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Activision Blizzard Fires World of Warcraft Game Designer for Making Fun of Corporate Greed
Activision Blizzard leaders didnt appreciate jokes that poked fun at greedy corporate execs via a conniving, scampering, and loot-obsessed character in World of Warcraft, so much so they fired the gam..
5:20 am, June 5, 2023
Major World of Warcraft Designer Leaves Blizzard to Team Up With Greg Street on New Studio
World of Warcraft's lead combat designer Brian Holinka is leaving Blizzard to build a new independent game studio with friend and former League of Legends executive producer Greg Street.
11:10 pm, May 31, 2023
Tencent Drops Official Announcement Trailer For Global Version Of WoW Replacement Tarisland
Tarisland, the sandbox MMO developed by Tencent to replace World of Warcraft in China following Blizzards exit from the market, is a step closer to launching globally. The sandbox MMORPG is coming to ..
5:20 pm, May 18, 2023
Some Blizzard Devs Worry Departures Could Hurt World Of Warcraft And Other Games
A return-to-office mandate is being blamed for loss of talent
5:20 pm, May 12, 2023
How the Embers of Neltharion Patch Broke World of Warcraft
Game Rant Writes "The newest patch for WoW: Dragonflight has arrived, but players immediately noticed that some things weren't quite right."
5:20 pm, May 11, 2023
World of Warcraft Leads Explain How Faster Release Cadence Helps Development Team Avoid 'Heroics'
World of Warcraft’s community has been rather high on the latest expansion, Dragonflight, for a number of reasons. Among them is the general feeling that – contrary to the previous expansi..
5:10 pm, May 3, 2023
World of Warcraft Director Says ChatGPT Told Him to Revisit One of WoW's Least Loved Expansions
Speaking to IGN ahead of the launch of the latest major patch, Embers of Neltharion, Hazzikostas says that one of the first things he did when he first gained access to AI chatbot ChatGPT was ask it w..
11:10 pm, May 2, 2023
Blizzard Producer Claims Studio Is Creating 'Crisis Maps' as More Employees Depart
A producer at Blizzard has taken to Twitter to express frustration at a series of departures from the World of Warcraft studio, saying the team is making "crisis maps" of what they can and cannot ship..
11:10 pm, April 20, 2023
Warcraft Is Coming to Mobile This Year
Rumors of a Warcraft mobile game have swirled since way back in 2017, and it looks like 2022 will finally deliver. Blizzard has just confirmed that a new Warcraft mobile game will be releasing this ye..
12:10 am, February 4, 2022
World of Warcraft Super Squirt Day for EU Realms on 1st February - Level Battle Pets Quickly
From WOWHead: "Super Squirt is live for EU realms this Tuesday, the 1st of February! Super Squirt is a rare occurrence where the Pet Battle Event lines up with Squirt being active in the Garrison Mena..
12:20 pm, February 3, 2022
World of Warcraft Class Changes, Legendaries, Flying in Zereth Mortis - Highlights of PTR 9.2
Overview of this week's Patch 9.2 PTR's most exciting changes, including Double Legendaries, Best Class/Spec predictions, Double Legendaries, and Flying in Zereth Mortis.
12:20 pm, February 3, 2022
World of Warcraft Will Allow Horde and Alliance Players to Play Together at Last
After 18 years, World of Warcraft is finally relaxing its deep, historical faction divide between Alliance and Horde players, and letting them play together at last.
12:10 am, February 1, 2022
Ex-StarCraft and Warcraft Devs Raise $25 Million to Make an Unreal Engine 5 RTS
Frost Giant Studios, a debut developer formed by ex-Blizzard staff, has raised $25 million to help create a brand new real-time strategy game in Unreal Engine 5.
12:10 am, January 26, 2022
World of Warcraft on Console Feels Closer Than Ever Before
Many WoW fans have been waiting for it to appear on consoles for years. Could the Activision Blizzard/Microsoft deal make it a reality?
12:10 am, January 25, 2022
One Modder Is Releasing the Warcraft 3 Campaign Remaster That Blizzard Didn't
Warcraft 3: Re-Reforged is a fan-made campaign mod for Warcraft 3: Reforged that looks to give fans the remastered experience that Blizzard itself never really delivered.
6:10 pm, January 24, 2022
Xbox Buys Activision Blizzard - My Xbox And Me #339
This may well be the biggest news story in Xbox no Gaming history! Microsoft has announced plans to purchase Activision Blizzard, including all its IP and studios, for $68.7 billion. The normal show r..
12:20 am, January 22, 2022
Activision Blizzard wanted to sell, so it approached Microsoft
Activision Blizzard had no obvious vector for growth after tapping out Call of Duty and failing to maintain World of Warcraft.
12:20 pm, January 20, 2022
Welcoming the Incredible Teams and Legendary Franchises of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft Gaming
Creators of Call of Duty, Warcraft, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch, Spyro, Hearthstone, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot, StarCraft and more join Team Xbox As a team, we are on a mission to ext..
6:20 pm, January 18, 2022
Xbox To Buy Activision Blizzard
Xbox has announced a deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the company behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and many other major gaming franchises.
6:10 pm, January 18, 2022
Tibia: Celebrating the 25 Year Anniversary
Welcome back Link Cable Gaming fans, this month we celebrate the 25th year anniversary of one of the oldest MMORPG from the dawn of the internet, Tibia. Developed and published by CipSoft, Tibia is on..
6:20 pm, January 13, 2022
Warcraft Movie Director Wants To Make a Full Throttle Film
Director Duncan Jones wants to make a Full Throttle film, based on the 1995 classic point-and-click adventure game.
6:10 pm, January 11, 2022
WoW Brings Back Tier Sets, But the Community Is Divided
World of Warcraft has shared some details about the game's next major content update, which will conclude the current expansion: Shadowlands. The update includes the return of the much-desired class t..
12:10 am, November 13, 2021
Eternitys End Comes To World Of Warcraft Shadowlands
Looks like more updates are on the way. A new video announcing the next major content update for World of Warcraft Shadowlands is now available. Content update 9.2, Eternitys End, will be the f..
12:20 am, November 12, 2021
World of Warcraft Game Director Says Removal of Poorly-Aged WoW Content Isn't a 'Smokescreen'
Blizzard is preparing to remove a number of inappropriate and poorly-aged references from World of Warcraft, a move which game director Ion Hazzikostas explained was not merely a "smokescreen" to avoi..
6:10 am, November 3, 2021
Blizzard Launching Community Council for World of Warcraft
Blizzard is setting up a community council for World of Warcraft to encourage communication between players and developers.
6:10 pm, November 2, 2021
WoW Raid Boosts Are a Common, If Controversial Practice, And Blizzard's Co-Lead Is Taking Part
People paying in-game money for powerful players to "carry" them through top-level World of Warcraft content has been a common practice in the game for years, but the revelation that Blizzard's co-lea..
11:10 pm, October 19, 2021
Cris Tales Review (Switch) - The Games Cabin
There are two types of approaches to video games these days, the business model and the passion model. The business approachs main focus is of course sales (Like modern day World of Warcraft
5:20 pm, October 17, 2021
New World vs World of Warcraft - which MMORPG is better?
Ophélie Castelot: "New World took the gaming world by storm last week, causing huge queue times upon its launch. But is it really that good? When it comes to MMORPGs, World of Warcraft has been..
11:20 pm, October 7, 2021
Diablo 4 Has a New Director
Joe Shely, who has worked on World of Warcraft and DIablo 3, has taken over as director of Diablo 4. In today's Diablo 4 quarterly update, Shely said he is honored to continue the vision of the next D..
11:10 pm, October 7, 2021
Ethereum Cryptocurrency Arose Out Of Creator 'Crying Himself To Sleep' Over World Of Warcraft Nerf
Ethereum appears to have arisen in part due to the creator "crying himself to sleep" over a nerf to the Syphon Life spell in World of Warcraft.
5:10 pm, October 5, 2021
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - A Pandemic System Board Game Review
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King’s board game is a cooperative strategy game from the creators of Pandemic that puts a unique spin on the popular formula by including iconic heroes, bat..
11:10 pm, September 30, 2021
Top 3 MMO Games At The Top Of The World Right Now
Since World of Warcraft took the world by storm in 2004, many MMOs have come out in hopes of success that rivals Blizzard's juggernaut, and there's now a new top dog.
11:20 am, September 29, 2021
Review: Diablo II: Resurrected | Destructoid
Diablo II: Resurrected review: Diablo II is back with a remaster that has a few more tricks than the woeful effort of Warcraft III: Reforged.
5:20 pm, September 23, 2021
New Dead Space, World War Z Aftermath, The Burning Crusade On BJ Shea's Geek Nation On KISW FM
For his segment this week on BJ Sheas Geek Nation on KISW FM; Gareth at Skewed and Reviewed looks at new updates to World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade, WWZ Aftermath, and the new Dead Space.
11:20 pm, September 3, 2021
World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands Team Issues A Statement About The Future
Interesting read here as the team talks about the future of the game and their plans. The *World of Warcraft* development team has issued a statement on Shadowlands 9.1.5 as well as Burning Crusade Cl..
11:20 pm, August 27, 2021
Senior System Designer of Warcraft Says 'Almost no work is being done'
Jeff Hamiliton via Twitter: "I dont know what to do. I dont have all the answers. I can tell you, almost no work is being done on World of Warcraft right now while this obscenity plays out. And that b..
11:20 am, July 28, 2021
Final Fantasy 14 breaks player record as World of Warcraft suffers
Final Fantasy 14 witnessed a surge of activity over the weekend. The Square Enix MMO smashed its previous Steam concurrent player count, reaching a peak of 47,542. Thats according to the latest data f..
11:20 am, July 6, 2021
Why you should be playing The Elder Scrolls Online
The Elder Scrolls Online has been the subject of much debate within the Elder Scrolls fandom, even before its announcement in May 2021. After changing its appearance and menus to distance itself from ..
11:20 pm, June 18, 2021
World of Warcraft Classic Character Clone Service Pricing Reduced Following Fan Backlash
From GameWatcher: "World of Warcraft Classic's Character Clone service will have its price reduced, Blizzard announced today. Set to be introduced with the Burning Crusade expansion pre-patch, it allo..
11:20 am, May 15, 2021
Now's A Good Time To Play World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Whether you're a new player or a lapsed veteran, there's never been a better time to play World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.
11:20 pm, May 13, 2021
World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic Release Date Announced
World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic will officially launch on June 1, 2021.
11:10 pm, May 6, 2021
Viking Vengeance Developer Interview; Ahead of April 8 Steam Launch
Q: On a personal note, this is my favorite genre of game and I am excited to play it. Are there any games in this genre that you would say inspired Viking Vengeance? A: We are a team of ex-Warcraft3 ..
11:20 am, April 7, 2021
Two World of Warcraft players kill a boss with 1.8 million HP that's supposed to take 40 people
World of Warcraft Classic has proven one thing: WoW players are a hell of a lot better than they were a decade ago. Raid bosses that used to torment playersthat required no less than 40 people armed t..
12:20 pm, March 23, 2021
Review - World of WarCraft: Shadowlands (PC) | WayTooManyGames
WTMG's Thomas Medina: "World of WarCraft: Shadowlands surprised me completely. My apprehension over the theme and lingering doubts in pursuing Battle for Azeroths design principles prevented me from e..
12:20 pm, February 23, 2021
Blizzard May One Day Let Alliance and Horde Play Together in World of Warcraft
Could the Alliance and Horde one day be friends in World of Warcraft? It's not off the table, says Blizzard.
12:10 am, February 21, 2021
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and World of Warcraft: Classic Announced
The update looks great and I am sure fans cannot wait for more. During the BlizzConline opening ceremony, executive producer John Hight and lead producer Holly Longdale shared news from World of Warcr..
12:20 pm, February 20, 2021
WoW Shadowlands' 9.1 Update Joins Its Distinct Covenant Storylines Back Together
In World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, players get to choose to join a Covenant, which dictates much of the storyline they see. But with patch 9.1, that's about to change.
12:10 am, February 20, 2021
The Burning Crusade Classic Will Have More Changes Than Original WoW Classic
Blizzard's philosophy for World of Warcraft Classic was "no changes." With The Burning Crusade Classic, it's revising that to "some changes."
12:10 am, February 20, 2021
Blizzard Will Offer Character Boosts, Clone Services For WoW: The Burning Crusade Classic
Blizzard is offering level 58 character boosts in World of Warcraft Classic for Burning Crusade, as well as a way to play the same character in both Classic and TBC.
12:10 am, February 20, 2021
Biggest BlizzConline Announcements and Reveals, From World of Warcraft to Diablo
From World of Warcraft and Diablo to Hearthstone, Overwatch 2, and more, here's our roundup of all the major news out of BlizzConline (also known as BlizzCon 2021).
12:10 am, February 20, 2021
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic Launches This Year
Blizzard is preparing to take World of Warcraft: Classic to the next expansion, with the launch of The Burning Crusade sometime later this year.
6:10 pm, February 18, 2021
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' Patch 9.1 Will Finally Let Us Fight Sylvanas
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' next major patch, 9.1, includes a ten-boss raid with an apparent encounter with Sylvanas Windrunner.
6:10 pm, February 18, 2021
Everything You Need To Know to Watch BlizzCon 2021
Not only is Blizzard celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year, but it's also making BlizzCon 2021 completely digital. Here's everything you need to know to watch BlizzConline and hear the latest new..
6:10 pm, February 16, 2021
Blizzard Has 'Multiple' Warcraft Mobile Games In Development
Blizzard has multiple free-to-play Warcraft mobile games in 'advanced development' according to CEO Bobby Kotick.
12:10 am, February 5, 2021
Blizzard Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Digital Goods for Overwatch, Hearthstone, and More
Blizzard is celebrating its 30th Anniversary with exclusive digital goods for all of its games including Overwatch, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, and more.
12:10 am, February 2, 2021
World of Warcraft South Park Cosplayer Dies
The Blizzard community has lost one of its most well-known cosplayers.
12:10 am, January 5, 2021
Why World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is my Favorite Game of 2020
Kevin F. from Link Cable Gaming writes; "Since this is a year of social distancing, playing online with friends has been one of the best hanging out options. There is something so therapeutic about gr..
6:20 am, January 2, 2021
Wccftech's Best Strategy & Simulation Games of 2020 - Warcraft III: Reforged?
It's that time of the year - it's time to look at the best games of 2020. In this piece, Wccftech looked at the Strategy and Simulation genres.
12:20 am, January 1, 2021
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Review - Rocket Chainsaw
Rocket Chainsaw: We pick a covenant and smash through all the new content in our review of the new World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion.
12:20 pm, December 28, 2020
WoW Classic Plus or TBC Classic? Which Would be Better?
Jacob S. from Link Cable Gaming writes:"Ever since its introduction, World of Warcraft: Classic has provided millions of fans of the long-standing MMO with unaltered content for those who wh..
6:20 am, December 28, 2020
Review: World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | Link Cable Gaming
Jacob S. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "The classic MMORPG that is World of Warcraft has gone through many drastic changes over its sixteen-year run, but it is easy to say that its most rec..
6:20 pm, December 27, 2020
Bug is Giving World of Warcraft Players Extra Loot in Castle Nathria Raid
A bug is giving players more World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Castle Nathria loot than Blizzard originally intended, but you'll have a few days to score some bonus goodies before it's fixed.
12:20 am, December 13, 2020
World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands Review | CGMagazine
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is a solid experience all the way around but really finds its best footing in the endgame.
12:20 am, December 11, 2020
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Review
Shadowlands offers some great new characters and stories, alongside the most compelling max level experience WoW has had in many years.
12:10 pm, December 10, 2020
Shadowlands Lore: Debunking Arbiter Theories - Ready Player Gone
Ryan of Ready Player Gone writes: For many, today is day one in Shadowlands - the latest expansion for World of Warcraft. Theories exist about the Arbiter, but what's true?
12:20 am, November 25, 2020
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Review in Progress
With around six hours under my shiny new +84 Agility belt, I can…
12:10 am, November 25, 2020
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Is Live Now
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is now live and playable. Queue in and check out the eight WoW expansion.
6:10 am, November 24, 2020
REVIEW: Black Desert Online (PS4) | JumpCut PLAY
MMOs have always been a strange genre for me, but Ive dabbled in a few over my video game playing career. I remember playing RuneScape back in the day when I was 10 years old after a hard day at prima..
6:20 am, November 23, 2020
Preview: World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | Link Cable Gaming
Mike T. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "This new expansion looks to really build upon the good of Battle for Azeroth, and take out a lot of the bad that was in that game."
12:20 pm, November 22, 2020
What You Need to Do Before Shadowlands Comes Out
Jacob S. from Link Cable Gaming Writes: "World of Warcraft fans rejoice! We finally have a release date for the upcoming Shadowlands expansion that will be made available on November 23..
6:20 am, November 3, 2020
Surround Yourself in Blizzard Merch With Its New GearFest Event
A whole new slew of collectibles from World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo and more are available at the launch of GearFest, happening right now.
6:10 pm, November 2, 2020
Blizzard, CA Theme Parks, PS 5 PSVR Issues, Assassin's Creed Television Series And More Skewedcast
This week Gareth, Justin, and Michael at Skewed and Reviewed discuss new games as well as news from Blizzard on the new World of Warcraft update as well as Blizzcon going virtual in Feb. 2021. They di..
12:20 am, November 2, 2020
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Release Date Announced
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will be released on November 23, 2020.
6:10 pm, October 29, 2020
(Satire) Dear Blizzard, Please Stop World of Warcraft's 'Stat Squish'
Steve D. from Link Cable Gaming writes: 'No game demonstrates my love for numbers going up than the tens of thousands of hours of playtime Ive spent playing World of Warcraft."
6:20 am, October 26, 2020
Heres Why Your Friends Are Flocking Back to World of Warcraft This Week
Are fewer people streaming Fall Guys? Are you lacking some sus people in Among Us? Theres a reason for it. World of Warcraft is back, baby. Kinda. Sorta. But its enough to make people ask where ..
11:20 am, October 20, 2020
Mists of Pandaria Cinematic in 4K and 48 FPS
Icy-veins.com has posted an article detailing a fan-made enhancement to the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria cinematic trailer. The YouTuber, SnazzyAI, converted the trailer to 4K and 48FPS using ..
11:20 pm, October 19, 2020
SEGA AGES Herzog Zwei (NS) Review | VGChartz
VGChartz's Evan Norris: "A console RTS that inspired several PC classics but still goes largely unheralded, Herzog Zwei is an ideal candidate for the final installment of the outstanding SEGA AGES lin..
11:20 pm, October 4, 2020
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Delayed
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, the next WoW expansion, has been delayed and will no longer be released on October 27.
11:10 pm, October 1, 2020
The 5 biggest betrayals in World of Warcraft history
World of Warcraft is one of the MMORPGs with the vastest, deepest lore. From Warcraft III to the Warcraft movie, this universe is filled with notable characters, from valiant heroes to powerful villai..
5:20 am, September 22, 2020
Player retention is hard
The most important year of any game's release is its first year. After that, player retention is key, but how does it stand with the likes of World of Warcraft?
11:20 pm, August 15, 2020
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is already dead to me
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, will be released before the end of this endless year, bringing players of the 16-year-old MMO to Azeroths realm of death. But this writer is not impressed.
5:20 pm, August 10, 2020
Understanding Soulbinds and Conduits in WoW: Shadowlands
World of Warcraft's Shadowlands Beta testing is well underway, with some exciting new changes arriving that will affect how you play the game. One of the new changes is the new Soulbind and Conduit sy..
5:20 pm, August 7, 2020
World of Warcraft Rated for Xbox Series X in Brazil
The Brazilian ratings board has listed the upcoming WoW expansion Shadowlands for a next-gen console, alongside PC.
5:10 pm, July 27, 2020
World of Warcraft Sees Huge In-Game Memorials Following Death of Streamer
Players have been mourning the loss of Byron "Reckful" Bernstein in multiple World of Warcraft servers.
11:30 am, July 3, 2020
Blizzard Announces WoW Livestream Will Now Air on July 8
The livestream, previously scheduled for early June, will provide "a look at some of the latest content now in development" for the Shadowlands expansion.
7:30 pm, June 24, 2020
Top 10 Bosses that Could End Shadowlands
Jacob St-Amour from Link-Cable Writes: "Blizzard had planned to introduce more details for its popular MMORPG and its upcoming Shadowlands expansion which has now been postponed without any confirmed ..
8:33 pm, June 13, 2020
World of Warcraft Classic Summer Bowl PvP Tournament Announced
Blizzard Entertainment reveals details about the World of Warcraft Classic Summer Bowl, a PvP competition for players wishing to test their battleground prowess.
10:33 am, June 12, 2020
What game would you like to see tackle a different genre?
PCGamer: Gears of War surprised many of us when it turned out to make a fine backdrop for a turn-based tactics game. Also this year, Pong became a roleplaying game somehow, and the next Yakuza game is..
10:00 am, June 7, 2020
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Livestream Postponed
The World of Warcraft: Shadowlands livestream event has been postponed by Blizzard.
5:30 pm, June 5, 2020
World of Warcraft is Suffering a Slow Death, But Help is on The Way
COGconnected writes: After nearly 16 years carrying the MMORPG genre, World of Warcraft has had its up's and down's but it's been declining in quality for a while.
3:33 am, May 26, 2020