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Overwatch's evil faction suffers a huge blow in a new Helldivers 2-style event, and it's all thanks to the Jetpack Cat cosmetics tempting everyone to switch sides

The hierarchy of power in the Overwatch universe is about to change

WoW's classes were pruned for Midnight because many were 'built in a world' where its devs assumed they'd be using addons

WoW's classes were pruned for Midnight because many were 'built in a world' where its devs assumed they'd be using addons

"We settled into an expectation."

$1 week after Diablo 2 got its first new class in 25 years, the playerbase is already fractured on whether it's perfectly OP or "completely unacceptable"$

1 week after Diablo 2 got its first new class in 25 years, the playerbase is already fractured on whether it's perfectly OP or "completely unacceptable"

"It's a cheap trick to get us to spend our money"

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Determined not to lose the Overwatch players it just won back, Blizzard turns on the free loot tap as server issues plague the hero shooter’s big return event

You get a lootbox, and you get a lootbox

After a glitch botched Overwatch's first big post-reboot event, it's sending out the rewards—including 14 lootboxes—out to players anyway

Mmm, sweet lootboxes.

Blizzard drops Overwatch Jetpack Cat lore and everyone agrees there's something fishy with that feline: "No regular cat would be able to coordinate and operate machinery like that"

"She's gotta be a villain or spy of some kind"

Thanks to Diablo 2, Blizzard might've found a way to fix Diablo 4's loot fatigue in its next expansion

The Horadric Cube might be a bigger change than the two new classes.

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Blizzard "looking at" giving World of Warcraft's older races the customization overhauls they deserve, but it's not happening "soon"

Blizzard "looking at" giving World of Warcraft's older races the customization overhauls they deserve, but it's not happening "soon"

Turns out changing things in a game that can legally drive is hard

Microsoft is on a win streak with nostalgia games — Who thought we'd have new Age of Empires 2 and Diablo 2 expansions in the same week?

Microsoft is on a win streak with nostalgia games — Who thought we'd have new Age of Empires 2 and Diablo 2 expansions in the same week?

For veteran gamers who have been at it for decades, this week's new content for Age of Empires 2 and Diablo 2 feels like time travel. Kudos to Microsoft for preserving these games the right way.

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World of Warcraft's inviting players to show off their Player Housing creations through a special collaboration with Pinterest — here's how to do it

World of Warcraft's inviting players to show off their Player Housing creations through a special collaboration with Pinterest — here's how to do it

Player Housing has taken World of Warcraft by storm, and it's only in early access. So, Blizzard is driving up the hype for the full version by inviting players to show off their virtual homes through a special collaboration event with Pinterest.

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Blizzard isn't going to let World of Warcraft players suffer from outdated character customization for long, but it's going to take some time to fix

Blizzard isn't going to let World of Warcraft players suffer from outdated character customization for long, but it's going to take some time to fix

The team is very aware that there's a bias towards newer playable races.

World of Warcraft leads pledge more player customization — housing, race updates, custom animations, and glyphs to merge with transmog?

World of Warcraft leads pledge more player customization — housing, race updates, custom animations, and glyphs to merge with transmog?

We spoke to Maria Hamilton, Design Director and Jay Hwang, Principal Artist on World of Warcraft's bigger emphasis on player housing, customization, and what we could see next from the game.

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Overwatch tier list for Season 1 Conquest

Overwatch tier list for Season 1 Conquest

Which characters rule Season 1?

Diablo 4 PC filled with real human blood is "virtually perfect" after 3 years, according to owner who doesn't know where the blood came from but would "love to give this to my future kids"

Diablo 4 PC filled with real human blood is "virtually perfect" after 3 years, according to owner who doesn't know where the blood came from but would "love to give this to my future kids"

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Even Blizzard's begging you to stop banning Overwatch's Jetpack Cat, and I promise shooting down the furball is easier than it looks

"NO BAN JETPACK CAT PLZ"

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Diablo 4 developers chat War Plans, the overhaul of Skill Trees and the "Heaven and Hell" relationship between Warlock and Paladin

We chat about everything endgame and progression with the Diablo 4 developers ahead of the Lord of Hatred expansion, which will be the biggest overhaul of Diablo systems to date.

Overwatch streamer lost her voice for a year then reclaimed it just in time to be the actor for Anran: "Thank you for being the reason I play dps now lol"

Fareeha Andersen is glad to be Anran

"Master Chief, mind telling me what you're doing in Overwatch?": Halo veterans find a home in Blizzard's new DPS hero, prompting fans to call for an official crossover

Emre 117 is making quite the impression

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"I just cried. Already bought." — Diablo 2 fans rejoice over the Reign of the Warlock expansion, and I'm right there with them in demon-slaying glory

Diablo 2 just got its biggest content update of the past couple of decades, and the outpouring of joy from the community is a thing to behold. The beloved game was just re-resurrected, and I couldn't be happier.

Diablo 2 could get even more new content, Blizzard says, but "we have to nail that otherwise we kill the game in trying to progress it forward"

The classic ARPG just got its first new class in 25 years

A surprise Diablo 2: Resurrected DLC adds Warlock, the first new class the game has had in 25 years, with Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal also expected to receive it this year

Blizzard Entertainment has added the Warlock class to Diablo 2: Resurrected, and confirmed that the same class will be coming to Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal this year.

Blizzard says it's open to even more Diablo 2 expansions and reworks unless people get really mad at it about this one: 'We're going to have to see what the players say'

It's been burnt before, you know.

Diablo 4’s ‘heavy metal’ Warlock class officially revealed

"This dark prince is not in a phase—they are the physical embodiment of devilish vengeance."

"The mood all week" - After a year of Marvel Rivals taking its lunch, Blizzard is just happy you're playing Overwatch again

Heroes never die?

The Warlock is Diablo 2's first new class in 25 years, it's playable right now, and, oh, it's coming to Diablo 4 too

The Warlock is here in Diablo 2. Like, now. Seriously.

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