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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
What Went Wrong at Blizzard Entertainment
O ver the past three years, as I worked on a book about the history of the video-game company Blizzard Entertainment, a ...
‘Play Nice’ chronicles the rise and fall of an entertainment empire
Journalist Jason Schreier talks with The Post about his new book on the history of the video game company Blizzard ...
The toxic transformation of Warcraft maker Blizzard
The state of California filed a massive sexism and discrimination lawsuit against Activision Blizzard in 2021, a moment that ...
The famous Blizzard graveyard of canceled games includes a sci-fi Diablo and a Warcraft take on Helldivers
Developer Blizzard is notorious for canceling games, but the sheer number of abandoned ideas might still surprise you. It'll ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...