Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Blizzard

9 games from the PC Gamer Top 100 given eternal life thanks to modders

Some games contain multitudes (of mods) that elevate them from great to timeless.

PC Gamer

'Overwatch 2' Season 13 Brings Halloween-Themed Content, Including Skins, Mechanics, Events

Overwatch 2's Season 13 update is coming on Oct. 15, 2024, and will include a lot of new content, including map changes, a new mechanic, and skins.

Player One

'Overwatch' Mobile Game Rumors Spread, Could Rival 'Call of Duty: Mobile'

Blizzard is rumored to be working on a mobile version of its highly popular hero shooter franchise Overwatch.

Player One

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

From 'Starblo' the Space Diablo that never saw daylight, to Mike Ybarra's plans to cut down on microtransactions — here's 7 things I learned about Diablo from Jason Schreier's book 'Play Nice'

I read Jason Schreir's 'Play Nice' which documents the rise, fall, and future of Blizzard — and I found out some great behind the scenes lore about the Diablo franchise.

Windows Central

Nerf darts, porn and vomit: The company Microsoft bought for $69bn

Microsoft acquired Blizzard in 2022 for $68.7bn, making it the largest acquition in the history of the video games industry. A new book dives into the company before that record-breaking deal, writes Graig Graziosi

The Independent UK

Former Blizzard president says the "gaming downturn" is "a little bit overstated" and companies just wanted to "cut back" after the pandemic

Michael Morhaime says it's more of a correction than a downturn

GamesRadar

Overwatch 2 Season 13 is introducing map changes, which means that one of the worst maps ever may finally be fun to play

Spot the difference.

PC Gamer

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Whoops, Blizzard just leaked all the cards from Hearthstone's next expansion

The Great Dark Beyond arrives on November 5, but some sort of technical snafu exposed the whole set in the collection manager.

PC Gamer

Overwatch 2 teases a new tank hero in its season 13 trailer and his name could be 'Spiker'

The Halloween-themed season might end with a playtest of the new hero.

PC Gamer

The first game from Mike Morhaime's new company is 'a couch co-op tactical adventure' that aims to recreate the experience of tabletop gaming

Sunderfolk is set to come out in 2025.

PC Gamer

Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred arrives on Nvidia Geforce Now today — but we still can't play on Xbox Cloud Gaming

Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred arrives on Nvidia GeForce Now today, along with Battle.net game syncing, as we lament the lack of Activision Blizzard games on the Xbox cloud.

Windows Central

Ex-Blizzard president reportedly wanted to reboot Overwatch and reduce Diablo 4 microtransactions, but left before either of those things happened

It sounds like big changes could have been on the horizon

GamesRadar

2025's Most Ambitious RPG Is Awesomely Approachable

'Sunderfolk' is a multiplayer tactical RPG from ex-Blizzard developers, aiming to bring new players into the realm of couch co-op and tabletop games.

Inverse

Overwatch 2 is reportedly going the Call of Duty route with an upcoming mobile version

Activision Blizzard is apparently condensing its other big FPS series

GamesRadar

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

PC Gamer

Former Blizzard president planned to 'cut down' on microtransactions in Diablo 4 and reboot Overwatch before the Microsoft buyout

Mike Ybarra’s plans for the games were revealed in Jason Schreier's new book about Blizzard's history.

PC Gamer

'Evade 2 Win' Diablo 4 build lets you cartwheel through hell at 100 MPH with its new class

Faster than the horse.

GamesRadar

StarCraft 2 veteran would want a sequel go open world, or just "try something radically new"

StarCraft 2's production genre hopes a sequel could "advance the genre"

Player One

'Play Nice' Book Details Blizzard's Troubled Environment, Claims Misconduct, Harassment

Bloomberg reported Jason Schreier's Play Nice book details the entire history of Blizzard and includes instances of misconduct and harassment.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

PC Gamer

Blizzard canceled a roguelike version of Diablo 4 with permadeath and Batman: Arkham-style brawls

Diablo 4 started out as a dramatically different game than the one we have today.

GamesRadar

24 years ago, Blizzard reportedly shot down a pitch to make its own version of Steam by turning Battle.net into "a digital store for a variety of PC games"

Meanwhile, Blizzard started bringing its games to Steam last year

PC Gamer

Oof: Years before Steam, a Blizzard engineer wanted to turn Battle.net into a third-party game store, but was reportedly turned down

The Steam competitor that never was.

Player One

'Diablo IV' Mercenary Guide: Best Companion & How to Unlock Them

This Diablo IV mercenary guide helps players learn how to unlock these powerful companions and choose which one will benefit them the most.

PC Gamer

Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred is live and there's no better time to jump in

Diablo 4's first expansions brings a massive update to the action RPG.

Windows Central

Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred finally goes live after some launch delays but Steam users review bomb to 'Mostly Negative' due to the issues

As Blizzard worked out some final kinks to Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred and Season 6, unhappy Steam fans review bombed the game during the wait, stating delay and launch issues.

PC Gamer

Diablo 4 best mercenary and how to recruit them all

Gather the mercs of The Pale Hand and bring them into battle.

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Video Game

1,796 stories

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.