Today, Blizzard Entertainment revealed The Boomsday Project, the newest Hearthstone expansion, will be available next month, on August 7. Like every Hearthstone expansion, there is some overarching theme that connects it to Warcraft lore. This time around, the Goblin scientist Dr. Boom and his nefarious science experience are in the forefront. The Boomsday Project will
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Dan “Killinallday” Acosta is the youngest competitor in this year’s HCT (Hearthstone Championship Tour) Summer Championship. However, don’t mistake that for lack of experience. Acosta has been a part of competitive Hearthstone for quite awhile now but has yet to break through the qualifying rounds. That changed this year as he is one of four
Los Angeles Valiant have finally found their way to the top as they defeated the New York Excelsior in the Overwatch League Stage 4 Finals. After the fourth and final stage of the regular season concluded, both the L.A. based teams, the Gladiators and the Valiant, made it to the top two spots, both with
Last year at BlizzCon 2017, Blizzard announced that the World of Warcraft folks would be adding a new classic server option, which was meant to provide a way to experience the game before any of its expansions launched. Aptly, this option would be called World of Warcraft Classic. While we haven’t heard too much about it
While Overwatch has been giving players plenty to do for well over two years now, its seasonal events and limited time loot have always ensured that players pop in to grab some special gear, and now might be one of the best chances to do that with a nice XP boost from Blizzard. Blizzard Entertainment has
If a new Hearthstone Ranked Play season didn’t get you excited to start anew, Blizzard may have something for you. Today, it was announced Hearthstone received a brand new update bringing new content, deals, and improvements to the Warcraft-themed competitive card game. One of the more exciting parts of the new update — which is
Over on the employment page for Blizzard Entertainment, new job listings have appeared that seem to reveal some of the projects that Blizzard has in store for the future, all of which are unannounced, but one that will certainly ring a (demonic) bell: Diablo. Around 28 job listings have been posted for unannounced projects at Blizzard,
A few days back, it was announced that the newest hero and battleground for Blizzard’s MOBA Heroes of the Storm would be revealed on the game’s Twitch channel. Today, Lead Content Designer Matt Cooper and Lead Hero Designer Matt Villers dropped the curtain and unveiled that the next hero and battleground will be Yrel and
After every month, Hearthstone‘s ranked modes — which include both Standard and Wild game formats — reset giving players a chance to grind and climb that ladder. With June arriving, a new Ranked Play Season has commenced in Blizzard’s popular virtual card game. This month’s featured card back is known as “Back in Blue” and
I had no doubt that Overwatch League was popular but I may have underestimated just how much the viewers admire it. Blizzard announced that tickets for the Overwatch League Grand Finals have sold out. If the finals were held at the Blizzard Arena, this wouldn’t be a huge feat. However, the inaugural Overwatch League Grand
It hasn’t been long since Diablo‘s Deckard Cain traveled to the Nexus as one of the many playable heroes in Blizzard’s MOBA Heroes of the Storm. That doesn’t seem to have stopped the developers from bringing more options to choose from. In just a few days, we’ll see which Blizzard’s numerous heroes will be fighting
If you have yet to play Blizzard’s hero shooter Overwatch, now might be your chance. From now until May 28, you can play the game for free on the platform of your choice. Whether you primarily play games on PC, PlayStation 4, or Xbox One, you can play Overwatch right now until 11:59 pm PT.
The latest patch for Heroes of the Storm brings loads of new features including the professional wrestling-inspired event, Nexomania. Besides new skins, mounts, portraits, and sprays, two new quest chains pertaining to heroes La Parca Lunara and La Pantera Sonya will be available for players to choose. The rewards you’ll gain while completing the required
It’s been a whirlwind month for Hi-Rez Studios. After finally launching their hero-based shooter Paladins out of Early Access in early May, they have come to a minor PR setback: one of their contracted art studios pretty obviously plagiarized Paladins’ heaviest competitor, Overwatch. Seen in the gif above (created by Redditor Arcieth) you can notice the obvious artwork rip of Overwatch‘s Lijiang
inscOne of the best thing about developer Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch is the ability of develops to incorporate foreign locales in the mix of locations for maps. And fans of Jordian history will be thrilled with the inclusion of “Petra,” the upcoming Deathmatch map for Overwatch that got its first real reveal with a dedicated trailer. While we don’t know when the map
Today, Activision and Treyarch gave us some new details on the upcoming first-person shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Among the announcements made at the live community reveal event — which included the inclusion of a battle royale mode — was how the game will be supported on PC. Similarly to Destiny 2, the
The fourth and final Stage of Blizzard’s Overwatch League is just about to commence, which is now giving some of the bottom six teams a chance to make it to the playoffs. It has been a pretty intense season since its debut in January with loads of intense matches and some unexpected results. So what
Today, Blizzard announced they will be making some balance changes in Hearthstone to a select group of cards — Naga Sea Witch, Spiteful Summoner, Dark Pact, Possessed Lackey, Call to Arms, and The Caverns Below — sometime after the HCT Playoffs. Naga Sea Witch will now cost 8 mana instead of 5. The change is
The 2018 Heroes of the Dorm National Championships have come to a close. The best four teams in the tournament — which includes Université Laval, University of Kentucky, University at Buffalo, and California Polytechnic State University – Pomona — got on stage at the Blizzard Arena in Los Angeles to play some competitive Heroes of
Today, Université Laval won the 2018 Heroes of the Dorm National Championship. Laval is the first Canadian college to win the Heroes of the Dorm tournament, each bringing the championship back to their school, as well as covering their tuition. They also swept the competition, not losing a single game in each of their series
We are here at the 2018 Heroes of the Dorm National Championships where the Heroic Four teams — University of Kentucky, Université Laval, University at Buffalo, and California Polytechnic State University – Pomona — will face each other to win the cash prize of $500,000 to help them with their tuition. We had the opportunity
Blizzard Entertainment has partnered with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to release a special charity skin for Overwatch‘s winged healer, Mercy. A few videos give you a look at the new skin in action as well as some details about the developer’s partnership with the BCRF. From now until May 21, you can purchase the
Today, the New York Excelsior defeat the Boston Uprising to win the Stage 3 Finals of Overwatch League. The first match of the day featured the Boston Uprising against the Los Angeles Gladiators where Mistakes and crew shut down the opposition in a clean sweep. A similar story was told in the next match between
The newest patch for Overwatch — simply named Patch 1.23.0.1 — brings a slew of new features and improvements to Blizzard’s hero shooter. The more notable changes come from the vast amount of hero updates. Brigitte’s Shield Bash will now have a reduced cone angle, Genji’s Deflect will have a small hitbox, Lucio’s Wall Ride
It is that time again. Season 10 of Competitive Play is underway in Blizzard’s popular hero shooter, Overwatch. As always, you must be level 25 and complete ten placement matches to obtain your initial skill rating — which will be between one and 5000 — and begin your journey to move up the ladder. This
Today, Blizzard Entertainment gives us a glimpse of the Zandalari city, Zuldazar, featured in World of Warcraft‘s upcoming expansion, Battle for Azeroth. Details about the city, as well as some screenshots showing the various wildlife that inhabits the ancient jungle are revealed giving you a little background before you start your adventure. Zuldazar is the
Coming up on its third year since launch, Blizzard’s take on the MOBA genre, Heroes of the Storm, has seen success due to how approachable the game is, as well as the developers’ continued support with new content and heroes. In fact, I had the chance to play the latest addition to the hero pool,
As one of the lead creatives behind one of Blizzard’s biggest properties, Hearthstone director Ben Brode has had a significant hand in shaping the massively-popular digital card game over the years, and now it appears that Brode will be moving on to help shape new experiences. In a post on the Battle.net forums, Hearthstone director Ben Brode announced that
Hearthstone‘s latest expansion, The Witchwood, is available now for your playing pleasure. The process of creating these new additions is fairly interesting and a new video featuring the developers gives you a look at how they created the Worgen-filled set. After the goofy intro, the video begins with game director Ben Brode as he explains
As Overwatch League concludes its second week of Stage 3, the Overwatch Contenders Playoffs begin. The Path to Pro season has ended, eight teams — which include Overwatch League Academy teams — from both North American and European regions have earned a spot in the post-season. The games occurring today will spotlight the Contenders North America teams.