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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'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 ...
'In short, the good economic news is real'
It is "hard to overstate just how good recent economic numbers have been," says Paul Krugman. Does this "good news vindicate ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred DLC boosts Steam players to record high, despite rocky launch
Diablo 4's expansion Vessel of Hatred released earlier today, welcoming a record number of Steam players in the process.
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Diablo 4 expansion renamed “Vessel of Waitred” after 5-hour launch delay
Diablo 4’s VoH launch delay had players so frustrated they started calling it the “Vessel of Waitred” thanks to all the tech ...
Ubisoft's grudging return to Steam continues as Assassin's Creed Valhalla finally gets achievements 2 years after launch
Almost as if Ubi would rather you just bought the game directly on its own platform and cut out the middleman. Perhaps that ...
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Activision forced Diablo 4 into development as D3 was deemed “a failure”
New reports from Jason Schreier's new book Play Nice reveal the crushing development of Diablo 4 as Blizzard was forced to make it.
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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 ...
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Controllers, concerns: Inside Cal Poly Pomona’s esports scene in imperfect industry
By Phoenix Guevara, Oct. 8, 2024 To be on top of the game in the popular realm of competitive gaming, Cal Poly Pomona has embraced the esports trend and its ever-growing community through clubs and ...
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 ...