How Diablo found inspiration in hockey, Star Wars, and X-Com
This year, the original Diablo turns 20 years old, and its creator talked about the gothic game’s creation during a talk at the Game...
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...
Blizzard’s execs eye mobile as their next winning game strategy — but not virtual reality
Blizzard Entertainment executives consider deep mobile games to be a possible next step for the company, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this week. We talked...
How Blizzard stayed laser-focused on quality games for 25 years
Blizzard Entertainment celebrates its 25th anniversary today, a milestone that very few video game companies achieve in a very Darwinian industry. It has survived this...
Marvel Heroes publisher Gazillion loses chief exec David Brevik
After more than two years as CEO and 6.5 years at the company, game creator David Brevik has resigned from online game publisher Gazillion...
Devilian impressions: The first 25 levels are more World of WarCraft than Diablo
Although Devilian, Trion World’s latest free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game, launched earlier today on PC, people have been playing it for a while....
Heroes of the Storm designer guides us on how to win with Greymane and Lunara
To use Heroes of the Storm’s newest characters, you’re going to need to master shifting from ranged to melee, and the art of the...
Activision Blizzard opens movie studio to create films and TV shows based on its games
Activision Blizzard has finally gone Hollywood. The world’s No. 2 video game publisher is announcing today the launch of Activision Blizzard Studios, a new...
Heroes of the Storm guide: a Blizzard designer’s tips for playing Kharazim, Rexxar, Artanis, & Infernal Shrines
Start planning your Heroes of the Storm strategy now, folks. We asked designer Kent-Erik Hagman from Blizzard Entertainment to tell us his best tips...
Diablo & beyond: State of the action-role-playing game
With games like Diablo, Borderlands, and Path of Exile, this is a surprisingly strong subgenre of games.