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Bungie's highly anticipated Sci-Fi MMO Destiny 2 finally launched on PC via the Blizzard Launcher on October 24, 2017. The game had previous launched on consoles last month, but the PC version promised support for 4K resolutions and uncapped framerates. It is also the first game in the series to see a PC release. Despite an extra month to prepare [...]
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Earlier this year, Blizzard announced that they would be retiring the Battle.net brand. The company claimed that "there’s been occasional confusion and inefficiencies related to having two separate identities under which everything falls—Blizzard and Battle.net." The renamed launcher was titled Blizzard App. The move was met with indifference by new players and derision by old fans. In the end, the [...]
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Soon after Google's DeepMind AI project beat the world's best Go players, the company announced a partnership with Activision Blizzard. Deepmind's target this time was the RTS Starcraft 2. That was back in November 2016. Fast forward to today and we're finally seeing the fruit of that partnership. Blizzard has just released a public API (application program interface) with an [...]
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Objective based gameplay helps built team spirit. But sometimes you just want to frag people. To help meet that itch, Overwatch is adding two new game modes: Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch. Both modes ditch payloads and control points, allowing players to focus on getting as many kills as possible. The free for all mode (Deathmatch) has a maximum of 8 [...]
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Blizzard has announced the release date for the first Diablo 3 'content pack.' Rise of the Necromancer, which has been in closed beta testing since May, will release on June 27 across PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One platforms. It will cost $15. That $15 gets you access to the new Necromancer class along with the following digital items: Non-combat [...]
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There's a new job posting over at Blizzard that has led to quite a bit of speculation. The job posting is for a "Production Director" for a new unannounced project in the Diablo franchise. Listed as one of the "Pluses" for prospective applicants is "Massive multiplayer game development experience". Obviously this is far from a sure thing. This could easily [...]
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Surprise Surprise, Activsion Blizzard is REALLY good at making money. The company reported its most profitable quarter ever today with profit hitting $426 million for the 3 months ended March 31, 2017. Revenue came in at a record as well at $1.73 billion. Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, attributed the strong quarter to the success of Overwatch, which now [...]
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It's the end of an era for Blizzard Entertainment—literally. The company announced at the end of last week that it would be ending support for Windows XP and Vista "later this year." The announcement pertains to all of Blizzard's modern games, including Diablo III, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft II, and World of Warcraft. The full announcement is as [...]
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Two new job listings have appeared on Blizzard Entertainment's Careers site, looking for new Lead Software Engineers for both an Engine and Tools. You may be thinking "so what? You generally need those for game development," but these listings are significant because they are for an unannounced first-person shooter project. Blizzard is looking for two new hires to "work on [...]
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Activision Blizzard reported earnings today and had record third quarter revenues, operating income, earnings per share, and operating cash flow. The company also reported record quarterly digital revenues of over $1.3 billion, a whopping 114% increase year over year. Total monthly active users was 482 million this quarter and the company logged more than 10 billion hours of play time [...]
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