Blizzard Entertainment announced today that it has conducted a review of its business based on current organizational needs. Following a completion of the review, the company is conducting a global reduction in workforce of approximately 600 employees. The company anticipates approximately 90% of the affected employees will come from departments not related to game development. The World of Warcraft development team will not be impacted. Continue reading Blizzard cuts 600 jobs; WoW development won’t be impacted→
All hell has broken loose when Blizzard’s community manager, Bashiok, said that gamers should lower their expectations for Diablo III. This sounded awkward, right? I mean a community manager telling gamers to lower their expectations for a triple-A game that will most probably sell like hot-cakes? Something didn’t seem right. And according to Blizzard’s Jay Wilson, Bashiok was being sarcastic. Now obviously, there are two sides of this story: either Bashiok was indeed trolling everyone and the media mistook his comment or he was dead serious and Jay Wilson is trying to damage control this whole mess. Continue reading Blizzard wants you to have high expectations from D3 after all; incoming release date announcement→
All hell has broken loose when Blizzard’s community manager, Bashiok, tweeted that Diablo 3 would not support chat channels. We can’t see anything wrong with that – as PC gamers can use Teamspeak and other similar programs – but it seems that a lot of you got annoyed by that. And naturally, a lot of Diablo fans started complaining and thought that Blizzard have turned their back on them. Well, good news everyone as Bashiok was wrong and public chat channels WILL be available in Diablo 3. In fact, they’ll be in an upcoming beta patch so PC gamers will get to see and play around with them really soon. Continue reading Hooray. Diablo 3 WILL have public chat channels; coming soon to the beta via a patch→
You know what? Color-blind gamers have the right to enjoy each and every game. Most of them can’t distinguish the difference between green and red hues but that doesn’t mean that they are bad players or that they are not as hardcore as most of you. And thankfully, Blizzard’s upcoming action RPG game will be quite friendly to all color-blind gamers, as the game is built with those gamers in mind. Continue reading Diablo III will be ‘color-blind’ friendly; game is built with that in mind→
Blizzard has revealed the notes of the upcoming 4.3.2 patch for their acclaimed MMO game, World of Warcraft Cataclysm. This minor patch includes several updates that we were unable to apply via hotfixes, including the recently announced cross-realm raids, assorted class balance fixes, and more. This new patch is now available for testing on the Public Test Realms. Those interested in helping Blizzard can start by copying their characters over to a test realm. Continue reading World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Patch 4.3.2 Notes Revealed→
You’ve probably heard the rumors that Diablo III was coming to consoles and that it was confirmed by Blizzard’s community manager, right? Well, guess again as it appears that some people mistook Bashiok’s response to a fan that asked him whether Diablo 3 was coming to consoles or not. That’s at least according to Bashiok himself, who tweeted that his positive response wasn’t meant to be an announcement. Continue reading Diablo III is NOT coming to consoles anytime soon→
You’ve most probably heard that Diablo III could hit the stores in early February, right? Well, those were just rumors and speculations and nothing more. According to Blizzard’s Community Manager, Bashiok, Diablo III does not have any release date as of yet. More importantly though is that Bashiok tweeted that all the stores that have a specific release date are guessing at best. Continue reading Blizzard’s Bashiok puts all Diablo III’s release date rumors to rest→
Blizzard has rolled out a new patch for the beta version of Diablo III and here are its v.0.5.0.8059 notes, where lots of changes were made and RMAH is currently disabled. Blizzard has temporarily disabled the currency-based auction house in order to resolve an issue affecting successful bids and buyouts. There is no ETA at this time for when the AH will be back online, but Blizzard anticipate at least a few hours of downtime. The changelog is huge and can be viewed bellow. Continue reading Diablo III – Beta Patch 8 v.0.5.0.8059 Notes→
We’ve seen various release dates for Diablo III, so here comes a new one from another online shop. According to Target.com, Diablo III will be released on February 7th. In case the date rings any bells, it’s the Valentine’s day and – wait for it – it’s on Tuesday. Now this could be possible, as most major game releases are happening on Tuesdays. However, we are uncertain of the date as Blizzard hasn’t announced any official one, so take that with a grain of salt. Point is that Diablo III is indeed coming on the first quarter of 2012, so get ready everyone! Continue reading Target.com has listed Diablo III for a February 7th release→
