Blizzard’s mobile and dial-in authenticators breached in hack
Game publisher Blizzard was hacked this week, as discovered by the security team, which Blizzard says is currently working with law enforcement to figure out who is behind the breach.
Game developers hate Windows 8, Microsoft responds
Microsoft is hard at work trying to sell the idea of Windows 8 as a great gaming platform, but some developers are still not convinced.
‘Hero Profiles’ adds World of Warcraft-esque Armory to Diablo III
Loot and achievements are at the heart of Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo III, and now players have an expansive new way to track both from anywhere on the game's site.
World of Warcraft loses over one million subscribers in second quarter
Massively popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft has lost over one million subs, but could the next expansion provide a needed boost?
As Sanctuary beckons, Diablo III players top 10M
More than 10 million people are playing Diablo III.
As blockbusters keep selling, Activision Blizzard beats Wall Street’s expectations
When Activision reports its earnings, the game world listens.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Gamescape 2012, a history of Batman in video games, and Donkey Kong’s failing liver
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria expansion releases September 25
Blizzard's massively multiplayer titan World of Warcraft gets its fourth expansion, Mists of Pandaria, on September 25.
Taiwanese gamer dies after 40-hour Diablo III session
A teenager in Taiwan collapsed and died at the weekend, after spending 40 hours playing the popular PC action role-playing game Diablo III.
Diablo III auction house update lets you buy gold with real money
Blizzard implements gold trading within its real money auction house for Diablo III. Is this a worthwhile addition to an already controversial trading system?