muster together to uncover Uldum's precious secrets and escape the doom in the aforementioned tomb[...]

Blizzard Entertainment may finally be exploring a cross-play option for their highly popular first-person shooter, Overwatch In a recent interview with GameSpot, Principal producer Wes Yanagi was asked about the possibilities now that the game is headed to the Nintendo Switch And the answers he gave were very promising. Credit: Blizzard "Cross-play is something that would definitely[...]

Hammond) and Junkrat & Roadhog (inspired by the Junkertown map) are available now! The new sets expand on LEGO's existing line of sets, which includes a collection of popular heroes including Bastion, D.Va, Hanzo, Genji, and Reinhardt. The new LEGO Overwatch line sets are available starting today October 1 through the Blizzard Gear Store, LEGO, Barnes, and Noble, Gamestop,[...]

Earlier this year, the folks over at Blizzard managed to get together with UNIQLO and put together a set of Overwatch brand t-shirts I was lucky enough to get a couple of these before they were released to the public and have been wearing them around for a while to get reactions before giving a[...]

But if you ever needed proof that WoW hasn't been doing the same numbers as they used to, also take into account that the game is only third in top-grossing PC titles last month, with League Of Legends and Dungeon Fighter Online ahead of it. Credit: Blizzard Regardless of how you feel about World Of Warcraft Classic,[...]

Blizzard revealed where the first major tournament for Hearthstone will be in 2020 as the Masters Tour will head to Arlington, Texas The event will take place from January 30th until February 2nd at the Esports Stadium Arlington Over 300 invited competitors from around the globe will be vying for a shot at a $250k[...]

Would you like to have a LEGO version of Bastion in your copy of Overwatch? Blizzard just launched a brand new event that's pretty easy to do Starting today and running until the end of September, you can take part in Bastion's Brick Challenge All you have to do is win nine games in one[...]

Blizzard has just issued a ton of new changes to the way their Hearthstone Masters Qualifiers will run moving forward to ease the esports format Beginning on October 3rd, the Masters Tour Qualifiers will use the Conquest, best-of-three, 3 decks with a ban format The system will expand to 512 players but will switch to[...]

Someone is apparently mad as hell at Blizzard as the World Of Warcraft servers have been taking DDoS attacks for two days straight And it's not just regular 'ol WoW, the WoW Classic servers have been hit as well, causing multiple failures, timeouts, people being kicked, and exceedingly long wait times. Credit: Blizzard The trouble started yesterday[...]

After this weekend's matchups we now know that the Vancouver Titans and the New York Excelsior will be moving on into the grand finals bracket for a shot at the championship in Philadelphia. Credit: Blizzard Both teams competed this evening to see who would advance, with Vancouver taking out the Los Angeles Gladiators to take the Pacific[...]

So what are the odds it could happen on a Switch? Engadget asked Blizzard Entertainment that very question and got a brief statement on the matter And while cross-play won't be on the game at launch, that doesn't mean it can happen down the road. Credit: Nintendo "We've seen how compelling cross-system play can be for our[...]

Here's more details from Blizzard on the game as well as the official trailer. Credit: Nintendo In addition, Nintendo Switch gamers have the option to take control of their heroes in a whole-new way using the console's built-in gyroscopic motion controls, which let players tilt their console to line up the perfect shot as McCree, pilot D.Va through[...]

Blizzard has announced this week that the next Hearthstone solo adventure, Tombs of Terror, which is tied to Saviors Of Uldum, is available for pre-purchase The first chapter is free and will go live on all platforms on September 17th But for the complete adventure, you'll need to plunk down $20 You can read more[...]

This is a record launch day, but not an overall concurrent viewer record, as that is currently held by Fortnite at 1.5 million viewers. Some additional stats for World of Warcraft: Classic's Twitch stats on launch day include: ● Peak concurrent WoW viewers: 1,165,793 at August 26 at 3:05pm PDT ● 6.1 million unique viewers within the first 24 hours of[...]

According to a recent report by Polygon, Blizzard Entertainment is suing Chinese game developer Sina Games The lawsuit alleges that Sina Games' Glorious Saga is "almost entirely copied from the Warcraft games and related products." Blizzard is seeking maximum damages of $150,000 per infringed work and a court order to stop the copyright infringement. Blizzard also alleges that many[...]

Included in the mix are Sodapoppin, Kristian Nairn, Patty Mattson, and Matthew Mercer. credit//Blizzard Classic's Azeroth is equal parts wonder and hazard, and its trials will push players to their limits The Alliance and the Horde, in the midst of outright war, are made to reckon with forces whose powers transcend their own brutal conflict—including some of the[...]

Amazon may have leaked one of the biggest stories of the year we didn't know about, and it all started with a new Overwatch product.

It looks like Blizzard may not have fully anticipated just how many people were going to sign up for World Of Warcraft Classic The company posted a new update in their forums this past week, alerting players that many of their servers had reached capacity And that those creating accounts on full servers may end[...]

Blizzard has released the 2020 schedule for the regular season of the Overwatch League, and confirms some news we kinda knew was coming The schedule shows that there will be multiple games taking place during the week, being held in two specific locations each week with a schedule that will swap back and forth between[...]

Here's a few quotes from the tournament as we now look to Season Two of the Grandmasters tour, kicking off on August 23rd. credit//Blizzard "It's so unreal," Felkeine said "Three days ago, I entered the tournament and went 1-1 to start, and here I am!" Felkeine was certainly studied up, having played a total of 23 Mage mirrors[...]

Blizzard has officially brought back the StarCraft II War Chest for BlizzCon 2019, complete with new skins and new ways to earn freebies until the World Championship Series Finals The Terrans, Protoss, and Zerg each have their own War Chest available for purchase, or you can get all three with the Warchest Complete Bundle There's[...]

The developers at Blizzard posted a new blog entry on the Diablo side of things discussing the future updates coming to Diablo 3 The blog is pretty short compared to other updates, but it gets to the core of a few things in the game Basically, they're going to continue with more content in a[...]

Starting today, Blizzard has officially added their latest hero Sigma to the Overwatch lineup, as well as the role queue system for all game modes We've been testing out Sigma in the PTR servers for a while now and it seems like they finally got his balance down But it is Overwatch, so give it[...]

So to expedite the process for players, Blizzard has opened up name registration for the game You can read more about it below, and get the full details here Best of luck getting the name you want! credit//Blizzard When you reserve a name, you'll also choose the realm you will play that character on[...]

This week, Blizzard is finally adding the latest Hearthstone expansion, Saviors Of Uldum, to the servers for people to play with You can now balance out some of the other decks in the mix as The League of Explorers have arrived stop the vile plans of Arch-Villain Rafaam and his band of nefarious ne'er-do-wells in[...]

Thanks to a group of dedicated Diablo fans, you can now play the MMORPG in your browser window. The browser edition of the classic game was created thanks

Blizzard always has one of the more popular areas on the SDCC floor Fans of Overwatch, Hearthstone, Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, and so many other mega-properties flock over there to chat up the team, participate in demos, and pick up exclusive merchandise This stuff always goes fast, and Blizzard not only brings exclusives, they feature collectibles[...]

Qhira is the newest original hero to be added to Blizzard's MOBA, and while she's only available on the PTR right now, she will hit the game properly in a few weeks' time. Qhira is a deadly Iresian Bounty Hunter, who functions as a versatile and dangerous Melee Assassin armed with a deadly Iresian Chainblade[...]

Here's a perfect example of what we're talking about. credit//Blizzard This apparently annoyed the community so much that they complained enough to get the developers to nerf her again with the latest update The reason it's newsworthy is that Overwatch, while they do care about their players, generally don't just change characters abilities based on complaints[...]