Blizzard is testing microtransactions in World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft has been losing subscribers, so free-to-play may be in the offing.
Major League Gaming smashes its single-event attendance record in Anaheim
Major League Gaming is just coming off its Spring Championship even in Anaheim, California. The competitive-gaming organization gave out $105,000 in prizes to the top competitors in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, and League of Legends.
Final Fantasy Online director defends monthly subscriptions in the golden age of free-to-play (exclusive)
Are MMOS with monthly subscriptions still a viable option for developers?
Blizzard delays Diablo III expansion until 2014 (exclusive)
Even with reinforcements from another delayed project can't keep it on schedule, GamesBeat has learned.
Hardware: Shipbreakers developer plans to carve out market next to League of Legends (exclusive)
Hardware is a free-to-play real-time-strategy game set in a sci-fi universe.
Blizzard delays unannounced MMO until 2016, resets whole project (exclusive)
The game known only under the codename Titan has been delayed. The publisher is redeploying about 70 developers to other projects.
Infinite Crisis melds MOBA genre with familiar DC heroes (hands-on preview)
GamesBeat goes hands-on with the new multiplayer online battle-arena title from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Turbine.
Diablo III auction houses back online — Blizzard turns wrongful proceeds over to charity
Blizzard is making the most out of a bad situation.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: WoW loses 1.3M subscribers, Amazon brings paid apps to China, Q1 earnings, and more
This week, Activision reveals strong first quarter earnings while Blizzard loses 1.3 million World of Warcraft subscribers, EA lays off 1,000 but expects to...
Activision ups marketing over fears of Battlefield 4, Disney Infinity, and Dota 2
The company plans one of the biggest Call of Duty marketing campaigns ever.