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Blizzard seems to have a ton planned for the end of 2022. First up, it's Diablo 4. According to a recent Reddit thread (via Wowhead) detailing a few leaked dates, players can pre-purchase the PC and console action RPG game on 9th December 0:00 GMT+8 (8th December 12pm PT). This announcement will be made at The Game Awards 2022; the show Geoff Ke...
BlizzCon has been absent for the past three years, but it looks like the event might finally be returning next year. In an interview with the LA Times, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra confirmed that they're currently working to make BlizzCon 2023 happen. He said: "We previously announced we’re taking a pause on BlizzCon while we reimagine it f...
With that awesome showcase of Diablo 4 during the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022, one does wonder if the action RPG will take a different payment and retail route. Blizzard reassured many, many gamers that it will stay mostly the same like past Diablo titles. A tweet from Diablo boss Rod Fergusson (of Gears of War fame) said that the upco...
Update (13/): Diablo 4 now has a release year - 2023. And also adds in the fifth and final class: the Necromancer, clearly a fan-favourite undead summoner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwxIR4Qx6Fo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbPuDHf8maU Good news, action RPG fans. Diablo 4, the next anticipated looting and demon-slaying series from ...
Blizzard has unveiled more details and information about Diablo 4 in its March 2022 blog update. Accorrding to Diablo 4 Environments Art Director Chris Ryder, the upcoming game will feature "five distinct regions and hundreds of dungeons", including at least 150 or more dungeons to explore. One of these distinct regions is the Scosglen Coast, wh...
Blizzard's year-end update for its upcoming action RPG Diablo 4 is up, and details the endgame. According to the company, Diablo 4's endgame will offer "more depth and replayability" than the Paragon system in Diablo 3, which most of us are playing right now for its latest Season. While Diablo 4's endgame levelling up system is still called Para...
A while ago, we reported about the departure of former Diablo 4 director Luis Barriga. Turns out his replacement is new game director Joe Shely. Shely is a long-time Blizzard employee with game designer credits on Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, and World of Warcraft expansions. He's also the design lead for Diablo 4 since the start of the project. S...
More high profile departures are happening amidst the Activision Blizzard lawsuit. Diablo IV game director Luis Barriga, lead designer Jesse McCree, and World of Warcraft designer Jonathan LeCraft were recently left go from the company this week via sources from Kotaku. The news was delivered to development teams but weren't officially announced...
With all the news of Activision Blizzard being sued by the State of California for its hostile working environment, sexual harassment, and discrimination, alongside other pieces of news, fans are reconsidering their role in supporting the company and its games. These include the long-running MMORPG World of Warcraft, action RPG Diablo, and co-op mu...
Blizzard's Diablo IV might not be ready for release anytime soon, but the developer has revealed more designs from the upcoming game, including for character classes and enemies. In a new blog post, Diablo IV art director John Mueller, lead character artist Arnaud Kotelnikoff, and associate art director Nick Chilano offered more details for the hig...
Blizzard has announced that it will be cancelling BlizzCon this year. The offline one anyway. The California-based offline event will not be held at Anaheim later this year due to COVID-19 and pandemic-related issues. "Building an in-person BlizzCon is an epic and complex affair that takes many months of preparation—not just for us, but ...
In its latest investor report for Q1 2021, Activision Blizzard has announced that the games that made the most money were Call Of Duty, World Of Warcraft, and Candy Crush. Overall, the company reported total revenue of US$2.28B, which is a significant increase compared to the same quarter from last year. According to Massively Overpowered, th...
Update: Seems like the leaks are true. The story is bumped forward & updated as such to reflect this. It's rare to see leaks popping out from BlizzCon, a game expo from a company that used to keep big secrets like these tight-lipped. Still, take these bits of news with grains of salt. First up: long-awaited action RPG sequel Diablo IV wil...
Blizzcon 2021 will be aired later this weekend on 20th February 6am GMT+8. What can we expect from the upcoming event? Watch the stream below! https://youtu.be/R1AvJ0SRjw8 According to some sources, not much apparently. Twitter's Metro_OW, who is renowned for being on point with Overwatch leaks, said to lower expectations for Blizzcon 2021...
BlizzConline 2021 is now less than two weeks away and Blizzard has revealed the full schedule for the upcoming digital event. The opening ceremonies begin at 6am GMT+8 on 20 February 2021 and are scheduled to run for an hour across six separate channels. After that, each dedicated channel will focus on different games: including World Of Warcraf...
During the company's fourth-quarter financial results conference call, Activision Blizzard CFO and president of emerging businesses Dennis M. Durkin confirmed that Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV will not launch in 2021. He also confirmed that we're getting a new Call Of Duty title in 2021 Here are some of the highlights from the meeting (via Gemat...
The champions of Azeroth, the defenders of Sanctuary and the Koprulu Sector, and the heroes of Overwatch and the Nexus are invited to a virtual celebration of community, creativity, 30 years of Blizzard gaming, and the epic adventures yet to come at BlizzConline 2021. BlizzConline is an all-digital community event and exhibition of all things Bl...
In May 2020 earlier this year, BlizzCon 2020 was cancelled, and tentative plans were revealed to host an online event in early 2021. In September 2020, Blizzard Entertainment announced BlizzConline 2021, an all-digital convention that will serve as a replacement for BlizzCon 2020. BlizzConline will run from 19 to 20 February 2021. Acco...
Blizzard Entertainment has announced BlizzConline 2021, an all-digital convention that will serve as a replacement for BlizzCon 2020. In May 2020 earlier this year, BlizzCon 2020 was cancelled, and tentative plans were revealed to host an online event in early 2021. BlizzConline will run from 19 to 20 February 2021. However, Blizzard has yet to...
Working from home for Activision Blizzard's Diablo team has been quite an ordeal. At least according to producer Rod Fergusson, whom you may remember as the guy who worked at Epic Games and The Coalition on Gears of War titles. Despite all this, the work on upcoming action RPG Diablo IV is "going very well" with "little productivity being lost"....
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