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Blizzard co-founder and Diablo designer thinks new ARPGs have 'cheapened' the genre with fast leveling, throwaway loot and enemies

David Brevik argues the fun of these games "isn't getting to the end, it's the journey."

PC Gamer · Feb 9, 2025

13-year WoW vet left Blizzard for the indie life because "I didn't really feel like a game developer in some way," agrees it's harder for AAA giants to "maintain this connection to the player"

Chris Kaleiki's Notorious Studios is prepping to release its first game, Legacy: Steel & Sorcery, in February

GamesRadar · Feb 8, 2025

Diablo creator rips into modern ARPGs for being all about "killing screen-fulls of things instantly," says Diablo 2's pacing "is great" and "that’s one of the reasons it’s endured"

The creator of Diablo might not be a big fan of Diablo 4

GamesRadar · Feb 8, 2025

'No lotteries, and no onerous upkeep': World of Warcraft takes a cheeky potshot at Final Fantasy 14's egregious housing system as it readies up to unleash its own

Well played, Blizzard.

PC Gamer · Feb 6, 2025

World of Warcraft calls out Final Fantasy 14's house lottery nightmare as Blizzard details Midnight's player housing: "No lotteries, and no onerous upkeep"

The MMORPG is one-upping the competition

GamesRadar · Feb 5, 2025

We now know how World of Warcraft's player housing feature works, and it already beats Final Fantasy 14inkeyways

Blizzard Entertainment has prepared a small preview for World of Warcraft's highly-anticipated Player Housing feature to let players know what they can expect from it.

Windows Central · Feb 5, 2025

A 13-year WoW veteran formed his own studio to make an RPG that plays like "World PvP: The Game" and feels like a mini MMO channeling "early Blizzard"

Legacy: Steel & Sorcery can't fight its MMO blood, so it's embracing it

GamesRadar · Feb 4, 2025

World of Warcraft got a $90 dupe of a mount worth $475 around 6 years ago for the MMO's 20th anniversary, and fans reckon Blizzard made at least $15 million off it

That's a lot of cash

GamesRadar · Feb 3, 2025

Alas, it's been estimated that WoW's $90 FOMO dinosaur mount probably made Blizzard around $15-17 million, and at this point I think we all deserve to be here

Open the door, cash on the floor, everybody bought the dinosaur.

PC Gamer · Jan 31, 2025

Blizzard hands out refunds for a $28 Overwatch 2 skin after making it a free Twitch drop just 24 hours post-release

Refunds galore for the Lucio Cyber DJ skin

GamesRadar · Jan 31, 2025