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Meet the gamers who earned big in the now-closed Diablo III real-money auction house

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 19, 2014
9 min

Diablo III's real-money auction house let some players make serious cash. With the auction house now shut down, GamesBeat caught up with these gold and item traders to find out how they did it.

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Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is Magic: The Gathering for noobs — and it’s one of the best free-to-play games around (review)

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 17, 2014
8 min

This digital collectible card game offers a surprising amount of strategy, and like Blizzard's other games, it's easy to pick up -- but difficult to master.

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8 min

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World of Warcraft down another 100,000 subscribers (updated)

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 6, 2013
1 min

The MMORPG now has 7.6 million subscribers.

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1 min

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‘Stay Awhile and Listen’: How Diablo became the game that fascinated millions and helped make Blizzard famous

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 24, 2013
4 min

A book about video game history doesn't have to be a boring read.

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4 min

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The perfect storm: How Blizzard North channeled chaos to design the original Diablo

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 16, 2013
5 min

The author of a new Blizzard book, Stay Awhile and Listen, analyzes game design at one of the industry's most successful companies.

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5 min

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Analyst: World of Warcraft revenues drop 54% in 7 months

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 11, 2013
2 min

This might explain why Blizzard is testing in-game purchasing.

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2 min

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What do you get from 40 booster packs in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft? (gallery/video)

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 2, 2013
6 min

We open $50 worth of booster packs in Blizzard Entertainment's new game. Was it worth it?

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6 min

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5 reasons Hearthstone is way better than a real card game

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 27, 2013
5 min

Blizzard's new digital card game is an addicting experience free of paper cuts and heavy binders.

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5 min

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Study: Starcraft II might supercharge the brain’s problem-solving agility

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 26, 2013
2 min

People who play real-time-strategy games might see improvements to their mental flexibility.

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2 min

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Xbox One adds self-publishing, Nintendo turns a profit despite Wii U

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 23, 2013
4 min

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

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4 min

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