Our latest coverage of Blizzard Entertainment.
Don't think you can make it to BlizzCon 2016? Blizzard has you covered with the BlizzCon 2016 Virtual Ticket and Goody Bag, both of which were announced yesterday. The Virtual Ticket, which costs $39.99, entitles you to livestreams of the event. "On-demand replays" will be available "for at least three weeks after the show." Various in-game items for "World of [...]
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A new job listing has been spotted on Blizzard Entertainment's careers website, that of Game Director for an as yet unannounced Diablo title—maybe even titles. The job listing specifically states that Blizzard is looking for someone to "lead the Diablo series into the future." The exact number of games that entails is fuzzy at this time. Could the next title [...]
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Diablo 3 is an action RPG where players choose one of six classes to crawl through dungeons and defeat the minions of hell. A huge catalog of skills and randomized equipment drops enable players to customize their playstyle. Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Playerbase: High Type: Action RPG Release Date: May 15, 2012 Pros: +Competitive ladder system. +Huge number of skills for each class. +Cooperative play with [...]
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World of Warcraft, WoW for short, is a 3D fantasy themed MMORPG set in the Warcraft universe. World of Warcraft is widely considered the "gold standard" of the entire MMO genre and, despite the fact that the game was launched back in 2004, it remains one of the most played MMORPGs in the world. Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Playerbase: High Type: [...]
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Activision Blizzard reported a record ~$703 million in revenue, partly due to ongoing success of Hearthstone, Blizzard Entertainment's wildly successful CCG. In 2014 Hearthstone was one of the most profitable MMOs of all time and we suspect that the game will do even better in 2015. World of Warcraft continued to perform exceptionally well too with 7.1 million active subscribers at [...]
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