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StarCraft 2 celebrates 3rd birthday by unlocking races for Starters

By Steve Watts, Jul 23, 2013 4:15pm PDT

StarCraft 2 is turning three years old, and Blizzard is unlocking all the races for the Starter edition and granting 25% more XP to celebrate.

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Diablo 3 coming to PlayStation 4 in 2014

By Steve Watts, Jul 16, 2013 8:15am PDT

Diablo 3 will be available on PlayStation 4 sometime in 2014, rather than alongside this year's current-gen console versions.

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"Still waiting for the offline PC version here, wont get a dime of my money until that option is ..."

- bloodreviara see all 27 comments

World of Warcraft 'exploring' in-game purchases

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 05, 2013 9:00am PDT

Blizzard has confirmed that it's "exploring" in-game microtransactions for World of Warcraft, after an XP booster mentioning an in-game store was discovered in the latest test patch. It's not yet clear exactly what else it'll sell, and whether this is a global move or simply...

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"To clarify, that's 2.6 million sparkle ponies a month at the $25 mark."

- arioch see all 29 comments

StarCraft II opens up Arcade games to demo

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 04, 2013 9:30am PDT

As apparently it's Freedom Day or something somewhere, Blizzard is celebrating with a little freedom of its own. Until Monday, all the StarCraft II custom maps Blizzard has singled out to be Featured in the Arcade will be playable by everyone who only has the demo.

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"I only play Arcade when I do play SC2. I find it a lot less stressful than the original multiplayer."

- Curike see all 4 comments

Online-only Diablo 3 for consoles considered, but dropped

By Steve Watts, Jul 02, 2013 1:00pm PDT

Blizzard considered making the Diablo 3 online-only, but dropped the idea when its research showed many console players didn't have a reliable connection.

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"I thought the PC was a beta test for consoles, pariticularly the AH. Amazed they're dropping the AH."

- Pandilex see all 76 comments

Former Blizzard dev: World of Warcraft killed the MMO genre

By John Keefer, Jul 01, 2013 2:30pm PDT

Old-school MMO players from before the days of World of Warcraft remember how the genre used to be. Games like the original EverQuest or Ultima...

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"I think he's "mostly" right. I would also add that the complete saturation of voice ..."

- Miller_TYM see all 175 comments

Unauthorized World of Warcraft log-in attempts rise; Blizzard warns users

By John Keefer, Jun 25, 2013 6:45am PDT

A rash of unauthorized login attempts to numerous World of Warcraft user accounts through the website and mobile Armory app has forced Blizzard to the auction house through the app and warn players to change their logins.

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"And have you ever noticed how black olives are sold in cans, meanwhile green olives are sold in jars"

- Home Nugget see all 12 comments

Diablo III on PS3 to receive exclusive Sony-related items

By Ozzie Mejia, Jun 10, 2013 7:19pm PDT

Diablo III on PS3 and PS4 will include exclusive Sony-related items that you'll be able to equip your characters with.

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Diablo 3 coming to Xbox 360, launches with PS3 version on September 3

By John Keefer, Jun 06, 2013 6:15am PDT

Blizzard had already announced the PlayStation 3 version of Diablo 3, so we had assumed it was coming to Xbox 360 as well. It appears our assumptions were right, as the company announced a version for Microsoft's current gen console, and a release date of September 3 for bot...

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"I'm guessing if they don't appease PC players with the itemization patch there will be *Hell to ..."

- Draingored see all 18 comments

StarCraft 2 now allows 'spawning' for friends without game

By John Keefer, Jun 05, 2013 2:45pm PDT

Blizzard has been allowing players to get a limited StarCraft 2 experience for free for quite some time now with its Starter Edition, but now players who don't want to shell out cash for the full game can get an upgraded experience as long as they have a friend who isn't so ...

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"this would be great for my poor ass lol. Been hoping to pick up HOTS since it was released, pro ..."

- InfectedSoul see all 5 comments

Blizzard making 'large design and technology changes' to Project Titan MMO

By Andrew Yoon, May 29, 2013 5:30am PDT

Blizzard's mysterious Project Titan MMO has suffered a setback. Apparently, the company must make "large design and technology changes to the...

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"Weeeeell... Skyrim was announced 11 months before release. Borderlands 2 was 13 months from ..."

- evildanish see all 10 comments

Demon Hunter is most popular Diablo 3 class, and other infographic stats

By Alice O'Connor, May 22, 2013 9:40am PDT

14.5 million players have killed 3.3 trillion monsters in Diablo III, Blizzard has revealed in a whopping great infographic released as part of the action-RPG's first birthday festivities. Yet only 33% of them have even beaten even Normal difficulty, which is arguably the po...

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"This is not the case anymore, and hasn't been for quite some time now. At the time it totally ..."

- tossitupdude see all 15 comments

Diablo 3 for PS4 uses touchpad for inventory management

By Andrew Yoon, May 16, 2013 10:30am PDT

The upcoming PS4 version of Diablo 3 will use the PS4 touchpad in some way, although Blizzard is being a bit coy about how it all actually works.

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"No, I was like 9 or 10 when Diablo II came out. It was just a really good game and left many ..."

- TheDr7 see all 14 comments

Diablo 3 offering birthday boosts and sale

By Alice O'Connor, May 15, 2013 2:00pm PDT

Happy birthday, Diablo III! You're one year old today. My, how you've grown! You do have the odd little accident now and then and you're still not quite ready for fighting, but gosh, haven't you come a long way. And now, very kindly, you're offering bonus XP and Magic Find t...

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Diablo 3 auction house back; Blizzard reclaiming duped gold

By Alice O'Connor, May 13, 2013 11:30am PDT

Blizzard shut down the Diablo III auction house after a gold-duping bug was discovered, but not before unscrupulous sorts generated obscene amounts of funny money. When auctions re-opened over the weekend, Blizzard was already auditing accounts to track down duped gold and p...

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"Blizzard could have made it right but this is exactly what I expected the to do... "

- dkrulz see all 6 comments