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Fortnite, one of the world’s most popular multiplayer video games, is also becoming famous for less favorable reasons. According to AV News, the red-hot battle royale title is also responsible for 200 divorce proceedings this year alone, the numbers coming from Divorce Online. It should also be noted that Divorce Online is only including statistics […]

With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, many publishers and developers are discounting their games for Black Friday. Blizzard Entertainment is marking down three major titles available on Battle.net for the occasion including their own Overwatch and World of Warcraft. The FPS Destiny 2 which is published by Activision and developed by Bungie is also on sale […]

The opening ceremony for Blizzcon 2017 was emotional and touching for dedicated Blizzard fans. The video that kicked off Blizzcon featured fans of various Blizzard Entertainment games discussing the relationships they have formed and strengthened through the gaming realms. Attendance for Blizzcon 2017 was record-breaking, with millions viewing via virtual ticket and over 30,000 people […]

Blizzard fans from across the globe are gathering both in person and virtually for the kickoff of Blizzcon 2017. Blizzard Entertainment’s event of the year is highly anticipated by adventurers across various games, including World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, StarCraft, Diablo, and Heroes of the Storm. Fans are hoping for expansions and new characters, but […]

World of Warcraft token prices have jumped to an all-time high, following Activision-Blizzard’s announcement that Destiny 2 would be available on PC exclusively through the Blizzard Launcher (formerly the Battle.net Client). The announcement means, among other things, that PC players will be able to chat with friends playing Destiny 2 while in Blizzard’s other games, […]

World of Warcraft recently released a huge update, The Tomb of Sargeras. Since then, players have been able to explore its ins and outs in detail. Whether you’re a Retribution Paladin or an Enhancement Shaman, The Tomb of Sargeras has much to offer. From class quests to a new dungeon, every aspect of the update […]

World of Warcraft developers Blizzard have announced that the WoW tokens can now be used for other Blizzard products. The original rollout for the World of Warcraft tokens was back in 2015, and was a plan to enable more trading between players within the game. Similar to the PLEX concept rolled out by EVE Online […]

Blizzard Entertainment will no longer be supporting their games, including World Of Warcraft, Starcraft II, Hearthstone, Overwatch, and Diablo III, on Windows XP or Windows Vista. According to a report from PC Gamer, as Microsoft has ceased support for both versions of Windows (the last XP update was almost three years ago,) Blizzard intends to […]

A Warcraft 2 movie has been on the minds of World Of Warcraft fans ever since the 2016 release of the first Warcraft movie. Unfortunately, a Warcraft sequel has not been confirmed quite yet, but director Duncan Jones has started sharing on Twitter what he would like to do with the story if he’s allowed […]

It’s difficult to believe that we are celebrating Diablo’s 20th anniversary. The original Diablo was released on December 31, 1996, and quickly became one of many smash hits for Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo is an action-role playing game hybrid, and is one of the highest rated PC games of all time, scoring a 94 on Metacritic […]

The Warcraft 2 movie release date is up in the air, especially now that Warcraft director Duncan Jones will be busy in 2017 working on a project completely unrelated to a Warcraft sequel or any other World Of Warcraft update. Actor Robert Kazinsky is hopeful that the studios will green light the Warcraft 2 film, […]

In November, fans from around the world will gather in California to celebrate Blizzard Entertainment’s stable of games and franchises. During BlizzCon, the developer often discusses and announces new features or expansions for their games. This year’s convention will likely be no different with a variety of panels and tournaments scheduled to occur over the […]

A group of intrepid World of Warcraft players set out to find the elusive Reins of the Long-Forgotten Hippogryph but ended up with a much bigger surprise. The group would unknowingly unleash one of the game’s toughest bosses to date on an unsuspecting island, which resulted in a battle so large that the game alerted […]

World of Warcraft: Legion is set to release in just a couple of days. The last expansion, Warlords of Draenor, released in 2014. With Legion around the corner, Blizzard is putting the finishing touches on revealing key information about the game. We’ve been introduced to the Demon Hunter in World of Warcraft: Legion. A new […]

This November, players from across the world will converge on Anaheim, CA for Blizzard Entertainment’s BlizzCon. As tickets to the event release and soon sell out, many fans are left with one option to participate in the convention; a virtual ticket. Those that want to watch BlizzCon 2016 without the trip can pick a virtual […]

Blizzard Entertainment is no stranger to taking on new forms of media to tell their stories – from the Warcraft movies to multiple sets of World Of Warcraft comics, manga and graphic novels; in fact, Blizzard has probably brought Warcraft to practically every medium you can care to name. Music? Blizzard president and co-founder Mike […]

Abusive World Of Warcraft players are going to be spending some time in the Supernanny’s calm down corner as part of the upcoming Legion expansion, says Blizzard. According to a report by Engadget, Blizzard is set to roll out a “silence penalty” for players who are unable to curb their rude and abusive behavior, rolling […]

World of Warcraft is now only two days out from a pre-expansion patch that will herald the arrival of World of Warcraft: Legion on August 30, according to a report from Polygon. The new pre-Legion patch brings with it a host of features and events, and includes some surprising news: the new Demon Hunter hero […]

There are, indeed, heroes both inside the game and in real life. First person shooter game Overwatch honors a deceased fan in their most recent patch. Overwatch is a multiplayer first person shooter title by developer Blizzard launched in May 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. In Overwatch, you get to play a […]

A Warcraft 2 movie sequel is more likely to happen sooner than Warcraft 4 or a WoW 2 release date. While the Warcraft movie was a relative flop in the United States, China’s gamers launched the box office ratings to unforeseen heights, almost ensuring a Warcraft sequel will happen. In the past, Warcraft director Duncan […]

A Warcraft 2 movie sequel has WoW fans hoping to see a true World Of Warcraft movie that delves into the story and history provided by the long-running series. Warcraft director Duncan Jones just hit the macro button for the spoiler rumors since he seems to be hinting that a Warcraft 2 release date is […]

Despite less-than-favorable reviews, the Warcraft movie hit it big in China, pulling in $46 million in its first day. While the haul wasn’t quite big enough to match the opening day of Fast and Furious 7, which pulled in $63 million in its first day, the video game adaptation, which cost $160 million to make, […]

World of Warcraft has a huge following not just in the U.S. and Europe, but also in China. This was probably the reason Warcraft, the movie, was first released in China — two days ahead of the U.S. audience. In fact, the Chinese make up about half of the five million World of Warcraft players […]

Legendary Picture’s latest foray into the fantastic has hit international audiences, and it’s a clear success story. Legendary, partnering with Universal Studios and Blizzard Entertainment, has finally released the long-rumored, long-awaited and long-desired Warcraft movie, and it’s performing well by all accounts. Though the massive fantasy film still has two weeks to wait before U.S. […]

With the competitive shooter Overwatch launching in May, the next World of Warcraft expansion expected to debut before the summer ends, and the Warcraft movie to release in June, Blizzard Entertainment has a busy year remaining. Popular free-to-play titles from the renowned developer continue to gather a larger player base, and even some of the […]

World of Warcraft is one of the oldest online phenomena gone viral, and it’s still attracting regular gamers. Much like Super Mario Bros. speed runs, WoW has received an incredible amount of attention for gameplay videos related to it, including the infamous Leeroy Jenkins rush. Twitch user Rudeism has taken gameplay to another level, using […]

Warcraft will soon be hitting theaters, and Legendary, in conjunction with Universal Studios, has released the second teaser for the feature film adaptation of the Blizzard Entertainment video games. The teaser, which has already begun airing in television spots, reveals an action-packed look at a film millions of gamers around the world are awaiting with […]

Warcraft 3 as a franchise has already existed for about 14 years now. However, after more than a decade of existence, it seems that the developers are not done implementing updates. In a recent update released via YouTube, Vice President of Blizzard Entertainment Robert Bridenbecker said that there will be a new update for Warcraft […]

For World of Warcraft gamers, the movie based on their favorite game cannot come fast enough, be it either for the fact that they can finally see Warcraft brought to life on the big screen, or so they can nitpick the movie and go back to their game. But considering the movie is slated for […]

While the first full trailer for Warcraft was released to a wider audience during Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the trailer has already seen its first remake and not in a way many people would have expected. In an attempt to improve on the initial trailer, one fan re-dubbed the video with the game’s original […]

Director Duncan Jones, the only son of David Bowie from his first marriage to Angela Barnett, confirmed that his father died at age 69 earlier today. Very sorry and sad to say it's true. I'll be offline for a while. Love to all. pic.twitter.com/Kh2fq3tf9m — Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) January 11, 2016 It is never easy […]

As BlizzCon 2015 closes, the best cosplays of the conference emerge victorious in the BlizzCon Costume contest. Held at the Anaheim convention center in Anaheim, California, Blizzcon 2015 was all about fun, games, and competitive play. A lot of new Blizzard thingamajigs have been announced at the BlizzCon 2015, from November 6 to 7. Some […]

The World of Warcraft movie officially got its full trailer released this weekend. It came just days after a teaser trailer was shared, but fans will have to wait a little longer for the movie. Fans of the online game have already had to wait almost a decade for the film. Warcraft was announced back […]

The first official trailer for the Warcraft movie is now out in the wild, and it’s everything the fans of the video game franchise wanted and more, Variety reports. Universal and Legendary Pictures launched the Warcraft movie trailer Friday at the 2015 Blizzcon in Anaheim, drawing loud cheers and whoops from the video game franchise’s […]

The year’s BlizzCon, the annual convention to celebrate the games from Blizzard, is scheduled for November 5 and 6. Microsoft announced a surprising sponsorship announcement Friday that means a heavy presence for Windows 10 as well as the ability to watch the event through the Xbox One. The BlizzCon schedule also leaked out with a […]

Whether you fly out to Anaheim later this year or you attend BlizzCon 2015 virtually, a number of in-game goodies will await ticket holders. All of the rewards were officially announced on the Battle.net BlizzCon website and will be claimable once BlizzCon 2015 begins. Across each of the popular Blizzard games, players will have access […]

World of Warcraft, the hit game by Blizzard… ok. You’ve heard it all before. You know this. So you also know that Blizzard’s habit for the last few years has been to announce new expansions to World of Warcraft at the BlizzCon convention. On top of that, you probably know that BlizzCon is coming up […]

Xbox has some pretty exciting announcements coming at this year’s GamesCom. Now, in the time preceding GamesCom 2015, there are several new things we may be able to expect from Xbox. According to the Verge, the newest installment of Halo (entitled Halo: Guardians) is coming in October 2015, so there’s likely to be an update […]

Everyone is excited for Gamescom 2015 this week, running from August 6 to August 9. But one of the biggest events happening at Gamescom this year that fans should look forward to is the lineup of Blizzard, creator of famous and dominating game of the generation, World of Warcraft. Starting from August 6, Blizzard will […]

The highly-anticipated 6.2 patch for World of Warcraft finally dropped not so long ago. Although, as the Inquisitr has previously reported, flying mounts still aren’t a thing, now that the dust and hotfixes have settled, we’re here to bring all of you up to speed who haven’t experienced it yet — or maybe aren’t planning […]

If you haven’t played World of Warcraft in a while and you have plans to do so in the future, you may want to log in before June 24. According to a report from Kotaku, Blizzard is planning to reclaim old Warcraft character names as of the next patch — the same patch paving the […]

The inaugural Video Game Hall of Fame inductees have finally been announced. Six classic video games made the cut in the first class to be inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. As reported by USA Today on Thursday (June 4), 15 finalists had advanced to a final vote to determine which games […]

Blizzard’s new game, Heroes of the Storm, has officially launched and the massively multiplayer battle arena (MOBA) has released to much fanfare. The MOBA that brings characters from Blizzard’s major franchises has already been through an extensive open beta program and was even featured on ESPN 2 in a Heroes of the Dorm scholarship tournament. […]

Last week, the Inquisitr reported that Bossland, makers of the popular World of Warcraft bot Honorbuddy, had admitted defeat and were closing up shop, at least as far as World of Warcraft is concerned (as indicated on their website, they make bots for eight different games, primarily from Blizzard). Now, a new report from GameSpot […]

World of Warcraft players have split feelings about flight restrictions within the new Warlords of Draenor expansion. Many players had hoped that future expansions and patches would allow for the use of flying mounts. However, lead WOW designer Ion Hazzikostas has dashed all those hopes in a recent interview about the future of World of […]

Patch 6.2, the next major patch for World of Warcraft, will be adding a new zone to explore, bonus weekends, and a number of other features for players to discover when it releases. Before it launches, Blizzard developers have been explaining upcoming changes and previewing imminent features of the patch. This time, the discussion revolves […]

Fans of the epic MMORPG game World of Warcraft were disappointed with the recent announcement that Duncan Jones’ movie adaptation, Warcraft, was being delayed with a June 2016 release date rather than the anticipated March 2016 and the original release date of December 2015. However, even with all the delays, the newest images to emerge […]

Blizzard Entertainment has issued a lot of account bans in World of Warcraft lately, as previously reported by the Inquisitr, to the tune of around 100,000 accounts. That amounts to a significant fraction of their subscriber base — about one percent of it, according to recent projections. The main offender? A “bot” program named “Honorbuddy” […]

As World Of Warcraft bans cheaters over PvP bots, the makers of Honorbuddy seem to be admitting defeat. After all, it is not good for business when your primary users are losing their WoW accounts. In a related report by the Inquisitr, World Of Warcraft subscriptions have declined by almost nearly three million people, although […]

This video contains strong language. By now, there’s a good chance you’ve heard or seen someone write the famed “Leeroy Jenkins!” battle cry while on the internet. The viral video of a World of Warcraft sequence gone horribly wrong, turns 10-years-old this week. Back on May 11, 2005, the famed Leeroy Jenkins video first showed […]