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Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne - Analyzing Valeera the Hollow

By Ozzie Mejia, Aug 02, 2017 11:00am PDT

The fourth of Hearthstone's Death Knight Heroes has been revealed. Shacknews is here to do a deeper dive on Valeera the Hollow to see what she can do and whether players can force her out of the shadows.

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Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne Card Reviews (Part 2)

By Ozzie Mejia, Aug 01, 2017 4:15pm PDT

The card reveals for Hearthstone's next expansion are flying in furiously, so Shacknews is taking time to analyze each of the Knights of the Frozen Throne cards. (And today's cards include a Bearshark!)

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Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne - Analyzing Thrall, Deathseer

By Ozzie Mejia, Jul 31, 2017 5:30pm PDT

The third of Hearthstone's Death Knight Heroes has been revealed. Shacknews is here to do a deeper dive on Thrall, Deathseer to see what he's capable of and how other players can stop his rampage.

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"I think it works like this, it changes your hero to the same hero who is then also a death ..."

- FreshwaterAU see all 4 comments

Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne Card Reviews (Part 1)

By Ozzie Mejia, Jul 31, 2017 1:00pm PDT

The card reveals for Hearthstone's next expansion are flying in furiously, so Shacknews is taking time to analyze each of the Knights of the Frozen Throne cards.

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Hearthstone Director Raps the Origin Story of the Lich King

By John Keefer, Jul 31, 2017 12:40pm PDT

Ben Brode lays down some lyrics on how Arthas fell to the power of Frostmourne.

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Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne - Analyzing Frost Lich Jaina

By Ozzie Mejia, Jul 28, 2017 1:00pm PDT

The second of Hearthstone's Death Knight Heroes has been unveiled. Shacknews is here to do a deeper dive on Frost Lich Jaina to see what she's capable of, as well as how other players can hope to stand against her.

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"They use Warcraft as a base but they definitely don't stick to any lore rules."

- AllYourBase see all 4 comments

Xbox Live Gold Members Can Go to Hell For Free With Diablo 3

By John Keefer, Jul 27, 2017 1:50pm PDT

The Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition is available to play at no cost this weekend only. 

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Doomfist Release Finally Punches Up Overwatch Roster

By John Keefer, Jul 27, 2017 1:10pm PDT

After all the speculation and data mining, the gauntlet-wielding bad guy is now on the live servers.

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Overwatch League Players to Get $50K Salaries, Housing, Health Plan

By John Keefer, Jul 26, 2017 12:30pm PDT

Contracts will also include a retirement savings plan, according to new rules set down by Blizzard.

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"I think Valve has skewed everybody's perspective. A prize pool that large is not the normal or ..."

- Washburne see all 42 comments

Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne Card Reviews (Week 0)

By Ozzie Mejia, Jul 26, 2017 11:00am PDT

As card reveals come in fast and furious for Hearthstone's Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion, Shacknews will look to keep up with all of them and review them one week at a time. Let's start off with the cards from the initial announcement stream.

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"I agree these cards aren't very strong. Last expansion had so many good cards I don't think they ..."

- thecatinthehat see all 2 comments

World of Warcraft VR? Do It For Shacknews, Blizzard!

By John Keefer, Jul 26, 2017 10:45am PDT

A fan's exploration of Dalaran and Stormwind in VR makes it imperative that this happen as a sanctioned experience. 

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"Whoa how is he able to do that? They extracted the assets or something?"

- bolneze see all 5 comments

Blizzard Lays Off Composer Who Created Iconic World of Warcraft Music

By John Keefer, Jul 25, 2017 10:55am PDT

The job of Russell Brower has been phased out, but the creator of themes for WoW, Diablo 3, StarCraft 2, Overwatch and Hearthstone could continue as a contractor.

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"Yup, TBC had some fantastic music. There were some areas where I'd just stop doing what I was ..."

- code-e255 see all 23 comments

World of Warcraft Felmyst Fan Server Shut Down 5 Hours After Launch

By John Keefer, Jul 25, 2017 8:45am PDT

Blizzard still doesn't like servers running different versions of its game.

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"It's pretty easy to not get shut down. Step one is to not post about your shiny new server on ..."

- Vincent Grayson see all 53 comments

Hearthstone designers talk Knights of the Frozen Throne, Hero Cards, Rogue, and more

By Ozzie Mejia, Jul 20, 2017 11:00am PDT

Hearthstone Principal Game Designer Mike Donais and Senior Concept Artist Jerry Mascho take some time to talk to Shacknews about the upcoming Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion and its new Hero card mechanic. They also discuss the Rogue, anticipating overly powerful...

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"I really hope control paladin gets something. The deck just isn’t the same since anyfin left ..."

- thecatinthehat see all 3 comments

Diablo 3 Begins Season 11 Today

By Chris Jarrard, Jul 20, 2017 7:30am PDT

Blizzard’s co-op loot grind opens today and includes the new DLC Necromancer class.

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"you have confused "the loot" itself with the acquisition of said loot. those are two separate ..."

- rtrson see all 57 comments