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Arkheron makes progress toward early access with every bit of player feedback | Rob Pardo interview

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 7, 2026
14 min

Bonfire Studios, the game developer founded by Blizzard veteran Rob Pardo, started 10 years ago. After a couple of years of hiring and prototyping,...

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Xbox’s pending massive layoffs | The view from union employees

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 1, 2026
15 min

On July 6, Microsoft is expected to announce a massive number of layoffs at the Xbox game division. We hear that the number could...

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15 min

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CWA-represented workers at Xbox criticize Microsoft management and pending layoffs

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 29, 2026
8 min

Microsoft employees who are members of unions represented by the Communications Workers of America spoke out against management and the pending layoffs at the...

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Technology

GDC Luminaries AI panel answers questions from game devs | full session

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 14, 2026
29 min

The Luminaries event within the Game Developers Conference featured an AI panel at the Yerba Buena Theater in San Francisco. What was interesting about...

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29 min

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Blizzard QA workers ratify union contract with Microsoft

Posted byby Alexander Lee
February 2, 2026
2 min

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...

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Gameplay

Diablo veterans unveil Darkhaven, a dynamic persistent world ARPG

Posted byby David Jagneaux
January 29, 2026
2 min

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...

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Diablo 4 is finally getting the paladin class in new Lord of Hatred expansion

Posted byby David Jagneaux
December 11, 2025
2 min

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...

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Gaming Culture

Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble devs are the latest to unionize

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
October 17, 2025
1 min

A majority of the developers working on Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble have voted to unionize under the Communication Workers of America (CWA). This new...