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It's official: Activision Blizzard is laying off a ton of people. The company will be laying off nearly 800 people from its 9,600 head count. During the earnings call earlier today (via Kotaku), Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick told investors that: the company has achieved record results in 2018, but the company will need to consolidate and...
Something wicked this way comes to the house that created Call of Duty and all them Blizzard games. Activision Blizzard is planning to lay off hundreds of workers as the company outlines to reform and centralise its operations. According to Bloomberg, the layoff will come from various parts of the company, including Blizzard itself, due to the dis...
Hello, nurse! Overwatch's best medic Mercy is going to be immortalized in lovely Figma action figure form; she's available for pre-order right now according to Blizzard's latest Overwatch tweet. https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1093659775848587264 The Figma will be retailing for US$90 and will ship by the end of Quarter 1 2020. It's only ...
Chinese New Year is around the corner and Blizzard is celebrating the Lunar New Year 2019 in Hearthstone for the first time ever. Over the next few weeks, players should expect a giveaway, celebratory emotes, a limited-time bundle, and special quests with even more special rewards. The first week of Hearthstone's Lunar New Year celebration starts ...
Blizzard has announced that a new epic Raid, Battle of Dazar’alor, has arrived in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. It's a nine-boss raid that features faction-specific encounters against iconic Horde or Alliance leaders, such as High Tinker Mekkatorque and King Rastakhan. What makes this brand new Raid especially historic is that for ...
Overwatch is back with the Chinese New Year limited-time event this year. In 2017, we got a Journey to the West theme while last year was the four elements. This time around, the folks at Blizzard went full on with 14th-century historical novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. So far, they've revealed three highly-detailed skins for Reaper, Hanzo...
Exciting live events are coming to the 2019 season of Overwatch Contenders, as the program's eight regions take part in inter-regional tournaments in two separate live Showdown events featuring double-elimination-style brackets. Pacific Showdown Teams: Contenders from Australia, China, Korea, and Pacific regions When: 24 - 26 May 2019 Atlantic...
Ana's Bastet Challenge has arrived in Overwatch and that means some exciting new loot to unlock. The event will be run from today to 21 January 2019 (PST), where players can earn exclusive content either by playing or watching Overwatch during that timeframe. The new Bastet-inspired loot includes five sprays, a player icon, a victory pose, and an e...
Blizzard Entertainment has received allegations of an unhealthy working environment, with a former employee has revealed racial abuse and discrimination happening within the company. Julian Murillo-Cuellar worked in the Hearthstone esports division in Blizzard since 2016 and it was a harrowing experience for him, which he detailed in a long Twitlon...
As of right now, Tracer isn't the only canonical queer in Overwatch. Just recently via the short story "Bastet", the grumpy Soldier 76, the latter is revealed to be gay and was involved with a man named Vincent. In the story itself, GMILF sniper Ana and Soldier 76 met for the first time and were in hiding following the destruction of the Swiss Ove...
Five game developers, who previously worked on Hearthstone at Blizzard and recently formed a new studio called Second Dinner, have announced that they're currently working on a new Marvel game. In a video posted on YouTube, Ben Brode and Hamilton Chu revealed that their new studio has raised $30 million investment funds from NetEase, which allows t...
In a surprise move announced by Blizzard earlier today, the gap between Overwatch Competitive Seasons 13 and 14 has been severely reduced once Season 13 comes to an end this December 31st, 2018 2pm PST (that's January 1st 2019, 6am for Malaysia/ Singapore, Hong Kong). Each 'Season' typically runs for between two to three months, with about a week's...
Update: we added some quotes from casters & esports players regarding these turn of events. In a MOBA market dominated by giants of the genre like Dota 2 and League of Legends, it seems that Heroes of the Storm just couldn't keep its spark going. Blizzard announced earlier today that it will be scaling back on development and esports plans ...
Love him or hate him, you gotta admit that Brian "Kephrii" St. Pierre is one heck of a Widowmaker main. Known to be a very outspoken and polarizing figure in the scene, Kephrii never shied away from voicing out his opinions and allowing his actions (and sick, sick flick shots) back him up. Having recently relocated to Seoul, South Korea where he jo...
After the highly-anticipated release of Hearthstone expansion Rastakhan's Rumble last week, Blizzard has launched the new single-player campaign, Rumble Run, earlier today. Players will assume the role of Rikkar, a newbie troll gladiator who joins one of the nine teams in the tournament to earn the title of Azeroth’s mightiest troll. It is s...
Coaching is no mean feat and it's an even more arduous task when it involves young and driven young adults. We managed to get hold of Headhawk, headcoach of Thai-based Overwatch Contenders team Xavier Esports who discussed about his players, coaching and views of the current Overwatch Contenders scene. Questions by Intan 'Megikari' Suria Replies...
Brace yourselves, Overwatch fans;Â Blizzard has released the complete Overwatch League 2019 regular season schedule! You can now buy tickets or prepare for all regular season matches, which will be played at the Blizzard Arena in Los Angeles. The Overwatch League 2019 Opening Day happens on February 14, 2019; featuring a rematch between defending...
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 away team skins. Overwatch Th...
Hang tight boys. We are in for a treat. Literally picking up where they left us, Season 2 of the Overwatch League will kick off with a repeat of Season 1's Grand Finals with the Philadelphia Fusion facing the London Spitfire on February 14th 2019 (that's February 15th 8am for us in Asia). Next up we have the new-look Boston Uprising against table...
The wait is over, Hearthstone fans, as Rastakhan's Rumble has arrived with over 135 new cards and exciting new mechanics. With today's launch of the card game's latest expansion, Blizzard has also confirmed that its total number of players have officially exceeded 100 million. What's in the new Rastakhan's Rumble expansion? There are nine Legendary...
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