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Overwatch Will No Longer Sell Loot Boxes in Belgium & The Netherlands

B. Simmons August 29, 2018

EA screwed everyone. Soon, the ability to buy loot boxes in Overwatch with real money will be disabled in Belgium and The Netherlands. To comply with the Belgian Gaming Commission, Blizzard will soon disable...

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Diablo III Headed to Switch

B. Simmons August 16, 2018

Lon Lon Ranch better be the Cow Level, or so help me… Forbes let slip that Diablo III would be announced for the Nintendo Switch, though the article quickly got disappeared. And Kotaku corroborates...

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Overwatch Nerf Weapon Line Adds D.Va’s Blaster

B. Simmons August 5, 2018

Nerf this! Nerf’s Overwatch-themed line just keeps adding on. Previously, they unveiled Reaper’s shotgun at Comic-Con. And now, they’re showing off D.Va’s blaster. The dart gun was shown off at ChinaJoy in Shanghai. According...

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Recent Heroes of the Storm Trailer Might Have Teaser

B. Simmons July 31, 2018

Nobody knows! Recently, Blizzard put out a trailer for a skin/rework event titled Viper Ascendant. It gives Viper-themed skins to a number of heroes, including Ana, Genji, and Stukov, as well as a new...

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World of Warcraft Loses Upfront Fee, Old Expansions are Now Free

B. Simmons July 19, 2018

Now you just need to pay monthly, as usual. Heretofore, if you wanted to play World of Warcraft, you were paying up front for a battle chest, just to wind up paying a monthly...

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Overwatch Hero 28: Hammond Revealed

B. Simmons June 28, 2018

Snowballllllllll…. Well, Overwatch‘s hero 28 was a bit of a twofer. We got our answers about Hammond (Not an evil jetpack chimp, I’m a little sad), and a little bit of Junkertown lore. Because...

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Blizzard Working on New Diablo Project

B. Simmons June 5, 2018

Repel the demonic apocalypse a little longer. Blizzard sort of let on that there was a Diablo project in the works back at Blizzcon 2017. But they made no actual announcements at the time....

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Yrel and Alterac Pass Battleground Headed to Heroes of the Storm

B. Simmons June 4, 2018

For the Alliance! Or the Horde, whatever, I’m not the boss of you. Blizzard had been teasing a hero reveal and new battleground for Heroes of the Storm for about a weekAnd today, that...

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Overwatch Devs Tease New Deathmatch Map, Petra

B. Simmons May 20, 2018

Choose wisely. Ahead of it’s inclusion in the game, Blizzard has published a teaser video for Overwatch‘s next Deathmatch map: Petra. A group of archaeologists have begun an excavation and preservation project among the...

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Nexomania Hits Heroes of the Storm

B. Simmons May 14, 2018

HOAK HOGAN. Blizzard has lined up some excellent wrestling content for Heroes of the Storm. Starting May 22, players will be able to get their hands on a bevy of Luchador skins and content...

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World of Warcraft DDoS Attacker Gets Prison Time

B. Simmons May 9, 2018

All that glitters is not WoW gold. A 38-year-old Romanian man is about to find out what U.S. prisons are like. Calin Mateias launched a series of DDoS attacks on the World of Warcraft...

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Overwatch Players Get Strange POTG’s On New Rialto Map

B. Simmons May 9, 2018

The POTG you deserve. Ah, Venice, the city of canals and mystified librarians. And also, Overwatch’s new escort map, Rialto. During the retribution event, you might have notices the large number of Omnic gondoliers…...