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Heroes of the Storm’s next college competition is giving bracket-makers a chance at $10,000

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 13, 2017
2 min

Forget about basketball and March Madness. Blizzard announced today that it is allowing fans to win prizes by making their own brackets for Heroes of the Dorm, the college-based competition for its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) Heroes of the Storm.

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World of Warcraft’s next Arena season will feature more teams and open signups

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 9, 2017
1 min

More teams and more money are coming to World of Warcraft’s esports scene. Blizzard today detailed the 2017 for World of Warcraft’s 2017 Arena...

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Hearthstone is giving players a card pack for voting on their Global Games representatives

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 8, 2017
1 min

Here’s an easy and free way to get some Hearthstone cards. Blizzard is giving players a free pack for simply voting for a player...

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Overwatch’s newest digital comic shows that not everyone hates Bastion

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 8, 2017
1 min

Everybody loves a robot with a heart gold. Well, expect the guys who try to shoot them. But they’re jerks. Blizzard has released Binary,...

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Nexon courts Western game developers with creativity pitch

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 6, 2017
16 min

Owen Mahoney, CEO of Asian gaming giant Nexon, has been fed up with the mobile game malaise where millions of rivals are competing with...

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16 min

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Orisa is Overwatch’s next character — a machine-gun wielding alternative to Reinhardt

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 2, 2017
1 min

Blizzard has unveiled the new hero that is joining the Overwatch team. Orisa is a new robotic Omnic character that has an enormous four-legged...

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Hearthstone’s Journey to Un’Goro expansion will bring new mechanics and dinosaurs in April (update)

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 27, 2017
3 min

God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates digital card game expansion with dinosaurs. Blizzard announced today that the...

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3 min

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Hearthstone’s Year of the Mammoth: Classic cards going to Wild, and no more Adventures

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 16, 2017
4 min

Sylvanas has no time for Standard games. Blizzard detailed the next year in its Standard format, the Year of the Mammoth, in a blog post today. It will make cards from older expansions unplayable in the game’s Standard format.

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4 min

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Hearthstone targets fast metagame by weakening Shaman and pirate decks

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 14, 2017
2 min

Shaman’s reign of terror on Hearthstone may end even before the beginning of the next year of Standard. Blizzard announced today that it is changing...

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2 min

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Activision Blizzard hits record $2 billion in sales driven by Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Hearthstone

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 9, 2017
2 min

It was a gigantic quarter for Activision Blizzard. The publisher announced today that it achieved GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles, or earned) revenues of $2.01...

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