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Players are exploiting Diablo 4's new 'Gauntlet' leaderboard mode with help from the open world

If there's a way to cheat or find an exploit for a ranked mode, players will find a way. And that's exactly what's happening with Diablo 4's new Gauntlet.

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Blizzard teams with Porsche for Overwatch 2 Season 10 with all-electric Porsche Macan D.Va mech

Blizzard announces new Legendary D.Va skin inspired by Porsche's all-new Macan Electric car, will launch with more skins and cosmetics with Season 10.

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Phil Spencer says more dev work required before Call of Duty games come to Xbox Game Pass

Call of Duty is one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world, but there's still back-end work to be completed before it comes to Xbox Game Pass.

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Diablo 4 coming to Xbox Game Pass on March 28, the first Blizzard game to join the service

The first Activision Blizzard game to join Xbox Game Pass on PC and Console has been announced, and it's Blizzard's live service focused Diablo IV.

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Overwatch 2 Season 9 is nearly here, will 'revitalize the Overwatch 2 experience'

Blizzard details Overwatch 2's new Season 9 update: huge changes to the core gameplay, new progression system, all heroes now have passive healing.

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Stormgate is a new RTS from ex-Warcraft 3 and StarCraft 2 devs, play the demo right now

The Steam Next Fest event is currently underway and there's a playable demo for Stormgate, the spiritual successor to Blizzard's StarCraft.

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New Blizzard president announced as Call of Duty general manager

Following the departure of previous lead Mike Ybarra, Blizzard Entertainment has named its next president and it's ex-Call of Duty GM Johanna Faries.

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Blizzard president Mike Ybarra leaves as Xbox axes 1,900 jobs

Current Blizzard president Mike Ybarra is stepping down, will leave role while Microsoft lays off 1,900 people across its entire Xbox gaming segment.

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Diablo 4 Season 3 gives you a robotic companion that fights, while adding WASD controls on PC

Blizzard outlines what to expect with Diablo 4's third season, and with the focus on mechanized constructs players will get a robotic pet that fights.

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Overwatch 2 Season 9 will have ALL heroes with their own passive healing abilities

Blizzard is making more big changes to Overwatch 2, with Season 9 introducing passive healing abilities to ALL heroes... including tanks and DPS.

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Diablo 4 is getting a ray tracing update for reflections and shadows in March

Blizzard's Diablo 4 is finally getting real-time ray-tracing support, with a March 2024 update bringing RT reflections and shadows.

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GeForce NOW is getting new Blizzard games, Day Passes, and G-SYNC technology

At CES 2024 NVIDIA is showcasing Cyberpunk 2077 and Alan Wake 2 on GeForce NOW on a 1440p display connected to a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone.

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Blizzard goal: Overwatch 2's new heroes are free for all players at launch

Overwatch 2 executive producer says that Blizzard is 'actively working toward' a new system that will have new heroes available to players on day one.

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Overwatch 2 Season 8 details arrive: new hero Mauga, Battle of the Beasts mode, and more

Overwatch 2 Season 8 drops tomorrow, with Mauga joining the hero party as well as a new Battle of the Beasts game mode, new Weapons Skins, and more.

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Report: Diablo 4 survey lists $100 expansion price tier

Blizzard has reportedly sent out surveys asking consumers if they'd be willing to buy Diablo IV expansion + bonuns content bundles for prices up to $100.

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Play Diablo 4 for free on Steam as part of a free trial from now until November 28

Play Diablo IV for free on Steam, experience the full Sanctuary, get a character to Level 20, and then get 40% off the MSRP if you choose to buy.

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Diablo 4's boosted XP and gold week makes leveling and gaining power even quicker

It's the season of giving, and for those playing Diablo 4 this week Blizzard is dishing out a massive 35% boost to XP and Gold earned in-game.

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Blizzard excited for its Xbox future, being free from Activision could lead to a new StarCraft

Now a part of Xbox, the leadership at Blizzard is excited to be back in control of the studio's future - and that could mean the return of StarCraft.

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Overwatch 2's new hero Mauga is a chaingun-wielding new tank

Overwatch 2's new chaingun-toting tank 'Mauga' has been teased, as well as 2 upcoming new heroes that will be coming in the upcoming.

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Xbox head Phil Spencer heads to BlizzCon 2023 to welcome the studio and community into the fold

Blizzard is now an Xbox Game Studio, and Phil Spencer made the trek to BlizzCon 2023 to address attendees at the opening ceremony.

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Diablo 4's first major expansion, Vessel of Hatred, is coming in late 2024

Mephisto, the Lord of Hatred, will be the big bad in Diablo 4's first expansion called Vessel of Hatred. And it's going to introduce a brand new class.

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You can win this gaming PC with real human blood in it, if players donate 666 quarts of blood

Blizzard falls into the darkness with its new marketing stunt: raffling off a gaming PC with 'real human blood' inside of the coolant.

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Diablo 4's big 1.2 update for Season of Blood is so big the Patch Notes are over 40 pages long

Diablo 4 is set to get a massive update that overhauls some of the game's systems while adding new items and powers and balance changes, it's a big one.

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Diablo 4 is coming to Steam, the second Blizzard game to appear on Valve's platform

Diablo 4 becomes the first game to arrive on Steam, with the launch happening alongside the release of the game's second season, the Season of Blood.

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WoW alum Chris Metzen returns to Blizzard to lead Warcraft franchise

Having pioneered the MMORPG space with his work on World of Warcraft, Chris Metzen returns to Blizzard to lead the billion-dollar Warcraft franchise.

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Diablo 4 Season 2 revealed and it's all about vampires and long-awaited quality of life updates

Season of Blood will introduce a new vampire threat and Vampire Powers, but we're excited that Gems will no longer take up Stash space in Diablo 4.

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Overwatch 2 releases on Steam and was immediately review bombed by angry gamers

Blizzard released Overwatch 2 on Steam today, and gamers were quick to get their reviews in, causing the overall sentiment to be 'Overwhelmingly Negative'.

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Blizzard is busy banning Diablo 4 players who used the 'unplug your internet' exploit

As well as those who actively leveraged the exploit - which is now fixed - getting banned, their passive partners in crime are also suffering punishment.

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Need a real MMO challenge? Official WoW Classic hardcore servers go live on August 24

Classic Hardcore realms kick off in just a few weeks, and if your character dies in hardcore mode - that it's, there's no coming back.

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Good news, Diablo 4 sorcerers (and barbarians): buffs are coming, and very soon

As well as Blizzard giving back to sorcerers - following recent nerfs to the class - there's a fix for VRAM wonkiness on the performance front.

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Do you use Diablo 4 mods? Blizzard might hit you with the perma-ban stick

Blizzard makes it clear that 'unauthorized software' that modifies the game is prohibited - and calls out TurboHUD4 as an example.

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Blizzard actually lost 1 million users after Diablo IV's release

Despite the game's massive success for the publisher, Blizzard's monthly active users actually dropped in the same Q2 2023 quarter that Diablo IV launched.

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World of Warcraft player tricks AI news site into creating a fake story about Glorbo

A made-up character, a Redditor, and an AI newsbot enter a bar... WoW fan tricks AI into posting a news story about fake character Glorbo.

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Diablo III vs Diablo IV sales: Prime evil showdown

Diablo IV is a mega-hit that helped Blizzard break $1 billion net revenues for the first time ever, but how does this compare to Diablo III's sales?

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Activision has made nearly $1 billion from mobile every quarter over the last year

Examination of Activision's platform revenues shows just how big mobile games like Candy Crush, Diablo Immortal, and COD Mobile are for the publisher.

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Blizzard was Activision's top Q2 earner with record-breaking $1 billion revenues

Diablo IV is a sales beast that surged Blizzard revenues so high that it became Activision's top-earning segment via a record-breaking $1 billion earnings.

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Diablo 4 'Season of the Malignant' is here - and already reverts an unpopular patch v1.1 change

Level requirements for World Tier III or IV have been binned, but there's no change with the balance tweaks that have been highly controversial.

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Analysis: Mobile gaming has transformed Activision-Blizzard's business

Analysis of Activision-Blizzard's segment revenues shows just how much mobile has radically affected the publisher's multi-platform games business.

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Diablo 4 is Blizzard's fastest-selling game to date, raking in a record-setting amount of cash

Diablo 4 is proving to be quite the cash cow, helping to drive Blizzard's net sales over $1 billion in a quarter for the first time ever.

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Controversial Diablo 4 patch is tanking player morale

Blizzard's new Diablo 4 patch hamstrings an entire class and sparks controversy that is affecting player motivations and could jeopardize engagement.

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Blizzard games are coming to Steam as publisher selectively breaks Battle.net exclusivity

Blizzard confirms plans to offer its games on Steam starting with Overwatch 2 in August, and select games are also coming to Valve's storefront platform.

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WoW Classic hardcore raid wipe: Is this the greatest (or worst) act of griefing of all-time?

Yes, we've got a feeling it is, considering the planning and build-up required to pull this off, as 'Tinyviolin69' wipes a max-level hardcore mode raid.

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Diablo 4 Barbarian records Critical Hit with 36 zeroes, filling the screen with a single number

Diablo 4 player records 35,248,198,783,801,730,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 points of damage, which is insane and clearly broken. But fun to see.

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Microsoft identified 'five different mobile and PC gaming opportunities' in Activision buyout

Microsoft CFO Amy Hood and her financial team identified five key mobile and PC gaming opportunities as 'financial upsides' to the Activision merger.

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Some Diablo 4 players are convinced there's a secret Cow Level and are trying to find it

There is no cow level, at least that's what Blizzard has and continues to say for all new Diablo games. So then, does one exist in Diablo 4?

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FTC economist witness unprepared to illustrate size and scope of Activision's megaton games

FTC's principal witness, economist Dr. Robin Lee, missed a valuable opportunity to highlight the sheer magnitude of Activision-Blizzard's megaton games.

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Diablo IV confirmed for DirectStorage support - so the question now is 'when', not 'if'

DirectStorage has been sorely lacking in terms of PC support, but at least we now know that it's definitely planned for inclusion in the action RPG.

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Check out this amazing custom Diablo 4 PC built by NVIDIA GeForce, and you can win it

Created by Ron Lee Christianson in collaboration with NVIDIA and Blizzard, this one-of-a-kind PC mod will no doubt make any Diablo fan happy.

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2% of all Diablo IV player deaths are to this one boss

Blizzard launched Diablo IV a week ago, and now we are starting to see stats come out about the game, revealing lots of deaths can be traced to one boss.

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NVIDIA showcases Diablo franchise running on its GPU hardware, starting with a RIVA TNT 128

With Diablo IV out here's a little trip down GPU Memory Lane with the original Diablo running on a RIVA TNT 128, and Diablo 2 on a GeForce 256.