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Blizzard has had a long-term partnership with NetEase to allow its games to operate in China. Unfortunately, a dispute between the two companies has come to light, and as a result, their licensing deal will be coming to an end and the majority of Blizzard games will be pulled from …

Diablo IV had a pretty good showing at the Xbox and Bethesda showcase a few days ago, but due to Diablo Immortal's recent microtransaction controversies, fans have been worried about Blizzard's monetisation plans for the new game, something that the studio has now responded to. While Blizzard still hasn't really …

We've heard plenty about Diablo Immortal's microtransactions recently and the caps in place to ensure you have to spend money to get high-grade gems for your gear. As it turns out, there are other hidden gameplay caps in place that players are now beginning to discover.  Echohack, a player with …

Four years on from its infamous reveal, Diablo Immortal is officially out on both mobile and PC. Initially, there was a flurry of positivity around the game's launch, but once players began getting more familiar with the store and hitting end-game, major issues became apparent. Want a fully maxed out character? That'll be $100,000 please.

It has been almost four years since Diablo Immortal was first announced to an overwhelmingly negative reaction from both the crowd at BlizzCon that year, as well as online. Blizzard opted not to cancel the game, instead working away on it quietly. Now, the game is finally ready and will …

Amazon Games had a hit on its hands earlier this year with Lost Ark, which swiftly broke records when it launched on Steam worldwide. For now, the game is a PC exclusive, but Lost Ark could follow in the footsteps of other major ARPGs with a console release later on.  …

Minecraft is the best selling game of all time. With over 200 million copies sold, the next best-selling (GTA V) is over 55 million copies behind. With so many copies sold, it may be unsurprising to see a spin-off game perform well. Even so, Minecraft: Dungeon, the Diablo-style dungeon crawler, …

With the effects of COVID-19 nearly all conventions and expos have had to adapt to the circumstances, be it by delaying proceedings, utilising an online format, or simply being outright cancelled. It seems as though Blizzard has opted to go with the latter in the case of its annual fan …

Though film and TV adaptations of video games are certainly nothing new, it seems as though 2020 will see more projects come to light than usual. A Diablo TV show featuring an anime art style, and an Overwatch animated series have both been confirmed to be in development thanks to …

Back in October, former Xbox executive, Mike Ybarra, departed from Microsoft in order to helm a General Manager position at Blizzard. Now, Microsoft is losing another big name, with Gears of War studio head, Rod Fergusson, leaving to work on Diablo IV.  The Coalition is on a high right now, …

At Blizzcon 2019, Blizzard announced the latest entry to the Diablo franchise, Diablo IV. During the conference, on a panel after the announcement of the game, Blizzard announced that Diablo IV won't be playable offline across all versions of the game.  At a panel after the official Diablo IV announcement …

Blizzcon 2018 was shaping up to be pretty solid for Blizzard with announcements for WoW Classic’s launch and Warcraft 3 Remastered lined up. Unfortunately, all of that was quickly overshadowed by the Diablo Immortal announcement. Since then, the folks at Blizzard have been doing some soul searching, with the studio’s …

Update (28.03.19): Earlier this month, GOG announced that it had teamed up with Blizzard to re-release DRM free versions of Diablo 1 as well as Warcraft 1 & 2. Diablo 1 was made available immediately after the announcement but no date was given for the Warcraft games. That changed this …

There has been some hype surrounding Blizzard's Diablo plans this year. Not only is Diablo III coming to the Nintendo Switch, but ‘multiple Diablo' projects are confirmed to be in the works at Blizzard. Unfortunately, it sounds like we are unlikely to get any big news at Blizzcon this year, …

Blizzcon is coming up in a month's time but it looks like two pieces of interesting Diablo-related information have made it out ahead of time. For starters, Blizzard is working on something called ‘Diablo: Reign of Terror' and secondly, cross-platform play is officially in the works for Diablo III. Diablo …

Last year, Netflix began dabbling in video game based animated series with the release of Castlevania- which turned out to be pretty solid, albeit quite short. Now, we can expect another video game series to hit TV screens, with Diablo set to get its own adaptation. Blizzard has been interested …

Those of you who have been following KitGuru for a while will know that Diablo is one of my favourite games. Each time there is a slight inkling that new Diablo projects are in the works, I'm straight on it. This week, Diablo fans received some particularly positive news from …

Blizzard is quite well known for leaking information about new projects through job listings, and they’ve done it again. This time they are looking for a Dungeon Artist for a currently unannounced Diablo project. On the Job Openings section of the Blizzard website, you will find the position of ‘Dungeon …

Last year, Diablo fans had a lot to get excited about at BlizzCon. Not only was the original Diablo rebuilt inside Diablo 3, but the game got a new class announced for its roster. This year unfortunately, things are going to be much quieter when it comes to Diablo content. …

Back in March it was revealed that Blizzard was looking for artists and programmers to start working on an unannounced Diablo project and now, the studio is looking for a director to spearhead the project. Blizzard's Irvine studio careers page has recently been updated with a listing for a ‘Game …

Blizzard has launched a lawsuit at the creators of several popular bot services that help players cheat at World of Warcraft, Diablo III and Heroes of the Storm. Blizzard is accusing the bot developers of copyright infringement and also points out that bot services ruin the gaming experience for legitimate …

Although far from an exact science, whenever a major studio announces a new job opening at their company, it's often for something specific. There are traditionally quite a lot of open, or potentially existing jobs at large publishers and developers, but when something different shows up, it gives us a …

We recently took a look at a rather attractive looking Diablo III headset from SteelSeries which impressed us with the extra features it offers over the standard Siberia V2 headset.  While the most obvious differences were mainly cosmetic, there were a few hardware tweaks including a built in USB soundcard …

We have looked at a vast number of gaming headsets from SteelSeries in the past and none of them have failed to impress us.  Our favourite gaming headset from SteelSeries is, without doubt, the Siberia V2 which offers great all-round performance and an unparalleled comfort level.  This is one of …