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Blizzard announces new IP: Overwatch

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 7, 2014
1 min

Well, it happened. After 17 years of Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo (and crossovers of them), developer Blizzard is making a new franchise. It’s called Overwatch, and it’s set in a futuristic world where cybernetically enhanced heroes and villains are a reality.

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Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm hits closed beta in January

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 7, 2014
1 min

Heroes of the Storm is inching closer to an official release.

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Hearthstone hits Android in December alongside Goblins vs. Gnomes expansion

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 7, 2014
1 min

Hearthstone goes mobile for Android users and an add-on pack featuring one of Azeroth's biggest racial beefs.

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Watch Blizzard's Hearthstone World Championships live right now

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 7, 2014
1 min

The top players are fighting over a $100,000 prize pool.

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Watch the BlizzCon livestream here

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 7, 2014
1 min

Activision Blizzard’s top executives dropped hints this week that Blizzard Entertainment will have plenty of news at its BlizzCon event in Anaheim, Calif. You can watch it live on the link below. Blizzcon runs today and tomorrow, and the opening ceremonies start at 11 a.m. Pacific today.

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Direct2Drive rises from its grave to find its digital game store niche this weekend

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 7, 2014
2 min

AtGames acquired GameFly Digital in April, and it is turning it back into Direct2Drive.

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Alibaba helps Rovio migrate Angry Birds: Stella to China

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 7, 2014
2 min

The Android market is huge but highly fractured in China, and Rovio turned to the experts for help.

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare main character Jack Mitchell.

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Call of Duty review, King makes money, and the Destiny blues

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 7, 2014
4 min

Check out our entire week’s worth of coverage on VentureBeat’s channel for video games, GamesBeat.

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The DeanBeat: Favorite female game characters that aren’t an embarrassment

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 7, 2014
5 min

Here’s a thought for the hardcore male gamers who might be offended by all of the attention from “social justice warriors” who are trying to make the game business more accepting of women. Some of the best games being created today have great female characters.

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Disney Interactive turns its first yearly profit

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 7, 2014
1 min

Disney Infinity is giving Disney Interactive a big boost.

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