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A Scrapped Overwatch Netflix Show, A Proposed Call Of Duty RTS, And Four More Details From An Upcoming Book On Blizzard
30.9.2024
Activision Blizzard has been the subject of immense attention and scrutiny over the past three years, ever since the company was sued over an alleged culture of workplace harassment in 2021. This was followed by a $69 billion acquisition by Microsoft and over 2000 layoffs at the company. With...
Blizzard Reportedly Hasn't Given Up On The Dream Of A StarCraft Shooter
27.9.2024
While the possibility of Blizzard ever making StarCraft III appears to remain distant at best, the company is reportedly still keeping the dream of a StarCraft shooter alive despite several previous mothballed attempts. This time, however, Far Cry 5 director Dan Hay is seemingly at the helm. Read...
Diablo 4 Players Have Spent $150 Million On Skins And Microtransactions
16.9.2024
Blizzard’s 2023 action RPG dungeon looter Diablo 4 has been criticized for its microtransactions and pricey skins. But apparently, that hasn’t stopped plenty of players from spending over $100 million on in-game cosmetics and other items since it launched.Read more
World Of Warcraft: The War Within: The Kotaku Review
9.9.2024
World of Warcraft: The War Within has a lot to live up to. The first in a trilogy of expansions Blizzard has dubbed The Worldsoul Saga and the followup to the stellar previous expansion in Dragonflight, it’s easy to imagine it crumbling under lofty expectations. Luckily, however, The War Within...
World Of Warcraft Is Adding An Arachnophobia Mode To Keep Spiders At Bay
26.8.2024
If creepy-crawlies such as spiders give you the major heebie-jeebies, the latest quality-of-life feature in World of Warcraft: The War Within will come as something of a relief. The newly added Arachnophobia Mode allows those of us who would rather keep the spiders at bay a shot at enjoying...
3 Big Changes Coming To Diablo IV In Its First Major Expansion
23.8.2024
The Vessel of Hatred, the first expansion to Diablo IV, is set to release on October 8 and Blizzard dropped a ton of new information about it at Gamescom. That includes more details on the game’s new class, new region, and a few surprise announcements to get players even more excited.Read more
You Can Play The OG Diablo In Your Browser For Free Right Now
19.8.2024
It’s now possible to quickly and easily play the original 1997 Diablo on your PC or phone via a simple website. Just load it up on your browser and you can start killing demons and skeletons like it’s the ‘90s all over again. Read more
Borderlands Movie Bad, BotW Players Find An Amazing Glitch, And More Of The Week's Top News
10.8.2024
This week, we reported on diligent, game-breakingTears of the Kingdom players figuring out how to attain an item they’ve been trying to acquire for ages. Also, after years in production hell, the Borderlands movie is finally here and critics are not liking it! We also rounded up the biggest...
Diablo IV Glitch Lets Player Gain 30+ Levels In One Second
7.8.2024
A new and powerful weapon added to Diablo IV’s latest season suddenly led to some players leveling up incredibly fast, with one player jumping over 30 levels after one boss kill. Blizzard has since tracked down the cause of this bug and released a temporary fix. Read more
Diablo IV Players Encounter A Generous Seasonal Bug And Blizzard's Not Stepping In To Patch It Out
6.8.2024
Today is the start of Diablo IV’s Season of the Infernal Hordes. It adds a new mode, quests, and a ton of rebalancing. It also accidentally let players carry over their Legendary Tempering recipes from last season, and Blizzard is being generous and giving the bug a pass this time around.Read more
FTC Calls Xbox Game Pass Price Hike 'Exactly The Sort Of Consumer Harm' It Tried To Stop
19.7.2024
On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission pointed to Microsoft’s recent pricing overhaul of Xbox Game Pass as evidence of the harm its merger with Activision Blizzard has had on consumers. The agency filed a new letter in its ongoing appeal of last year’s deal, calling the changes “exactly...
Report: More Activision Games Coming To Game Pass Soon
3.7.2024
Thus far, only one Activision Blizzard-published game has made its way to Xbox’s Game Pass subscription service, almost a year after Microsoft finalized its deal to purchase the massive Call of Duty publisher. But a new report claims more Activision games will (slowly) start coming to the service...
Overwatch 2 Devs Agree: Tanks Are Miserable To Play Right Now
28.6.2024
Overwatch 2’s tank role has been in an awkward spot since the sequel took one of them out of the mix. Where once the role prioritized team-wide defense, Overwatch 2 has built and reworked tanks to be frontline brawlers. Since then, the role has been in constant flux as Blizzard has tried to better...
Community-Made Overwatch 2 Mode Is So Good Fans Want Some Of Its Changes In The Main Game
21.6.2024
Every Overwatch 2 player has opinions about balance changes and reworks for their favorite heroes. Sometimes they’re impractical power fantasies to make their main more powerful, but other times, there are some real thoughtful ideas floating around forums and social media. Blizzard gave a handful...
Overwatch 2 Is Bringing Back The Mercy Skin Everyone’s Obsessed Over Since 2018
13.6.2024
Overwatch 2 typically cycles through skins and other cosmetics in its shop, offering certain skins for a few weeks before removing them. Some you can buy directly from the hero menu after they’ve left the shop. But there are some skins that have only been available through limited means and for...
Diablo Immortal Inspired Blizzard To Add A New Kind Of Class To Diablo 4
12.6.2024
Diablo IV’s first big DLC expansion, Vessel of Hatred, arrives on all platforms later this year. The upcoming DLC is adding not only a new region to explore and loot, but also a new class—the Spiritborn—never before seen in the franchise. And according to Blizzard, the decision to add a new class...
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Goes Full Mission Impossible In First Action-Packed Trailer
9.6.2024
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the first in the best-selling military shooter since Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, looks like a cross between a 90s political documentary and a Mission Impossible movie in its new trailer. The game will launch on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC...
Diablo IV Players Keep Bricking Their Most Powerful Gear
3.6.2024
Diablo IV’s latest seasonal update substantially reworked a bunch of things to make the loot action-RPG more fun and rewarding. However, one change has engineered some especially cruel moments for the most devoted players.Read more
After Swimming In Gold For Months, Diablo IV Players Are Begging For A Bailout
22.5.2024
When Diablo IV first came out its economy felt hopelessly broken. Incrementally better but mostly worthless gear was incredibly expensive to buy during the main campaign, while gold was so tangential to the end-game grind that players quickly amassed Scrooge McDuck-like fortunes with nothing really...
Activision Reportedly Ditched Tony Hawk 3+4 For More Call Of Duty
6.5.2024
Once upon a time, developer Vicarious Visions was working on a follow-up to 2020's excellent remake collection, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2. The project would’ve consisted of remakes of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4, which would’ve been dope. Unfortunately, according to a new investigation...