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Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred release date countdown

Mephisto awaits in Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred.

Dot Esports · Mar 30

I am obsessed with these deep dives into how Overwatch cultivates its incredible sound design for each hero

Juno is, like, 90% screwdrivers and synths.

PC Gamer · Mar 29

World of Warcraft guild known for raid-busting exploits disqualified from new Midnight Mythic race by Blizzard after hitting 1 boss for 300 million damage: "Absolute gamers"

A short-lived reign in the raid's Hall of Fame

GamesRadar · Mar 26

"Man up": Former Microsoft and Blizzard exec calls out Crimson Desert devs for apologizing over AI art, because it'll "be in every single video game" someday

Mike Ybarra's got an opinion for Pearl Abyss

GamesRadar · Mar 23

Ex-Blizzard president says gamers need to 'man up' over AI usage in games after Crimson Desert devs issue apology

"AI, in one form or another, will be in every single video game."

PC Gamer · Mar 23

Geoff 'Zag' Keene, design director of Abiotic Factor, has 1,160 hours in PUBG and de-stresses using a Blizzard classic: 'Instead of going to therapy, guys will literally boot up Warcraft 2'

The founder of Deep Field Games talks Arc Raiders, PUBG, and his love of jank in games.

PC Gamer · Mar 22

Diablo 4 game director admits it's "really hard for players to keep up" with the ever-changing ARPG, especially if you aren't "at the cutting edge of everything all the time"

Still, "if a part of the game isn't working, we have to give it some attention"

GamesRadar · Mar 19

Diablo 4 game director believes it's 'normal' for most action RPGs to undergo major reworks: 'Friction points that we could never imagine suddenly rear their heads over the course of 10,000 hours'

The game's paragon system is on the list of things to change.

PC Gamer · Mar 19

World of Warcraft players go back to work on a year-old mystery after one of them accidentally unlocks the 10th orb in a puzzle hidden in the new Midnight expansion

Players suspected their job wasn't finished and now they finally know there's more to find.

PC Gamer · Mar 19

Overwatch was originally called "Monetized Shooter" because you had to buy each of its heroes, says co-creator Jeff Kaplan: "F***ing terrible, but at the time, I actually thought that was a good idea"

Anyone up for a round of Monetized Shooter?

GamesRadar · Mar 19