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Forged in the Barrens is Hearthstone's next expansion.

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Hearthstone: Forged in the Barrens interview — New core, old Warcraft zone shuffle up the tavern

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 24, 2021
12 min

Blizzard Entertainment revealed Hearthstone‘s next expansion, Forged in the Barrens, during BlizzCon Online’s opening ceremonies on February 19. This new set looks to bring...

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Roblox's user-generated game characters.

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Roblox plans to list shares on March 10, reports 82% revenue growth to $923 million for 2020

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 23, 2021
3 min

Roblox, the platform for user-generated games, will go public through a direct listing of its shares on March 10. The company also reported that...

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Diablo IV brings back Rogues from the first Diablo

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 19, 2021
1 min

Blizzard showed more of Diablo IV at BlizzCon Online’s opening ceremonies today. It revealed Rogue as a class for the action-RPG. Diablo IV had...

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Hearthstone’s next expansion is Forged in the Barrens

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 19, 2021
4 min

Hearthstone’s next expansion is Forged in the Barrens (literally, that’s its name). It ushers in a new Standard rotation — the Year of the...

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BlizzCon Online: J. Allen Brack opens with messages of gratitude and hope

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 19, 2021
3 min

BlizzCon finally came back as an online-only event today, with Blizzard Entertainment president J. Allen Brack opening the two-day celebration in an opening ceremony.

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GDC 2018 drew about 28,000 people to San Francisco.

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The DeanBeat: The outlook for online game events in 2021

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 19, 2021
5 min

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...

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5 min

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Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV won’t release until 2022

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 4, 2021
1 min

Activision Blizzard noted in an investors call today that Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV won’t launch until at least 2022, noting that it is...

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The blockchain-based virtual world that can help usher in the metaverse

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 4, 2021
3 min

One of the essential features of a working metaverse will be the ability to move your avatar and assets seamlessly and instantaneously from world...

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Eve Online experienced its own GameStop-like short squeeze

Posted byby Jason Wilson
January 28, 2021
2 min

All the excitement around GameStop’s stock has bled into GamesBeat’s discussions around the metaverse. And it turns out that stock market manipulation isn’t exclusive to...

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Pocket Worlds raises $7 million to expand High Rise mobile MMO

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 28, 2021
1 min

Pocket Worlds has raised $7 million to expand its High Rise mobile massively multiplayer online game. The game is a social sandbox where players...

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