Ben Brode’s Second Dinner orders a Marvel license and $30 million from NetEase
We now know what former Hearthstone bigwigs Ben Brode and Hamilton Chu are feasting on for their Second Dinner — $30 million from NetEase...
Blizzard cancels Heroes of the Storm esports, slows development
Blizzard Entertainment announced that it is scaling back its support for Heroes of the Storm. It is canceling the Heroes of the Storm and...
The FTC saunters into the loot box fight
This time 12 months ago, loot boxes were the biggest story in the video game business . But now, even though they are still in...
Overwatch’s latest hero Ashe is live for those who love to shoot
Blizzard Entertainment has launched the latest patch for its class-based team shooter Overwatch today. This update includes a number of tweaks, but the highlight...
The DeanBeat: A dust-up over Diablo: Immortal has far-reaching implications
For Blizzard Entertainment, the dust-up over the announcement of the mobile game Diablo: Immortal came at a bad time. Our review editor Mike Minotti...
The RetroBeat: Why Blizzard is remastering Warcraft III — and what it’s changing
Warcraft III is one of the greatest real-time strategy games of all time, and its rich story and memorable characters set the foundation for...
Blizzard denies it intended to show Diablo 4 at BlizzCon
Game publication Kotaku stirred the hornet’s nest of entitled gamers on Monday when it published a story citing unnamed sources saying that Blizzard intended...
Hearthstone hits 100 million registered players and counting
Blizzard Entertainment said that its Hearthstone digital collectible card game has hit 100 million registered players. That’s a big accomplishment for a game that...
Diablo: Immortal is a co-development project between Blizzard and NetEase
Blizzard Entertainment is making Diablo: Immortal with Chinese mobile developer NetEase, senior game producer Joe Hsu told GamesBeat during an interview at BlizzCon 2018...
Diablo: Immortal looks like other NetEase games … that look like Diablo
Diablo: Immortal was one of Blizzard Entertainment’s biggest announcements at its BlizzCon event today, and one vocal contingent of fans are not thrilled. While...