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Blizzard Entertainment has quietly unveiled its latest set of cards as part of the new Hearthstone: United In Stormwind expansion.As confirmed by Hearthstone lead designer Dean Ayala on Reddit and viewable on the official Hearthstone website, the decision to stealth drop the DLC comes in the wake of the lawsuit against Activision Blizzard.The company is accused of fostering a “frat boy” environment that has caused issues surrounding bullying, sexual harassment and more within the workplace.

Blizzard until he retired in 2016, has issued a statement following the news of the lawsuit against Activision Blizzard.Metzen, the former senior vice president of story & franchise development who currently works at Warchief Gaming, released the public apology and statement on his twitter account.He said “There is no excuse.

Blizzard Entertainment, Mike Morhaime, has made a statement on the allegations against Activision Blizzard.Morhaime has posted a statement on Twitter in which he says that he is “extremely sorry that I failed you,” In response to allegations made against his former company.The lawsuit has been filed against Activision Blizzard by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing after employee accusations.

Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida has spoken about the conversation around the game surpassing World Of Warcraft, saying it’s “irritating”.Speaking about the Square Enix title in a 14-hour long livestream, translated by blluist on YouTube (thanks, PC Gamer), Yoshida stated: “The hard work we’ve been putting into Final Fantasy XIV did pay off, but this whole conversation about surpassing World of Warcraft is the wrong conversation to have and it’s honestly irritating.”You can

Tencent has founded a new studio to create real-time strategy games, and to do it, they have hired ex-Blizzard developers.Blizzard veterans Jason Hughes and David Kim are leading the new Los Angeles-based studio Uncapped Games.

Overwatch 2 on Nintendo Switch may come with “some compromises” according to developer Blizzard.Fans are being told in advance to manage their expectations as Overwatch 2 continues in development for Nintendo Switch.

Overwatch 2 during today’s Summer Game Fest stream.Aaron Keller, Overwatch’s new game director at Blizzard Entertainment, came out on stage to talk to Geoff Keighley about some of the character model improvements for the sequel.

World Of Warcraft Classic player levelled 60 characters to level 60 before the launch of The Burning Crusade.The player, Rommildrey, took to World Of Warcraft‘s Reddit page to explain their reason for deciding to level so many characters in the MMORPG before the launch of the latest expansion.Rommilfrey explained that they “love grinding” and found the experience “just a super chill grind the whole way through until I was nearing the end and closer to pre-patch”.According to the player, it took

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick.The investment group which represents shareholders at Activision Blizzard has criticised a revision to the salary of CEO Bobby Kotick, claiming that it is still unfairly high.This follows previous issues with his salary that were highlighted earlier this year.After company shareholders publicly criticised the salary in March, Kotick agreed to cut his salary by 50% – while also signing an agreement that secured his job until March 2023.The changes claimed that

Hearthstoneplayer has quit from one of their matches during a tournament instead of properly conceding.During the Hearthstone Grandmasters playoff match Zakarya “xBlyzes” Hail disconnected from the server instead of conceding the game, after having a run of poor draws against his opponent Frenetic.The community calls this kind of disconnection a “ragequit” due to the combination of anger and frustration that leads to the player leaving the game through less official means than conceding the

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is set to launch today and for those eager to get started, Blizzard Entertainment has released official launch times.The Burning Crusade Classic expansion is set to launch globally on June 1 at 11pm BST, 3pm PDT, 6pm EDT, and 7pm BRT.This translates to June 2 at 6am CST, 7am KST, 8am AEST, and 12am CEST.The Burning Crusade pre-patch launched in May and gave players the chance to get started on the latest expansion before it officially launches.The release

Blizzard Entertainment has officially cancelled BlizzCon 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The studio today (May 27) shared the news via a blog post.

Blizzard has announced a complete rework for several heroes in Overwatch 2, along with major changes to the overall gameplay.In a blog post recapping yesterday’s (May 20) Overwatch 2 stream, Blizzard confirmed several upcoming changes to the highly anticipated game.Heroes like Mei will receive power dampening, making them less overpowered and allowing for ‘fairer’ play.

Blizzard Entertainment‘s hero focussed shooter Overwatch is celebrating its fifth Annivesrary this month, and the developer has announced three new Anniversary skins.Overwatch is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month, and players are now able to get their hands on three exclusive anniversary skins.

Blizzard Entertainment has officially confirmed the release date for the World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic expansion as June 1.Earlier this week (May 4) the release date for The Burning Crusade was seemingly leaked by Blizzard itself however, the leak appears to have been true because it’s now confirmed that the upcoming expansion is set to launch next monthA new Blizzard community post has been updated with brand new details regarding the launch of the next expansion.Before the

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic expansion has seemingly been leaked by Blizzard Entertainment.According to a new Reddit post, as spotted by PC Gamer, several people pointed out that the World of Warcraft Classic Battle.net launcher briefly featured a notice for its upcoming Burning Crusade Classic expansion, indicating the release date as June 1.The new expansion is set to release some time this year, however Blizzard is yet to confirm the leaked date.World of Warcraft: The

Overwatch, and the vice president of Blizzard Entertainment, has announced that he is leaving the company after 19 years.Kaplan took to Twitter to announce his departure today: “I am leaving Blizzard Entertainment after 19 amazing years.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the technical alpha test for Diablo II: Resurrected will begin this Friday, April 9.Per a press release, Blizzard has confirmed that players who have opted in for the alpha test will get to experience the game from 3pm BST on April 9 until 6pm BST on April 12.The alpha test will focus on single-player mechanics, with three character classes being made available – Barbarian, Amazon and Sorceress.

Blizzard developers are working on an RTS game that “feels like an evolution of Blizzard RTS games”.Frost Giant Studios was created in 2020 from a team of ex-Blizzard employees who had worked on StarCraft II, Warcraft III, and Diablo IV.