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Diablo III’s new season brings the Echoing Nightmare feature and...
Are you ready to relive the tortured memories of Nephalem who fell in a Greater Rift until you’re inevitably overwhelmed or defeated? If that sounds like your idea of a good time, then you’re going to...
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Activision-Blizzard Q1 2022: Revenues plummet, Blizzard loses another 2M players
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard’s quarterly financials. As of this morning, we have Q1’s results, comprising January, February, and March 2022, a bit earlier than the...
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MMOARPG Diablo Immortal launches June 2 – the same day its PC open beta begins
Buried in this morning’s frankly disastrous Activision-Blizzard quarterly financial report is some actual good news for gamers (and Blizzard itself, which could use a win): Even if you don’t have...
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Diablo III makes the Echoing Nightmare permanent, Overwatch 2 discusses...
Whether you’re a fan of hacking up demons in Diablo III or testing out the new PvP meta in Overwatch 2, there’s some news to be had for your very specific interests. We start with D3 and its 10 year...
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Diablo III dev shares behind-the-scenes stories for its 10th anniversary
First of all, it’s been 10 years since Diablo III launched on May 15th, 2012, and that makes us all so old. Second, it’s obvious to everyone that Blizzard long ago abandoned this ARPG in favor of...
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Not So Massively: First impressions of Diablo Immortal on PC
There was a time when the release of a new Diablo game might have been a big deal for me. But I’ve never been much of a mobile gamer, so Immortal wasn’t initially very high on my watchlist, and by the...
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Perfect Ten: 10 things you can spend money on instead of Diablo Immortal
So how about that Diablo Immortal eh? Sure is a lot of “weeping and gnashing of teeth” surrounding its release, huh? But hey, it’s for a good reason. In an ironic twist, putting that good ol’ “Blizzard...
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Diablo Immortal is no longer whaling as hard as we thought, but it’s still...
Earlier this week, the internet was abuzz over a Reddit thread and subsequent viral videos that pointed out it could cost players over $100,000 to full equip their Diablo Immortal toon with the top...
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Diablo IV goes gaga for the Necromancer in its quarterly update
Have you heard the word on the dark, grimy streets of Tristram? Apparently the Necromancer is the latest (and final one for launch) class to join Diablo IV’s roster, and it’s all Blizzard is able to...
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Diablo IV talks up player choice in PvE and endgame while Diablo Immortal...
The devs of Diablo IV are hitting the press trail, putting out interviews and previews of the multiplayer ARPG ahead of its 2023 release window. An interview with director Joe Shely and general manager...
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Diablo Immortal snagged 10M players out of its 30M registrations
Blizzard dropped an infographic last night for Diablo Immortal showing… well, some numbers, though probably not the numbers you’re most interested in. Most notably, the company confirms “over 10M...
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Global Chat: Playing TERA before the final bow
“Who in their right mind starts playing a ‘dead’ game?” asks Virtual Bastion’s Cary — right before Cary jumped into TERA just days before its sunset. “One of the things that I like about this casual...
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Diablo III’s Season 27 will let players craft the perfect gear (literally)
Getting the weapon with the right stats that are perfect for your class in Diablo III is looking to get a whole lot easier with the launch of the next update. Season 27, which is heading to the PTR on...
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Diablo III’s buzzworthy 27th season enters testing with 21 new class powers
Something odd happened on the way from Diablo Immortal to Diablo IV: Diablo III just became relevant again. The upcoming 27th season of the online action RPG is generating a lot of buzz this summer due...
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Activision-Blizzard Q2 2022: More revenue dips for WoW, ABK, and Blizzard in...
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard’s quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q2’s results, comprising April, May, and June 2022; let’s break it down, first with ABK...
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Blizzard concludes Diablo III season 27 testing, gives season 26 end date
Diablo III picked up quite a bit of momentum this year with the release of Diablo Immortal’s totally un-bodacious monetization: Its gameplay aged better than expected, especially when it’s basically...
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World of Warcraft and Diablo III developer Travis Day passes away at 41
It’s a sad week at Blizzard Entertainment and Phoenix Labs as both studios mourn the loss of one of its long-time developers. The news arrived that Travis “Indalamar” Day, who had been with Blizzard...
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Why I Play: Returning to Diablo III in 2022
I don’t know if there’s a marketing term for this phenomenon, but Diablo Immortal did an excellent job selling Diablo III. Popular streamers all caught the itch and streamed it to thousands. There are...
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Diablo III gets angelic with Season 27 later this month
A new Diablo III season is just a week-and-a-half away, as Blizzard announced that Season 27 will kick off on August 26th. A new celestial seasonal theme, Light’s Calling, comes with this phase....
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Diablo IV talks live-service content, seasonal structure, and monetization...
Blizzard’s latest Diablo IV dev blog has arrived this afternoon as the studio promises “ambitious” plans for the post-launch live-service game – and that includes a season structure with “up to four...
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