Blizzard suspends service in China as NetEase agreement ends
Blizzard Entertainment announced that it’s suspending game services in China starting early next year. Its licensing agreements with Chinese game publisher NetEase expire on...
Data.ai: $1.54B spent per week on mobile games in Q3 2022
Data.ai — the rebranded App Annie — has released its Q3 2022 Games index, revealing the state of the mobile games market. Across the...
The RetroBeat — Diablo II: Resurrected readies for launch during a dark time at Blizzard
Diablo II: Resurrected is nearing its September 23 release date. For some gamers, it may be hard to muster much excitement. Yes, the original...
Diablo II: Resurrected launches on September 23
Blizzard Entertainment made a surprise appearance at today’s Microsoft E3 showcase to reveal that Diablo II: Resurrected is coming out September 23. This remake...
Zynga acquires Diablo co-creator’s Echtra Games in expansion to PC and consoles
Zynga has acquired Echtra Games, the game studio that Diablo and Torchlight co-creator Max Schaefer started, as part of its expansion into cross-platform games...
Ex-Blizzard dev Chris Metzen unveils Warchief Gaming tabletop game company
Chris Metzen was the primary visionary at Blizzard Entertainment on games such as Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch. But toiling on games took a...
Mike Morhaime: The highlights and lessons of nearly three decades at Blizzard
Mike Morhaime was recognized at the Gamelab event in Barcelona with the Honor Award, as his wife and four-year-old daughter looked on from the...
Blizzard is selling the original Diablo on GOG, not Battle.net
Blizzard and GOG announced today that the original Diablo is now for sale at GOG’s digital store. This makes the PC classic available via...
Blizzard is working on several Warcraft and Diablo games despite layoffs
Activision Blizzard revealed today it is cutting jobs as part of its plan to deal with a disappointing outlook for fiscal 2019. One of...
The DeanBeat: A dust-up over Diablo: Immortal has far-reaching implications
For Blizzard Entertainment, the dust-up over the announcement of the mobile game Diablo: Immortal came at a bad time. Our review editor Mike Minotti...