Tag: Blizzard
Podcast #660 – RX 6500 XT, MS with Activision Blizzard, EXYNOS 2200, TSMC Expands, Thinkpad P15 Mobile Review + MORE!
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…
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Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion USD
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...
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Learn About The Destiny of Diablo
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…
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Original Diablo Gains Hellfire Expansion on GOG.COM
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…
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WarCraft 1 and 2 Available Digitally for First Time on GOG
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…
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Uh… WoW… World of Warcraft DirectX 12 on Windows 7
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...
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StarCraft II Going Free-to-play on November 14th
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…
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StarCraft Remastered Trailer, Release Date, and Pre-order
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...
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Blizzard Announces StarCraft Remastered and a Patch
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…
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Blizzard Cutting Support for Windows XP and Vista
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...
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Diablo 3 Will Get a Diablo-style Campaign for Free
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...
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Alphabet Inc.’s DeepMind Working on StarCraft II AI
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...
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Blizzard Announces Live Streaming
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,…
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StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops Arrives March 29th
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…
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CES 2016: Activision Blizzard Confirms MLG Purchase
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...
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Rumor: MLG “Assets” Sold to Activision Blizzard
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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Blizzard Says Overwatch’s New Heroes and Maps Will Be Free
Jeff Kaplan of Blizzard has just announced, in the December 7th Overwatch Developer Update, embedded below, that maps and characters will always be patched in as free updates. This is particularly…
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StarCraft II 3.0 Patch Is Released
And oh boy is it a big one. Turning on the Battle.net launcher automatically downloads about 14GB worth of StarCraft II code and...
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