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Warcraft 3 Reforged is an official remake of Warcraft III, releases in 2019, first details and trailers

Blizzard Entertainment today unveiled Warcraft III: Reforged, a stunning reimagining of the revolutionary real-time strategy game that laid the foundation for Azeroth’s most epic stories. In order to celebrate this announcement, Blizzard has also released two new trailers that you can find below. Continue reading Warcraft 3 Reforged is an official remake of Warcraft III, releases in 2019, first details and trailers →

Blizzard will announce some Diablo-related news at Blizzcon 2018 but not all of its Diablo projects

Blizzard has just announced that while it will reveal some Diablo-related news at this year’s Blizzcon event, it will not unveil all of its Diablo projects. The team claimed that while “good things come to those who wait,” evil things often take longer. Continue reading Blizzard will announce some Diablo-related news at Blizzcon 2018 but not all of its Diablo projects →

World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth patch 8.1 will significantly improve CPU multi-thread under DX12

As we’ve reported back in, Blizzard has added DX12 support to World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth via patch 8.0. However, it appears that the initial DX12 results were not that ideal as DX11 was still outperforming it. Instead of sitting idle, though, Blizzard decided to improve CPU multi-thread under Microsoft’s latest API and its upcoming patch 8.1 will bring significant performance improvements. Continue reading World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth patch 8.1 will significantly improve CPU multi-thread under DX12 →

Official loot box ban has reached Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm players in Belgium

In a recent post on their  European forums, Blizzard has announced that the option to purchase loot boxes in two of their games, Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm, will have to be suspended  for Belgian players due to a mandate issued by the Belgian Gaming Commission.  Continue reading Official loot box ban has reached Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm players in Belgium →

Battle for Azeroth is the fastest-selling World of Warcraft expansion, has sold 3.4 million units

Blizzard has announced that Battle for Azeroth has sold more than 3.4 million units since its first day of launch on August 14th. As such, Battle for Azeroth has set a new day-one sales record for the franchise and making it one of the fastest-selling PC games of all-time. Continue reading Battle for Azeroth is the fastest-selling World of Warcraft expansion, has sold 3.4 million units →

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is now available

Activision and Blizzard have released the seventh – and latest – expansion for their internationally acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft, Battle for Azeroth. In order to celebrate the game’s release, the publisher has also released a new trailer that you can find below. Continue reading World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is now available →

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth gets a new lovely cinematic CG trailer

Blizzard has released a new cinematic CG trailer for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, focusing on the Horde. In this new trailer, we see the legendary Horde warrior Varok Saurfang who has been worn down by the countless wars. Continue reading World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth gets a new lovely cinematic CG trailer →

World of Warcraft now supports DirectX 12, does no longer support fullscreen exclusive mode

It appears that Blizzard has made some noteworthy rendering changes to World of Warcraft as this massive MMORPG does no longer support the DX9 API. Instead, the team has now added full support for Microsoft’s latest API, DirectX 12, meaning that players can now choose between DX11 and DX12.  Continue reading World of Warcraft now supports DirectX 12, does no longer support fullscreen exclusive mode →

Overwatch patch 1.25 is now live on PTR servers, adds private profiles and endorsements

Blizzard has announced that Overwatch patch 1.25 is now live on the PTR servers. Furthermore, the team released a new developer diary in which it announced new tools that let players control their gameplay experience, the ability to reward positive behaviour and strategic gameplay with Endorsements, updates to improve overall gameplay, and plans to continue building for the future of Overwatch. Continue reading Overwatch patch 1.25 is now live on PTR servers, adds private profiles and endorsements →