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Second Warcraft Movie Rumor Mentioned by Chris Metzen

There have been some rumors going around recently about a potential second Warcraft movie that may be in development. These were somewhat vague and just mentioned that the production company for the first movie, Legendary Entertainment, were "already discussing" the next Warcraft movie behind the scenes and that it would wipe the slate clean and start the franchise over. The next rumor had a little more weight to it, coming from a relatively reliable "scooper", Daniel Ritchman via Movie Web, and claimed that the second movie is actually already in development. All related articles mention the poor critical and audience receptions of the first movie, as well as it's success in China and high box office returns from overseas. 14 comments Sep 23, 2020 at 05:27 by Starym

Second Source Allegedly Confirms The Burning Crusade Classic Beta in March 2021

Nano from the Nostalrius project is back with a second source that allegedly confirmed that Phase 6 and Naxxrammas are planned for early December 2020 with The Burning Crusade Classic Beta launching in March 2021, and we also find out that TBC Classic may launch sooner than expected. 14 comments Sep 22, 2020 at 20:20 by Stan

We've recently launched Icy Wiki, which we aim to transform into a network of high-quality gaming-related wikis for multiple game titles. 7 comments Aug 13, 2020 at 11:38 by Stan

Diablo 2 4K60 Upscaled Gameplay: 4 Acts Sorceress

The remaster-bait continues, as we have another 4K 60 FPS upscaled Diablo 2 video, but this time much more extensive, as the first one was only the first 15 minutes of the game. We see the sorceress go through all 4 of the base game's acts (and poke around vendors in act 5, just to get us teased). It's looking damn good and, as many community members have mentioned, this is pretty much what they'd want out of a remaster, just more modern graphics with maybe a touch of quality of life improvements, like the stash sizes. Aug 07, 2020 at 14:59 by Starym

Activision Blizzard CFO Optimistic About Diablo Immortal

Activision Blizzard Chief Financial Officer Dennis Durkin said the popularity of Call of Duty Mobile proves that the company is heading the right direction developing games for mobile, and he is optimistic about the future of Diablo Immortal too. 7 comments Aug 05, 2020 at 16:42 by Stan

Activision Blizzard Q2 2020 Financial Report

It's time for some financials, as the second quarter of 2020 gets a look! As expected, the impact of the global pandemic and stay at home orders increased player interest in WoW, as its reach and engagement grew once again. Interest in the Shadowlands was also high, with many new pre-orders, and franchise engagement is the highest this decade for a pre-expansion period. Meanwhile, Blizzard overall had the same amount of monthly active users as in the first quarter. Aug 04, 2020 at 20:57 by Starym

Old Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction Trailer Upscaled to 4K

It's time for more Baal after his recent Diablo: Immortal appearance! We see a lot of upscales coming and going, but it's always great when they not only improve the video quality, but also remind us of some less familiar trailers and cinematics. That's exactly what we have today, as an E3 2001 trailer for LoD, which even I don't remember, and while it's mostly pieces of the expansion's intro cinematic, we have some great new Baal voiceover, as well as a whole lot of Worldstone shots that aren't present in the game. 1 comment Aug 02, 2020 at 15:47 by Starym

Gamescom is going digital this year and Blizzard confirmed their digital participation in the event. 7 comments Aug 01, 2020 at 19:41 by Stan

New Very Funny Diablo 2 Carbot Animations Series: Diablols 2

Carbot is getting into the Diablo 2 business, after the anniversary video he did for Blizzard! The new series, Diablols 2 just got its first entry (and a prelude Ep 0), and as usual with Carbot's stuff, it's a perfect(ly hilarious) encapsulation of a specific part of the game. For Episode 1 we get the absolutely flawless snowglobe that will forever remain a true representation of the Den of Evil + starting experience. 5 comments Jul 11, 2020 at 14:00 by Starym

Here's the 20-year retrospective for Diablo 2, featuring a lot of Blizzard staff sharing their thoughts and memories of the game, including both franchise head Rod Ferguson and Diablo 4 lead Jesse McCree (but unfortunately not featuring some of the original developers, who recently shared their thoughts on a D2 remaster), as well as arguments on why the game has held up for so long and some fun things the community does to make the game more interesting. Jun 29, 2020 at 14:42 by Starym

Diablo 2 20-year Anniversary Celebration with New Wings, a Diablo Bust, Videos and More!

The Diablo 2 20-year anniversary is here! Blizzard have a whole lot of special treats for us on this monumental day, with some Baal-themed wings in Diablo 3, a new bust of big red himself, a great D2 retrospective with comments from the devs, as well as a lot of content from prominent community members, including this awesome Carbot animation. 2 comments Jun 29, 2020 at 14:10 by Starym

Diablo 2 Creators on the Rumored Remaster: No Censoring, Its a Tough Job

IGN had a chat with original Diablo 2 developers Max Schaefer (Executive Producer, co-founder of Blizzard North) and Matt Uelmen (Composer), and while talking about their latest project, Torchlight 3, they were asked about the rumored Diablo 2: Resurrected remaster. First, Schaefer talked about the actual remastering itself, and the technical hurdles it might involve: 3 comments Jun 22, 2020 at 20:33 by Starym

Diablo 2 Remaster Significantly More Likely After Two Job Postings Surface

There have been plenty of rumors about a supposed Diablo 2 remaster, Diablo 2: Resurrected being the most recent and most prominent, but we didn't really have any real indications for it other than rumors and supposed anonymous sources. That has changed a little today as two job postings indicate the possibility of a release and seemingly support the original rumor/leak. 8 comments Jun 18, 2020 at 17:45 by Starym

World First Diablo 2 + LoD Speed Run in Under 1 Hour

Another weird one today, as we have the entirety of Diablo 2 and the Lord of Destruction expansion getting speed run (without any glitches/hacks etc.) solo in under an hour! It took Slimo 59 minutes and 29 seconds to get to Baal and down him, with a lot of time spent on leveling to 18 for Teleport, followed by a looot of blinking around the various maps and spamming Nova and Static Field all over the place. The probably biggest moment (aside from Diablo and Baal dying) comes at the 27 minute mark, when a massive amount of farming the first pack in the Jail level 1 results in the big Teleport breakthrough, at which point the speed takes off and acts melt away, with the entirety of act 5 actually taking less than 6 minutes! 9 comments May 29, 2020 at 07:40 by Starym

Diablo 2 Remaster? A Classic Revival to Be Announced at IGN Summer

IGN's Summer of Gaming event has posted a schedule for their June events, which has brought up some interesting questions and theories. We know Blizzard are participating in the event and one of the entries on the schedule is labeled as an "Unannounced Classic Revival", without any attribution for which studio it belongs to. As we all know, Diablo 2 remaster rumors have been swirling around since BlizzCon 2018, with the recent Diablo: Resurrected one having stirred things up (the one about Activision-owned studio Vicarious Visions working on the remaster and it coming out this year). 4 comments May 27, 2020 at 20:44 by Starym

BlizzCon 2020 Cancelled, New Plans Being Worked On

Unfortunately it seems we won't have a BlizzCon this year at all, not even in digital form, with Blizzard working on something for early next year. The esports events will continue, however, presumably as standalone entries. 10 comments May 26, 2020 at 19:43 by Starym

Activision Blizzard Q1 2020 Earnings Call: Shadowlands Still Planned for 2020

Blizzard had 32 million monthly active users in the first quarter of 2020. WoW's community increased further driven by both new and returning players. Shadowlands is still planned for 2020. 2 comments May 05, 2020 at 20:39 by Stan

Virtual Take Your Child to Work Day at Blizzard

Last Thursday was Take Your Child to Work Day and Blizzard initially planned on hosting on-campus activities for Blizzard's parents and their kids, but due to COVID-19, they had to get creative and host it online, so they've come up with some epic art tutorials with Samwise Didier and storytelling by Chris Metzen. Apr 24, 2020 at 23:09 by Stan

Amazing Diablo 1 Trailer Remake With a Lot of New Footage

This was an unexpected treat, as Benmonor surprised us with Diablo Respawned, a full and actual true remake of the Diablo 1 trailer! From its start you might assume it's just a remaster with improved graphics (which we've already seen), but we not only get new parts added to the original, but also an entirely new second half! It's even more impressive when you find out that the project took him 40 days to make and he did it all alone. 3 comments Apr 13, 2020 at 19:28 by Starym

Blizzard on BlizzCon 2020 in Light of COVID-19

Blizzard have spoken out about BlizzCon plans related to the current pandemic, talking about the situation as it stands now and it seems there's no specific news to share just yet, but they are still working on the convention, and seem to hint at a possible online only version if necessary. 1 comment Apr 09, 2020 at 17:04 by Starym

25 Years of Warcraft Anniversary Video 8K Upscale

The last few Upscale videos haven't been that impressive, as the newer things they upgraded were already pretty good to start with, and I assumed this one would be the same. But, as the video has plenty of footage from older games, it's very much worth taking a look at, especially the comparison in the second half. Also it's a pretty good video in general, so why not check it out again: 6 comments Apr 05, 2020 at 17:38 by Starym

The Blizzard April Fools Archive and Highlights

After the recent re-emergence of the one day a year that's officially allowed to be funny and the official Blizzard patch notes that came with it, we wanted to go back and check out older editions of this now tradition. It turns out Blizzard actually has an archive for their April Fools posts, which is good news, but they also stopped updating it in 2015, which is bad news. 2 comments Apr 04, 2020 at 06:07 by Starym

Now, this isn't actually related to April Fools (and we'll be doing a roundup of all the crazy stuff related to that at the end of the day), but it seemed appropriate to get into the humorous mood of the day. Everyone will have probably seen this one at some point, as it's a very old one, but it's still one of the best memes/copypasta that's every been in WarCraft, and we have it reforged to boot! This latest version adds quite a bit to the classic, and itself has been around a while, but I'd dare say it's the best version of the joke so far.

Full disclosure: I've been looking for a reason to post this one for months now. Thanks April Fools! 4 comments Apr 01, 2020 at 18:52 by Starym

Blizzard Sending Out Classic Burning Crusade Character Creation Surveys

Blizzard has started sending out surveys about Classic Burning Crusade character creation to players, similar to how they handled the Shadowlands level squish surveys back in June 2019 with the goal to find out how the transition from Classic to Burning Crusade would be handled. 15 comments Mar 27, 2020 at 21:47 by Stan

Diablo Community Manager Nevalistis Leaves Blizzard

Diablo Community Manager Nevalistis is leaving Blizzard to pursue something new. 2 comments Mar 27, 2020 at 17:14 by Stan

Blizzard Provides Staff with Care Packages During Lockdown

Blizzard gave its staff care packages with essentials such as soap, paper towels, and toilet paper amid the coronavirus lockdown. 2 comments Mar 24, 2020 at 14:33 by Stan

Best Starter Builds for Path of Exile: Delirium

As you many of you likely already know, the latest Path of Exile league went live yesterday, alongside the release of Diablo 3's Season 20. We've put together a list of the best starters from our sister site, PoE Vault! 5 comments Mar 15, 2020 at 08:15 by Blainie

Blizzard Implementing Work from Home Policy Due to Coronavirus

Blizzard are joining several other gaming companies in instituting a work from home policy due to the dangers of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, after the President of the United States issued a national emergency related to the outbreak in the US. 8 comments Mar 14, 2020 at 00:32 by Starym

Blizzard President J. Allen Brack on Warcraft III Reforged Launch

Blizzard President J. Allen Brack talked to concerned investors regarding the launch of Warcraft III Reforged during yesterday's Q4 2019 earnings conference call. 20 comments Feb 07, 2020 at 20:49 by Stan

Activision Blizzard Q4 2019 Earnings Call: Diablo Immortal Testing in Mid-2020, WoW Sub Growth

Blizzard has had 32 million monthly active users in Q4 2019 (down from 33 million in Q3 2019). Diablo Immortal will be available for testing in the middle of 2020, and WoW exited 2019 with more than twice the size of its Q2-ending level subscriptions. 11 comments Feb 06, 2020 at 23:37 by Stan

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