Not much, apparently, at least not in December. Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime was only able to give a vague answer to the question presented during the Q&A portion of today’s Activision Blizzard financial results call, but that vagueness speaks volumes. More »
Activision-Blizzard expects to release the highly-anticipated action-RPG by the end of Q2 this year, the publisher said in a conference call with investors today. We could be hunting loot and hacking up demons just in time for summer. More »
Last month Blizzard announced that it’s annual fan convention would be skipping a year, returning in 2012 so the developer can focus on things like developing games. Some fans took this well. The Elysiam World of Warcraft guild on the US Shadowmoon server took to song. More »
More than 350 retired server blades — the physical manifestations of World of Warcraft‘s virtual realms — are being auctioned off by Blizzard, which will donate the proceeds to the renowned St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. More »
BlizzCon, the annual fan celebration of all things Blizzard-related gets a little less annual this year. The company has decided to hold the next convention in 2013 to focus on finishing Diablo III, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria and the 2012 Battle.net World Championship. More »
As I wrote this post on my Microsoft keyboard, gazing listlessly into my crisp, crystal clear Samsung monitor, sipping wistfully on a delicious Pepsi Max, I wondered aloud — ‘was product placement in a video game a good idea or a bad one’? And, specifically, was it a good idea for Blizzard to add it in its latest next-gen MMO, Project Titan? More »
Is Diablo III coming to consoles? That’s not a question Blizzard’s going to answer until they finish the PC version, and judging by today’s letter from game director Jay Wilson, they’ve still got quite a ways to go. While we eagerly await the release, developers are still figuring out the game’s core systems. More »
Ben Shaw has had one hell of a last few years. Serving overseas, the former British Army soldier was wounded by a roadside explosive in Iraq, and as a result had to have both of his eyes removed. More »
Laurel D. Austin does some great work. Employed for years at Splash Damage, the team behind Brink, she’s recently joined Blizzard, where she’s working as a concept artist. Living the dream. More »
Thanks, everyone, for pointing out that Diablo III has been confirmed to be in development for consoles via a Twtter post by Blizzard community manager Bashiok, even though we already knew that. More »
