GDC Luminaries AI panel answers questions from game devs | full session
The Luminaries event within the Game Developers Conference featured an AI panel at the Yerba Buena Theater in San Francisco. What was interesting about...
Blizzard QA workers ratify union contract with Microsoft
Blizzard quality assurance workers are unionizing. Today, February 2, an overwhelming majority of quality assurance staff at Blizzard’s offices in Albany, New York, and...
Diablo veterans unveil Darkhaven, a dynamic persistent world ARPG
A team of veterans behind some of the most defining action RPGs of all-time, such as Diablo and Torchlight, is founding a new independent...
Diablo 4 is finally getting the paladin class in new Lord of Hatred expansion
Diablo 4’s next expansion, Lord of Hatred, introduces two new classes, including the highly requested Paladin, a fan-favorite from Diablo 2. Blizzard will launch...
Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble devs are the latest to unionize
A majority of the developers working on Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble have voted to unionize under the Communication Workers of America (CWA). This new...
Players invested 8.34B hours into Blizzard titles in 2024, says studio
Blizzard this week released its End-Of-Year Review report, in which it revealed details about how players engaged with its titles in 2024. To that...
Diablo IV first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, launches in 2024
At today’s BlizzCon event, Blizzard revealed a trailer for the first expansion of Diablo IV. The new expansion is called Vessel of Hatred, and...
Diablo IV Beta sets franchise record, 61.5 million hours played
Diablo IV’s open beta has set a new bar for the franchise — gamers played 61.5 million hours over two weekends. This is equivalent...
Activision Blizzard reaches fiscal highs in Q4 2022
Activision Blizzard has reported record breaking results for both 2022 and its fourth quarter in its most recent financial results. For its annual performance,...
WoW Classic dev exits Blizzard, protests employee review system
One of the co-lead developers of World of Warcraft Classic has left Blizzard, and a new report from Bloomberg reveals that it’s allegedly over...