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StarCraft II Mission Packs will continue the sci-fi story after Legacy of the Void launch

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
November 6, 2015
1 min

ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Blizzard isn’t quite done with StarCraft II’s universe just yet. At its ninth BlizzCon fan convention, the developer announced that after...

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Activision Blizzard’s strategy for world conquest

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 6, 2015
3 min

Activision Blizzard has become the No. 2 publicly traded game company in the world, second only to China’s Tencent. It has done so by...

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World of Warcraft: Legion at BlizzCon 2015 — new cinematic and details

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 6, 2015
3 min

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Blizzard Entertainment announced the latest on World of Warcraft: Legion and other Warcraft additions at BlizzCon 2015 in Anaheim today. Chris...

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Activision Blizzard is counting on Call of Duty: Black Ops III to return series to growth

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 6, 2015
3 min

The hype around Call of Duty: Black Ops III couldn’t be bigger today as the game formally launches. Players around the world attended midnight...

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The secrets to successful F2P ad monetization (webinar)

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 6, 2015
2 min

Join us for this live webinar on Wednesday, December 2 at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register here for free. Everyone loves free things. How can...

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Activision Blizzard opens movie studio to create films and TV shows based on its games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 6, 2015
3 min

Activision Blizzard has finally gone Hollywood. The world’s No. 2 video game publisher is announcing today the launch of Activision Blizzard Studios, a new...

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Activision-Blizzard buys King, and Halo 5 sells big

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 6, 2015
4 min

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! Activision-Blizzard sent shockwaves through the gaming industry this week when it bought King for $5.9 billion. We also...

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Take-Two cans Borderlands Online — 150 people lose jobs as 2K China studio closes

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 6, 2015
1 min

Take-Two Interactive has shut down a 150-person game studio in China and stopped development on Borderlands Online, which would have been a free-to-play online...