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Give people the tools and the mechanics and watch them go! Some Overwatch players did just that by recreating a Portal gun in the game.

A full transcript of the call can be read here, but the footnotes to the chat are that Activision Blizzard are viewing the game as "a huge tentpole franchise", and that the company is focusing more efforts to expand the game than they had before that will still include new heroes, maps, and events As[...]

Activision Blizzard will be taking a new approach to Call Of Duty when it comes to esports by introducing team cities, much like they did with Overwatch League The five cities that have been announced are Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Paris, and Toronto All of which, you may notice, already have Overwatch League teams in[...]

Those looking forward to playing World of Warcraft Classic whenever Blizzard finally releases it will be dealing with a couple of changes to the game Why? Because as much as you might love it, not everything in WoW was perfect from the get-go One of the biggest concerns has been items, which it appears they[...]

It's our final day in Taipei, Taiwan for the Hearthstone 2019 HCT World Championships as we're going to crown a new 2019 champion today! This is the final game of the day, the end-all-be-all of the four-day competition as we witness Viper face off against Hunterace to become the 2019 champion. credit//Blizzard Entertainment HCT World Championships Final:[...]

Here are the results from the Semifinal matches today. credit//Blizzard Entertainment Semifinals Game 1: Bunnyhoppor vs Viper credit//Blizzard Entertainment Best friend and practice partners collide in this matchup as both men have nearly similar decks with only a couple cards difference between them BH started game one off with a Hunter deck while Viper went with a Mage deck[...]

Here are the results from the Quarterfinal matches today. credit//Blizzard Entertainment Quarterfinals Game 1: Bunnyhoppor vs Languagehacker credit//Blizzard Entertainment The first match started off with BH going with his Warlock deck while LH took his Hunter deck into the fray The two basically had what could best be described as a series of false starts[...]

For those who want a more vanilla World of Warcraft experience, Blizzard is releasing World of Warcraft Classic this summer The retro server will take players back to game patch 1.12 from 2006, though in-game content will start from the beginning of the game and release at a similar pace as the original release So, players can[...]

Blizzard Entertainment is returning with BlizzCon 2019 at the Anaheim Convention Center November 1st and 2nd this year Tickets to BlizzCon 2019 will go on sale in two waves, the first on may 4th, the second on May 8th. This year, the con is changing things up a bit with more active hall space at the[...]

Blizzard just announced a bunch of cool new features that are being rolled out on the Public Test Realm for Overwatch, including a nifty little option allowing players to mod the floors to cause fire damage Blizzard calls it "Molten Floor" mode, but come on, it's THE FLOOR IS LAVA, and I love it. //Credit: Blizzard Welcome[...]

Blizzard had some big news today regarding the Hearthstone Masters Tour as the championship round will be making it's way to Seoul, South Korea The tournament will be held a from August 16th-18th for a shot at $250k and prizes yet to be announced, all determined during a giant PC Bang According to the company,[...]

Enjoy the trailer! credit//Blizzard Get ready to explore the heart of Cuba, Havana Discover the old colonial fortifications and fight through the colorful streets of this coastal city Havana is a new Escort map set in the region where one of the infamous members of Talon's council, Maximilien, operated For a time, this shadowy organization plagued the[...]

credit// Blizzard In case you missed the content preview stream on April 11th, Blizzard's Senior Game Designer Jeremy Feasel used the stream to lay out exactly what World of Warcraft players can expect from the next major chapter in the Battle for Azeroth cycle You can watch the full stream here or keep reading for the highlights. New Zone:[...]

Blizzard has released a new lore video today showing off the story of Storm Rising before the event takes place in Overwatch this Friday Based on what we're seeing in the video, it looks like this is no longer part of the official Overwatch Archives, as in, we're not going back in time This is[...]

Overwatch will kick off their Storm Rising event this week on April 16th, but before that happens, we're getting a look at who and what will be involved in the story.

Blizzard is bringing back their Archives event for Overwatch again this month, and this time around you'll be playing a mission called "Storm Rising" Not a lot of info was released about the event, as you can see by the video below, it involves a high-class omnic who you are targeting But it's unclear whether[...]

Blizzard has officially revealed details about how the Hearthstone Grandmaster League will officially work going into the 2019 season of play We have the full explanation of the details below, which will kick off with Season One on May 17th (there will be two seasons total) which will have eight weeks of online matches broadcast[...]

But it didn't matter much as the Titans came back again on Dorado getting the payload across the map to two points to the Shock's one, tying it again at 2-2. credit//Blizzard The Shock against took the lead by claiming two points on Ilios, holding off Vancouver 2-1 and taking a lead to set up the match[...]

Blizzard provided a new action video for him as well as some bio information and details on all of his abilities, which you can see below All you need to do is let the game update and he'll be added Good luck with this new character who feels like a total game changer. credit//Blizzard Bio Real Name: Jean-Baptiste[...]

Blizzard announced his addition to the game on Twitter today, giving players only a handful of days left to test him out before he goes live on the primary servers and becomes the latest character that's going to be hard to select to play as he's become super popular on the PTR. Everyone sign their life[...]

This week, Blizzard revealed the next expansion for Hearthstone will be Rise Of Shadows and provided some details on the mechanics behind it The primary story going on in this expansion is that you will join a mischievous league of miscreants called The League of E.V.I.L., and as such will be privy to and have[...]

As we enter the weekend, we now officially know that Blizzard itself will be losing over 200 employees as part of the Activision Blizzard restructuring 209 in total across all areas of the company and in multiple locations including Irvine, Santa Monica, Burbank, New York City, Austin, and Bloomington Variety obtained documentation from the Worker Adjustment[...]

Blizzard Entertainment and GOG.Com have partnered to re-release several classic Blizzard games, and the fun starts with the 1996's Diablo The legendary RPG is available for digital distribution, for the first time ever, on GOG. Players who pick up Diablo will be able to play the game as it was in 1996, with 20 FPS SVGA graphics and[...]

Aside from being at the center of a bunch of fan rage late last year, Blizzard and NetEase are still pushing forward with Diablo Immortal for mobile devices Now according to a new report from Bloomberg, it appears the game may be coming out sooner than some expected. Yang Zhaoxuan, the Chief Financial Officer for NetEase was[...]

This morning, Blizzard announced the sweet sixteen who will compete in the Hearthstone 2019 HCT World Championship happening in Taipei, Taiwan We have all the competitors for you below, with the Americas taking in an impressive six players, followed by Europe with four The championship will take place live on Twitch as they broadcast it from Taipei[...]

The generator can be destroyed. Amplification Matrix (Ultimate) Baptiste creates a matrix that doubles the damage and healing effects of friendly projectiles that pass through it. Exo Boots (Passive) By first crouching, Baptiste can jump higher. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ credit//Blizzard credit//Blizzard credit//Blizzard credit//Blizzard credit//Blizzard credit//Blizzard credit//Blizzard credit//Blizzard credit//Blizzard [...]

Blizzard just released a new video this evening showing off the next hero coming to Overwatch, and his name is Baptiste We don't get to see what the character can do just yet, but instead, we do get an origin story that is drowning in sorrow and anger as we learn that he was orphaned[...]

It's only been four months since Ashe was added to Overwatch, but the Blizzard devs feel its time to add a brand new character to the roster The company posted this tweet to their official Overwatch feed, showing a six-second video of what appears to be a Talon log screen being hacked by Sombra, as[...]

Blizzard has officially announced how they're going to keep the Hearthstone esports scene alive after recent cuts by introducing the Hearthstone Masters The goal of the new program is to make the esport more sustainable, entertaining, and accessible, of which this will be the first part We have some of the details behind this below as well[...]

After spending a couple weeks on the test servers, Blizzard officially made the new Paris map live in Overwatch today The map will send you through winding streets, cafes, and a ton of other sites all along the Seine With the Eiffel Tower in sight at all times in the background, because it's so damn huge you[...]