Blizzard book Play Nice reveals dozens of canceled games
The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment reveals a long list of canceled games. Here's what Blizzard shelved over ...
Jason Schreier’s ‘Play Nice’: The Monstrous Evolution Of Blizzard Is A Fascinating Ride
Play Nice is an excellent read. It did everything from make me wish Blizzard made a Star Wars RTS to feel empathy for Diablo ...
Behind the scenes at Blizzard: Jason Schreier talks misconduct, swingers parties and what press got wrong
Few video game companies hold such a personal connection to fans as Blizzard. Now, imagine how deep that connection ...
The Diablo IV Nobody Ever Saw
In 2014, the team at Blizzard began work on a 'Diablo III' follow-up code-named Hades that never saw the light of day. Here’s ...
Oof: Years before Steam, a Blizzard engineer wanted to turn Battle.net into a third-party game store, but was reportedly turned down
Making an expensive new RTS does seem risky, so I get it, but past rejections sure can sting in hindsight. Schreier reports ...
Every Canceled Blizzard Game That We Know of Thanks to a New Comprehensive History of the Studio
Using past reports combined with everything we read in Jason Schreier's new book, Play Nice, we’ve compiled a new, definitive list of every canceled Blizzard project over the years and what we know ...
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The rise, fall and future of the company behind World of Warcraft
A new book, "Play Nice," by reporter Jason Schreier explores the history, successes and deep-rooted challenges of Blizzard ...
Blizzard almost made Diablo 4 a roguelike in the Batman Arkham style called Hades
Diablo 4 almost ended up being a very different entity, as Diablo 3 director Josh Mosqueira envisioned it as a Batman Arkham game with roguelike elements ...
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'Play Nice': The inside story of Blizzard Entertainment's billion-dollar games and controversies
Blizzard Entertainment started as a humble game studio in southern California before hits like "StarCraft" and "World of ...
24 years ago, Blizzard reportedly shot down a pitch to make its own version of Steam by turning Battle.net into "a digital store for a variety of PC games"
In another timeline, Blizzard may have its own version of Valve's PC-dominating Steam store, but in our timeline it ...
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Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred misses its launch window after Blizzard bungles release build, requiring everyone to download a big new update
The launch of Diablo 4's Vessel of Hatred expansion has been a bit of a disaster, the likes of which we've not seen for a ...
‘Play Nice' Author Talks Biggest Revelations From Activision Blizzard Tell-All Book: Bobby Kotick vs. Mike Morhaime, Strip Club Excursions and Prosecutor Chris Christie
Towards the beginning of video game journalist Jason Schreier’s new book, “Play Nice: The Rise, Fall and Future of Blizzard ...