The DeanBeat: The outlook for online game events in 2021
I’m writing this on a Thursday night while participating in a panel in Clubhouse, the social audio chat platform that has grown quickly to...
BlizzCon seems like a disaster waiting to happen
World of Warcraft and Overwatch publisher Blizzard Entertainment is in a mess. It punished Hearthstone esports competitor Blitzchung for speaking out in support of...
Blizzard denies it intended to show Diablo 4 at BlizzCon
Game publication Kotaku stirred the hornet’s nest of entitled gamers on Monday when it published a story citing unnamed sources saying that Blizzard intended...
Blizzard cofounder Mike Morhaime hands baton to J. Allen Brack at BlizzCon 2018
Blizzard cofounder Mike Morhaime bid farewell to thousands of fans at the BlizzCon fan event today during the opening keynote. Morhaime recently announced that, after...
What’s in store for World of Warcraft? GamesBeat Decides
Co-hosts Mike Minotti and Jeffrey Grubb reunite now that our reviews editor has returned from BlizzCon. We spend a portion of this week’s GamesBeat...
Blizzard reveals details of the upcoming Overwatch League season
Blizzard revealed the details of the upcoming Overwatch League season at its annual fan event BlizzCon in Anaheim, California. The first match kicks off...
Hanzo and Alexstrasza join Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm
Blizzard unveiled today that Overwatch’s Hanzo and World of Warcraft’s Alexstrasza are joining its multiplayer online battle arena Heroes of the Storm at the...
Blizzard has squandered the trust of Overwatch’s competitive teams
From a distance, it seems Blizzard has everything figured out with Overwatch. $1 billion in sales and 30 million players is a massive commercial...
Blizzard’s 25 years built bonds and friendships as well as iconic games
Blizzard Entertainment just celebrated a historic milestone — its 25th anniversary. From humble beginnings as a company porting games to the Amiga to developing...
Wrapping up a 17-year narrative, StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void finally goes live
Here’s a nice post-BlizzCon gift: StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, is now live on Battle.net. The servers are up and people who have pre-ordered the...