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Read More »Warcraft 3 gets a Public Test Realm, with several changes to the 15 year old game
Blizzard have introduced a Public Test Realm for Warcraft 3, a first for the venerable real-time strategy title. Blizzard have stated that the PTR is primarily aimed at implementing a bunch of balance changes, in addition to updating assets and several other improvements. It’s poured fuel onto the raging fire …
Read More »UK and US earn spots in the Overwatch World Cup top 8, taking place at Blizzcon
The United States and United Kingdom have secured their spots at the Overwatch World Cup main event, taking place from November 3, during Blizzcon. The US and UK triumphed over Taiwan and Germany in the playoffs, with the UK remaining undefeated in terms of map score, Taiwan failing to score …
Read More »Blizzard “global diversity and inclusion initiative” leaked in email
Reported by Kotaku, Blizzard want to do more to increase under-represented people in workforce
Read More »Blizzard partner with DeepMind to explore AI using StarCraft II
New deep learning tools, called SC2LE, hope to benchmark AI performance against human counterparts
Read More »LA and London get new teams in the Overwatch League
The Overwatch League has today announced two new teams, with a second time setting up shop in Los Angeles, and one settling right here in London Town. Cloud9 has set up shop in Blighty, with Cloud9’s founder Jack Etienne picking up the London slot, while Stan and Josh Kroenke, who own …
Read More »Heroes of the Storm player Joshua ‘Vicarrak’ Lloyd removed from Dark Sided without notice
Joshua ‘Vicarrak’ Lloyd, a flex player for Australian esports outfit Dark Sided, was removed by the organisations Heroes of the Storm team without warning, according to Tweets from Lloyd. Lloyd joined the team on the 8th June 2017, along with the rest of the roster, before Dark Sided earnt a …
Read More »Korean Heroes of the Storm teams lack motivation to compete, but Blizzard has a plan to change that
In the first press conference of the HGC 2017 Mid-Season Brawl, South Korean team L5 gave a response to a question that you could feel physically alter the atmosphere in the room. The best Heroes of the Storm team in the world – and the current world champions – had …
Read More »Award winning composer Russell Brower leaves Blizzard
Facebook post says a "sound de-centralization' inititative has made his position redundant
Read More »Mafia 3 designer Harrison Pink moves to Blizzard
Pink now becomes senior designer on Diablo following over two and a half years at Hanger 13
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