Has it really been three years of Overwatch? I forgot to get an anniversary gift, but there's still time to throw something together last-minute and hope it looks heartfelt. Note to self: burn the receipt. Blizzard is running Overwatch's th...

World of Warcraft's Thrall has been MIA/retired for a while in the MMO's universe, having served his time protecting the horde and well, the very fabric of the universe. But like all heroes (and lucrative nostalgic intellectual property) it...

World of Warcraft is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year (it feels older, doesn't it?), and WoW Classic will be joining in on the festivities. It'll launch on August 27, and will herald in a "World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary C...

[Update: Havana has made it through testing on the PTR and is now playable in Overwatch on PC and PS4. Strangely, there's a slight delay on the Xbox One update. Along with the map, Blizzard has also opened up shop for Atlantic Mercy and Pac...

[Update: As of today, you can now buy the Lúcio and Mercy All-Stars 2019 skins.] Blizzard just lifted the lid on a new pair of special Overwatch skins created to celebrate the Overwatch League 2019 All-Stars event. This year, it's a ...

Blizzard has debuted a new "power user" feature in Overwatch: the Workshop. Essentially, it's a way for folks to create and share wild game modes using a basic scripting system. One early example is Molten Floor, a Blizzard-made mode in whi...

[Update: You can find the Spotlight embedded below.] The last time Heroes of the Storm added a character (all the way back into January), it didn't really resonate with me. It wasn't the boon the game needed after it was put on notice last ...

Several months ago the existence of the Heroes of the Storm character Anduin was leaked from an international arm of Blizzard. The Heroes team kind of brushed it off, noting that he'll come when he comes: welp, he came. My fellow Alliance m...

Hearthstone recently released its latest expansion, Rise of Shadows. As the first expansion released this year, all cards that were released in 2017, in addition to a few other unhealthy cards, were removed from the game's Standard format. ...

It's almost time to suit up for another Overwatch mission, as the multiplayer shooter prepares for its Storm Rising event, which goes live tomorrow and will run until May 6. An exciting new trailer shows the OW crew in action in their missi...

It's been too long, Overwatch. What've you got up your sleeve? In a series of teasers, Blizzard has been building toward its next Overwatch event, Storm Rising, which will run from April 16 to May 6, 2019. First there was an in-universe art...

Diablo appearing on GOG was one thing, but I'm unreasonably excited to revisit Warcraft's humble beginnings. As of today, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II Battle.net Edition are available digitally on the site. You can grab them ...

This week, after a short time spent runnin' and healin' on the PTR servers, Blizzard has officially launched the 30th hero in their competitive online shooter, Overwatch. Baptiste is a support character, equipped with both medicinal and def...

Blizzard just rolled out the patch notes for the latest Heroes of the Storm PTR build, and it's a doozy. First off loot chests cannot be purchased for gems anymore (read: premium currency). Instead you can now buy rare loot chests for 3,000...

The time has come for another Hearthstone expansion and the usual four month cadence lives on. This one is a 135-card joint called "Rise of the Shadows," which focuses on the ethereal and evil Rafaam, as well as his "League of E.V.I.L. with...

With his PTR trial run wrapping up, Baptiste is now eying a proper debut in Overwatch. The 30th hero will bring his biotic launcher and death-defying tech to the live game on Tuesday, March 19. You've probably heard about his kit by now, b...

Activision Blizzard and GOG have partnered up to resurrect the original Diablo for modern PCs. Available for the first time via digital distribution (and DRM free), this port of the eternal classic contains the original 20 FPS, SVGA version...

I can never have enough support heroes in Overwatch, especially ones who lob projectiles out of a biotic launcher. The game has finally hit the big Three-Oh with Baptiste, "an elite combat medic armed with an arsenal of experimental healing...

Blizzard has been injecting new heroes into Overwatch at roughly the rate of three per year (2017 and 2018 saw this exact cadence), and 2019 is already welcoming its first: the support hero Baptiste. A survivor of the Omnic War, Baptiste is...

It looks like another hero is on their way to Blizzard's multiplayer shooter Overwatch. In typical OW fashion, Blizzard are teasing the new character's arrival via some mysterious lore, that has suddenly turned up on the game's official Twi...

A new Overwatch map may not be enough to get you back in the fighting spirit if you've had your fill of the current state of the game and feel the need for a proper shakeup, but as someone who spends just a few hours a week (if that) messin...

This weekend, during Toy Fair 2019, Blizzard Entertainment and Hasbro revealed the first line of their Overwatch Ultimates action figure range. This brand was first teased last year by the toy-maker, but now we have some images of the first...

While we're sitting here scratching our heads how a company can have a profitable year and yet still decide to ax hundreds of jobs, here are some less depressing things happening in video games: System Shock 3 is still lost in the shuffle...

In one of the biggest mass layoffs in recent memory for the video game industry, Activision Blizzard has reduced its workforce by eight percent. That amounts to approximately 800 employees who were left without jobs today. This maneuver com...

It looks like a massive shake-up is coming to Activision Blizzard next week that could affect hundreds of employees. According to a report in Bloomberg, the company plans to announce massive layoffs next Tuesday as it attempts to "centraliz...