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Updated: Activision Blizzard could make $1.25 billion in additional revenue in next three years

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 1, 2011
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Updated: this post has been updated with corrected info. Digital business models could substantially boost revenues at Activision Blizzard in the next three years, the company...

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World of Warcraft subscribers fall for second straight quarter

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 3, 2011
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The number of active subscribers for Blizzard Entertainment’s most popular online game, World of Warcraft, fell in the second quarter of 2011, the second...

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Blizzard won’t commit to Diablo 3 release date this year

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 3, 2011
1 min

Blizzard Entertainment chief executive Mike Morhaime said today the company is still not committing to a 2011 release date for Diablo 3, one of...

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Gaming pays off: Blizzard unveils Diablo 3 auction system featuring real currency

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 1, 2011
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World of Warcraft maker Blizzard Entertainment today unveiled an auction system for selling in-game items for real-world currency in its latest multiplayer game, Diablo...

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Justin.tv launches partner program for pro-gaming broadcasters

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 27, 2011
2 min

Video streaming site Justin.tv announced today it’s launching a revenue-sharing program that professional gamers with a large number of followers can enroll in through...

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EA’s Secret World online game is nothing like World of Warcraft

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 8, 2011
3 min

Electronic Arts already has a game like Blizzard Entertainment’s supergiant online game, World of Warcraft, in the works — but it looks like the...

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Once dead Hellgate: London online game returns as free-to-play

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 30, 2011
2 min

Hellgate: London, an online game developed by former members of Blizzard Entertainment that was shut down in 2009, has returned from the dead and...

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World of Warcraft goes free-to-play for first 20 levels

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 29, 2011
2 min

World of Warcraft, one of the top-selling online games in the world, will be free to download and play for a good chunk of...

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Star Wars Galaxies players start petition to make game free-to-play

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 28, 2011
3 min

[Update: The petition has now gathered more than 2,100 signatures] Enraged and frustrated players of Sony’s online Star Wars role-playing game, Star Wars Galaxies,...

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Why Star Wars Galaxies' demise will be a tragedy

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 24, 2011
3 min

Star Wars Galaxies, one of the first online Star Wars games run by Sony Online Entertainment, will shut down December 15 — before the release of the...

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