Tag: Blizzard
Podcast #800 – Ryzen 7 9800X3D Stock, X3D Turbo Mode, NVIDIA Q3, Intel Battlemage, Windows Streaming, Half Life 2 and MORE
by PCPer Staff | Nov 22, 2024 | General Tech | 0
We made it to 800! It's amazing what can be done by simply sitting in front of a PC and chatting with a few friends for an hour or two almost every…
Read MoreThe DDOS Is Over, You Can Fire Up Single Player Diablo IV Again
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jun 26, 2023 | General Tech | 0
If you had scheduled some Diablo IV over the weekend, then you likely noticed it was impossible to do so. The servers were down for over 10 hours, starting early...
Read MorePodcast #660 – RX 6500 XT, MS with Activision Blizzard, EXYNOS 2200, TSMC Expands, Thinkpad P15 Mobile Review + MORE!
by PCPer Staff | Jan 23, 2022 | General Tech | 1
2022 is still here, so are we. Welcome to the second show this year, sorry it was late being posted here - I'm blaming the pandemic. The RX 6500 XT is a 4GB…
Read MoreMicrosoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion USD
by Sebastian Peak | Jan 18, 2022 | General Tech | 8
Yes. 68.7 BILLION DOLLARS. What more needs to be said? Well, Microsoft has a press release about this, available at the source link (or just click here), and I reproduced...
Read MoreLearn About The Destiny of Diablo
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 24, 2021 | General Tech | 0
When you recall the hours you spent madly clicking on the enemies in Diablo, do you think that it would have been better if it was more like World Of Warcraft or…
Read MoreOriginal Diablo Gains Hellfire Expansion on GOG.COM
by Sebastian Peak | Jun 5, 2019 | General Tech | 0
You may have heard that GOG.COM has teamed up with Blizzard to offer re-releases of its classic PC games, beginning with an updated version of the original Diablo back in March offering…
Read MoreWarCraft 1 and 2 Available Digitally for First Time on GOG
by Sebastian Peak | Mar 28, 2019 | General Tech | 1
It has finally happened: the original WarCraft and WarCraft II are legitimately available digitally for the first time in a new WarCraft bundle on GOG, coming on the heels of GOG's…
Read MoreUh… WoW… World of Warcraft DirectX 12 on Windows 7
by Scott Michaud | Mar 12, 2019 | General Tech, Graphics Cards | 4
Microsoft has just announced that they ported the DirectX 12 runtime to Windows 7 for World of Warcraft and other, unannounced games. This allows those games to run the new...
Read MoreStarCraft II Going Free-to-play on November 14th
by Scott Michaud | Nov 6, 2017 | General Tech | 1
Over the last few years, Blizzard has been progressively opening up StarCraft II for non-paying customers. These initiatives ranged from allowing whole parties to share the highest expansion level of any one…
Read MoreStarCraft Remastered Trailer, Release Date, and Pre-order
by Scott Michaud | Jun 30, 2017 | General Tech | 4
We first reported on StarCraft Remastered when it was announced, which was alongside the GSL 2017 Season 1 finals on March 26th. This was accompanied by a patch that brought...
Read MoreBlizzard Announces StarCraft Remastered and a Patch
by Scott Michaud | Mar 28, 2017 | General Tech | 6
On the night of the GSL Season 1 finals, and the week of StarCraft’s 19th birthday, Blizzard made a couple of announcements associated with the game. First, the game will receive a…
Read MoreBlizzard Cutting Support for Windows XP and Vista
by Scott Michaud | Feb 19, 2017 | General Tech | 13
Most companies have already abandoned Windows XP and Vista, including Microsoft once Vista leaves extended support in April, but Blizzard is known for long-term support. This is...
Read MoreDiablo 3 Will Get a Diablo-style Campaign for Free
by Scott Michaud | Nov 4, 2016 | General Tech | 4
Starting in the Public Test Realm next week, Diablo 3 will receive a campaign that is based on the original game, which turns 20 years...
Read MoreAlphabet Inc.’s DeepMind Working on StarCraft II AI
by Scott Michaud | Nov 4, 2016 | General Tech | 8
Blizzard and DeepMind, which was acquired by Google in 2014 and is now a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., have just announced opening up StarCraft II...
Read MoreBlizzard Announces Live Streaming
by Scott Michaud | Aug 27, 2016 | General Tech | 7
So I was greeted with an interesting pop-up when I updated my Battle.net launcher today. Turns out Blizzard is pushing Blizzard Streaming to “the Americas, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand”. Currently,…
Read MoreStarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops Arrives March 29th
by Scott Michaud | Mar 20, 2016 | General Tech | 0
Blizzard is adding three new mini-campaigns to StarCraft II, with three missions each, to give more content for fans of single-player. The first one, StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops, puts players in…
Read MoreCES 2016: Activision Blizzard Confirms MLG Purchase
by Scott Michaud | Jan 5, 2016 | General Tech, Shows and Expos | 2
On New Year's Day, rumors flew about MLG being purchased by Activision Blizzard for $46 million USD. At the time, the vast majority of available information discussed how this would...
Read MoreRumor: MLG “Assets” Sold to Activision Blizzard
by Scott Michaud | Jan 2, 2016 | General Tech | 6
Update (10:10pm ET): Forgot to add "rumor" to title. So I didn't expect this. According to eSports Observer, MLG has basically been liquidated to Activision Blizzard for...
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