RTS fans are pretty pissed off about Activision Blizzard's mishandling of the Warcraft 3 remastered port, which has lacklustre detailing, unfulfilled promises, and that one thing about custom games being owned by the parent company. https://www.facebook.com/kakuchopurei/videos/559492157979230/ Naturally, Activision B

Update: As expected, users are review-bombing the game. Warcraft 3: Reforged now has the lowest Metacritic score of 0.5. Let's hope that this becomes a wake-up call for Blizzard to fix its game. Original story The long-awaited remaster to the 2002 strategy classic that created games like Dota is now out on Blizzard

Fans of the franchise can now relive some of the most epic moments in Azeroth’s history with Warcraft 3: Reforged, a detailed reimagining of Blizzard’s classic RTS game. Combining the original Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos and its expansion The Frozen Throne, Warcraft 3: Reforged provides a new way of experi

Oh dear, it looks like China will be left without a bunch of Blizzard games early next year. Activision Blizzard will suspend World of WarCraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 3, StarCraft 2, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and WarCraft III: Reforged in China after 23 January 2023. According to an official statement, Activis

Warcraft III Reforged comes out later this month on 28 January 2020. Blizzard knows that bringing back a classic isn't enough to revitalise the community so they're working together with ESL on the esports side of things. Introducing the ESL Pro Tour, a new esports circuit for Warcraft III Reforged, StarCraft II, an

If you're hankering to play the remastered version of classic RTS WarCraft 3, you know the game that is the skeleton of Malaysia's favourite MOBA of all time, you may have to wait. But not for long. Blizzard confirmed that Warcraft 3: Reforged will not be out "end of the year", but rather on 28th January 2020. That's

Far too many rumours have been spread about a possible Diablo 2 remaster; Blizzard design lead David Brevik suggested before on a PC Gamer interview that it's difficult for the company to do because "a lot of the assets [didn't] survive". Of course, a remaster is too good to pass up because that's what sources are cla

Netease has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard after the long-term partners ended the China licensing deal earlier this year in January. The move basically screwed over Chinese players who religiously played World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Warcraft III: Reforged, Overwatch, StarCraft and StarCraf

Mobile game publisher iCandy Interactive, known for their Garfield, Doraemon, and Astro Boy mobile games, as well as Inzen and Appxplore, has made a US$44.5 million acquisition of Malaysia's own game art and animation company: Lemon Sky Studios. The deal is a 100% acquisition, meaning iCandy owns Lemon Sky. The deal

Platforms: PC (version reviewed), PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Genre: Action RPG brought back from the 2000s era Diablo 2, as well as its expansion Lords of Destruction, is the most influential and most-packed action RPG for the PC back in the day. But to bring it back in its original form, quirks and all (from i

Update [5:38pm, 3/5/21]: Lemon Sky has released an official statement. It's added at the bottom of the story. Malaysia and Indonesia's gaming scene will be in the spotlight yet again in 2021, but not because of its awesome indie games. This time around, it's because of its alleged crunch practices for the sake of ch

Big news from the Activision block: the bigwig publisher has fully absorbed developer Vicarious Visions, renowned for 2020's pretty rad Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2. The dev team will be working on and supporting future projects for Activision and Blizzard, one of them being the much-anticipated Diablo II remake. Acco

2020 was a s***show, if we're being nice about it. Yes, we had a lot of games to play and the games industry has seen an uptick in engagement and interaction. But there was a lot of nonsense, disappointments, and all-around crap and crummy things that happened. Here's a list of them, in no particular order. https

Last week, Blizzard announced that they have stopped the development of new content for StarCraft 2. Now, a group of former Blizzard developers and veterans (who previously worked on StarCraft 2, amongst others) have formed a new studio called Frost Giant Studios. The new company will focus primarily on real

The wait is over, Command & Conquer fans who want to replay their classic real-time strategy games in 4K high res glory & reworked assets. We'll be getting this collection, which includes Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, and their three respective expansion packs, this 5th

For all of Blizzard's current faults with its PR mismanagement as of late, you cannot deny the fact that their past hits are polished as all-heck. Even with Diablo 3's rocky start online, the game itself was laid out well and eventually received a ton of improvements a year later, and it's still going strong. Even if

Blizzard is feeling extra jolly this year, and releasing loads of new content for its games this December, including the highly-anticipated return of the Overwatch Winter Wonderland event, World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth's new chapter Tides of Vengeance, Heroes of the Storm's Toy Event, and new Overwatch League a

BlizzCon 2018 is underway, and so early in the morning too if you're not in the US right now. If you're too tired to stay up and check it out, fret not: we'll be recapping the latest news during the Blizzard games-filled weekend. We'll start with the first day. World of Warcraft Classic Out Next Summer Folks who mis