…Anyway—anti-casino arms races notwithstanding, Blizzard has marked, recognised, and promised to do something about these yapping slot machines. Tom Ellis, a senior game producer on World of Warcraft, writes via…
…Along the way, Blizzard added actual endgame bosses, activities like The Pit, and overhauls to previous pastimes such as Whispers, Helltides, and Nightmare Dungeons. I can no longer count the number of…
…New seasons should serve as both an opportunity for new players to jump in and a chance for Blizzard to experiment with new ways to improve the game. I still believe Blizzard…
World of Warcraft 's ramping up to its first major "big number" patch, Curse of Ula'tek—in addition to some interesting changes to how world bosses work, Blizzard's also taking…
…The prevailing complaint about the current season in Lord of Hatred is that Blizzard made the benefits of its strongest items too random compared to what we had in previous seasons. While…
…Codenamed Odyssey, it had been in development for almost five years at that point, and Blizzard devs on and off the project were hyped about it. Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra said…
…Especially after word got out that Blizzard fumbled its chance at a Netflix adaptation . But perhaps not all is lost, as in a recent interview with IGN , Overwatch's general manager Walter…
…World of Warcraft' s no stranger to borrowed power—after Blizzard learnt its lesson making borrowed power features the entire focus of an expansion's progression, it instead started to weave them…
…The takeaway that I—and many other players—had was that Blizzard's rapid patch cadence was impacting its QA , and while I still do partially wonder if that's to blame…
…Activision Blizzard In April 2009, Valve sued Activision Blizzard , which acquired Sierra Entertainment after a merger with its parent company, Vivendi Universal Games . Activision had allegedly refused to honor the Valve v…