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Reminder: StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm needs Wings of Liberty

By John Keefer, Mar 11, 2013 6:45am PDT

If you are getting yourself ready for tonight 12:01 a.m. PT launch of StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, just a reminder: Make sure you have StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty still installed on your PC. This will not be a standalone expansion.

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Diablo 3's next update to focus on co-op

By Steve Watts, Mar 08, 2013 11:30am PST

Diablo 3's senior technical game designer explains the focus of the upcoming 1.0.8 update, and how it aims to make co-op a more efficient way to play without going too far and making it feel required.

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"Every few weeks I check out the forums, hoping to hear something that'll brig me back..but no... ..."

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StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void story, mission development already under way

By John Keefer, Mar 07, 2013 2:22pm PST

With StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm scheduled to rollout March 12, Blizzard is already developing the scripting, story and missions for the Protoss-focused expansion Legacy of the Void, according to Game Director Dustin Browder.

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World of Warcraft 'Thunder King' patch 5.2 adds new raid, bosses

By John Keefer, Mar 05, 2013 5:00pm PST

The Thunder King has been unleashed in Pandaria with the newest content update for Blizzard's World of Warcraft. The 5.2 patch was released today and includes a new raid, new world bosses, and a new hub for daily quests that players usually loathe for building rep with a new...

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"We should tax anyone that plays WoW 100%. Boom unemployement solved. "

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Diablo 3 item drops to be tweaked

By John Keefer, Mar 05, 2013 2:34pm PST

There is nothing more frustrating then getting a Legendary item to drop after a boss fight in Diablo 3, only to find that it is not as good as a Rare you have, or worse yet, a duplicate Legendary drop. Blizzard is looking at ways to fix that problem, as well as how to maximi...

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm trailer shows Kerrigan's vengeance

By John Keefer, Feb 26, 2013 1:15pm PST

Sarah Kerrigan may no longer be the Queen of Blades and leader of the Zerg in StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, but the former Ghost sure has a lot of pent up anger she needs to vent in the newest trailer from Blizzard for the game, entitled Vengeance.

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Diablo 3 won't support PC-PlayStation play

By Alice O'Connor, Feb 26, 2013 6:00am PST

You had surely already guessed this, being a sensible person with even a smidgen of awareness of how the video games industry works, but now it's confirmed: the PS3 and PS4 editions of Diablo III will not have cross-platform play with the PC original. It won't support a keyb...

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"Really, D3 for console is no surprise in the least. What would totally blow my socks off would ..."

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm trailer details eSports improvements

By Alice O'Connor, Feb 21, 2013 2:30pm PST

Blizzard has added a lot of snazzy features to StarCraft 2 in preparation for the expansion Heart of the Swarm, and yesterday dropped a new trailer demonstrating the shiny additions for multiplayer and eSports. Goodbye, epic matches being scrapped after one player crashes, a...

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"It's more how it was told than the quality. War 3 is superior."

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Diablo 3 screens for PS3 unveiled

By John Keefer, Feb 21, 2013 8:15am PST

Blizzard's surprise appearance at the Sony press conference last night revealed that Diablo 3 would be showing up on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, but no visuals were shown. Now, Blizzard has revealed three new images from the PS3 version.

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"Probably for a couple of reasons. First, the PS3 is actually available and in millions of living ..."

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Diablo 3 coming to PS3, PS4 with four-player co-op

By John Keefer, Feb 20, 2013 5:15pm PST

Chris Metzen of Blizzard Entertainment was a surprise guest on the PlayStation 4 stage tonight, revealing a strategic partnership with Sony to bring Diablo 3 to the The PS3 and the new next-gen console.

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"Look the story itself is rubbish, I don't even like fantasy - but the production, the choice of ..."

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BlizzCon returning November 8-9

By Steve Watts, Feb 19, 2013 10:00am PST

Blizzard has announced that BlizzCon will be returning on November 8-9 this year.

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"WoW Expansion, Diablo 3 Expansion, Starcraft 2 Expansion. Maybe Titan"

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Diablo 3 1.0.7 to stop faked hack reports to get Hardcore characters back

By Alice O'Connor, Feb 12, 2013 9:30am PST

The risk of permadeath is what makes Diablo III's Hardcore mode so thrilling, even knowing one single lag spike or server hiccup could spell your doom. Some babies, however, have been big babies and refused to accept this, rolling back their baby account to recover their bab...

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm beta ending March 1

By Steve Watts, Feb 11, 2013 8:15am PST

StarCraft 2's "Heart of the Swarm" beta test will end on March 1, to pave the way for the game's March 12 launch.

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"I'm replaying the original SC campaigns again, I love it. We'll see if I'm brave enough to try ..."

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm trailer details multiplayer options

By Alice O'Connor, Feb 08, 2013 8:15am PST

Playing real-time strategy games competitively online can be downright terrifying, so StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm hopes to ease players in gently. A new video shows off the redesigned multiplayer menu system and various helper systems intended to stop you from swearing o...

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'Moon,' 'Source Code' director chosen for Warcraft movie

By John Keefer, Jan 31, 2013 12:30pm PST

Not much has been said about the new Warcraft movie since Sam Raimi said he was no longer directing the film. But now, Legendary Pictures has announced his replacement, grabbing the the director of sci-fi films Moon and Source Code.

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