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Update: The Star Craft 2: Legacy of the Void beta has begun and invites have been sent out to everyone who made the cut. Blizzard isn't sending out beta keys like with some other titles, instead select Battle Net accounts are selected for participation. Factors in making the cut include …

Hearthstone’s next adventure expansion, Blackrock Mountain, is coming out next week, Blizzard has confirmed. The new Adventure will bring 31 new cards to the game, adding on to the previous 120 new cards that came with the Goblins and Gnomes expansion a few months back. It will be available on …

Blizzard recently announced the Wow token, a new in-game item that players can trade for free subscription time, allowing players to pay for their game time using gold made from playing the game. It’s a system that we have seen before, in games like Eve Online, which lets you use …

The long-awaited StarCraft 2 expansion, Legacy of the Void, is going to enter an invite-only beta phase at the end of March, Blizzard has announced. The studio also released a new video, showing off what has changed since the expansion's initial reveal at Blizzcon last year. Some parts of the …

Soon you will be able to play World of Warcraft without spending any real world money as Blizzard is going to start accepting in-game gold for subscription time, something that Eve Online has been doing for a while and has proven successful. A new in-game item will also be coming …

Over the last few days there have been some concerns about Blizzard incorporating micro-transactions in to Diablo III outside of Asia. The publisher has now commented, clearing up the confusion by saying that while micro-transactions are being tested in Asian territories, there are no current plans to bring them over …

The Diablo III 2.2 patch is coming soon to the public test realm and will add new legendary level 70 armor sets and redesign a few old ones. The new armor sets are called Unhallowed Essence, Wrath of the Wastes, and Delsere's Magnum Opus, which appear to be for the …

In its quarterly earnings report, Activision Blizzard has announced that Destiny has more than 16 million registered users and was the largest new video game franchise launch in history. It also goes on to talk about how successful Hearthstone has been and new as of yet “Unannounced Initiatives”. It seem as though 2015 could be a …

Blizzard has plans to continue to expand on the Heroes of the Storm character roster, map selection and game modes in order to prevent the game from becoming “stale”, until the studio gets “sick of it”, according to the game's director. Heroes of the Storm game director, Dustin Browder, recently …

The latest patch for World of Warcraft adds more than just Twitter integration to the game, players can now also access the S.E.L.F.I.E camera, which does exactly what you would assume it does- take selfie pictures of your in-game character. Patch 6.1, which is currently being sent out to the …

Blizzard have opened up access to its new “Hero Brawler”, Heroes of the Storm with paid access via the Founder's Pack, that is now available in the Battle.net store. Although when the final game is released, it will be a free to play title, the Founder's Pack does come with …

Blizzard's upcoming shooter, Overwatch, may need to undergo a name change after the US Patent and Trademark Office suspended the Overwatch application last week. The game was initially announced at Blizzcon last year and there has been a high level of excitement for it ever since. The US Patent an …

Good news Hearthstone players with Android tablets! Blizzard has just released the game you love for the tablet you own, allowing you to play  wherever you desire. But there is a temporary problem for some of us… Unfortunately for the first few days, you will only be able to download the …

Ok so World of Warcraft has never really been low on subscriptions, even recently when it was at a historic low of just over seven million, but the latest expansion Warlords of Draenor (WoD) has given it a huge boost. In just 24 hours after the expansion's launch, Blizzard sold (not shipped) …

World of Warcraft's fifth expansion, Warlords of Draenor, launched this week but unfortunately for those trying to play, Blizzard faced massive server issues in Europe and the North American servers faced DDOS attacks from those trying to sabotage the expansion's launch. Blizzard acknowledged the attacks on the World of Warcraft …

The next expansion for mega MMO World of Warcraft, Warlords of Draenor (WoD) will go live on the US and EU servers in the next few hours. This will be the fifth expansion to the game, which was originally released 10 years ago this month. Warlords of Draenor will be …

Unfortunately it doesn't look like you will ever be able to play Diablo III with friends on other platforms and console players also won't be getting Seasonal heroes according to Blizzard. Diablo III lead designer, Kevin Martens said that cross-platform play is “definitely not possible at this point with this …

Blizzcon officially kicked off just a few hours ago and during the opening ceremony Blizzard decided to announce its first new franchise in a long time- Overwatch. Overwatch is a cartoonish team-based first person shooter, currently those at the event are comparing the game to Team Fortress 2. A CG …

World of Warcraft is now ten years old and Blizzard is fully expecting it to still be around when it turns twenty, according to lead designer, Ion Hazzikostas. With Blizzard's recently cancelled MMO, Titan, now out of the picture, it looks like to publisher is throwing its resources back in …

Blizzard has announced that the iPhone and Android smartphone versions of Hearthstone won't be available until early next year, although Android tablet owners will be able to get the game before Christmas. The CCG has grown immensely in popularity since it launched in closed beta form last year. So far …

If you feel like you have nailed down your legend deck in Blizzard's turn based collectible card game, Hearthstone, then you better start getting ready to head back to the drawing board, as the next expansion for the hit free to play title is going to add more than 100 …

Blizzard has announced that soon World of Warcraft players will be able to revive past characters that they had deleted. The ‘Undelete' feature will be rolling out in a content patch just prior to the release of Warlords of Draenor. Not all characters will be eligible for recovery though, characters …

Blizzard has apparently canned its upcoming next gen MMO, Titan, after seven years in development. Rumors began swirling around the title once again last year when it was reported that Blizzard was taking the project ‘back to the drawing board' but it seems that it will never see the light …

A lot of you have been playing Hearthstone for a while now, gradually figuring out the mechanics, the meta game and just what cards your opponent might be about to play to ruin your day. That no doubt means you're getting quite good, better than most in-fact and the stats …

Who would have thought when Hearthstone launched officially earlier this year, that the next hugely popular, competitive title to hit the PC would be a collectible card game? Well you better believe it now, as Blizzard has released an image on Twitter to celebrate the fact that it now has …

Google's anti-fraud and abuse researcher, Dr. Elie Bursztein, has created a personal Hearthstone tool which can count cards in order to predict an opponent's moves, while also establishing the value of every card in the game. However, despite showing it off at Defcon, the tool will not be made public. …

Is it all down hill from here for World of Warcraft? Possibly, well at least as far as the subscriber count is concerned as the MMO's lead designer, Tom Chilton, has said that Blizzard doesn't necessarily expect the game to grow again. In an interview with MCV, Chilton said: “We …

Blizzard has issued a warning to those thinking about cheating in StarCraft II, stating that cheaters will be banned in waves as well as on a case by case basis upon receiving reports from other players. However, the company admits that it can't go in to much detail on its …

Dealing with hackers and cheaters is an endless battle for those running online multiplayer games. FPS titles are often some of the worst hit due to their popularity, with wall-hacks and aimbots sometimes ruining gameplay for large numbers of players, but these hacks are present in other genres too. In …

Hearthstone has finished its soft-launch and is now available on the iPad worldwide. Blizzard's free to play card game currently has over 10 million registered players, a number that is likely to grow now that it is available on more platforms. Hearthstone spent quite a long time in closed beta …