Blizzard Entertainment concluded today's opening ceremony at BlizzCon 2014 by unveiling its first new franchise in almost two decades.Overwatch, a team-based first person shooter, looks like a cross between Pixar andTeam Fortress 2. The game will go into beta in 2015, but is available to pla...
Over the past two decades, Blizzard Entertainment has had a tremendous impact on the world of games and global pop culture. This book, an epic volume of art and behind-the-scenes insights, is packed with over 700 pieces of concept art, paintings and sketches.Blizzard Entertainment...
From a certain point of view, Blizzard Entertainment looks like a developer with track record of producing a near-uninterrupted string of wildly successful games. Founded in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse, the developer is best known for franchises like StarCraft and Warcraft that span decades. But t...
” said Mike Ybarra, President of Blizzard Entertainment. “While Battle.net remains a priority for us now and into the future, we’ve heard players want the choice of Steam for a selection of our games, starting with Overwatch 2 on August 10th. We’re happy to...
Over the past two decades, Blizzard Entertainment has had a tremendous impact on the world of games and global pop culture. From its humble beginnings as a three-person console-game development studio in 1991 to the creation of the blockbuster Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® series,...
Wow, 20 years ago today the team at Blizzard Entertainment launched its massive multiplayer online addition to the “Warcraft” franchise, and changed the gaming industry forever. While many MMOs have followed in “World of Warcraft‘s” footsteps and drawn younger audiences into the genre,...
— Blizzard Entertainment (@Blizzard_Ent) April 10, 2024 The big question I have is what happens next for Chinese players. It was no doubt a gut-wrenching day for players to lose all of their time spent in WoW and Hearthstone. I know that Blizzard typically saves account data on their ...
Before joining Blizzard, Ybarra spent more than two decades with Microsoft, where he was instrumental in developing the Xbox brand and expanding its game portfolio. This could have been a celebratory moment for Blizzard. Ybarra has just overseen his first major launch as president...
This Campaign features a seamless integration of missions built aroundCall of Duty’s signature, cinematic moments that have defined two decades of the franchise’s action-packed, narrative-driven, single-player experiences, and brand-new Open Combat Missions designed to give the player freedom to ...
Blizzard is notorious for its perfectionism though, and the company has spent the better part of two decades maintaining fierce control of its intellectual property. Its games don’t come out until the studio is fully satisfied with them, with years between the announcemen...