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Huge Overwatch Update Bringing New Map, Skins, and More Tomorrow

The next major update for Overwatch goes live tomorrow, January 23rd, with a ton of new content. The update will bring new skins, emotes, icons, and sprays to the hero first-person shooter…

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World of Warcraft Classic Will Be an Official Vanilla Server

Before detailing what is coming next to World of Warcraft — spoiler alert: it’s a big new expansion — BlizzCon revealed a “vanilla” server is in the works, going by the…

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World of Warcraft Announces Major Expansion Called Battle for Azeroth

World of Warcraft was the focus of some major announcements at this weekend’s BlizzCon in Anaheim, California. In addition to a vanilla server of the classic game, the MMO is…

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Overwatch Reveals New Character and Map

BlizzCon 2017 is bringing more news for Blizzard’s major franchises. It’s Overwatch‘s turn now, as a brand new hero and an exciting new map have been revealed by game director Jeff…

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StarCraft II is Going Free-to-Play

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard Entertainment’s popular real-time strategy game, is going free-to-play later this month on November 14th, the studio announced yesterday. Company CEO Mike Morhaime revealed the news during…

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Industry

Blizzcon 2017 Promises 60 Hours of Content to the Virtual World

Blizzcon describes itself as ‘an epic celebration of Blizzard Entertainment’s game universes and the communities which bring them to life’. The 11th annual convention will take place this year on…

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Overwatch’s Halloween Terror Event is Live, Check Out All the Features

Overwatch‘s Halloween event kicks off today and adds lots of spooky skins, emotes, cosmetics, and play modes. A few of the themed skins leaked a couple days ago, but the…

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Overwatch Free Weekend Starts Soon

Blizzard has announced that a new free weekend is coming for their FPS hit, Overwatch. “Attention, recruits! If you haven’t already had the opportunity to suit up and save the…

Blizzard releases special charity Pet early ahead of BlizzCon 2017

Due to the recent natural disasters around the world, Blizzard has decided to release this year’s new charity pet early. Ahead of BlizzCon 2017 which takes place later this year.…

Announcements

Hearthstone 9.1 Update detailed and there’s no Ultimate Infestation nerf

Blizzard has just released their latest update for Hearthstone. The popular card game seems to have received several nerfs for the Shaman and Warrior classes. The biggest change however seems…